[Bear Hands]

This is easier with curved feet than with feet flat on the ground. It's just a squat. Yoga-style squats make your muscles burn because you move up and down as slow as you can handle, not because you can hold at the bottom.


She's turned her torso to her right, making this pose easier than intended.


The man is doing something more impressive than she is. On the ground she would be putting her right knee down for support. You alternate sides on this and pull your outstretched hand and outstretched foot away from each other while keeping your back parallel to the ground to stretch and strengthen the muscles along your spine. The only hard part here for a fat person is belly weight causing strain on the back, and she's getting outside help.


That's actually impressive, but as I said before, that's a test of upper body strength, not flexibility.