The simple flexibility test that reveals if you’re likely to die within the decade [Video]

04:16 EDT 21 Aug 2024, updated 04:41 EDT 21 Aug 2024

Unable to touch your toes? You could have a five times higher risk of death compared to those who can, a study suggests. 

Data from over 3,000 middle-aged people found those who found the exercise difficult had a far higher chance of dying within a decade compared to those who were more supple.

Brazilian researchers assessed the flexibility of participants in a study using a system called Flexindex.

This examines how people can stretch in 20 ways using seven different joints, with some examples including being able to touch your toes, being able to touch the back of your left shoulder with your right hand over your head. 

At the end of the tests people are given a total score of between 0 and 80.

In the most recent analysis, published in the …