For hamstring growth
For hamstring growth, Romanian deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: easier to progress, easier on the joints.
Both are good choices that train the hamstrings the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Good Morning. A big hamstring stretch, but the bar on your back makes it demanding on the lower back.
Romanian Deadlift. Hinging with soft knees loads the hamstrings deep in their stretch. Heavy sets tire the lower back and grip.
For hamstring growth, Romanian deadlift rates well ahead on our research criteria: easier to progress, easier on the joints. Both are good choices that train the hamstrings the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
About the same: both take some practice.
Good morning needs a barbell and a squat rack, so for most people it’s a gym exercise. Romanian deadlift needs a barbell, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
Romanian deadlift: it rates Good for joint and recovery cost in our research rubric, against Fair for good morning.