Can't Touch Your Toes? Do This

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Photo: Leslie Lewis I’m a yoga teacher, so I hear, “I can’t do yoga, I’m not flexible and I can’t touch my toes!” at least once a day. It’s all that sitting, by the way, that’s shortening your hamstrings in the first place. A study by the Department of Human Performance and Exercise Science, which focused specifically on hamstring flexibility, found that just 30 seconds of stretching, done three times a week, successfully helped lengthen the hamstrings after just four weeks. You also need to think about your deep hip muscles and the muscles that run down your back.
Photo: Leslie Lewis I’m a yoga teacher, so I hear, “I can’t do yoga, I’m not flexible and I can’t touch my toes!” at least once a day. It’s all that sitting, by the way, that’s shortening your hamstrings in the first place. A study by the Department of Human Performance and Exercise Science, which focused specifically on hamstring flexibility, found that just 30 seconds of stretching, done three times a week, successfully helped lengthen the hamstrings after just four weeks. You also need to think about your deep hip muscles and the muscles that run down your back.
Photo: Leslie Lewis I’m a yoga teacher, so I hear, “I can’t do yoga, I’m not flexible and I can’t touch my toes!” at least once a day. It’s all that sitting