A perpetual embarrassment of mine is that I can't touch my toes with straight legs. By all accounts, I should be able to do this. I've been practicing yoga regularly for over a decade now. Every time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Touching your toes takes hamstring flexibility. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) (Photo ...

“Can you touch your toes? I can’t. Barney can.” Veteran business titan and philanthropist Solly Krok is talking about his friend-turned-fitness coach Barney Gordon, 98, who is determined to help Krok ...

If you’re of a certain age, you may remember the Presidential Fitness Test, a now-defunct physical fitness capability test in schools across the country. It was made up of multiple exercise challenges ...

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 ...

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, ...

I don’t really believe in New Year’s resolutions. For the past several years, I have failed to maintain a consistent workout schedule, to cut down on desserts, to read for pleasure during the school ...