Standing Side Bend
🧍♀️ Standing Abs · updated September 2026
⏱ 45 sec🔁 3 sets of 15/side📶 beginner🌿 low-impact
Targets: obliques, waist mobility
How to do it
- 1Stand with feet hip-width, one hand behind your ear, other arm hanging.
- 2Slide the hanging hand down your thigh, bending sideways from the waist.
- 3Pull yourself back up using the opposite oblique.
- 4Finish the side, then switch.
Form tips
- • Pure side motion — no leaning forward or back
- • Coming UP is the work; do it deliberately
- • Add a dumbbell later
Common mistakes
- • Twisting instead of side-bending
- • Collapsing fast and rising lazily
- • Bending the knees to fake range
