Standing Half Bend
Gym Exercise Card
Equipment
The Standing Half Bend is a flexibility exercise aimed at improving lower back and hamstring flexibility. It involves bending forward from the hips, keeping the back straight, and reaching toward the floor, allowing the spine to lengthen and the hamstrings to stretch.
How to do it
- Stand with feet hip-width apart, arms by your sides.
- Inhale and engage your core, keeping your back straight.
- Exhale and hinge at the hips, lowering your torso toward the floor.
- Reach your hands toward the floor, keeping knees slightly bent.
- Hold the stretch for a few breaths, then slowly return to the starting position.
Muscles worked
Primary Erector Spinae Hamstrings
Secondary Gastrocnemius Gluteus Maximus Quadriceps
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