Good Morning

Good Morning Standards (kg)

The average Good Morning is 86 kg for men and 46 kg for women (1RM). Compare your one-rep max lift by bodyweight and age below.

Male Good Morning Standards (kg)

Entire Community

Strength LevelWeight
Beginner 27 kg
Novice 52 kg
Intermediate 86 kg
Advanced 129 kg
Elite 178 kg

How much should I be able to Good Morning? (kg)

What is the average Good Morning? The average Good Morning weight for a male lifter is 86 kg (1RM). This makes you Intermediate on Strength Level and is a very impressive lift.

What is a good Good Morning? Male beginners should aim to lift 27 kg (1RM) which is still impressive compared to the general population.

Barbell weights include the weight of the bar, normally 20 kg / 44 lb.

By Weight and Age

BWBeg.Nov.Int.Adv.Elite
50 9 23 45 74 109
55 12 28 52 83 119
60 16 33 59 91 129
65 19 38 65 99 139
70 23 43 72 107 148
75 26 48 78 115 157
80 30 53 84 122 165
85 33 57 90 129 173
90 37 62 95 136 181
95 40 66 101 143 189
100 44 71 106 149 196
105 47 75 112 155 204
110 50 79 117 161 210
115 54 83 122 167 217
120 57 88 127 173 224
125 60 92 131 179 230
130 63 95 136 184 236
135 67 99 141 189 242
140 70 103 145 195 248

How many sets and reps of Good Morning should I do?

These are the most popular Good Morning workouts done by male lifters:

3x10 21%
3x8 10%
3x12 7%
4x10 7%
5x10 5%

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What do the strength standards mean?

Beginner Stronger than 5% of lifters. A beginner lifter can perform the movement correctly and has practiced it for at least a month.
Novice Stronger than 20% of lifters. A novice lifter has trained regularly in the technique for at least six months.
Intermediate Stronger than 50% of lifters. An intermediate lifter has trained regularly in the technique for at least two years.
Advanced Stronger than 80% of lifters. An advanced lifter has progressed for over five years.
Elite Stronger than 95% of lifters. An elite lifter has dedicated over five years to become competitive at strength sports.

Strength Level introduced these exact Beginner-to-Elite percentile boundaries in 2015. See how the standards evolved.

Data behind the Good Morning strength standards

Strength Level analysed 31,484 qualifying results from 205,985 community lifts to produce our Good Morning strength standards. We will continue to update them as more community data becomes available. See our standards timeline.

Community lifts 205,985
Qualifying results 31,484
Male results 23,191
Female results 8,293
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Qualifying results are retained after checks for implausible data, duplicates, and unusual or automated submission patterns. Learn more about qualifying results.