Stretching & Flexibility: Bend

Bowery Digital

4.7

Publisher Country	US
Country Release Date	2020-05-20
Categories	Sports, Health & Fitness
Country / Regions	US
Support URL	Bowery Digital
Content Rating	12+

Bend® is the simple, affordable way to make stretching a part of your daily routine. Our quick & convenient stretching routines help you improve your flexibility and maintain your natural range of motion as you get older. We offer hundreds of stretches and yoga poses along with dozens of easy-to-follow stretching routines designed for all ages and experience levels. It’s never too early to start stretching everyday!

STRETCHING IS IMPORTANT

A simple, daily stretching routine can have a huge impact on your quality of life. Every time you stretch, you invest in your long-term health and longevity.

Stretching benefits include:
⊕ Increase flexibility & mobility in your muscles and joints
⊕ Prevent and relieve pain in your lower back, neck, hips, shoulders and more
⊕ Reduce the risk of injury during outdoor activities and sports
⊕ Improve sleep quality and energy throughout the day
⊕ Improve posture and strengthen your core
⊕ Reduce stress & anxiety
⊕ Improve athletic performance
⊕ Improve circulation and blood flow
⊕ Accelerate muscle recovery
⊕ Improve balance & coordination
⊕ And more!

YOUR BODY’S FAVORITE APP™

Bend offers dozens of daily stretching & mobility routines for every occasion.

⊕ “Wake Up”
Designed to maintain your body’s natural mobility and range of motion. Simple, quick, convenient, and effective, you can do it anytime, anywhere, everyday.

⊕ “Posture Reset”
Specifically designed to improve your posture with seated stretches that can correct habitual posture problems by increasing flexibility in the shoulders, back, and neck.

⊕ “Full Body”
Focused on improving overall flexibility, with more than 20 stretching exercises and poses that target key muscles and joints throughout your entire body.

⊕ “Sleep”
Gentle, long-hold stretches designed to help you unwind and de-stress after a long day at work through better quality of sleep, which is made possible by relieving muscle tension and relaxing the body.

⊕ “Expert”
Advance group of stretching exercises and yoga poses that cover all major muscle groups and extremities. Flexibility and range of motion can be improved significantly with their more complex movements.

⊕ “Hips”
Open and unlock tight hips with deep, focused stretches designed to improve hip flexibility and undo hours of inactivity from sitting at a desk, in a car, or on the couch.

⊕ “Hamstrings”
Improve hamstring flexibility with subtle stretches designed to reduce hamstring tightness and relieve pressure on the knees, pelvis, and lower back.

⊕ “Lower Back”
Reduce and prevent lower back pain with gentle stretches designed to increase flexibility in the lower back, pelvis, and hip flexors.

⊕ “Isometric”
isometric exercise routines that build muscle, strength, balance, and range of motion in targeted areas through static muscle contraction.

⊕ And more!

CREATE YOUR OWN

Create your own custom stretching routine suited to your specific needs. Choose from hundreds of stretches, yoga poses, and isometric exercises in our library.

EASY-TO-USE

Bend makes stretching simple. We use custom illustrations and a timer to guide you through each routine. Every stretch has detailed instructions, information about its benefits, and specific things to be cautious about!

STREAKS & ANALYTICS

Our dashboard displays your streaks and analytics to track your progress and you can set reminders to help motivate you to stretch every day. Check your Bendometer as a quick way to see how consistent you’ve been stretching over the last few weeks. We recommend trying to keep your Bendometer score above 90%!

APPLE HEALTH
Bend integrates with the Health app, giving users the option to sync their health information and activity with Apple Health.

FEEDBACK & SUPPORT
If you have any questions, feedback, or suggestions, feel free to contact us at [email protected]!

LEGAL

Terms of Use: https://www.getbend.co/terms
Privacy Policy: https://www.getbend.co/privacy

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By Hsijejegsjjsnd
2024-08-26
Version 6.0.2
BugsLove itSpending
I thought I had pulled my calf muscle 1 mile into a 22 mile backpacking trip (luckily it got better after another couple of miles) and that’s when i realized I needed to stretch more because I wasn’t getting any younger. That if i have 5 minutes or 10 minutes i can just choose a stretch routine for whatever area i want and I don’t have to think about it. They have ones for when you’re sitting at your desk too. I like the streak feature… it makes me feel accomplished seeing the number of days tick up and you get a streak freeze after a week. They explain what each stretch is, you can make your own if you want or they have plenty of premade ones. They have dynamic stretches and exercises on the app too. Definitely worth the money if you do the annual subscription. My body is feeling so much better now that I’m stretching regularly. It’s important.
By rocknrollmamacita
2024-08-10
Version 6.0.2
DeviceDifficultFeature RequestsHate itSpending
This app had such a high rating, but in my opinion it doesn’t live up to the hype. I could have saved $40 (sale price)and used the timer on my iPhone. Granted, I’ve only been using the app for a week, it is what it is. Thankful I have knowledge on how to stretch properly. There are no descriptions whatsoever on any of the stretches - just a drawing of what the stretch looks like. I had to google one stretch I wasn’t familiar with. A static drawing with a hand on the chest tells me nothing. I would consider myself pretty knowledgeable about stretching positions, but no clue. One feature and reason I got the app in the first place was to keep me motivated to stretch daily. Since the pandemic, it’s been hard to get back into a rhythm working out. I’ve had many orthopedic surgeries and dealing with chronic pain. I was doing yoga at least four times a week before Covid and purchased a used Peloton to work out on while stuck at home. The last two years have been bogged down by grief. Instead of doing what I always do and jump back into working out full force, I thought daily stretching would be a great way to ease back. Hopefully, since I paid for this app for a year, it will keep me moving daily. The app definitely needs some upgrades and changes. Unless it greatly improves, I will not be renewing my subscription.
By Shelbsy1
2024-07-18
Version 6.0.0
SpendingWaiting
It’s fine - I saw a Memorial Day special to get a better price so I pulled the trigger, but now that I’ve been using it I would say that there’s just a lot that could be improved. Pros: I appreciate the curated routines, the UI is nice, there’s good variety in terms of targeted areas and the amount of time you want to spend. Cons: I just find actually using it for stretching quite clunky - there’s a picture and a written description, but I’m someone that I’ve learned really benefits from having a visual demonstration of how to get into a pose, how to execute a movement (even if it’s the difference between two pictures). Because I’m reading descriptions, I have to stop and pause and adjust… and I know that can be part of the learning curve with exercise apps, I just think this one is really lacking with not including demonstrations of the stretches.