r/bodylanguage • u/Less_Professional152 • 4d ago

Workplace Why do men do this?

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I’ve never once in my life seen a woman sit like this. Lol

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u/Nappy_Rano 4d ago

I do it because it’s comfortable. I have absolute shit shoulders from physical activity in my youth and this helps stretch them for momentary relief 🤷🏻‍♂️

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u/BoxComfortable5282 4d ago

What were you doing

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u/Nappy_Rano 4d ago

I use to practice Capoeira

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u/BoxComfortable5282 4d ago

Oh wow me too a while back. That’s cool.

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u/Nappy_Rano 4d ago

Nice! Did you ever get into tricking? I discovered Capoeira through tricking (since it incorporates Capoeira moves)

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u/BoxComfortable5282 4d ago

Oh I didn’t know there was overlap. My friend in elementary school taught me about capoeira but I never realized the whole cultural aspect of it, just thought it was fun. He moved and I just forgot about it.

My friend in HS wanted to teach me about tricking and I humored him for a bit. I don’t remember what we were doing but we collided and I rolled my ankle when I landed and fell right on my hip so that was the end of that lmaoo.

I might get back into it though. Could help my tight hips and hamstrings and weak core. Plus it just looks cool.

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u/Nappy_Rano 4d ago

Oh yeah, tricking incorporates Capoeira moves, breakdancing moves, Taekwondo kicks, gymnastic tumbling. I'm way past my prime for doing it anymore though lol I stick to hiking and occasional workouts these days.

If you have the capability, I say go for it! It's exhilarating when you learn new moves

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u/Pandacakes0990 2d ago

Parkour incorporates all of this

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u/BrokenManSyndrome 2d ago

Bro, are you me? Used to do capoeira, then went into parkour then branched into tricking. Well now I'm almost 40 and my knees are shot but I still do a bit every now and then.

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u/Nappy_Rano 2d ago

Hell yeah! To be clear, when I say I practiced Capoeira, I didn't take formal lessons or classes, I was self-taught on it and tricking. Just watched countless youtube videos and emulated the movements in my front yard

My body just won't let me do any of it anymore lol I never stretched when I use to trick bc dumb young me thought "I'm young, I don't need to stretch" and I'm paying for it now with back, hip, shoulder, and knee pain 😅 I recently tried just a spinning star kick from the ground and it was not happening lmao. No regrets though, had too much fun in my heyday