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, ...

Touching your toes takes hamstring flexibility. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Reaching down to the ground to touch your toes can feel very satisfying. It’s an ...

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 ...

I’ve always had a weird relationship with flexibility. My ankles bend so easily that I can sit in a deep squat as just a relaxing way to rest. I got into Olympic weightlifting without having to spend ...

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 ...

You might think flexibility is something you're born with -- you either have it or you don't. While your flexibility level does have ties to genetics (we can't all be contortionists), you might be ...

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 ...