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. Are your hamstrings ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." [table-of-contents] stripped Muscle tightness is never fun, but rock-hard hamstrings are real day ruiners ...

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Natalia Perez-Segnini is a NASM-certified personal trainer, a yoga instructor, a breathwork practitioner and a trauma-informed specialist. As a head coach at Tone House—a premier athletic-based ...

Let me hit you with a very controversial health statement: Stretching is just as important, if not more important, than your workout. Okay, that might not seem controversial, but you would think so ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Touching your toes takes hamstring flexibility. (Photo illustration: Alex Cochran for Yahoo News; photo: Getty Images) (Photo ...

You may think having flexible hamstrings is a badge of honor for outdoor athletes. And while you’re not exactly wrong, not everyone needs to have Cirque du Soleil-level stretching abilities to succeed ...

If you can’t touch your toes without majorly bending your knees, that’s a sure sign you could benefit from doing hamstring stretches. But even if you can touch your toes easily, you should still be ...