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Toe touch stretch: The simple core exercise that fires up your upper abs

This classic bodyweight movement, widely used by fitness professionals in the United States, is an effective and accessible ...
Yahoo

7 Ab Stretches to Improve Spinal Mobility and Reduce Back Pain

Our core is an area we are constantly working — whether it's during a workout, maintaining our balance when walking or stabilizing us during daily movement. Despite how much we use the core, ...
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Can you touch your toes? What that says about your health — and how to get better at it.

Touching your toes takes hamstring flexibility. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) Reaching down to the ground to touch your toes can feel very satisfying. It’s an ...
The Conversation

New research shows how long, hard and often you need to stretch to improve your flexibility

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 ...
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Can you touch your toes? What that says about your health — and how to get better at it.

Reaching down to the ground to touch your toes can feel very satisfying. It’s an easy way to wake up the muscles in your lower back, hamstring and calves, as well as get a great stretch in your spine ...