What does it mean when a guy grabs his foot and lifts it up like a quad stretch?

Question

I was at a dance and my guy friends would come up to talk to me and then they would casually grab their ankle and just hold it behind them like they were stretching their quads. What does this mean?

Answer 1

They were demonstrating their athleticism, it's what you do before going on the pitch to play football, or whatever.

Its standard animal display behaviour, probably one of the alpha males in their group has it as a habit, and it's been copied.

It could also be a joke, and a dare, suggesting they were preparing to do sporting activities with you.

Answer 2

They have secretly joined a yoga course and all want soon to be able to surprise their girlfriends that they know all the positions of the Kama Sutra and won't get them wrong...xx

Flexibility is of the essence. they only just started. It takes a while to learn the ancient art of ''love'' there are too many difficult positions...LOL

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Answer 3

My son used to do that, he is very shy around people he doesn't know.

Answer 4

he may not even have known he was doing it if he was nervous and subconsciously displaying his athleticism or acting nonchalant

Answer 5

Maybe he worked too hard in practice and his muscles are tense??