The latest version of AI we all know today hasn't actually existed for a long time. ChatGpt, AI image generation, AI web browsers have all just pop up in the past few years and are quite new concepts. Still, we've seen this technology become powerful. In its early days, chatbots could barely connect sentences, AI images were totally confused, and AI peers were confused to say the least.
All of these technologies have been significantly improved. However, the AI technology that comes before any AI video is AI video. Looking at the early videos created by AI, they were total and total confusion. Objects fly around the screen, people's faces disappear, and body parts run away without paying attention to the laws of physics. But that has completely changed.
AI videos often cannot be communicated separately from the real thing, and they still find their way. In Hollywood. Still, there are still areas where AI video cannot grasp the handle. One of these is gymnastics.
First AI video exercise
About a year ago, I saw AI video really start to take off, in the middle of one of the big pushes of AI. There was success, but it was mainly a laughable experience.
One trend that emerged was the AI attempt to replicate gymnastics routines. The result was less exercise, more body parts changed with each other, and more nightmare fuel, spinning aimlessly.
Create gymnastics routines using AI video generation. From r/sutswasanattemp
It was strange and entertaining, but at the same time it made sense. Most AI models were trained on 2D datasets that lacked depth awareness. Combining it with the rapid and unusual movements of the body makes it difficult for AI to replicate this.
In fact, gymnastics is one of the biggest challenges AI could face in the video world. It moves quickly and unstable, and includes body movements that are difficult to replicate frame by frame.
How's it now?
That was about a year ago. So where are we now? With the rapid development of AI, is this certainly not a problem at all? Well, a bit. The quality has improved significantly, but the problem is still there.
I tried to recreate the gymnastics videos using various AI video generators. beginning, Midjourney created this.
You don't need an expert to see what's wrong here. Midjourney struggled to create an accurate representation of the flip, reinserting the same side as the person they were facing.
I tried a different approach with Midjourney. It's still gymnastics, but I'm not focusing much on the flipping movement.
It's not quite right yet, but compared to the first attempt, it's much closer.
So what about another platform? VEO 3 is frequently considered to be one of the best AI video generators on the market. Can it crack the case?
The first attempt did not fulfill me with hope. There is an impressive generation before and after the flip, but as soon as the flip begins, it all falls apart. I had the same problem when I tried to generate a model and hanging on a jump.
I've written the perfect response of VEO 3, using ChatGpt, avoiding hallucinations and recreating the correct physics of this situation. It still seemed to be struggling with this idea.
Can AI even make gymnastics videos?
But I struggled to get this kind of quick job, but that doesn't mean that it's impossible. X user Venturetwins has posted a video created with the new Kling 2.5 Turbo. In the video, we used AI to create three accurate gymnastics videos.
The day has finally arrived – AI videos can do gymnastics. (👏From Kling 2.5 Turbo) pic.twitter.com/260pmgsvsaSeptember 23, 2025
Some users have pointed out that when clips slow, glitches and body parts still appear to be noticeable, which are working in inhumane ways, but the closest thing I've seen is to finally crack this code.
Another user responded with his own attempt to replicate this concept via Kling 2.5, showing yet another burning body during the gymnastics phase.
The Kling 2.5 Turbo is a recent announcement, but it may change the AI game. Or, as technology gets better, things like ChatGpt and Gemini may eventually crack gymnastics AI video codes.
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