Bend: Stretching & Flexibility

Bowery Digital

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About this app

Bend is the #1 app for daily stretching. 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.

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

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

Ratings and reviews

Holy paywall Batman! The only option that's unlocked on the free version is the "Wake Up" section, which contains 8 (I assume) basic yoga stretches/poses... But literally everything else is locked unless you pay for it (like 95%). And it only offers a 1 time offer of $20/mo before you see what it has to offer (which is a lot, so worth it... But I guess I can't get that offer again). Kind of seems a scummy, but not really. I'll be looking for a different app though (free)

The free trial is limited to whatever selections you made when you first open the app. You cannot explore other routines without being spammed with the monthly subscription paywall. Some routines you can see the position and time limit, but that's it. A trial needs to provide the full experience to see if the user wants to pay for it. A money grab plain and simple.

The app is great, but I can't recommend due to their slimy sales approach. When you first start the app, they ask if you want to sign up for a plan - no problem so far. If you don't select one, they then offer you a discount that won't be available again if you don't select it now - the problem is that you haven't had time to try the app yet! I find this kind of marketing slimy / predatory. It relies on your fear of missing out, instead of the quality of the product. I won't be using Bend.