The Secret to Staying Limber, According to a Cirque du Soleil Aerialist

"You can do dynamic stretching, which is doing controlled movements that take you through your full range of motion, or static stretching, which involves holding a muscle or body part for 30 seconds or more at the edge of its flexibility. Just avoid what professionals call ballistic stretching, which is bouncing in a stretch at your end range of motion or doing anything else that uses uncontrolled movements or momentum. Always listen to your body when stretching," Knauer says.

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