I can, but just barely. Can't go beyond the middle of my fingertips before feeling like my arms are about to be dislodged out of their respective sockets.
Poll: Can you touch your toes?
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I have long legs, have a bad back, weigh about 300 pounds, have a rather large gut, and yet I still can touch my toes without bending my knees. If there's one thing I can be proud of, it's that, even being unfit, I'm still rather flexible.
Yeah, that makes sense. Most of the time when I stand I'm leaning to one side slightly; I just find it more comfortable to stand like that. I don't know whether it's because one leg's slightly shorter or because I'm flat footed or because I'm just plain weird.Aris Khandr said:
ONCE UPON A TIME... i could...
Now that i am older, 30 kg heavier, not working out anymore... and sitting about 12 to 14 hours a day at the computer: nope...
Now that i am older, 30 kg heavier, not working out anymore... and sitting about 12 to 14 hours a day at the computer: nope...
They had a state record for "male 8th grade sit-and-reach length" where you come from? where is this? although we did a similar thing in grade 8/9, I don't think there was much in the way of records, it was just who could throw themselves furthest forward and disregard all painAtmos Duality said:
Nope, I'm what many doctors are calling "obese"
Also I have a pretty serious leg problem, and a less serious back problem.
Also I have a pretty serious leg problem, and a less serious back problem.
For a time, they kept those sorts of records in Illinois. Why, I cannot guess.Bravo 21 said:
Then again, growing up I was subject to many state programs for alternative PE curriculum/programs: including line dancing, cooperative tumbling, and (oh why) partnered-dancing.
So I won't pretend to understand the madness behind it.
I'm not very supple. D:
I can reach my ankles, but my legs are much longer than my arms and I have too much gut fat and lack the flexibility required to reach three inches farther. ;_;
I can reach my ankles, but my legs are much longer than my arms and I have too much gut fat and lack the flexibility required to reach three inches farther. ;_;
So I can rear to my full height and intimidate people. As a cashier, this has come in immeasurably helpful. Me standing up straight to my 6'4" height with a slight chest puff lowers an angry customer's volume by as much as thirty decibels!Aris Khandr said:
I have a long torso (long enough that even with advance warning that it's happened before they still can't fit everything into a single shot in a chest x-ray) and short enough legs that I wear the same size pants as my friend four inches shorter than I am...and I don't think I've been able to touch my toes since I was in elementary school. Ever since high school I haven't been able to get much beyond 8" from the floor, even on a good day, no matter how good shape I'm in. I just have really tight hamstrings. It's kind of weird because my hips are as loose as my hamstrings are tight, so despite that I can still almost put my legs behind my head.Powereaver said:
Have never been able to. I'm not flexible enough to bend that far, and it's not because I've got pudge to overcome. Even as a kid in gymnastics, I was never able to do this (and thus became the laughing stock of the class). I just don't have a very flexible frame. Never have, even when I stretched out a lot more than I do now.
