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raising one's core body temperature by a bit by doing five to seven, maybe even 10 minutes of easy cardiovascular exercise or calisthenic movements, provided you can do those without getting injured, seems to be an ideal way to warm up the body for stretching.
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In general, to avoid injury, it's a good idea to raise your core body temperature a bit before doing these kinds of stretches.
But to leave all that aside, doing static stretching after some other form of exercise and if not after some form of exercise, after a brief warm-up to raise your core body temperature definitely seems like the right way to go.
Otherwise, raising one's core body temperature by a bit by doing five to seven, maybe even 10 minutes of easy cardiovascular exercise or calisthenic movements, provided you can do those without getting injured, seems to be an ideal way to warm up the body for stretching.