Touching your toes may seem like a simple task. But actually doing it can feel like an impossible feat. Because my clients often see seated toe touches incorporated into warmup and cool down routines, ...

Reaching down to the ground to touch your toes can feel very satisfying. It’s an easy way to wake up the muscles in your lower back, hamstring and calves, as well as get a great stretch in your spine ...

When you think of contortionists, images of circus performers (perhaps a la Cirque du Soleil) likely come to mind. The bending, twisting, and stretching seem impossible — and never fail to mesmerize.

Let's do the sit-and-reach test to check how flexible you are. Sit with your legs stretch out forward and try to touch your toes with your hands. If you can reach past the toes, congratulation, you ...

Remember that Winnie the Pooh exercise song? "Up, down, touch the ground," it went. Even self-proclaimed "short and fat" Pooh can touch his toes—something seen as the ultimate sign of flexibility. But ...

Being able to touch your toes definitely means you’re flexible, but it’s also a fair indicator of how well you can lift heavy objects, move around in everyday life, and squat or deadlift in the weight ...

Being bendy is more than a cool party trick -- it can also be a key to healthy aging. You might think flexibility is something you're born with -- you either have it or you don't. Even if you did have ...

Nothing is as humbling as bending over and discovering you can’t touch your toes. Not even close. Blame the fact that you don’t stretch enough or that you’re doing it incorrectly. “Usually when people ...