“I am often compared to an alien, even though I don’t know how an alien can move like me,” said Alade, who is a professional acrobat and dancer. It thought that its movements were unbelievable to humans and therefore seemed otherworldly to them. Apart from being an alien, he is also compared to Disney’s Tarzan.

“Sorry, but if I met him outside I would start shouting ‘what the hell’,” said a man who saw Alade’s acrobatics.

Alade does not use pitch, instead, he benefits from its flexibility. However, it is not always flexible, it takes hard work and practice.

“I used to have no flexibility and couldn’t even touch my toes. I remember the first time I saw an acrobat, I was shocked and couldn’t believe my eyes. I even thought it was physically impossible to get that kind of flexibility,” says 25-year-old Alade about his past.

Twelve years ago, he decided to change that and started developing his flexibility.

“I am a dancer and I was very inspired by contortion (a field of art based on flexibility – editor’s note) and yoga, so I started stretching every day,” she added.

After stretching every day and maintaining his body’s mobility and flexibility, he managed to break the world record on February 4 2023, after undergoing intensive training for two weeks.

He entered the Guinness Book of Records after running the fastest 10 meters with his hands and feet behind his head. There has been no previous attempt to set this record. But Alade’s journey is not over yet even with a world record, he has big plans for the future.

Now he continues to teach the art of acrobatics and dreams of his own school.

“It doesn’t happen naturally, but anyone can do it with hard work. Just as you need to work out in the gym to gain muscle and strength, you also need to stretch to gain more flexibility and mobility,’ advises the record holder to all budding acrobats.