Catrin
02-06-2011, 01:36 PM
One thing has been very constant in my fitness assessments over the past year and a half or so. Part of this is a test of flexibility - though really it seems more a test of back flexibility.
The test is quite simple, one takes shoes off, sits on the floor in front of this metal contraption, feet against it. Then, keeping knees on the ground, one leans forward and pushes a lever on the metal contraption as far forward as one can. This is done twice.
Quite frankly, my flexibility in this department s*cks. With all of the work I've done, the lost of 55 pounds and everything else, it has not changed at all. Indeed, it may have decreased slightly.
Are there exercises I can do that will increase this kind of flexibility? Can yoga help this? I am hoping that I can do something for this - but I think it's been around for much longer than realize as I've only become aware of it when I finally started becoming active a year and a half ago.
The test is quite simple, one takes shoes off, sits on the floor in front of this metal contraption, feet against it. Then, keeping knees on the ground, one leans forward and pushes a lever on the metal contraption as far forward as one can. This is done twice.
Quite frankly, my flexibility in this department s*cks. With all of the work I've done, the lost of 55 pounds and everything else, it has not changed at all. Indeed, it may have decreased slightly.
Are there exercises I can do that will increase this kind of flexibility? Can yoga help this? I am hoping that I can do something for this - but I think it's been around for much longer than realize as I've only become aware of it when I finally started becoming active a year and a half ago.