Warm-Ups for the Circus Artist, Part One
Imagine you’re about to start warming up before your circus class. What will it look like? How long will you do it for and does it look the same every time? In this two-part blog post, we’ll be delving into all things circus warm-up.
I’m really excited to be getting this conversation started here on Circus Talk because getting a warm-up right can definitely limit your chances of injury and set you up for a more fruitful training session or performance. In part one, I will lay out the context of what a warm-up is and explain why and when we should do it. In part two, we will look at the main components of the warm-up and how it can be carried out taking age, training status, skill/conditioning level and preferred discipline(s) into consideration. Video content will supplement part two, which will show different circus practitioners (students/recreational participants and professionals) performing warm-ups. Since there are so many ways to do them, differing in their intensity, duration, type and recovery period etc… these articles will attempt to pull together some of the vast array of warm-up styl...Do you have a story to share? Submit your news story, article or press release.