Can't Touch Your Toes? Is it Really Tight Hamstrings? - The [P]rehab Podcast

In this episode, Dillon discusses the history of the toe touch test looking to answer: Where did the toe touch test originate? What are the health implications if you cannot touch your toes? Are you at risk for back or hip pain if you can't reach your toes? What role do tight hamstrings play in the ability to reach your toes? What solutions are available to improve your toe touch flexibility? All of this and more are answered in this episode.
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[@girly_good4014]

26:30 Magic tricks indeed! I tried it and touched my toes and was stunned

[@user-sg8kq7ii3y]

6:00 - EXACTLY. I've always excelled at the sit-and-reach test as well. With my short legs, long torso, and long arms, I can EASILY touch my toes when my legs are straight - from both a seated and a standing position. But my long torso and short legs also put me at a disadvantage when it came to doing sit-ups without having my legs anchored. Unless my feet were anchored, I could never complete even a single sit up. Many of the things we can and cannot do has to do with body proportions. I mean, I've witnessed lanky basketball players, with long femurs, who struggled to barbell squat 115-lbs, for the simple reason that squatting was a very difficult movement for them due to their body proportions. Yet they had 34-inch verticals, and could 360 dunk, so, I mean, how much squatting strength do they really need? Then you got elite Olympic swimmers, were long torsos and short legs gives them a great advantage when swimming due to reduced leg drag. This is why they say that, at the elite levels, "You don't choose your sport. Your sport chooses you."

[@Nick-kf3io]

Great video 👍