“The Perfect Gymnast Body: A Toxic Illusion” has over 70,000 views

“The Perfect Gymnast Body: A Toxic Illusion” has reached over 70,000 views on YouTube and has been widely shared across the gymnastics community.

Sarah Thirkell created this short film while interning as the Digital Media Content Creator for American company, Shift Movement Science. As a former high level gymnast, Sarah's passion and love for the sport is what drove her enthusiasm for creating positive culture change within gymnastics. Sarah created this film with the intention of exposing the unrealistic and often dangerous cultural undertones in gymnastics surrounding the idea of obtaining the 'perfect' gymnast body. The film explored these and other issues contributing to the darker side of gymnastics and the need for change.