With your hands and with straight legs? (You know what I mean)
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Lots of liars in this poll.Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
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Originally posted by chrisrenrut View Post6 or less is a lot? I’ve always tried to stay limber. For a while I could touch my nose to my knees (or as my brother once so delicately put it, view my own anus).Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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For the record, I can put my palms on the floor and my nose on my knees. I stretch every day for 10-15 minutes.
About 10 years ago my MD mentioned that flexibility can help tall people as they age (I'm 6'6"), that it can help them not be as crooked, stiff, prone to falls, and in pain.
So I started stretching.
It took me three months to just brush my toes.
Now I can do yoga and am flexible enough for martial arts and ballet.We all trust our own unorthodoxies.
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Originally posted by Sleeping in EQ View PostFor the record, I can put my palms on the floor and my nose on my knees. I stretch every day for 10-15 minutes.
About 10 years ago my MD mentioned that flexibility can help tall people as they age (I'm 6'6"), that it can help them not be as crooked, stiff, prone to falls, and in pain.
So I started stretching.
It took me three months to just brush my toes.
Now I can do yoga and am flexible enough for martial arts and ballet.
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I have never EVER been flexible. And while I've been able to brush my toes if I lunge - I've never been able to leave my fingers touching them. Not even when I was running track in HS and stretching daily.
I've had back issues and hamstring issues in the past. I remember reading that if I'd stretch and get some flexibility, it would help with those things. So there was a time when I made a relatively committed effort (15 minutes a day for several weeks) and really didn't see any improvement at all.
Anyway - I'd love to hear what stretches you did, how you did them, how you built up. I do believe that flexibility means much higher quality of life as you get older. I'm just not sure where to start or how to fix where I'm at.
I've also heard that one of the tests they can do that actually predicts longevity is if you can go from sitting down cross-legged to standing up without using your hands. Here's an article that talks about it (among other things)
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I stretch every day while swishing mouthwash and/or fluoride rinse. I focus on my calves and hamstrings since that's what always seems to be tightest. I'm way too fat but I can touch my toes."I think it was King Benjamin who said 'you sorry ass shitbags who have no skills that the market values also have an obligation to have the attitude that if one day you do in fact win the PowerBall Lottery that you will then impart of your substance to those without.'"
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