Can you touch your toes while standing up?

[mb]

Only when I was very young was I actually able to do so. At the age of 21, I just found out that it's because I don't have flexible hamstrings, which has also led to me having weak knees. I am now doing a lot more stretching after I work out and hopefully I can see some improvements in a few weeks.

 

[Confused]

Yeah I can touch my toes.


I'm sitting down on the chair and i don't even have to stretch!

 

[mb]

You know what I mean

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Confused
Yeah I can touch my toes.


I'm sitting down on the chair and i don't even have to stretch!

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[moshquerade]

umm.. yeh.

 

[Otaking]

oo, I like waffles Very good with syrup and butter..mmm

 

[aidanjm]

yes, altho it hurts a bit.

 

[ShotgunSteven]

31, can still put my palms flat on the floor with my knees locked.

 

[Patt]

I am one of the most inflexible ba$tards around, but since my wife is a yoga instructor, I have to attend some of her classes, and I have learned a lot about stretching from her. I can touch my toes, barely, mainly because I haven't been going that often (golf season and all). When I do it regularly, I can slip my fingers under my toes.

Oh, and :beer: to me for having a yoga instructor wife

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
31, can still put my palms flat on the floor with my knees locked.

mmm, you know what that means don't you?

 

[ShotgunSteven]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: ShotgunSteven
31, can still put my palms flat on the floor with my knees locked.

mmm, you know what that means don't you?

It means if I ever go to prison and drop the soap, I had better take the advice to lift with my knees and not my back for once in my life.

 

[Kelemvor]

Have to stretch a couple times to get warmed up but Yes I can. I took TaeKwonDo lessons for a few years and am far more flexible now than I used to be.

 

[Koing]

I can get my palms flush on the the floor.

Koing

 

[shilala]

Yes I can. 10 more pounds and it will be physically impossible.

 

[Koing]

http://heangkoing.homestead.com/files/Koing_wide-legs_body_flush2_s.jpg



Koing

 

[nwfsnake]

I think here in the USA it should be "Can you SEE your toes when your standing"!

 

[slightlyhuman]

yep, stretch every day, i can put my palms on the ground.

 

[Mojoed]

I can't touch my toes while standing up, never could actually. I used to work with this guy who was a black belt, who could touch his FACE to his SHINS. The guy was literally folding himself in half. Made us all cringe every time he did that.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Mojoed
I can't touch my toes while standing up, never could actually. I used to work with this guy who was a black belt, who could touch his FACE to his SHINS. The guy was literally folding himself in half. Made us all cringe every time he did that.

Yeah I got to work my way up to that sometime. Hurts like f0ck but you do it progressively every other day...

Koing

 

[aolj]

I can have my whole palm rest on the floor while I stand up.

 

[WdnUlik2no]

I am 28 now I just tried and I still can do it with no problem. I also can still put my feet on my head, but not totally behind my head like I used to.

 

[FoBoT]

i can touch my toes with a couple waffles hanging off a string

 

Originally posted by: moshquerade
umm.. yeh.

Show me.

 

[Fritzo]

No, but only because I was born with short hamstrings. I had to wear special shoes with tall heals to learn to walk. I still think I walk a little funny, but people don't notice.

 

[SWScorch]

barely. My hamstrings are chronically tight.