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In reply to the discussion: 70 lbs. down. Now I can rant about obnoxious fitness fanatics. [View all]Silent3
(15,154 posts)Forget about touching my toes, touching below my knees is a bit of a challenge! I've been like that all my life -- very tight hamstrings.
I've also got a Catch-22 with back problems, problems that should hopefully improve with some stretching and core strength exercises, but most of those kinds of exercises don't work well with my bad back. I need to carefully work up to a better condition doing some special exercises I got from a physical therapist, but my discipline has been lacking there in keeping up with those.
Once I get to my target weight (in another ten pounds) I'll trade off some of the time I've been spending doing aerobic exercise for getting through those therapy exercises, and then do a bit more strength training than the minor amount I've been doing so far.