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 ...

Generations of Americans who struggled to complete a pull-up in front of their classmates winced as President Trump announced that he was reinstating the annual assessment. By Michael Levenson Ivory ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday plans to reestablish the Presidential Fitness Test for American schoolchildren, a program created in 1966 to help interest young people in following ...

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 ...