Hey - I squat equal to my good morning now! It's just a sign of a stronger lower back. Provided that you have correct form on the squat, I don't think the imbalance is necessarily bad. If you're doing taco squats, then yes, I would focus more on pure squatting though.
Well my arguement is that you're lower back is basically strong enough to squat 1000 now, but your legs are only strong enough to squat 600, so why not get your legs stronger and not worry about your beastly back?
From Louie Simmons: "Shawn Coleman did 600 for 5 reps in the good morning prior to his 835 deadlift. If you are doing 600 for 5 reps and your deadlift is 700 pounds, you are just kidding yourself, and you must change your training."
Whenever we did good mornings before, we did them wrong. Doing them wide stance and rotating at your hips is mostly nonsense, really--it's like asking to be injured.
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Stop doing good mornings if you can do more than you squat. Sounds like you and Dave both need to squat more and good morning less.
Hey - I squat equal to my good morning now! It's just a sign of a stronger lower back. Provided that you have correct form on the squat, I don't think the imbalance is necessarily bad. If you're doing taco squats, then yes, I would focus more on pure squatting though.
Well my arguement is that you're lower back is basically strong enough to squat 1000 now, but your legs are only strong enough to squat 600, so why not get your legs stronger and not worry about your beastly back?
From Louie Simmons:
"Shawn Coleman did 600 for 5 reps in the good morning prior to his 835 deadlift. If you are doing 600 for 5 reps and your deadlift is 700 pounds, you are just kidding yourself, and you must change your training."
In terms of mechanical force generation:
Deadlift > Squat > Good Morning
Whenever we did good mornings before, we did them wrong. Doing them wide stance and rotating at your hips is mostly nonsense, really--it's like asking to be injured.
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