Core · Landmine
Landmine Standing Side Bend
How to do the landmine standing side bend, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Landmine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Set one end of a barbell in a landmine anchor and stand side-on, holding the free end at shoulder height with the hand nearest the bar. Keeping your hips square and facing forward, bend sideways away from the bar and let your obliques stretch, then pull your torso back upright against the bar's resistance. Finish your reps and switch sides.
- 1Feel your obliques stretch and then pull you back upright
- 2Keep your hips square and spine tall through the bend
- 3Move only side to side and squeeze at the top
Common mistakes
- Don't rotate your torso or lean forward
- Don't bend backward; stay strictly to the side
- Don't use momentum; control each rep
Muscles worked
The landmine standing side bend mainly works the obliques, with the upper abs and lower abs assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- LatsMinor
- Lower BackMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.