Side bends on the Roman bench
Adjust the Roman bench so your hips are just above the pad, allowing your upper body to hang freely to one side. Hook your feet securely under the foot rollers, ensuring your body is stable.
- Equipment
- Equipment
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Abs
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- obliquus externus abdominis
- obliquus internus abdominis
Secondary muscles
- quadratus lumborum
- erector spinae
Target muscles
- abs
How to perform
- 1
Adjust the Roman bench so your hips are just above the pad, allowing your upper body to hang freely to one side.
- 2
Hook your feet securely under the foot rollers, ensuring your body is stable.
- 3
Cross your arms over your chest or place hands behind your head, keeping your torso straight.
- 4
Slowly lower your upper body sideways towards the floor, feeling a stretch in your opposite oblique.
- 5
Engage your obliques to pull your torso back up to the starting position, avoiding momentum.
- 6
Pause briefly at the top, then repeat for the desired repetitions before switching sides.
Safety & form
Train smart. Read these notes before adding heavy load.
