Beth Skwarecki is Lifehacker’s Senior Health Editor, and holds certifications as a personal trainer and weightlifting coach. She has been writing about health for over 10 years. Flexibility is an ...

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If bending over to touch your toes seems like an impossible task, it may be time to start thinking about increasing your flexibility. From breath work to stretching to strengthening, focused effort ...

Bend down and touch your toes. Touching your toes, like all other bend-and-hold moves, requires our muscles to stretch. “Flexibility is the amount of stretch that a given muscle allows,” explains ...