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 ...

Confession: I hate stretching, and I haven’t been able to touch my toes in years. For a while, I shrugged off my lack of flexibility as a minor problem in the grand scheme of my overall fitness.

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, ...

Flexibility varies from person to person, so it's perfectly normal and fine for some folks to struggle to touch their toes. Delmaine Donson via Getty Images If you’re of a certain age, you may ...

How do you feel when you turn your head or touch your toes? Your ability to do that comes from flexibility. so health and fitness expert Beth Oliver joined us to share a series of tests to see how ...

Maybe you used to be bendier than Gumby–or maybe you dreaded the sit-and-reach test every year in school. Whatever your current flexibility (or lack thereof), it’s all too easy to believe your body's ...

Grant R. Tomkinson has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, National Institutes of Health, and Public Health Agency of Canada. Hunter Bennett and Lewis Ingram do not ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

At some point in your life, you've probably locked your legs and bent over to see how close your fingertips can get to your feet. The toe-touch test has been a staple of fitness for many decades and ...

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 ...