You might think you’d know whether you’re physically flexible or not. But flexibility can differ throughout the body. Among the places where it really counts are the hamstrings and lower back because ...

Depending on your age and core flexibility, you remember it well… the dreaded Sit and Reach test. For years many seemingly active and physically fit children often would be denied the ‘Presidential ...

A simple test can help determine whether a patient suffers from arterial stiffness, often a precursor to cardiovascular disease. Investigators in Japan divided 526 healthy, nonsmoking adults with BMI ...

If you went to an American public school between 1966 and 2012, you probably have memories of sweating through the Presidential Physical Fitness Test — a gym class gauntlet that involved a mile run, ...

Students from a Boston Latin School physical education class run on the track at White Stadium, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, at Franklin Park in Boston. Charles Krupa / AP For decades, the sit-and-reach ...

At the time it was eliminated in 2012, the test included a one-mile run, sit-ups, a shuttle run, a sit-and-reach test, and ...

For decades, the sit-and-reach test and the mile run were hallmarks of physical education for schoolchildren across the country. With President Donald Trump reviving the presidential fitness test ...