Britt Hertz explores the extreme physical limits of flexibility to see how much the human body can bend.

SEATTLE — Peter Amelia is a trapeze artist and contortionist with Seattle’s Versatile Arts and Arcadia circus schools. "Increasing flexibility has just changed my life so dramatically," Peter said.

Britt Hertz tests her flexibility by attempting the most advanced stretches used by professional contortionists.

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