Core · Bodyweight
Rotating Stomach Stretch
How to do the rotating stomach stretch, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- time
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Lie face down and place your hands under your shoulders. Press your upper body up while keeping your hips on the floor, then rotate your torso to look over one shoulder until you feel a stretch through the abs and side, then switch.
- 1A stretch across the front and side of your abs
- 2Your hips staying down on the floor
- 3A gentle twist that opens one side at a time
Common mistakes
- Lifting your hips off the floor as you press up
- Cranking the rotation into lower-back pain
- Shrugging your shoulders toward your ears
Muscles worked
The rotating stomach stretch mainly works the lower abs, with the obliques and upper abs assisting.
- Lower AbsPrimary
- ObliquesSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower BackMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.