Kelly Starrett shares the simple secret for stretching your limits.
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TRY THIS RIGHT NOW: GET OFF YOUR couch and sink into a full squat with your feet flat on the floor.
Now stay there for 10 minutes.
To physical therapist Kelly Starrett, you’re not truly fit until you can do that. This simple challenge, issued six years ago on YouTube by Starrett, owner of a San Francisco CrossFit box, addresses a fitness weakness that most men ignore, and it exemplifies his philosophy.
This story is from the December 2017 edition of Men's Health South Africa.
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