As I mentioned before, I do gymnastics (on a very basic level - most of the time, I am a coach).
I always had problems doing a standing balance due to my limited flexiblity. In the standing balance, the upper leg and the shoulders are supposed to be even or higher than the hips.
Last saturday, I had to do it again and a friend of mine took a picture. To my surprise, it was ok. Still, the leg is not straight, but it actually is "even or higher than the hips". I was really happy for this little improvement of my flexiblity!
(the old ladies don't do beam - we do bench 😄 )