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Stretching Β· Core
Standing side bend
Difficulty Mobility
How to perform it
Stand with feet apart, hands clasped overhead, bend the torso to the side while keeping the hips square. Targets the external obliques and quadratus lumborum. Differs from the lat stretch by focusing on the side of the torso, not the lats.
Equipment
No equipment (bodyweight)
Muscles worked
Front
Back
Muscles and artwork credits
- External obliques
- Lats
- Quadratus lumborum (not on the surface map)
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Standing side bends
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