How to Walk (In Response to Bob and Brad)

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  • In further description of Bob and Brad "how to walk correctly"
    The science of the human gait cycle seems to be set in stone, from an understanding based on stone aged man.
    But how could a pronounced heel strike, be used in the paleolithic era, Most of the earth at that time and up to the industrial age, was undeveloped, undulating levels and many hazards, from a variety of rocks, branches, barbed foliage and even insects. Not to mention noise, predators would be a major factor, so no one was walking through the jungle or forest, sticking their heel out. Even the rocks and pebbles found on well worn trails in our local parks, would be treacherous to walk heel first.
    Step 1: 04:57
    Lets start by slightly hinging the hip, bending the knee and balance this with a slight bend of the ankles.
    Step 2: 06:58
    Landing contact should be made on the first ray and the outer edge, in a half protractor shape.
    Step 3 : 10:34
    Engage Psoas and hip flexors to raise the knee and flexion of the hamstring to transition the leg forward
    Then land with midfoot/forefoot (half protractor) below the hips and in slight dorsiflexion,
    to allow for shock absorption, initiated by the extension of the glutes.
    Using the angle of your midline to determine the speed and not the stride length.
    Step 4: 11:44
    Point the big toe in the direction of your goal, Use the forward momentum to engage the windlass mechanism, locking the ankle and then engage the glutes to move forward through the extension of the knee.
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  • @GrownandHealthy
    @GrownandHealthy  Год назад +73

    For further walking videos: ruclips.net/p/PLZFE95XAoYbWRpHHP_tfqQx9sb_Cq9OXf

    • @lucu01
      @lucu01 Год назад +1

      timestamps! great vid, thanks so much

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH Год назад +1

      Guys, Here is The Savior
      YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
      From the Ancient Egyptian Semitic:
      "Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
      Ancient Egyptian Semitic Direct Translation
      Yad - "Behold The Hand"
      He - "Behold the Breath"
      Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  Год назад +1

      Doesn't look like its working for him. Where is your video?

    • @ibelieveinaccuracy.fact-ch5942
      @ibelieveinaccuracy.fact-ch5942 Год назад

      Trying to practice this style by pretending I’m walking on a hazards surface whilst in shoes. Is that a good approach?

    • @user-in1yw9ty5t
      @user-in1yw9ty5t 10 месяцев назад

      Thank you for making the whole playlist. Thank you for existing.

  • @hyperborea7202
    @hyperborea7202 2 года назад +7973

    My dad at 23 "I think ill buy a house
    Me at 23 " how to walk"

    • @lolitis01
      @lolitis01 2 года назад +263

      This was painful and funny

    • @dmorales70
      @dmorales70 2 года назад +184

      Me at 51, I think I'll take walking more seriously, circle of life

    • @calvitocalvon1711
      @calvitocalvon1711 2 года назад +46

      Turned 23 today, LMAO

    • @jeremylentz3907
      @jeremylentz3907 2 года назад +83

      I've walked awkward since like kindergarten and my family just poked fun instead of offering any kind of advice lmao

    • @ibuprofen-noodles
      @ibuprofen-noodles 2 года назад +22

      I'm 22 so i still have time.. right?

  • @goldensilence5841
    @goldensilence5841 2 года назад +1925

    Never once in my life I every thought I'd watch a tutorial on how to walk

    • @goldensilence5841
      @goldensilence5841 2 года назад +7

      Atleast I don't think so

    • @adorablegodzilla5628
      @adorablegodzilla5628 2 года назад +23

      And yet here we are.

    • @MrNight-co4ed
      @MrNight-co4ed 2 года назад +7

      Walk Correctly.

    • @ninetysdude6212
      @ninetysdude6212 2 года назад +36

      I've watched a video on correct breathing when exercising. So i said to my self wth let's get all the basics done

    • @Druggy-Doggo
      @Druggy-Doggo 2 года назад +18

      We’re not living in 3rd person. So people are usually not aware of posture degradation. If only people were okay with telling other people saying ”hey, I saw you walking by and noticed your posture is slipping. You should fix that”
      Me: Oh shit! Thank you for noticing. I will fix that before it gets worse

  • @erjkism
    @erjkism День назад

    wow... thank you for this. I have extremely high arches, had peroneal tendon tears that had to get surgically patched up. I then went to physical therapy for strengthing my tendons, and they taught me how to walk wrong, and i went a bit overboard with the calf raises. I have been suffering for months with intermetatarsal bursitis (tried steroid injections, wide toe-box shoes, toe spacers, pads), but nothing really helped. I watched this video and 10 minutes later I am able to walk with less irritation in the ball of my feet. Why do more people not know this. thank you again.

  • @dawnhabeck6364
    @dawnhabeck6364 3 дня назад

    Great info that you have studied for some time!!! Thank you!!

  • @nicanornunez9787
    @nicanornunez9787 2 года назад +312

    As a baby this is really useful

    • @buddyXq
      @buddyXq 11 месяцев назад +4

      Goo goo gah gah

    • @moealhazmi2263
      @moealhazmi2263 3 месяца назад

      ​@@buddyXqreal

  • @brit69
    @brit69 2 года назад +621

    It's crazy how far away from nature we are that a video on how to properly walk is fascinating.

    • @jacaanthony
      @jacaanthony Год назад +9

      And the crazy part is that we aren't tho, we are just another virus that the earth is taking care of, human life is so precious and fragile

    • @jamiekelly6851
      @jamiekelly6851 Год назад

      @@jacaanthony another virus??? Jesus christ people have listened to scientists with an ideologically informed opinion to such a degree that they openly express their self hatred.

    • @Lili-qk2bd
      @Lili-qk2bd Год назад +3

      We are barley any different from the people in wall-e

    • @mmccrownus2406
      @mmccrownus2406 Год назад +1

      have kids go barefoot as much as possible, and most problems will be avoided

    • @sweou
      @sweou 11 месяцев назад

      @@Lili-qk2bd Yeah, I remember when I saw Wall-E and immediately thought that this was the most likely future scenario of humanity, I still do. Although an AI takeover a la Skynet (from The Terminator movies) doesn't seem too far-fetched anymore.

  • @KairosDBT
    @KairosDBT Год назад +1

    Fabulous. Thank you.

  • @deannerowland2287
    @deannerowland2287 Год назад +1

    Thank you. You are very compassionate

  • @Char9o8o5o
    @Char9o8o5o 2 года назад +69

    At 70 years old I’m relearning to walk properly after 11 years of Meneires disease which has wrecked my balance. Heel striking makes me feel unsteady and out of balance and causes all kinds of body pain so I quit walking. After using your methods and watching this video(which I’m going to watch again and again) I can walk fairly steadily with no pain. I am deeply grateful you made this video. It’s going to take a little relearning but I can do this!

    • @dumbage
      @dumbage Год назад +4

      i hope you made your goal thats amazing

    • @jaefrmbk2k
      @jaefrmbk2k 26 дней назад

      🫶🏾

  • @aaronlehman1328
    @aaronlehman1328 Год назад +13

    I found that a good cue to walk like this is to imagine that even when you're walking across level ground, you are actually walking up very low steps/stairs that are 1 inch tall. I find that walking up (normal height) stairs makes me naturally do the kind of walking you're advocating, and following this cue for level ground to imagine walking up very low steps does all the things you're listing: slight bend/hinge at ankles + knees + hips, lifting each step with hip flexors, striking and bearing most weight on mid/forefoot, and pushing off using extension of all those joints including the glutes. It's an easy external cue that allows me to instinctively walk this way.

  • @RawandCookedVegan
    @RawandCookedVegan Год назад +1

    Very interesting. Thank You.

  • @iveyg2993
    @iveyg2993 Год назад +1

    Amazing presentation.

  • @liam3553
    @liam3553 2 года назад +635

    Was taught this way of walking by Japanese over 50 years ago - it has made walking a constant pleasure. Great when you realise you have your own shock absorbers built in. Leaning INTo the walk makes it effortless.

    • @kimbarsegyan
      @kimbarsegyan 2 года назад +7

      What do you mean with "leaning into the walk"?

    • @liam3553
      @liam3553 2 года назад +133

      @@kimbarsegyan When you have time take yourself to a city cafe with tables outside and watch the people walking past you. Imagine that each of them have a little plum line running from the top of the head straight down to the ground. Note how much of the body is forward or back of this vertical line going down to the ground. Very soon you'll notice that because of heels on shoes and often a sense of general anxiety most people are walking but leaning backwards. Now if you're a little bit anxious it makes sense to lean slightly backwards because you're buying more time to ascertain whether there's any danger or not. This could come from the people coming towards you or beside you or the general surroundings where something like a car, a dog or a bicycle is could just shoot out and collide with you.
      Then notice someone confidently walking forwards and you may be surprised to find they generally lean into the fall of walking. Walking is about having the confidence to walk into the empty space in front of you with the expectation that your foot will land safely and carry you forward. Most times when we slip and fall backwards onto our arse it's because we are already leaning backwards and the heel contact becomes so slight that we can easily lose control of that foot and end up slipping. Conversely when we are leaning forwards and we stumble we can often quickly regain our balance and continue moving forward. Often with less upset than if we had fallen backwards.
      So you see leaning forwards into the walk gives you more confidence and opportunity to regain your balance plus it as the additional advantage that you are moving your body mass into the direction you want to go. Basically you are already on balance and leaning in the direction you expect your football to land. This is actually different to someone who is leaning backwards when they step as they have to shift the body weight forward in order to move forward onto the foot. So from a balance perspective moving forward with your body ahead of the vertical line is one movement whereas moving forward with your body weight behind the vertical line requires two movements. First you have to move from the unbalanced back position to the vertical position and then move forward into the falling into the walk position. This is why in many sports and martial arts it pays to be able to be on balance as you only have to do one movement as opposed to doing two if you are frightened or hedging your bets by leaning backwards.

    • @GorgonDrageil
      @GorgonDrageil 2 года назад +29

      That helped me understand it. Leaning forward INTO the walk, it just clicked for me. Thanks.

    • @kimbarsegyan
      @kimbarsegyan 2 года назад +13

      @@liam3553 Thanks a lot for your detailed explanation, that was really helpful!

    • @K4113B4113
      @K4113B4113 Год назад +7

      @@liam3553 great comment

  • @tomlovin8931
    @tomlovin8931 2 года назад +270

    I'm 65, and improving my walking, squatting and balance are super important to my health. I like how this method ties it all together.

    • @univuniveral9713
      @univuniveral9713 Год назад +7

      I am almost that age, and when a chronic knee pain could not go away, I decided my problem was I had destroyed my body by years of incorrect walking. Then I tried various methods intuitively, and what my body led me to was something very similar to this. Within two months of this final gait, the knee pain is completely gone. And now I use a 12kg backpack and it is fun.

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH Год назад

      Guys, Here is The Savior
      YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified/Pierced for our sins and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
      From the Ancient Egyptian Semitic:
      "Yad He Vav He" is what Moshe (Moses) wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
      Ancient Egyptian Semitic Direct Translation
      Yad - "Behold The Hand"
      He - "Behold the Breath"
      Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

    • @tomlovin8931
      @tomlovin8931 Год назад

      @@Praise___YaH 1) This has nothing to do with my comment. 2) If I wanted a sermon, I would go to church. People who put this bullshit in your face unsoliceted are assholes.

    • @DL-rl9bd
      @DL-rl9bd Год назад

      Now I see this video, as I sit here with anterior tibialis tendinitis, in both legs, and await my $850 prescription orthotics from the podiatrist.

  • @SC-gp7kt
    @SC-gp7kt Год назад +1

    Excellent presentation!

  • @robinlillian9471
    @robinlillian9471 2 года назад +1

    Very interesting. Thank you. I will try this.

  • @thebongolian
    @thebongolian 2 года назад +3638

    This should be required viewing for ALL TODDLERS. I wish I had seen this when I was first learning how to walk.

    • @jackmak2980
      @jackmak2980 2 года назад +96

      Toddlers can't understand this video tf?

    • @James-jh3sz
      @James-jh3sz 2 года назад +466

      @@jackmak2980 Did a toddler tell you that?

    • @253637zero2
      @253637zero2 2 года назад +135

      This comment may be trying to mock this video, but all human children naturally walk this way until they started using cheap hard sole "sport" shoes. I rolled my eyes at this video at first but then I find out that I already naturally walk with a midfoot strike as I walk barefoot around my house a lot and almost never wear these thick sole shoes, as they feel very restricted to my feet.

    • @jimbobbles2265
      @jimbobbles2265 2 года назад +26

      @@253637zero2 I used to walk more on the front of my foot as a kid but my mum told me not to, so I unlearned that I guess

    • @Henry.mp4
      @Henry.mp4 2 года назад +29

      Instead we should stop giving our children high heel drop shoes

  • @K0GEL
    @K0GEL 2 года назад +139

    I learned this just by walking bare feet. Shoes absorb ths shock that tell you what you are doing wrong, and isolate your feet from the very ground you are supposed to touch. We've learned some weird habbits. Thank you for the video! You are amazing!

    • @anyascelticcreations
      @anyascelticcreations 2 года назад +14

      I was just thinking that. I think I'm going to start walking barefoot at home again.

  • @yourguitarsage
    @yourguitarsage Год назад +1

    GREAT STUFF!!! Thank you!

  • @Richard-ue3gx
    @Richard-ue3gx Месяц назад

    Thanks Doc, your videos have helped me so much.

  • @Chiburi
    @Chiburi 2 года назад +305

    I ”learned” how to run using the heel to toe roll when I was a kid in the late 80’s. I got my Nike Air running shoes with the latest heel cushioning technology... but I thought to myself, how can this be the way to run when it takes Nike Air’s to do it? When I walked and played around barefoot, I couldn’t land on my heel the way I ”should”. So how did the stone age people run? How did anyone run before Nike? These questions never got an answer from the grownups back then.

    • @Thecomeup999
      @Thecomeup999 Год назад +17

      My dad taught me to run on my toes so I was lucky to have learned young!

    • @TheCastedone
      @TheCastedone Год назад +53

      As I get older I realize grown-ups are not so smart

    • @localdude2979
      @localdude2979 Год назад +4

      I learnt the way to run is to land mid foot never heels and contract your foot when you flex your leg up to decrease stride time or something like that making you stride faster because the foot and leg is flexed closer to the body

    • @goldenpony822
      @goldenpony822 Год назад +19

      @@TheCastedone yeah my bet as I near the 40s is that about two thirds of grownups mostly stop growing in their heads at 20 something because they think they are kind of done learning most of life just because they are basically self satisfied but actually frustrated, roughly functional adults and somehow for most of society that's OK enough to live your life.

    • @computerhardware2063
      @computerhardware2063 Год назад

      They will sell you shit to fix problems they created

  • @mickheritage7166
    @mickheritage7166 Год назад +3

    Along with your other videos you have really helped me. I was plagued in my running and walking with heel pain and achillies problems. I tried more heavily padded running shoes, then shoe insoles , all to no avail
    After 12 months of persistent pain, and trying what i thought was everything , this has changed my life. I thought as i had turned 60 it was just down to old age, that i now encountering pain from running and walking
    Ive been following your guide for two weeks, and my foot is 90% better already, im actually pain free , thankyou
    i do find myself occasionally heel striking when i have lost focus, i guess it's just a bad habit , but it's starting to feel more normal now, to walk as you instruct , and again i thankyou

  • @YouTubeUserID
    @YouTubeUserID Год назад

    Well written and presented. Thank you.

  • @timmyodaley1411
    @timmyodaley1411 Год назад +1

    Thank you....

  • @deeptime5581
    @deeptime5581 10 месяцев назад +20

    Glad you included hip flexors in your video. Most just focus on powering from glutes. I use the belly button as my cue for client. "Make believe your legs start at your belley button." This gets them out of quad walking and makes it easy to get more extension in the frontal plane. I think of the heel as landing or controlling a fall and that the motion of the bottom of the foot is akin to a wheel, thus dispersing energy and stress, and then the push off with the big toe.

  • @Dubsteppinout
    @Dubsteppinout 2 года назад +25

    Having dealt with Achilles issues for 30 years, I really think you’ve got it nailed. I’ve been researching for some time, and most of this information is out there, but I appreciate the straight forward clear presentation. It may just change my life.

  • @CHHickory
    @CHHickory 5 месяцев назад

    Very few RUclips videos engage my attention like yours. At 79, I've an awareness of what you are saying (mountaineering and skiing) but never heard it explained with an application to 'regular movement'. Thank you, sir.

  • @terrysanders2817
    @terrysanders2817 11 месяцев назад

    Excellent teacher!

  • @pamelahooper7851
    @pamelahooper7851 Год назад +16

    This is how I used to walk naturally indoors. It feels so much more comfortable and I will start to walk outdoors like this too. This is without doubt the best video for healthy walking. Your delivery is top notch (you also have a lovely calming voice). Thank you.

  • @-MXXI-
    @-MXXI- Год назад +2

    Thanks I never knew what walking is until now.

  • @SnakeAndTurtleQigong
    @SnakeAndTurtleQigong 3 месяца назад

    🙏

  • @Anonymous-rl3du
    @Anonymous-rl3du Год назад +6

    You're amazing bro. After watching your forefoot walking vids and practicing form a while, my back pain and knee pain is gone. Thank You.

  • @skelitalmisfit12
    @skelitalmisfit12 3 года назад +247

    You Sir, just earned a subscriber. Heel pain gone immediately when walking keeping your information in mind. Absolutely insane. Thank you so much!

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  3 года назад +25

      Thanks and welcome

    • @JeffersonRah
      @JeffersonRah Год назад +8

      I just subscribed also. As a track runner of 7+ years, I forgot how important the toes are, and I hope to stay off my painful heels.

  • @bendrover
    @bendrover 2 месяца назад

    Its good to hear someone explaining the true nature of walking b4 shoes.

  • @ayurvedicanbscaart7137
    @ayurvedicanbscaart7137 2 года назад +1

    Thank you 😊

  • @mikochild2
    @mikochild2 2 года назад +589

    I'm a barefoot country girl. Your video shows how I always walked. At some point in elementary (I think around 6th grade), I was told I was walking incorrectly. I've been walking heel toe since. I never walk heel toe while barefooted though so it will be no problem to revert back to my natural walk on all surfaces.

    • @reiperx1064
      @reiperx1064 2 года назад +32

      I think it's important to know WHY they said you were walking incorrectly. If there was no reason, then go ahead and revert. But if it was a professional trying to help with some kind of problem or pain you're experiencing, you might want to think twice. (Unless you have reason to believe that they were wrong.) Just a thought.

    • @mikochild2
      @mikochild2 2 года назад +60

      @@reiperx1064 I agree. The why is important. In my case, it wasn't a professional. Just elders telling me that I should walk heal toe.

    • @JifeesAgo
      @JifeesAgo Год назад +11

      just recently started going barefoot as much as possible, walking trails and everything and the amount of strength my feet and toes have is crazy. my balance is better than ever and I played DB in football

    • @jakebarnes3054
      @jakebarnes3054 Год назад +6

      @@JifeesAgo don't u get worried about stepping on a needle or piece of smashed glass or rubble?

    • @snuscaboose1942
      @snuscaboose1942 Год назад +8

      @@jakebarnes3054 Depends. A barefoot shoe will give you 3mm of protection, but if something pierced you can react. With pure bare feet you develop calluses over time, and they are strong and as barefoot, maximum feedback so good reaction times. Heal striking a nail, you have no reaction time, you will be injured, forefoot striking, you can react and avoid injury.

  • @johnmatelski6413
    @johnmatelski6413 2 года назад +25

    yes, yes, yes .. i almost hurt my neck watching this from nodding so much, because every sentence is intuitively and practically correct. I'm astounded that the podiatrist I visited a few years back (and got me wearing $300 orthotics) didn't know any of this. Thank you!

  • @chuckleezodiac24
    @chuckleezodiac24 4 месяца назад

    thank you for teaching me how to walk good.

  • @user-wm4oe4kk7t
    @user-wm4oe4kk7t 3 месяца назад

    Thanks a lot for sharing!

  • @adonvonilesere5642
    @adonvonilesere5642 Год назад +612

    I remember reading this walking method in a book about "how to be a ninja" back when I was a preteen. The reasons it suggested forefoot walking was because it was quieter and you had a more sure step when walking on uneven ground. I never equated "quieter" with "less stress" until watching your video.

    • @lolsaXx
      @lolsaXx Год назад +64

      I'm going to start teaching my kids how to "ninja walk" now. Thank you, this will make them want to listen.

    • @emilygrace3526
      @emilygrace3526 Год назад +64

      No way. This is actually a thing?? When I was about 6, I was obsessed with being a ninja. I trained myself to do several “ninja things” including walking silently. I went outside and practiced walking on crunchy leaves until I could do it silently. I’ve been walking this way ever since, and I keep accidentally sneaking up on people. Turns out this is the proper way to walk, which is cool. Oh and the whole ninja thing? That was meant to be too, I suppose. Now I’m 18 and am a black belt and instructor in karate. Sometimes kids will hurt their feet running and jumping on their heels, so I’ve actually taught the “ninja walk” to quite a few.

    • @ricecakemadness7578
      @ricecakemadness7578 Год назад +5

      Woah, I had the same book back when I was a kid too

    • @davidtaylor142
      @davidtaylor142 Год назад +6

      In ninjustsu we call it an "X-step." The more ya know

    • @darlinglionheart4195
      @darlinglionheart4195 Год назад +12

      I totally did this as well, not influenced by the ninja book but essentially for the same reasons! Also because I wore flip flops a lot and hated the slapping sound, so I practiced until it was silent :D
      Another excellent reason I learned from a "how medieval people walked" video which was explaining the teased "flouncy" walk: It's safer! Before the days of protective soles, toe-first stepping allowed a sample of the terrain *before* committing your full body weight into the step.

  • @chrisi4517
    @chrisi4517 Год назад +5

    Thank you so much. I’m sure so many of our injuries lead back to simple mechanics such as you demonstrate. Will now go out & practice how to walk!

  • @kiteflyer76
    @kiteflyer76 3 месяца назад

    So many of our simple, patterned behaviors can be doorways to greater awareness, wellbeing and health when we take time to notice them. Thank you for shedding light on walking, one of my favorite activities that I’ve been doing incorrectly for over 40 years. Mind-blowing and game-changing ✨🙏✨

  • @theflotingheadproduc
    @theflotingheadproduc 3 дня назад

    I'm adding this to my animation reference collection.
    Every other walk cycle tutorial is using the harmful walking stages!
    Plus, this is closer to the way I've been walking since my gym coach noticed my ankles bending inwards.

  • @dogsarebest1275
    @dogsarebest1275 2 года назад +21

    This video is outstanding! This answers so many questions I have had! You are blessed if you were led to this information! Bob and Brad got me started on this topic, but this video took things to the next level!!

  • @jeffScotty
    @jeffScotty Год назад +3

    You are amazing!! I remember over a year ago I found you, the problem was, it takes a lot of commitment and well... Today I am back because I want to get back to doing sprints, for so many reasons, unfortunately, there is no one, that talks about how to do that at 56. So I'm starting with the foundation here with you. One day you will have millions of views!!! Thank you 🙏🏼👍🏼🤗

  • @G..G..
    @G..G.. Год назад +1

    So glad I found your Channel.

  • @anavartalitis8425
    @anavartalitis8425 11 месяцев назад

    Thank you! I look forward to hearing more😊

  • @alyshaspangler
    @alyshaspangler 3 года назад +5

    I wish all youtube videos were this thorough! Amazing!

  • @vans2548
    @vans2548 Год назад +65

    Having been in the military, this is very good information. When you are marching for hours across uneven terrain and underbrush, sometimes in near total darkness, you learn very quickly that tromping around heel striking is an easy path to a sprained ankle, not to mention quickly fatiguing the few small muscles you are relying on. Some may adapt by turning their feet outwards to an exaggerated degree, using biomechanics to prevent underpronation and rolling the feet. Useful in some situations, but not always. Instead, you learn to lean more on your full body, spreading your weight evenly, shifting it smoothly, and using your biggest muscles to maintain forward propulsion and traverse uneven terrain efficiently and with stability. Obviously there are some added differences in gait when you're loaded, also depending on your pack's load distribution features, but much still applies.

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  Год назад +7

      Exactly!

    • @lxc3909
      @lxc3909 10 месяцев назад

      I am former-military. I have never heard of marching on uneven terrain or underbrush. The Army has a command of "route-step", meaning, stop marching and walk as needed--due to uneven terrain or crossing a bridge that could develop sway from harmonics of unison marching.

  • @noahintara6619
    @noahintara6619 5 месяцев назад

    Phenomenal revelatory info. Thank you!

  • @amingillespie1726
    @amingillespie1726 Год назад

    id been stuck for a couple weeks in a mental cycle trying to find my stride again after some injuries, this did the trick to get me out my rut, thanks

  • @sergeboivin566
    @sergeboivin566 2 года назад +5

    Great video, Thanks! The combination of your scientific explanations and practical demonstrations are invaluable. I watched many videos about proper walking gait, and I learned more from yours than all others!

  • @KatJaguar1122
    @KatJaguar1122 Год назад +19

    This was excellent. I’ve been walking only barefoot or with barefoot shoes for about 10 years. It does make a big difference. And also I respect anybody that has put this level of commitment to understanding anatomy. As a massage therapist who studies anatomy regularly, I respect it.

  • @AZ-if2mj
    @AZ-if2mj Год назад

    Just found your videos, thank you. Been a toe walker and flat-footed since a kid. Was drilled "heal-toe-heal-toe-heal-toe."
    Decades later can barely run, feet slapping on the ground, painful. Thought needed to start practice running. Not now. Learning to walk.

  • @pejisan
    @pejisan Год назад +1

    Just subscribed. So glad I found you!!!

  • @AlexanderGent
    @AlexanderGent 3 года назад +4

    Great detail. Love the technical breakdown. Very thorough. Shared this with some of my students.

  • @FibersandFlowers
    @FibersandFlowers 3 года назад +4

    Thank you! 🙏🏼 You are a blessing, this is incredibly helpful!

  • @paultaylor4923
    @paultaylor4923 Год назад +3

    I've lost 86 pounds in the past 4 months. I've done it by eating right and 10,000 steps 3-4 days a week and 5,000 to 7,500 the other days a week. They're are only 2 fountains of youth to life. They are walking and at least 6-8 hours of sleep a night.

  • @kate60
    @kate60 2 года назад

    Excellent. Thank you.

  • @azfk
    @azfk Год назад +1

    Dude I’m not sure what I put into RUclips to make it think idk how to walk but im along for the ride now

  • @threnoidia
    @threnoidia 2 года назад +28

    Very insightful video! I have hamstring pain only when walking - skipping rope, weight training the hamstrings, or even walking/running on the treadmill are all fine, but not walking outdoors - so I thought I'd look into it. Despite all the comments joking about learning to walk as adults, this video covered WHY we may struggle to walk optimally in the modern world, and really broke down the concepts in an inspiring way for me. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  2 года назад +2

      I'm glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching!

  • @soundslight7754
    @soundslight7754 3 года назад +6

    Thank you for this excellent, informative video by someone clearly has expert knowledge of the subject. I'm eternally grateful for this presentation

  • @sanjayshirsat8153
    @sanjayshirsat8153 2 года назад +1

    Dhanyvaad!🙏

  • @arkimedwards6575
    @arkimedwards6575 Год назад +1

    This dude dropping knowledge about what everyone knows already.

  • @Metaris
    @Metaris 2 года назад +4

    Incredibly detailed and informative. Thank you!

  • @teosto1384
    @teosto1384 2 года назад +557

    While this info is known to me since I'm a huge barefoot afficionado, I can't but to listen in awe as I've never heard this info being presented anywhere nearly as well before.

    • @amareedwards8170
      @amareedwards8170 2 года назад +4

      that’s what i’m saying

    • @IsThatSpaceCowBoy
      @IsThatSpaceCowBoy 2 года назад +2

      Toe shoes

    • @Rishnai
      @Rishnai 2 года назад +2

      Well said! This is the intellectual context I didn’t realize my toe shoes and I were missing. Next level knowledge being taught in this video

    • @losfromla1480
      @losfromla1480 2 года назад

      @@IsThatSpaceCowBoy Soft Star shoes, much better for the feet and they look more like normal shoes.

    • @Pwasercan
      @Pwasercan Год назад

      Exactly my thoughts. He speaks better than a book writer

  • @tedblackburn8679
    @tedblackburn8679 Год назад

    Great video. I'm going to try this. Thanks.

  • @miket2916
    @miket2916 Год назад +1

    Thank you for the recap! 12:30 ish

  • @davidhernandez5145
    @davidhernandez5145 2 года назад +8

    Holy shit, even mentioned robotic gait! The level of diligence in these videos is 💯 Appreciate you!

  • @isabelle3365
    @isabelle3365 2 года назад +4

    After falling on my lower back at age 13, i started a piriformis syndrome and walking starts to be tight. Walking is so much the base to be able to have a life. Thank you so much for your videos.

  • @hidetsuguhiraki2008
    @hidetsuguhiraki2008 5 месяцев назад

    Thank you. I hope you study circle walking of Baguazhang.

  • @derekfrost8991
    @derekfrost8991 Год назад +1

    This is huge. The off track argument is compelling.. 🙂💪💪

  • @ScottWDoyle
    @ScottWDoyle 2 года назад +19

    Fascinating. I've been walking on the beach a lot lately. And particularly when you're in sand with some give to it, you will naturally end up lifting more with your upper leg muscles and adopting a slight athletic stance. I also do short stretches of walking backwards on the beach with a more pronounced crouch. It's not sustainable, but the muscle memory of engaging all those different muscles stays with you when you resume forward walking.

  • @txastra523
    @txastra523 3 года назад +162

    Have flat feet pain after 2km of walk I tried your technique achieved 8km today 😊😄

  • @lolsaXx
    @lolsaXx Год назад

    My feet ache right now. I go over my ankle a lot and have pulled my knees hiking downhill with my big old clunky walking boots on, many times. Time to lose the weight and build strength and stability again. Thank you.

  • @ktextreme
    @ktextreme Год назад +1

    such a great video, learned a lot. I am in the process of correcting my gate

  • @jorgealvarado7946
    @jorgealvarado7946 Год назад +55

    Good information! I grew up rarely using shoes, even outside (poor neighborhood in Mexico) and I naturally walk “correctly.” I don’t have any back pain or knee pain. My wife and her family walk “the wrong way” and they suffer from back and knee pain even though they’re small people. This probably has a lot to do with it

  • @oceansdaughter9885
    @oceansdaughter9885 3 года назад +12

    Thank you for the in-depth explanation and showing the actual technique. I’m seeing a chiropractor for back pain, and he did try to explain this. I am getting good results. 👍🏼 I ‘toe-out’ unfortunately, and at 60 years old and decades of back pain getting worse, I will practice your method when I walk tomorrow. I see from this video regarding keeping the first ray toward the goal. I’ll let you know my results. I subscribed to your channel, too. God Bless You, stay safe and healthy everyone.
    PS: I am forwarding this to my chiropractor. Thanks again 👏

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  3 года назад +3

      Yes, old habits are hard to break, but it will be easier, if you notice the toe direction is mostly influenced by the internal/external rotation of the hips.
      You can Stretch and strengthen the rotation, with practicing 90/90 hip drill variations and pigeon pose.

    • @Exercise4Freedom
      @Exercise4Freedom 3 года назад +1

      Hey! How's it going so far?

    • @lalithrockz
      @lalithrockz 2 года назад

      How's it going

  • @jblackman0615
    @jblackman0615 Год назад +1

    Loved the instruction and explanation!

  • @chixbleau7321
    @chixbleau7321 Год назад +1

    Great educational video..thank you!!
    Keep On Truckin

  • @sandeshkumar2489
    @sandeshkumar2489 Год назад +6

    Its been almost 6months of transitioning to fore foot landing thanks to u bro. I am watching all these videos again and I can grasp more information now that I have some experience in fore foot walking. All these technology ideas are from our body. Respect bro for all the research u have done

  • @ericl.winter3622
    @ericl.winter3622 2 года назад +13

    You are so right about this better and proper way of walking. A year and a half ago, I was experiencing planter fasciitis in both feet. Pain in my knees and back. This all had been building up over time of course. So, after many videos on the causes, and cures for planter fasciitis, I started learning about how to walk properly. Thanks to many here on RUclips. Also the benefits of barefoot shoes, (like Xero shoes and sandals ) I ditched any shoes I had with high arches, too much cushion and elevated heels. Started walking differently. Which at first is a challenge. Still practicing this way of walking to this day. What difference this has made in my life. All those previous symptoms went away. At 63, I’m taking daily 3 mile walks in this amazing preserve where I live, and I’m loving it. It’s never too late for reprogramming your body to walk correctly, thus reaping all the benefits.

  • @Pillowcase-yy3nj
    @Pillowcase-yy3nj Год назад

    Thank you so much I would have never walked without you!

  • @Stopmotiontime77
    @Stopmotiontime77 25 дней назад

    Thanks I needed this I diddnt know how to walk

  • @panpiper
    @panpiper Год назад +90

    I learned of this as 'Fox Walking' back in my early teens when I was obsessively studying martial arts. I taught myself to walk this way back then largely as a conceit as it is also an extremely stealthy way of walking. It is now completely ingrained habit. I have roommates who wish I would wear a bell around the house because I am frequently startling them by being somewhere they do not expect. They cannot hear my approach.

    • @TheForeheadOfDoom666
      @TheForeheadOfDoom666 Год назад +4

      Silent fast reflexive and agile it's like having a small superpower i had nerve pain in my thigh for few months when I started doing this but it was worth it

    • @jamesl.o.h.6000
      @jamesl.o.h.6000 4 месяца назад +1

      😂😂😂Ninja dupe

  • @richh1576
    @richh1576 2 года назад +32

    This is an excellent presentation.
    Im a natual 'toe walker' (with well bent knee) as a result of 40 years of competitive skiing. Ive noticed that all who stand, walk, etc. this way rarely if ever wind up with knee or other problems/injuries. Competetive skiing develops 'balance' to an extrodinarlily fine control process chiefly by teeny increments 'differential' toe pressure to best control balance over uneven terrain.

  • @abdullahsh2172
    @abdullahsh2172 10 месяцев назад +1

    THANKS FOR NEW INFO...HELPS A LOT

  • @ryanpmcguire
    @ryanpmcguire Год назад

    Before I watched this video I couldn’t walk at all. I had to crawl everywhere. After watching, my life has been changed. Thank you!!!!!

  • @reaganduggins5279
    @reaganduggins5279 2 года назад +7

    BRO! You have literally changed my life (and my wife's life) with this video! Her feet are always hurting and we couldn't figure out why. Her dad has foot pain, so we figured she just inherited it. But dude! She coppied your walk from this video and it actually doesn't hurt her! Like, literally her feet were just hurting because she was walking wrong (mine too, but it is less extreme for me). Thank you for this video, man! You've saved my wife a boatload of foot pain, and me a boatload of hand soreness from foot massages XD (Joking aside though, seriously, thank you for this!)

    • @GaryReyes777
      @GaryReyes777 Год назад

      How's it going now? I just started this journey a couple weeks ago...

  • @danlightened
    @danlightened 3 года назад +46

    As someone who had to relearn walking after an accident, I'm familiar with lot of these terms and a few techniques.
    Loved all the science behind it. Nice to know even more.

    • @56pjr
      @56pjr 3 года назад +1

      Forget that "evolution" nonsense. God made us. Read the bible

    • @danlightened
      @danlightened 3 года назад +6

      @@56pjr Yeah, right.

    • @56pjr
      @56pjr 3 года назад +1

      You bet "its right". And you need to get right with God before Judgment Day.

    • @danlightened
      @danlightened 3 года назад +6

      @@56pjr If you say so

    • @56pjr
      @56pjr 3 года назад +2

      My opinion means NOTHING. God's Word means everything. Read the bible and realize you are a sinner in desperate need of a Savior. Beg Jesus Christ to forgive your many sins and be your personal Savior. If not, you will be cast into the Lake of Fire after you die. That is what the bible says. (Rev 20)

  • @shahidabukhari
    @shahidabukhari Год назад

    Thank you for making this informative video greatly helpful and appreciated

  • @mr.mustache4996
    @mr.mustache4996 Год назад

    Thank you very much now i can transport anywhere i want!

  • @marshayoung9387
    @marshayoung9387 2 года назад +3

    Grown and Healthy, Wow, you are an amazing presenter. I am 67 years old & I am going through a very painful case of planter fasciitis . You are very informative . I have been searching for someone who can help me with this problem. Thank you so much.

  • @holylabs
    @holylabs 3 года назад +10

    Man thank you! This is soooo much better then all the others videos i found. Great teacher!

  • @dondada108
    @dondada108 Год назад

    Amazing information. Thank you

  • @trhall7406
    @trhall7406 Год назад

    Super informative!!!!!!! Excellent!!!!! 🌟

  • @Blue_Azure101
    @Blue_Azure101 Год назад +3

    I have to say that this advice really reduced my weird lower back pain. Thanks!!!

  • @RonDickerson
    @RonDickerson 2 года назад +122

    I’ve been learning how to walk again after a spinal cord injury - have felt like a toddler and trying different ways to balance and get momentum. Thanks for this! It really helps seeing how to focus my feet and big toes rather than trying to force a heel-first step. Really great explanation too!

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  2 года назад +14

      Im glad to hear that. Hope you have a speedy recovery!

  • @DisnStukKk
    @DisnStukKk Год назад +1

    Very nice!Thank you