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 2009-07-09 7:31 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Expert  1158    A Husker stuck in VA |  Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes?I never really realized this was an issue. This is the first thing you are required to show at all Physical Readiness Tests in the Navy, never understood why but now that I know not everyone can do it I guess I understand better. BTW, I can. |
| 2009-07-09 8:24 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Master 1402 Highlands Ranch | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? Easy, I just did it sitting here at the keyboard |
| 2009-07-09 8:32 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Champion 8766   Evergreen, Colorado | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? Yep. Palms flat on the floor. But I cannot touch my heels to my butt. So I have very flexible hamstrings and very unflexible quads. |
| 2009-07-09 8:38 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Champion 17756 SoCal | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? I can do palms on the ground now but I try to stretch every day. |
| 2009-07-09 8:52 AM in reply to: #2271854 |
| Iron Donkey 38643 , Wisconsin | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? LazyMarathoner - 2009-07-08 9:42 PM I can put my palms flat on the floor, no knee bend and little effort. I stretch about 15-20 minutes every day. My bike fitter was shocked, she said she rarely sees flexibility in triathletes. Something about ankles and ears could be mentioned here, but I won't. |
| 2009-07-09 9:12 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Extreme Veteran 930 Fort Worth, TX | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? I can, but it's about the limit of my flexibility. I took a one-semester stretching class in college - at the end of the course, I had gained a total of less than one-inch on my toe-touch reach - sadly, I tried like crazy to stretch each day. It's in the genes... That being said - I am agile and never had problems in sports - go figure, or ask a kinesiologist  |
| 2009-07-09 10:23 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Champion 6786 Two seat rocket plane | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? With what? |
| 2009-07-10 2:24 AM in reply to: #2272908 |
Master 2665 The Whites, New Hampshire | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? ride_like_u_stole_it - 2009-07-09 11:23 AM With what? My question exactly. Sitting here at the desk with one leg crossed over the other it is easy to touch my toes with my hands. Not sure why others have a problem with this!  |
| 2009-07-10 10:09 PM in reply to: #2271661 |
| Member 162 Québec | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? Hey, I have trouble crossing my legs! But then again, I can't touch my elbow with my tongue. Edited by lucka 2009-07-10 10:12 PM |
| 2009-07-10 10:28 PM in reply to: #2277517 |
Elite 4108 Calgary,AB,Canada | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? lucka - 2009-07-10 9:09 PM Hey, I have trouble crossing my legs! But then again, I can't touch my elbow with my tongue. Of course I'm sitting in front of my computer ttrying to do that right now!! And i can't do it. But i can touch palms on the floor. |
| 2009-07-11 2:57 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Veteran 204 Jacksonville, Fl | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? I can touch palms to the deck. I can also kiss my knee with my legs straight. They don't kiss back so it makes me sad. ;-) |
| 2009-07-11 8:50 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Master 2327 North Alabama | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? Yep hands on the floor. It's nice knowing I can do it too. Used to be a little easier, but the lack of stretching lately has hurt. I'm picking up the stretching more now that my hips are tightening. |
| 2009-07-11 9:23 AM in reply to: #2271661 |
Master 1584 Fulton, MD | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? For the people who can't, how do you manage to get your socks on? I would also imagine that transitions during races cause a lot of problems.... |
| 2009-07-11 9:27 AM in reply to: #2272908 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? ride_like_u_stole_it - 2009-07-09 11:23 AM With what? With beets! Duh.
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| 2009-07-11 7:01 PM in reply to: #2277999 |
Champion 6786 Two seat rocket plane | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? Renee - 2009-07-11 9:27 AM ride_like_u_stole_it - 2009-07-09 11:23 AM With what? With beets! Duh.
Lemurs are the new beets! |
| 2009-07-11 7:06 PM in reply to: #2278536 |
Buttercup 14334 | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? ride_like_u_stole_it - 2009-07-11 8:01 PM Renee - 2009-07-11 9:27 AM ride_like_u_stole_it - 2009-07-09 11:23 AM With what? With beets! Duh.
Lemurs are the new beets! *sigh* I am so mid-decade ... |
| 2009-07-12 9:24 PM in reply to: #2271661 |
| Littleton, CO | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? Nope. Little help? |
| 2009-07-13 1:43 PM in reply to: #2271661 |
Champion 11989 Philly 'burbs | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? yes |
| 2009-07-13 2:16 PM in reply to: #2271661 |
Champion 4902 Ottawa, Ontario | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? I'm 58, with a bad back, my knees are shot and I haven't done yoga in about 2 months. But I can still touch my toes without bending my knees with relative ease. The hard part is straightening back up after ... Edited by Machiavelo 2009-07-13 2:16 PM |
| 2009-07-13 4:03 PM in reply to: #2272033 |
Champion 10020 , Minnesota Bronze member | Subject: RE: Can you touch your toes? Ditto. It's not exactly a good comparison of anything, imho. Unless, of course, it's something you've acheived after not being able to do it. So, congrats to the OP! It also makes me excellent at limbo contests. Go figure. Tripolar - 2009-07-09 12:33 AM I can, without bending my knees. However, I have short stubby legs and a long torso. |
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