Gymnastics is a particularly GIF-able sport because you can't help but watch each clip over and over.
By your third watch, you might just be able to determine the precise number of flips and twists involved in each skill. By viewing number five, you start to contemplate the sheer muscle power and flexibility each move requires. By the eighth time, it sinks in: you will never, ever be able to move that way without ending up in a neck brace.
Below are 20 of the most flipping awesome gymnastics GIFs. Warning: Don't try these moves off your living room sofa.
1.[img src="http://sale-online.click/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Aly-floor.gif" caption="" credit="" alt=""]
Image courtesy of Tumblr, cleidygymnast
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4.[img src="http://sale-online.click/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Rhythmic1.gif" caption="" credit="" alt=""]
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5.[img src="http://sale-online.click/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Beam.gif" caption="" credit="" alt=""]
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9.[img src="http://sale-online.click/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Jordyn-floor.gif" caption="" credit="" alt=""]
Image courtesy The Atlantic Wire
10.[img src="http://sale-online.click/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/gabby-stag-leap.gif" caption="" credit="" alt=""]
Image courtesy The Atlantic Wire
11.[img src="http://sale-online.click/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/tumbling-beam.gif" caption="" credit="" alt=""]
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Image courtesy The Atlantic Wire
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Image courtesy The Atlantic Wire
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Image courtesy of Tumblr, mksloan
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