Wearing a mask may be uncomfortable in certain situations, that's true. But another truth is that face masks can help protect you and others from COVID-19 [3]. That being said, senior United States national team gymnast Morgan Hurd [4] demonstrated an important message: if she can wear one while flipping on a four-inch-wide beam [5], you can wear one too (minus the flip).

Hurd, who became the all-around world champion in 2017 and is currently training for the Olympics set for next summer [6], posted a video on Twitter showing herself doing a backflip with a full twist (aka a tuck full). To make it even more difficult, she performed the skill on the balance beam (it's an acrobatic skill in her beam routine [7]). She wrote three words to accompany the video: "wear your mask."

The 19-year-old doesn't wear a mask every single time she's in the gym training, as you'll see on her Instagram [8] — plus, there are precautions you should take depending on the type of workout done while wearing a face mask [9] — but the point is that she can flip and twist through the air with her mouth and nose covered [10]. You, at the very least, can therefore walk around in public with your own.