A gainer is the acrobatic trick of performing a backwards somersault while still moving forward.
A half gainer can also be performed starting with walking on the hands and ending with the head upwards, although this is quite difficult.
In gymnastics, the maneuver is performed while standing on the side of a balance beam by kicking one foot forwards while flipping backwards.
[citation needed] A professional wrestling move called a shooting star press is very similar to a gainer, as it involves a wrestler performing a variation of a gainer from a standing position and landing chest first on an opponent.
This maneuver has many variations, ranging from different locations, different tuck styles/turns and also additional degrees of rotation, however the standard shooting star press is essentially a 3⁄4 gainer.