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

"Be sure to give your body an appropriate warm up. What your body requires may vary depending on the activity, but a general guideline is to do something that raises your core temperature or gets your blood moving. This could mean taking a few minutes on a treadmill or an elliptical machine, or body weight movements like squats, lunges and sit-ups and, while you should use a bit of activity to get your body warm, make sure you keep it warm by either continuing to move throughout your stretching session, layering on warm clothes or simply staying in a warm room. A cold muscle is never a flexible one!" Knauer says.

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