Welcome to day 22 of the month-long Houston Chronicle Yoga Challenge. Today's move is standing twist. If standing leg raise and spinal twist had a love child, this is what it would look like. Standing ...

A stronger core after 50 doesn't come from endless crunches, it comes from standing movements that force your entire body to stabilize, rotate, and control tension from head to toe. When you train on ...

Karen Voight can be reached at kvoightla@aol.com. A good way to strengthen and stretch your torso muscles is to begin your workouts with this standing twist. In the beginning, you may find that ...