Absolutely, perfect timing! I’m glad too because that would have been a disastrous change and from this, you would have hated forefoot running going forward because it feels uncomfortable striking big-toe-first. It just locks everything up and feels very unnatural and hurtful. I know this because that’s how I started out until I learned more about forefoot running and seeing how the pro’s move and use their feet. So thrilled you’re doing it right. Keep up the fantastic work! Thanks for stopping by and for the nice comment my friend!
Following your running protocol over the last several months has actually shown me this difference. I started forefoot running and hitting with my ball of the foot behind the big toe. This hurt a lot so i tried jogging barefoot and noticed "rolling" the foot in from the small toe felt the best. Thank you so much for this video!
Thanks so much for watching and for the thoughtful feedback my friend! I’m so glad you noticed and instantly felt the difference between the two contact points! My lower leg always felt locked up and stiff when I landed big-toe-first when I first learned forefoot running. Then I noticed most pros titled their foot towards the outer-side and landed under the 5th toe. I was very surprised because I figured given the size of the big toe and the bone under it, it would make most sense to land directly on it when running lol. Boy, was that a mistake, and like I said, I’m really glad you felt a noticeable difference and discovered it for yourself. It really does make a remarkable difference landing outer-side-first on the forefoot when you run. It especially makes harder surfaces feel softer, too, because there’s less surface forces (it may even cut down on blistering when running barefoot on pavement?) and it really helps slide the foot into a softer position with the ground. Out of that also comes better ankle stability, too! It's amazing that such a small mechanical action can make a very big difference in so many areas! Thanks for sharing your experience! Keep up the excellent work! You’re doing great!
Your videos have changed my life I ran track ALL my life even in college and as gifted as I was as a competitive runner i ALWAYS suffered from severe shin splints and other debilitating injuries because of my incorrect technique. God bless you for giving this information out for free
Is started running around 6 months ago and this is my natural running form. I've been worried I'm doing it wrong because the foot tilt seems like it'd be bad. Thank you for the video now I don't need to worry about it and can focus on improving with peace of mind.
Thank you very much for the information in this video. Life-long runner, but I haven’t ran in months. I went on a short 2 miler and I made a conscious effort to relax my ankle and land on the outside of foot. So far, so good. No Achilles or inner-shin issues, yet.
Sorry to hear your big toe is bothering you, but I’m very hopeful that landing on the outside of the forefoot will make a big difference in bringing relief! Keep me updated and hope it really helps. Thanks again my friend!
Thank you!! Funny, I had a good run and my pinky toe or outside of my foot was a little beat up afterwards. I thought I was landing wrong, so i adjusted my foot strike to land emphasizing more weight on my big toe. My feet hurt worse. And now I know why lol. Very informative.
I'm brand new to running for fun and a natural forefoot runner who has always landed under my big toe and this has made running so much more comfortable and enjoyable, thanks!
Thanks for the nice remark and especially for sharing those key raw facts. So many fascinating differences in how parts of the foot work concertedly in running. Learning those differences, and landing on the foot in a way that’s functional, definitely can make running safer and more enjoyable. Thanks for watching and for the awesome comment my friend!
@@runforefoot Hmm ok so I land just like they do in the video but now I have Peroneal Tendonitis. At least thats what I believe is causing some foot pain. I've been running this way for years maybe just now its caught up to me..?. Took a week off running and will start back up tommorow.
I'm so glad I saw your video. I am now in the process of switching to minimalist shoes and landing with the front of my foot. Your video literally opened my eyes for a proper landing. . thank you
Awesome video! Thanks so much. I've run since I was a kid and have always naturally been more of a forefoot runner. However, I don't think I really landed on the outside of my forefoot. My track and cross country coaches never said anything about it, and I thankfully never had any injuries that required me to consider it. For the first forty years of my life, I had no significant injuries of any kind. Now, at 43, I'm starting to get consistent lower calf soreness and strain (along with a lot of other post-40 aches and pains throughout my body!). I'm going to try landing more on the outside of my forefoot to see if this fixes it. I'm sure it'll help. Keep up the great work!
@@kiz__ , if you are sprinting, midfoot landing will be impossible as it will slow you down and make you run like a walrus. As your speed increases, your foot will automatically switch to forefoot landing if you have no shoes on. This is the anatomically correct way for us humans to run.
So thrilled you think so :D It’s such a simple piece of info that doesn't get enough attention, but really needs to be emphasized. Thanks for watchin’ and for the kind remarks, too! Happy forefootin’! :D
Thank you for the advice shared on this video, I tried switching to minimalist shoes last year and hurt the 2nd metetasals in both feet. I am now trying again first with some zero drop shoes and I followed your advice this morning, I had no problems with my metetasals and also my runners knee felt much more comfortable.
Landing on outside of forefoot creates a slight external hip rotation (and knees point outwards a bit), which works well with the pelvis swiveled forward at that moment . After or during loading of body weight onto this foot, the heel lowers and the foot pronates, shifting the load to the inside of the foot, and beginning to internally rotate the hip (slight knock-knee prep for toe off) as the pelvis swivels to the rearward angle to facilitate these motions for max stride length. Shoulder swivel opposite of pelvis plays a big role too, all body parts balancing each other for very efficient effort at each step.
I'm so glad I watched this that shows real athletes because I was worried I might have a problem but I'm landing just like some of these runners like at the ones at 0:25 and beyond. It's just a natural thing to do and I doubt I could change it. I'm just starting to trail run at 67 years old and someone told me I had good form but some videos made me doubt . . . It just seems like this is how we were designed so that it softens the landing etc
Such a great video, and as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Just looking at the footfall of the world's best runners says it all,along with the accompanying scientific data and graphics. Landing on the outside of the foot combined with the rolling motion really serves to spread the impact forces over a larger surface area as opposed to a static landing on the big toe where all the forces are absorbed in one spot. Thanks for making such a great great video that really clarifies this effect
Thank you so very much for your generous feedback. I’m very grateful for it, but more than that, thanks a lot for sharing your helpful perspectives on the physical distinctions between the big vs the smallest toe and how those differences affect how impact is managed across the foot when the foot is interacting with the ground during running. Its such an important aspect to understand: using your foot in a way that's more functional for performance and injury prevention. Very valuable insights! Thank you! I love to use the mechanics of pro-runners to reaffirm how forefoot running is properly done from the ground up because that’s what helped me the most --is by watching and learning how the very best (the number ones of running) use their mechanics because that is a big part of what gives them their performance greatness and by doing this, you too can achieve the same kind of mechanical outcomes as those very same runners. I especially like to look at the running style of most East African runners (most of them really land on the outer-side of the forefoot) because barefoot running is where their forefoot strike and running efficiency started from :D which is all the more reason to do some barefoot running now and then, or always :D. Thanks so much again for your insightful input my friend! I loved it! Happy barefooting :D
Thanks for this explanation. Always walked and run on the outside of the fronts of my feet, my heels barely touch the ground, yet I’ve been told by so many that this is incorrect 👍👍
ahhhhhhh this expalins my shin splints at the moment, ive just noticed that for my left leg its imbalanced and it is landing more towards the inside but had noticed when i change the placement during runs the shin splints isnt so bad, im assuming its due to this. Thanks for the video.
thnks for the knowledge,in this pandemic i started first at jog in place after lockdown i practiced the power walking after power running before im heel strike now i manage the mid landing now i see your video i will try this idea thnks and GOD bless
At high speeds, i always ran like that, without even knowing. After gettting older, and running longer distances, i started landing on the heel.... afterwards i discovered front foot landing and made a lot of progress.
i had been landing on my toe and it cost me big time. ankle pain and i completely bonked my first marathon. so happy to have learned forefoot landing the correct way.
good god this video is worth more than 1000 of the other results on the front page. I'm so glad i found this I do think, you were trying to force the newscaster cadence for enunciation, but it does not suit your voice and your microphone quality is high enough that you did not have to do it. If you want to try the newscaster cadence regardless, I think with your version of the newscaster voice is going sound a bit different than the classic version you'd typically hear on TV. Its like you tried to force a forefoot strike in a high drop shoe, the result ended up sounding quite unnatural. But the content is 11/10 thank you so much
As was mentioned before, to get a good form find a piece of grass to run on bare feet and your instincts will kick in. Mother nature is not stupid! (Well, most of the time) But I got a hint from a hiking partner how to avoid shocks in knees, hips, disks when descending from a hill, and it works for trail running too: Slightly turn your knees to the outside. Well, thanks to you I now have an idea WHY it might work: Doing so you force your outer toes to strike first more prominently, thus enabling the foot itself to take a higher amount of stress which would otherwise go directly to the knees and beyond. Thanks for the insight.
Thank you for the lesson , its very interesting to me and very educational as I never thought its safer to run and land on outer smaller toe , I will give it a try I'm sure it has some benefit in the long run . thanks again for your effort in this video .👍
I get it, dealing with a broken big toe from minimal trail running. I hit a root, but I was told to force a big foot side, I bet the small toe would come more natural-when I get back ill check on this
Very sorry to hear about your toe! Hopefully you’re making a speedy recovery my friend and will be running stronger than ever before in no time! Definitely, the smaller toes flexes in ways the big toe can’t, so the outer-side of the forefoot articulates (ease of movement), more smoothly over any surface which makes that area of the foot less injury-prone if you strike on it first in running as compared with the big toe. The bone under the big toe is just one solid, longer bone with stiffer surrounding muscles, so it can’t really take the form of rolling with the ground the way the little bones under the smaller toes can. So, that’s always an important consideration to help keep you rolling along more injury-free, especially on the trails. Thanks for watching and for sharing! Hope your big toe is okay!
Yikes. I’m currently getting into minimal running and was pondering whether I could use vapor glove for trail. But I guess I might need a bit more structure to be safe then :) Would you care to share what shoe you used when you got injured? Wishing you the best of recoveries!
Christopher Okhravi , vapor gloves have a toe guard rubber area. Yes you could plus I was running hill repeats off trail and with five fingers you are open. Now I have used sandals on trails also. Now it took about 4-5 weeks to be able to start running again. I feel barefoot running made my feet stronger and I healed quicker. On a paved bike path I ran ac1.5 mile in sandals yesterday. Not sure if I’ll take sandals or 5 fingers on tuff trails. I would with vapor gloves or viobarefoot. I’m looking at vapor glove 4
I run XC and track at school and I’m trying figure out which type of way I run I always thought I was a heel striker but after I looked at myself run and watched heel striking and forefoot running I finally figured out which one I am!
Very interesting, I just started forefoot running. I actually went from doing it on my outfoot before thinking about it. At which point I made myself land on my big toe as I thought it would be stronger 😂. Now I know better. No wonder my feet are hurting 🤣. Interesting that my body naturally did it right until my stupid brain got in the way.
I was unable to run for years. My knee and back could not take the landing. I ran landing on the heel. Someone told me to learn to run barefoot in grass while landing on forefoot... it took months and suddenly my brain made a click and now i can only run this way.
Anyone watch Letesenbet Giday obliterate the half-marathon record? It definitely seemed as though she was running in a forefoot style landing on the outside of her foot, and her stride is amazing. Back in the 70s, when I was about 11, I participated in a summer track program where kids would train daily with the coaches from the University of Wisconsin. Once, I casually started running in the forefoot style described here, in big loping strides (I was probably about 5'10 and 100 lbs at the time). I was just doing it to change up my stride because I was getting tired, but all of a sudden I could keep up with the older faster kids, and it seemed like I could go forever. I kept on like that for a couple of days. Then one of the coaches said, "Hey Josh, would you mind running more NORMAL. So I went back to my normal stride and immediately feel behind. Unfortunately I wasn't competitive enough or stubborn enough to keep doing what I was doing.
From the art of landing to the art of falling. First land on 5th 4th 3rd 2nd then 1st then if you need heel. If the landing requier then touch with knees when landing forward , hip for the side or bottom for the back. (Most people then strike with the palm of the hand an break there wrist.) Instead go for ribs then shoulder, then elbow, then outer palm and pinky slapping the ground. As in judo. It to looks like a bell curve. (The slapping is to creat a point to bounce from) All you say about running is true, i learned (rediscovered) it by running barefoot when i was a kid. If i strike a rock with my heel i have to lift my whole leg, compared to lifting the front of my foot if i strike with 4 and 5the toe. That brings me to the hoovering technology, on rough, unsteady, slippery terrain like a slope with gravels or mudd. I use multiple strikes as the ground can't handle my weight. I keep the same rhythm with the upper part of the body, while the lower part is striking way faster, just barely touching. Regular strike 180lbs per step Hoover strike 180lbs divided by 3 or more strike. (It feels like the coyote running after the roadrunner lol) I hope it makes sens and helps. Let me know
I have wide/flat feet (0 Arches). I’ve been forefoot running for several years now and decided just today to record myself running. I indeed do strike the ground first on the lateral edge of both feet. I run in Newton Motion’s and I’m thinking of trying out some other brands that are good for forefoot running. Preferrably with a low heel-to-toe drop. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.
Hello! Having some knee injuries, does anyone know if forefoot running can be done for sports like tennis where lots of lateral movements are involved? thanks in advance!
running barefoot at a short and easy distance is pretty intuitive, in highschool we would walk on different parts of our foot to strengthen specific parts of our feet, outers, toes, inners and heels. heels were definitely the most painful. but if you can walk landing on your 4th and 5th metatarsals all you gotta do is the same thing with a differen't stride.
Very helpful! - Thanks for the upload. If I may give you something to work on when doing videos, it is that your voice is very intense and it sounds a bit like yelling when you explain, which takes focus away from the subject, by which you are explaining very well :) But thank you for taking time to do the video, its very helpful for people like me, who don't understand it.
I thought I was doing something wrong when naturally landing on my 4th and 5th toe area , so it's a useful to know I am executing my foot strike correctly and need zero correction.
The way i have understood it, there is pretty much a consensus that you should land with your feet underneath your body, and not in font of it. That way you strike the ground backwards and not downwards. If you do this, does it really matter that much what part of the foot that touch the ground first? It seems to me that all examples of heelstrike on youtube show feet that land in front of the body
I do big toe running without landing on the rest of my foot. Less running and more springboardung myself forward. Never had any ankle injuries while running only when it was hit by something
@@v.s7760 Fkk off. She presented useful information that you learned. That's all that matters. Go read a peer-reviewed journal if you can't handle a simple vid.
@@jesseramirez9205 fkk off. He presented useful criticism that she learned. That’s all that matters. Go watch more youtube videos if you can’t handle a simple comment.
Well actually if you look at the running form of most people then you see that they damage their knees. And running shoes with a high heel (or generally every shoe with a thinner sole at the forefoot area) will support a heel strike.
This is extremely useful to watch, thanks! I would love if you could tell something about the knee. In the slow-mo clip on the treadmill, it seems that the knee is very advanced in front compared to the foot?
Omg i think i have 2nd metatarsal head fracture because before watching this video i have been forefoot landing wrongly and i can feel the pain below my second toe like what was shown in the video. It has been 3 days and the pain is still there. I am actually not injury prone. What do i do to cure this?
So, what you’re saying is the windlass mechanism and the mid foot stability created by this activation has no value? You need to roll off the 5th met to dampen impact? What about excessive pronation from that internal roll off the vases edge?
There are MANY of-value mechanical outputs regarding how the foot/ankle complex naturally delivers impact-protection in running. Very true that landing laterally on the forefoot at touchdown is certainly NOT the only mechanism of how the foot dampens impact in running, but it’s definitely baked into layers of additional movement paths of the foot that helps safen each phase of running gait. I just really wanted to shed light on that one aspect, for the purpose of time of the video, but more so because many newbies have had stalled progress with forefoot running due to injury credit of landing big-toe-first. Thanks for watching and for chiming in! Cheers!
That requires a lot of leg strength to overcome supination injuries. These runners are professional runners and have legs like a rock. If you as a beginner/intermediate runner, tried to switch to forefoot or towards the outer part of the foot, you certainly will have posterior shin splints since after you land, your arch will collapse due to the lack of flex and strength on your legs. Changing running form depends on a lot of factors and shouldn't be done over night. Do not change your running form if you don't have any injuries with your current form.
That was 2min of good info repeated for 15min in a continuous run on sentence, and by some who sounded like they were making a presentation in there high school public speaking class
Tengo la costumbre de correr un o 2 veces por semana descalzo 5k y el pie se me inclinaba de forma natural hacia el lado exterior y me sentía bien y también comodo , cosa que no sucedia luego que usaba los zapatos de hecho bajaba el ritmo , gracias por esos detalles , saludos desde ecuador.
I don't understand why the experts are saying that high heel drop (+9mm) shoes are not good for forefoot running, because when I run as a forefoot runner, I prefer my heels to be higher then my front foot, so a high heel drop shoe makes it easier for me to keep my body slightly forward to stay in motion and easier for my front foot to gain ground contact before my heels gain ground contact.. so basically the high heel drop makes it easier for me to push forward with my front foot. But the experts are saying low heel drop (around 0-5 mm) is best for front foot runners... My logic can't make sense out of it.
So my own body was right all the times. Glad I see this great video before making changes on my forefoot landing. Thanks for the good work.
Absolutely, perfect timing! I’m glad too because that would have been a disastrous change and from this, you would have hated forefoot running going forward because it feels uncomfortable striking big-toe-first. It just locks everything up and feels very unnatural and hurtful. I know this because that’s how I started out until I learned more about forefoot running and seeing how the pro’s move and use their feet. So thrilled you’re doing it right. Keep up the fantastic work! Thanks for stopping by and for the nice comment my friend!
Exactly the same with me, I was about to forcefully change my foot placement during landing. Glad I looked it up before doing so
Following your running protocol over the last several months has actually shown me this difference. I started forefoot running and hitting with my ball of the foot behind the big toe. This hurt a lot so i tried jogging barefoot and noticed "rolling" the foot in from the small toe felt the best. Thank you so much for this video!
Thanks so much for watching and for the thoughtful feedback my friend! I’m so glad you noticed and instantly felt the difference between the two contact points! My lower leg always felt locked up and stiff when I landed big-toe-first when I first learned forefoot running. Then I noticed most pros titled their foot towards the outer-side and landed under the 5th toe. I was very surprised because I figured given the size of the big toe and the bone under it, it would make most sense to land directly on it when running lol. Boy, was that a mistake, and like I said, I’m really glad you felt a noticeable difference and discovered it for yourself. It really does make a remarkable difference landing outer-side-first on the forefoot when you run. It especially makes harder surfaces feel softer, too, because there’s less surface forces (it may even cut down on blistering when running barefoot on pavement?) and it really helps slide the foot into a softer position with the ground. Out of that also comes better ankle stability, too! It's amazing that such a small mechanical action can make a very big difference in so many areas! Thanks for sharing your experience! Keep up the excellent work! You’re doing great!
Your videos have changed my life I ran track ALL my life even in college and as gifted as I was as a competitive runner i ALWAYS suffered from severe shin splints and other debilitating injuries because of my incorrect technique. God bless you for giving this information out for free
Were your shin splints on the inside or outside of your shin?
@@Maxwell_Maher mines is inside
Is started running around 6 months ago and this is my natural running form. I've been worried I'm doing it wrong because the foot tilt seems like it'd be bad. Thank you for the video now I don't need to worry about it and can focus on improving with peace of mind.
Thank you very much for the information in this video. Life-long runner, but I haven’t ran in months. I went on a short 2 miler and I made a conscious effort to relax my ankle and land on the outside of foot. So far, so good. No Achilles or inner-shin issues, yet.
Thanks for this video. My big toe has just started to become sore, I'll give this adjustment a go.
Sorry to hear your big toe is bothering you, but I’m very hopeful that landing on the outside of the forefoot will make a big difference in bringing relief! Keep me updated and hope it really helps. Thanks again my friend!
You are the first person that has ever explained this, thank you.
Thank you so much for this.
I was a big toe runner and had many injuries
And I saw your video and tried and it works soo good!
Only channel with actual science about running. Love it. Keep the information coming.
Thank you!! Funny, I had a good run and my pinky toe or outside of my foot was a little beat up afterwards. I thought I was landing wrong, so i adjusted my foot strike to land emphasizing more weight on my big toe. My feet hurt worse. And now I know why lol. Very informative.
I'm brand new to running for fun and a natural forefoot runner who has always landed under my big toe and this has made running so much more comfortable and enjoyable, thanks!
This video helped me finished my first marathon. Thank you, thank you, so much... 🙏
Great explanation. Anyone landing directly on their big toe is waiting to be injured, the big toe is for propulsion when running.
Thanks for the nice remark and especially for sharing those key raw facts. So many fascinating differences in how parts of the foot work concertedly in running. Learning those differences, and landing on the foot in a way that’s functional, definitely can make running safer and more enjoyable. Thanks for watching and for the awesome comment my friend!
@@runforefoot Hmm ok so I land just like they do in the video but now I have Peroneal Tendonitis. At least thats what I believe is causing some foot pain. I've been running this way for years maybe just now its caught up to me..?. Took a week off running and will start back up tommorow.
@@mhamerify
Did you ever figure out what caused the tendonitis?
I'm so glad I saw your video. I am now in the process of switching to minimalist shoes and landing with the front of my foot. Your video literally opened my eyes for a proper landing. . thank you
Best video about running on yt
Awesome video! Thanks so much. I've run since I was a kid and have always naturally been more of a forefoot runner. However, I don't think I really landed on the outside of my forefoot. My track and cross country coaches never said anything about it, and I thankfully never had any injuries that required me to consider it. For the first forty years of my life, I had no significant injuries of any kind. Now, at 43, I'm starting to get consistent lower calf soreness and strain (along with a lot of other post-40 aches and pains throughout my body!). I'm going to try landing more on the outside of my forefoot to see if this fixes it. I'm sure it'll help. Keep up the great work!
I never jogged often but would always run like this. I thought I was a freak for doing this lol this video is soooo welcome
This is supination of the ankle when running. It isn’t good lol. Landing mid foot is the best
@@kiz__ , if you are sprinting, midfoot landing will be impossible as it will slow you down and make you run like a walrus. As your speed increases, your foot will automatically switch to forefoot landing if you have no shoes on. This is the anatomically correct way for us humans to run.
@@Flamdring well these runners obviously aren’t sprinting. And obviously you want to run on your toes when sprinting.
That's very interesting. Love your videos.
So thrilled you think so :D It’s such a simple piece of info that doesn't get enough attention, but really needs to be emphasized. Thanks for watchin’ and for the kind remarks, too! Happy forefootin’! :D
Thank you for the advice shared on this video, I tried switching to minimalist shoes last year and hurt the 2nd metetasals in both feet. I am now trying again first with some zero drop shoes and I followed your advice this morning, I had no problems with my metetasals and also my runners knee felt much more comfortable.
Landing on outside of forefoot creates a slight external hip rotation (and knees point outwards a bit), which works well with the pelvis swiveled forward at that moment .
After or during loading of body weight onto this foot, the heel lowers and the foot pronates, shifting the load to the inside of the foot, and beginning to internally rotate the hip (slight knock-knee prep for toe off) as the pelvis swivels to the rearward angle to facilitate these motions for max stride length.
Shoulder swivel opposite of pelvis plays a big role too, all body parts balancing each other for very efficient effort at each step.
I'm so glad I watched this that shows real athletes because I was worried I might have a problem but I'm landing just like some of these runners like at the ones at 0:25 and beyond. It's just a natural thing to do and I doubt I could change it. I'm just starting to trail run at 67 years old and someone told me I had good form but some videos made me doubt . . . It just seems like this is how we were designed so that it softens the landing etc
One of the best video. I have ever seen on forefoot running.
Such a great video, and as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words. Just looking at the footfall of the world's best runners says it all,along with the accompanying scientific data and graphics. Landing on the outside of the foot combined with the rolling motion really serves to spread the impact forces over a larger surface area as opposed to a static landing on the big toe where all the forces are absorbed in one spot. Thanks for making such a great great video that really clarifies this effect
Thank you so very much for your generous feedback. I’m very grateful for it, but more than that, thanks a lot for sharing your helpful perspectives on the physical distinctions between the big vs the smallest toe and how those differences affect how impact is managed across the foot when the foot is interacting with the ground during running. Its such an important aspect to understand: using your foot in a way that's more functional for performance and injury prevention. Very valuable insights! Thank you! I love to use the mechanics of pro-runners to reaffirm how forefoot running is properly done from the ground up because that’s what helped me the most --is by watching and learning how the very best (the number ones of running) use their mechanics because that is a big part of what gives them their performance greatness and by doing this, you too can achieve the same kind of mechanical outcomes as those very same runners. I especially like to look at the running style of most East African runners (most of them really land on the outer-side of the forefoot) because barefoot running is where their forefoot strike and running efficiency started from :D which is all the more reason to do some barefoot running now and then, or always :D. Thanks so much again for your insightful input my friend! I loved it! Happy barefooting :D
Thanks for the advice. This has been very instructive. No more shin splints thanks to you.
Thanks for this explanation. Always walked and run on the outside of the fronts of my feet, my heels barely touch the ground, yet I’ve been told by so many that this is incorrect 👍👍
Explained the same thing about 20x times ))
So much good information! So much need for a voice-over.
Love, love, LOVE all the research, video examples, and explanations given, thank you so much!!!
ahhhhhhh this expalins my shin splints at the moment, ive just noticed that for my left leg its imbalanced and it is landing more towards the inside but had noticed when i change the placement during runs the shin splints isnt so bad, im assuming its due to this. Thanks for the video.
thnks for the knowledge,in this pandemic i started first at jog in place after lockdown i practiced the power walking after power running before im heel strike now i manage the mid landing now i see your video i will try this idea thnks and GOD bless
At high speeds, i always ran like that, without even knowing. After gettting older, and running longer distances, i started landing on the heel.... afterwards i discovered front foot landing and made a lot of progress.
i had been landing on my toe and it cost me big time. ankle pain and i completely bonked my first marathon. so happy to have learned forefoot landing the correct way.
Very good explanation on forefoot running. Now I understand why I landed so much on M4 & M5 toes; it is natural.
good god this video is worth more than 1000 of the other results on the front page. I'm so glad i found this
I do think, you were trying to force the newscaster cadence for enunciation, but it does not suit your voice and your microphone quality is high enough that you did not have to do it. If you want to try the newscaster cadence regardless, I think with your version of the newscaster voice is going sound a bit different than the classic version you'd typically hear on TV. Its like you tried to force a forefoot strike in a high drop shoe, the result ended up sounding quite unnatural. But the content is 11/10 thank you so much
As was mentioned before, to get a good form find a piece of grass to run on bare feet and your instincts will kick in. Mother nature is not stupid! (Well, most of the time)
But I got a hint from a hiking partner how to avoid shocks in knees, hips, disks when descending from a hill, and it works for trail running too: Slightly turn your knees to the outside.
Well, thanks to you I now have an idea WHY it might work: Doing so you force your outer toes to strike first more prominently, thus enabling the foot itself to take a higher amount of stress which would otherwise go directly to the knees and beyond.
Thanks for the insight.
Thank you for the lesson , its very interesting to me and very educational as I never thought its safer to run and land on outer smaller toe , I will give it a try I'm sure it has some benefit in the long run . thanks again for your effort in this video .👍
I get it, dealing with a broken big toe from minimal trail running. I hit a root, but I was told to force a big foot side, I bet the small toe would come more natural-when I get back ill check on this
Very sorry to hear about your toe! Hopefully you’re making a speedy recovery my friend and will be running stronger than ever before in no time! Definitely, the smaller toes flexes in ways the big toe can’t, so the outer-side of the forefoot articulates (ease of movement), more smoothly over any surface which makes that area of the foot less injury-prone if you strike on it first in running as compared with the big toe. The bone under the big toe is just one solid, longer bone with stiffer surrounding muscles, so it can’t really take the form of rolling with the ground the way the little bones under the smaller toes can. So, that’s always an important consideration to help keep you rolling along more injury-free, especially on the trails. Thanks for watching and for sharing! Hope your big toe is okay!
Thanks all, I can’t wait to get out running. Thinking about picking up the new vapor glove 4. It will give me something to look forward to
Yikes. I’m currently getting into minimal running and was pondering whether I could use vapor glove for trail. But I guess I might need a bit more structure to be safe then :) Would you care to share what shoe you used when you got injured? Wishing you the best of recoveries!
Christopher Okhravi , vapor gloves have a toe guard rubber area. Yes you could plus I was running hill repeats off trail and with five fingers you are open. Now I have used sandals on trails also. Now it took about 4-5 weeks to be able to start running again. I feel barefoot running made my feet stronger and I healed quicker. On a paved bike path I ran ac1.5 mile in sandals yesterday. Not sure if I’ll take sandals or 5 fingers on tuff trails. I would with vapor gloves or viobarefoot. I’m looking at vapor glove 4
todd boucher Thanks for the answer! Much appreciated.
Despite the Grammer used in this video it is VERY INFORMATIVE OMG. THANK GOD I LISTENED🙌 YOUR SO GOOD ❤️❤️❤️
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Thanks for this detailed presentation on the subject! I've never seen the topic discussed so thoroughly
I run XC and track at school and I’m trying figure out which type of way I run I always thought I was a heel striker but after I looked at myself run and watched heel striking and forefoot running I finally figured out which one I am!
Very interesting, I just started forefoot running. I actually went from doing it on my outfoot before thinking about it. At which point I made myself land on my big toe as I thought it would be stronger 😂. Now I know better. No wonder my feet are hurting 🤣. Interesting that my body naturally did it right until my stupid brain got in the way.
Very nice information, thank you for sharing this research. The big toe word kept reminding me of big foot due to some reason.
very informative video will check on my next run as well !!!! May God bless you for the good content made !
This is the best video about front foot landing.
Very good and rare information !
Interresting how you can repeat the same information for 15 minutes! 😄
The more I listen to your voice, the more I like it. It's very unique. Have you ever considered animation/cartoon voiceovers?
I was unable to run for years. My knee and back could not take the landing. I ran landing on the heel. Someone told me to learn to run barefoot in grass while landing on forefoot... it took months and suddenly my brain made a click and now i can only run this way.
Anyone watch Letesenbet Giday obliterate the half-marathon record? It definitely seemed as though she was running in a forefoot style landing on the outside of her foot, and her stride is amazing.
Back in the 70s, when I was about 11, I participated in a summer track program where kids would train daily with the coaches from the University of Wisconsin. Once, I casually started running in the forefoot style described here, in big loping strides (I was probably about 5'10 and 100 lbs at the time). I was just doing it to change up my stride because I was getting tired, but all of a sudden I could keep up with the older faster kids, and it seemed like I could go forever. I kept on like that for a couple of days. Then one of the coaches said, "Hey Josh, would you mind running more NORMAL. So I went back to my normal stride and immediately feel behind. Unfortunately I wasn't competitive enough or stubborn enough to keep doing what I was doing.
From the art of landing to the art of falling.
First land on 5th 4th 3rd 2nd then 1st then if you need heel. If the landing requier then touch with knees when landing forward , hip for the side or bottom for the back.
(Most people then strike with the palm of the hand an break there wrist.) Instead go for ribs then shoulder, then elbow, then outer palm and pinky slapping the ground. As in judo.
It to looks like a bell curve.
(The slapping is to creat a point to bounce from)
All you say about running is true, i learned (rediscovered) it by running barefoot when i was a kid.
If i strike a rock with my heel i have to lift my whole leg, compared to lifting the front of my foot if i strike with 4 and 5the toe.
That brings me to the hoovering technology, on rough, unsteady, slippery terrain like a slope with gravels or mudd. I use multiple strikes as the ground can't handle my weight. I keep the same rhythm with the upper part of the body, while the lower part is striking way faster, just barely touching.
Regular strike 180lbs per step
Hoover strike 180lbs divided by 3 or more strike.
(It feels like the coyote running after the roadrunner lol)
I hope it makes sens and helps.
Let me know
I’m so happy I found this video. ❤
I have wide/flat feet (0 Arches). I’ve been forefoot running for several years now and decided just today to record myself running. I indeed do strike the ground first on the lateral edge of both feet. I run in Newton Motion’s and I’m thinking of trying out some other brands that are good for forefoot running. Preferrably with a low heel-to-toe drop. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.
Do you have any shin splits because of no arch?
idk Channel No shin splints here.
get distance, motion will hurt your inner tendon
by the way, i'm also flat feet and I have both
Useful stuff! This is probably why I always hurt my ankle 😢
Hello! Having some knee injuries, does anyone know if forefoot running can be done for sports like tennis where lots of lateral movements are involved? thanks in advance!
Nice one. Thanks for your tips.
Thanks so much! Very glad I could be of help! Keep up the good work!
i am very happy now...thanks for ur greatest explanation..love ur viedo...its very useful
Thanks for the video, I thought my running style was wrong but now I see its totally normal, great info 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
Any drills to help landing on 4th & 5th toe? Thanks.
Thanks for the awesome suggestion! I’ll see if I can find evidence-based movement and conditioning drills for that! :D
practice walking that way first.
RUNNING BAREFOOT or with vibram SLOWLY WITH THAT FORM on soft terrain first
running barefoot at a short and easy distance is pretty intuitive, in highschool we would walk on different parts of our foot to strengthen specific parts of our feet, outers, toes, inners and heels. heels were definitely the most painful. but if you can walk landing on your 4th and 5th metatarsals all you gotta do is the same thing with a differen't stride.
Very helpful! - Thanks for the upload. If I may give you something to work on when doing videos, it is that your voice is very intense and it sounds a bit like yelling when you explain, which takes focus away from the subject, by which you are explaining very well :) But thank you for taking time to do the video, its very helpful for people like me, who don't understand it.
I thought I was doing something wrong when naturally landing on my 4th and 5th toe area , so it's a useful to know I am executing my foot strike correctly and need zero correction.
The way i have understood it, there is pretty much a consensus that you should land with your feet underneath your body, and not in font of it. That way you strike the ground backwards and not downwards. If you do this, does it really matter that much what part of the foot that touch the ground first? It seems to me that all examples of heelstrike on youtube show feet that land in front of the body
Out of curiosity, should sprinters also land on the outside of their forefeet in short sprints (up to 200 meters)?
I do big toe running without landing on the rest of my foot. Less running and more springboardung myself forward. Never had any ankle injuries while running only when it was hit by something
my heel doesn't touch the ground as well? my foot is like 13:04 when i run
wow thats great information and explains a lot now ...thanks for that
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EXPLANATION. VERY USEFUL AND REALLY HELP ME A LOT
Great explanation! But your voice isnt made for pronouncing agressivly :)
I’m laughing through this cringe
Perfectly stated, amigo! I wanted to comment about her voice, but I couldn't think of how to say it nicely lol. Amazing content though!
So funny that it's the first comment I read while reducing the volume cz of the voice.
@@v.s7760 Fkk off. She presented useful information that you learned. That's all that matters. Go read a peer-reviewed journal if you can't handle a simple vid.
@@jesseramirez9205 fkk off. He presented useful criticism that she learned. That’s all that matters. Go watch more youtube videos if you can’t handle a simple comment.
Really you opened my eyes hope now the over pronation reduces and will be free from posterior shin splints
I do this naturally, I used to play soccer barefoot a lot. I thought it was a fault and was straining my knees. Turns out it is a good running form.
Well actually if you look at the running form of most people then you see that they damage their knees. And running shoes with a high heel (or generally every shoe with a thinner sole at the forefoot area) will support a heel strike.
Great video, thanks
This is extremely useful to watch, thanks! I would love if you could tell something about the knee. In the slow-mo clip on the treadmill, it seems that the knee is very advanced in front compared to the foot?
Great informative video! It's very helpful! I will work on my form. Thank you!
Thanks! extremely helpful!
Omg i think i have 2nd metatarsal head fracture because before watching this video i have been forefoot landing wrongly and i can feel the pain below my second toe like what was shown in the video. It has been 3 days and the pain is still there. I am actually not injury prone. What do i do to cure this?
Stop running completely to let your body heal then when returning to running make sure you start way less and build your way back up slowly
So, what you’re saying is the windlass mechanism and the mid foot stability created by this activation has no value? You need to roll off the 5th met to dampen impact? What about excessive pronation from that internal roll off the vases edge?
LOL!!
There are MANY of-value mechanical outputs regarding how the foot/ankle complex naturally delivers impact-protection in running. Very true that landing laterally on the forefoot at touchdown is certainly NOT the only mechanism of how the foot dampens impact in running, but it’s definitely baked into layers of additional movement paths of the foot that helps safen each phase of running gait. I just really wanted to shed light on that one aspect, for the purpose of time of the video, but more so because many newbies have had stalled progress with forefoot running due to injury credit of landing big-toe-first. Thanks for watching and for chiming in! Cheers!
Great great information. So glad I found this video.
Thank for the video, it really helpful 🙏
No problem my friend! My pleasure! Glad it could be of help! Thanks for watching and for the kind feedback :D Very much appreciated.
I'm a sprinter, will this also make me run faster?
yes
very good video, excellent explanation
Wish I knew about this earlier. It's rarely talked about.
Thanks for all this info. Big thumbs up!
Thank you for this. I love running now
This principle also applies to walking down the stairs. I live on the 5th floor.
That requires a lot of leg strength to overcome supination injuries. These runners are professional runners and have legs like a rock. If you as a beginner/intermediate runner, tried to switch to forefoot or towards the outer part of the foot, you certainly will have posterior shin splints since after you land, your arch will collapse due to the lack of flex and strength on your legs. Changing running form depends on a lot of factors and shouldn't be done over night. Do not change your running form if you don't have any injuries with your current form.
Can forefoot running method be applied to jogging daily.Please make a vedio on jogging.
Thanks a lot! I have a question: What's the ideal posture when walking?Did you make a video before or will make one in the future?
what about walking forefoot? because long fast walking hurts the area under my toe
Thankyou so much! i´ll improve my technique 👍
Thank you!
You're very welcome! Thanks for stopping by! Happy forefootin'!
With mid-foot running should you be trying to land on the outside of your foot also to minimise impact ?
yes
Punctuation is not your strongsuit but thanks for all your information 🙂
That was 2min of good info repeated for 15min in a continuous run on sentence, and by some who sounded like they were making a presentation in there high school public speaking class
more than 2 min, i didn't think it got that repetitive till the last 5 min or so
Tengo la costumbre de correr un o 2 veces por semana descalzo 5k y el pie se me inclinaba de forma natural hacia el lado exterior y me sentía bien y también comodo , cosa que no sucedia luego que usaba los zapatos de hecho bajaba el ritmo , gracias por esos detalles , saludos desde ecuador.
Is it in control of people how do they land their feet?
Will it cure or prevent posterior shin splints?
And what’s the difference between this and supination?
Sounds like Amy from Superstore ❤️ good video
Good research
I don't understand why the experts are saying that high heel drop (+9mm) shoes are not good for forefoot running, because when I run as a forefoot runner, I prefer my heels to be higher then my front foot, so a high heel drop shoe makes it easier for me to keep my body slightly forward to stay in motion and easier for my front foot to gain ground contact before my heels gain ground contact.. so basically the high heel drop makes it easier for me to push forward with my front foot.
But the experts are saying low heel drop (around 0-5 mm) is best for front foot runners... My logic can't make sense out of it.
Thank you Mam it was the best video
Makes sense, given the big toe is meant to transfer most of the energy