Settle an argument - can you form a straight line from knee to toe?

[GimmeAy]

Weird title I know. Apologies.
But myself and OH were just discussing my legs. Or more specifically my foot.
I was stretching my leg/foot out (as one does) and he jumped in horror saying 'Ew, that's disgusting?' After much questioning it transpires that I can bend my foot down enough with an outstretched leg so that it's just one straight line (hard to explain).
He tried it and his ankles won't go halfway near to a straight line with his leg.
Is it men? Is it me (dancer all my youth) or can everybody but him do it and I'm not a freak?

Weird that all the ladies can but some men can't! His is at a 45 degree angle at best.

Ow ow ow cramp.

Yup and I'm not that limber and haven't danced in years!

I can do it, DS can do it (though he is three and can also squat with feet flat on the ground). Off to ask DH, who is the only dancer in the house.

I hope you twatted him for calling any part of you 'disgusting'! No but he'll be getting an outstretched leg from me from now on whenever he pisses me off.

I can do it too and am certainly not a dancer !
Disappointed that there is no one else here that I can ask

I don't understand how some people can't do this. What happens to their feet when they are swimming if they can't? How far down do they go?

My legs are very flexible. I’ve sometimes found myself in positions wondering how I did it. I don’t do yoga or Pilates, just stretch daily to help relieve pain and discomfort.

I can do the splits, crab, the belly roll thing where you have to hold your ankles etc. None of the dc’s can do these, not even the bendy boys.

We can all do the thumb bent back and other weird things with our fingers and thumbs. Oh and toe crossing.

@JesusInTheCabbageVan

Cramp here too!

I can do it.
DH can't.

I'd generally say he's much fitter and more flexible than me. Though I used to be bendy (not splits bendy, but bend over backwards into the crab bendy) when I was younger.

I can but it gives me cramp.

I can, and I am definitely not flexible!

I can and am not even flexible

I can but I practice yoga 🧘‍♀️

I can. Fat and unbendy.

I must be stupid but I don’t understand! Is everyone lifting their leg off the ground and pointing their feet?

Maybe muscles tighter in men or something? Or ligaments not as stretchy?

I can. Dp can't.

I am not a dancer. I am, however a kickboxing, and spend at least 45 min a day stretching.

But even when I started kickboxing I could do this.

Me, DH and DS can all do it very easily.

Yes Mae - point your toe straight (or downwards). OH can't get to a straight position as ankle won't flex that much.

I can do it on my right leg.

On my left, with my reconstructed ankle, not a hope!

He is now trying his damndest to do it and getting a cramp too lol. And he's no further either.

tell him he will have issues when older as ankle mobility is important and will impact his balance when hes older. he'll end up a shuffling old man and falling over a lot. time to take up some mobility exercises!

What clenches when you do it is your calf muscle. Well I've never thought about this before now, but I'm trying to understand how you can't.

Yes, easily. I didn’t realise people might not be able to. I was diagnosed with hypermobility syndrome in my early thirties, so my idea of what is normal range of motion isn’t quite right. It was only when diagnosed that all those people over the years saying, “Doesn't that hurt?!” made sense!

I can do it with no effort at all and I am no dancer or gymnast.