How to Walk ( forefoot/midfoot )

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  • Опубликовано: 25 окт 2018
  • Are you conscious about your walk?
    Do you walk with duck feet?
    Do you have frequent ankle and foot pain, but no significant incident for which to blame the pain on?
    It is often the case that foot and ankle pain is caused by prolonged improper walking pattern that can cause more injury than creating efficiency in movement.
    Walking is our (Humans) most fundamental movement, it is the cornerstone of our functionality. The most functional exercise we can conduct is that of proper walking.
    This method of walking explained in the video will take some practice and a change in the sequence of muscle activation that will be a bit challenging at first, but will pay off in the long run.
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  • @GrownandHealthy
    @GrownandHealthy  Год назад +17

    Find more Walking Videos, Here: ruclips.net/p/PLZFE95XAoYbWRpHHP_tfqQx9sb_Cq9OXf

    • @silence-humility-calmness
      @silence-humility-calmness Год назад

      yikes ,i just started forefoot striking ,but i landed on the ball of my feet near the big toe, already did a good 20-30 miles,well well ,i will have to retrain to land near the pinki first witch makes alot more sense as more of the foot is utilized

    • @codyandbarbarakillingswort5546
      @codyandbarbarakillingswort5546 9 месяцев назад

      Thank you for making these videos.

  • @vastxi4914
    @vastxi4914 4 года назад +819

    Finally, I can walk

  • @nemilperez5441
    @nemilperez5441 2 года назад +90

    As a 28 year old toddler learning how to walk, this is great

  • @lyricblake8896
    @lyricblake8896 5 лет назад +597

    Wow. I feel like a 2-year-old learning how to walk again... had no idea I was doing this wrong my whole life. Thank you for teaching us the right way to walk!!

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  5 лет назад +32

      I'm glad to help!

    • @bilioangelopoulou2476
      @bilioangelopoulou2476 5 лет назад +5

      indeed!!

    • @spectralmelodies5979
      @spectralmelodies5979 5 лет назад +20

      It's probably not your fault, between social restrictions, stress, injuries, and bad modeling in media most of us don't walk naturally.

    • @nmpw2k
      @nmpw2k 5 лет назад +2

      Tell me about it. I'm disappointed in myself 😂

    • @mikhaildronov1779
      @mikhaildronov1779 4 года назад +4

      This guy knows nothing about anatomy. That’s a wrong technique. You have to step from heal to toe, otherwise your heel, knees and back will get weak.

  • @MalcBaskett
    @MalcBaskett 3 года назад +196

    Bro, you’re changing lives! I work 12 hrs on my feet and had hella pain. I started implementing the tips from these videos and the pain went away. God bless man

    • @MalcBaskett
      @MalcBaskett 3 года назад +22

      Like I actually enjoy walking now lmao

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  3 года назад +18

      Love to hear it! Thanks for watching and doing it.

    • @toplobster1040
      @toplobster1040 3 года назад +3

      He's still liking comment from 3 days ago! Love it 😂👏🏼

  • @1stPersonStateConsciousness
    @1stPersonStateConsciousness 4 года назад +201

    Studying and applying this right now so I can take proper care of my body. Just as somebody would take care of their dream car, take care of your body. Its literally the most advanced and complex machine on earth.

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  4 года назад +8

      Great concept to live by! Thanks for watching.

  • @dianaelsmere6692
    @dianaelsmere6692 2 года назад +40

    This is the only video with a clear visual demonstration of the actual mechanics of walking and not just a whole lot of indecipherable technical jargon. Thank you soooo much ❣️

  • @ItsMeJackxx
    @ItsMeJackxx 5 лет назад +76

    I personally have undergone ACL surgery and I can't stress enough to say that such an insignificant topic could actually be so important. Who ever wants to watch a video on 'How to walk'? I have flat feet and I always feel instability when I walk, my knees tend to give way. However, the last part of the video really helped me understand the core issue. Thanks

  • @blueskies773
    @blueskies773 4 года назад +111

    Me: walk across two rooms with my blinds open, get to end of hallway: “wow”
    Me: turn around and walk all the way back, “wow”
    Me: turn around and walk across the room hallways again, “wow”
    Neighbors: peering through their blinds at me “wtf is this chick doing”
    😆
    I just see SUCH a difference with this walk. And I don’t appear to be stiff in my walk when I do this.. my hips move much more naturally doing this. So fascinating!!!

  • @bryanpauly8519
    @bryanpauly8519 4 года назад +8

    This guy gets it.
    The video with 1.8 million views doesn’t even show the dude’s feet!
    I changed the way I walk because I was a heel striker.
    Glad this dude agrees with how I’m walking now.

  • @user-jr7ne1dm6b
    @user-jr7ne1dm6b 5 лет назад +78

    I didn't know that I would be learning how to walk at 26 years old, but here I am!

    • @rpviper666
      @rpviper666 5 лет назад +5

      37 here, learning to walk all over again

    • @milanomartin5417
      @milanomartin5417 4 года назад +1

      Same same

    • @zaebos0079
      @zaebos0079 4 года назад +2

      26 yo too here. Greetings from Austria 🇦🇹

    • @zazam5883
      @zazam5883 4 года назад +1

      I'm 32 😛

    • @omaraz1000
      @omaraz1000 3 года назад +2

      I'm 30 and I am here to learn

  • @swthelostarchives
    @swthelostarchives Год назад +17

    I find I can walk for hours like this with no pain. Incredible, my hips, feet and knees feel amazing. My mobility feels stronger too. By walking like this my legs always feel ready for anything too. No need to stretch or do a warmup because they are already engaged

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  Год назад +1

      Excellent! I'm glad you are having a good experience.

  • @jegdcervantes
    @jegdcervantes Год назад +14

    This has been so eye-opening. I can feel my body responding immediately to begin walking with energy and enthusiasm. Like breaking loose from a straight jacket. All my like I have been walking incorrectly and with restrictive shoes. I can't thank you enough for sharing this life-changing information. God Bless

  • @lucianacaruso1852
    @lucianacaruso1852 4 года назад +68

    Man, thank you so much for this video. No one took me serious when I said I need to learn to walk again, but you already addressed an issue that a lot of people have and we are not even aware of it. Thanks thanks thanks!

  • @RavBarring
    @RavBarring 2 года назад +6

    I've noticed a huge difference in my walk. It takes conscious effort at first.. Thank You for posting.

  • @yorkstig
    @yorkstig 5 лет назад +45

    I've struggled for years with barefoot running/walking. This looks promising. Great video

  • @DocPrime88
    @DocPrime88 2 года назад +23

    I’ve been in so much pain, I’ve missed out on so much that I have wanted to do because I don’t want to walk or run. I’m 27 and trying to properly learn to walk and fix this issue. Thank you for your videos. You have helped me a lot.

  • @louel83
    @louel83 4 года назад +95

    Ah finally! I always ran landing on my forefoot, but somehow walked landing on my heel. This way of walking feels so much more fluid and natural! And I had to learn it, because I'm walking barefoot most of the time now.
    I can't wait to see how this will impact the knee and lower back pain I have.
    Thank you for sharing!

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  4 года назад +14

      I'm glad you found it helpful. Look at my video on anterior pelvic tilt, even though you may not have it, the exercise strengthens the lower back and has helped alleviate my lower back pain.

    • @forrestquerino6230
      @forrestquerino6230 2 года назад +2

      How are you doing now?

    • @Saberdud
      @Saberdud Год назад +2

      2 year update?

    • @louel83
      @louel83 Год назад +9

      Update is that I practiced and bought barefoot shoes, but ended up with plantar fasciitis soon after. It started with my feet feeling overworked when I woke up in the morning. They felt tired and somewhat painful. Until I woke up with full on pf one morning. It was incredibly painful. I have to do stretches and I wear nothing but birkenstock or shoes with support for high arches ever since. It's been 2 years and it's still the only way for me to be pain-free.

    • @louel83
      @louel83 Год назад +6

      The lower back pain didn't go away with the exercises. I just recently found out that the cause of my lower back pain is something that only surgery can fix. My c section scar has attached itself to my core muscles. This in turn makes my back weak.

  • @ollieishere4122
    @ollieishere4122 3 года назад +27

    I have Cerebral palsy and this is beautiful. I am 17 and I’ve been treating my cerebral palsy for 10 years. This is seriously amazing. I’m working to become a physical therapist and this needs to become a tool for all PT. No one really knows how much one small thing such as your big toe being straight with your body can do for you. I used to not be able to physically do that, when I could that changed so much. It took so much pain off of me. Then doing that corrected my ankles that helped my knees then my hips. So all of this is seriously beautiful.

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  3 года назад +3

      I'm glad you found it helpful. The big toe is the cornerstone of the posterior chain.

    • @anthonyofarrell513
      @anthonyofarrell513 3 года назад +4

      You are correct, everything is connected, and small changes make a big difference. Good luck in your work

    • @Manacsa604
      @Manacsa604 2 года назад +1

      I have it too! I'm 24 I box I always thought heel strikes was the proper way 🥊

  • @georgemonsanto4018
    @georgemonsanto4018 5 лет назад +32

    I think his trying to say: you don't have to be arched-footed to walk like one and with great efficiency. There is hope for flat-footed individuals. Thank you.

    • @JimLarranaga5k
      @JimLarranaga5k 3 года назад

      In other words, for some people, the world is FLAT. :-)

  • @thiagogueiros9663
    @thiagogueiros9663 10 месяцев назад +4

    Been walking with the forestrike for 6 months now and it feels so much better and natural, I had pain on the lower part of the knee and that went away. 3 months in I started to feel a lot of pain on the upper part of my knee, after researching a bit a think it was called runner's knee. My wife insisted that it was because the way I walked, and it sort of was, but I didn't like the idea of going back to heelstriiking, because forestriking just felt much better. After researching runner's knee I saw on a channel from a physical therapist that the problem is not on the knees, but the vastus medialis and/or lateralis, you should massage them and the knee pain should go away. In my case it was both, massaging them was so painful, but at the same time relieving. Now I use one of those massage rods for a couple minutes in each leg and have next to no pain, hope to be pain free soon. Just a tip for those who may have had the same problem.

  • @metallicaradioactive4348
    @metallicaradioactive4348 Год назад +1

    i've flat foot , and always being told until now ( i'm 22 yo ) that my walk looks weird and now i finally know how to walk properly thanks you !

  • @lailakhan4726
    @lailakhan4726 2 года назад +3

    Hi there, I see that I was the last person to comment , and that was 2 years ago.. unfortunately, I was still too busy watching the majority of people heel to toe walking and believed that was the correct way to walk as well as being told by practitioners. Honestly, I have been in so much pain, heel to toe was so unnatural to me, it completely distorted my body. I am a natural forefoot walker and sprinter and was referred to as the "gazelle" in my youth.. I used to glide gracefully until suddenly I forgot how to hold myself and walk. ( life getting in the way) . But, I just have to say again, 2 years on, that your explanation in these videos confirms that I was walking right all along. People have often said I walk strangely.. but it is they who do. So massive thank you, look forward to more enlightening videos. Excellent work.
    S

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  2 года назад +1

      Thanks for watching! I will say this, if it feels good, do it.
      Your body will respond with pain when it is stressed by your position or movement.

  • @suzanneeschner9536
    @suzanneeschner9536 3 года назад +15

    Great video! I have been a heel walker for 56 years! Now walking correctly - feeling great!

  • @BharCode09
    @BharCode09 5 лет назад +53

    When u land on mid foot (a little fore foot ball, which highest concentration of muscle) and not on heel you're allowing the air between the mid foot and land to absorb the shock. Also the toes and fore foot spread the shock bcz they're wide and there are gaps in the bones unlike the heel which is a single ball on the rod, less elastic and immediately it propagates shock to the knee and then to your lower back.. this posture correction I realised myself after many experiments, bcz all other walking technique I saw were doing it differently and Everytime I walked with my heel, my knee and lower back used to get sore. Now with this correction I get pain in my calf muscle and thighs which is right! Thanks for confirming my technique!

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  5 лет назад +6

      Yes, you are correct. The heel is best used for stability (especially under load) and pivoting.

    • @rbzzzzzrb
      @rbzzzzzrb 4 года назад

      Why should you have any pain when walking? He's right about a lot of the things he says but not about landing on the ball of the foot...take small steps and roll over the front of the heel, not the back and not the ball.

    • @crisbowman
      @crisbowman 4 года назад +1

      @@rbzzzzzrb What, there's nothing left to roll onto. There's no reason to land on your heel.

    • @davesamuellagamon7664
      @davesamuellagamon7664 4 года назад

      Just like marching walk

  • @princegalaxywalker6273
    @princegalaxywalker6273 4 года назад +6

    Just seeing your video for the first time.
    Great start.
    After 9 years of me telling people that running on our heels is damaging to the body I thought it must be the same for walking so I stopped walking on my heels 14 months (July 22, 2018) to see what would happen.
    After 2 months of walking 5 to 10 miles a day, my back tension went away. Up until then when I bent over at my waist my back would ache.
    Then over the next 5 months I was able to keep my heels higher off the ground, like a dog or deer, using more of my tendons and ligaments, and my Gluteal muscles.
    My glutes had been very tight for 25 years and I was unable to bend straight down all the way at my knees, but after 7 months of pad/toe walking, 25 years of tension had vanished, and I could then bend all the way to the ground.
    Next up, my feet, which at 17 years old had been diagnosed as mobile-flat-feet.
    After 12 months of walking naturally, with no heel strike, my right foot had a good arch and my left foot was starting to form one.
    Next year I plan to prove that we are designed to walk and run with stiff ankles, like dogs deer, horses gazelles, and some little kids, by beating the 100 metre sprint record in the 55 - 59 age group (11.30 seconds) so that nobody will be able to argue with me that toe walking bad unless they are brainless.
    Thanks for sharing.

    • @hazeb372
      @hazeb372 Год назад +2

      Wow. So it's possible to change flat feet! Thank you for sharing this

  • @juanpablosegarralituma8677
    @juanpablosegarralituma8677 3 года назад +7

    Thank you brother. I am 39 and is never to late to learn. Appreciate it.

  • @lawstudentph1677
    @lawstudentph1677 4 года назад +18

    I'm 32 and didn't pay heed to how I walk, until my ankles and legs hurt intolerably due to overpronation. It gets in the way of everything that I do. At 32, I'm starting to learn and practice how to walk properly. Thank you for this.

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  4 года назад +1

      Glad to hear! It's my pleasure.

    • @CB-dq4iu
      @CB-dq4iu 4 года назад +1

      Me too! It hurts my lower back and hips. Now I’m learning how to walk again.

  • @lauraledford2534
    @lauraledford2534 4 дня назад +1

    I have been wearing an ankle compression sock, topically applying naproxen gel and taking pain relievers religiously for YEARS (I have an os trigonum on left heel). I switched to barefoot shoes 2 years ago which helped tremendously with running, workouts and all over body issues. It recently occurred to me that what if I was walking wrong my entire life? As women we’re taught heel to toe for heels and to exaggerate spine movement- which may be fine for a dinner out dressed up, but not 24/7. About 2-3 weeks ago I found your videos which are the ONLY ones reflecting this mid foot strike approach over a heel strike. I spent about two hours practicing on a treadmill at first. My ankle has actually stopped swelling and needing constant pain relievers, and I barely have to pop anti inflammatory pain pills now! Also my QL muscles don’t lock up after runs or long walks which is definitely life changing. I can’t believe how something so simple can have such a profound quality of life difference. Don’t stop preaching about this!

  • @AV57
    @AV57 3 года назад +15

    Thank you so much. I’ve been trying to get active again and noticed that simply walking was far too painful for it to be normal. I’ve watched a lot of videos and talked to people about where to put my foot, when to bend my knee, how to keep my back straight and chin up, the rate at which we should walk, and I was trying to put it all together but it just wasn’t feeling right and ultimately hurt even more than when I wasn’t thinking about it. Well, I tried your way and incorporated the arm swinging and it all fell into place. I guess I was thinking so hard about my legs that I was neglecting to consider my arms and was wobbling all over the place from poor balance. You’re the best, dude!

  • @bluebutterflywellness2273
    @bluebutterflywellness2273 4 года назад +8

    SO helpful and clearly explains why I'm nearly in traction after walking! 👍🏽

  • @brandonroberts13
    @brandonroberts13 Год назад +1

    My feet are as flat as they come, and my hips had always felt so tense with a lot of pain! Been walking like this for about a month and it's nearly life changing! Thanks, I'm glad I searched "how to walk".

  • @nathat4250
    @nathat4250 5 лет назад +5

    You have no idea how much this video helped me! Thank you.

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  5 лет назад

      The pleasure is mine. I'm glad you found it helpful.

  • @amandarecoveryjones8216
    @amandarecoveryjones8216 Месяц назад

    This guy got me more comfortable with being barefoot. I love his tips, giving me a much more graceful walk.

  • @saltym4n
    @saltym4n 4 года назад +3

    you don't have enough likes for how much you are helping people. Thank you for this video. I've recently realized I've been walking wrong my whole life because, partially because I've never been shown, partially because of the shoes I've been told I need. Barefoot/minimalist lifestyle has literally saved my life. Thank you again for explaining the mechanics so detailed.

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  4 года назад

      Thank you! If it has helped you, that is the effect I hope to have.

  • @NoisyRooster
    @NoisyRooster 10 месяцев назад +1

    That last point he makes about being aware of aware of where your body is at all times is very important. I was listening to this while I walked my dog, and I dunno if it's because when I walk my dog in the quiet woods near my house, I feel almost high with awareness, or maybe it was the bowl I had smoked beforehand, but i started moving like I was a video game character, specifically Arthur Morgan from Red Dead Redemption 2. He had great posture, and since it is a 3rd person perspective game, you see him running and walking from behind a lot. So i started walking like him because it reminded me of this guy's very deliberate movement.
    I think that's the key, the deliberateness of the walking. I used to walk by almost falling, but in a very controlled way. I never noticed till I started really "trying" to walk like a video game character. Like, using muscular flexing. I seriously didn't realize I was just" falling" forward unconsciously instead of moving deliberately. I only noticed the difference afterwards, but damn is it a huge difference.

  • @everytrickonthehook4304
    @everytrickonthehook4304 4 года назад +8

    Thanks so much! Great explanation. I had this down a few years ago but lost it and needed the refresher. I miss the strength I felt in my walk instead of this lumbering movement I fell back into.

  • @dionjames5653
    @dionjames5653 3 года назад +4

    Wow! My husband and I both walk how you walked at the very beginning of your video. Starting today, we'll practice how to walk correctly for the very first time in our life. I don't even know how to thank you!!!

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  3 года назад

      Your better health is thanks enough. Thanks for watching!

  • @bassdivamtm
    @bassdivamtm 4 года назад +3

    Thank you. After a broken leg surgery the therapist kept saying heel toe. Not workin! This is 🎉

  • @RiniHS96100
    @RiniHS96100 3 года назад

    Finally I found the best video on the subject. 100 points for demonstrating it bare footed. Another 100 for the perfect camera focus. Great explanation as well 💯

  • @spudsmccallaghan
    @spudsmccallaghan 10 месяцев назад +1

    I just tried these tips and it made me tear up... 😂 I was very sedentary for many years due to an illness and sort of forgot how to walk properly. I'm 2.5 years into my recovery and every day, all day I've been trying to figure out the right way to walk again. I wish I found this sooner! Thank you so much, man. You're a real one.

  • @marissaparker4913
    @marissaparker4913 2 года назад +2

    This guy is so good at explaining, I'd watch him describe how to make toast. Great video sir!

  • @jalilhishmeh169
    @jalilhishmeh169 4 года назад +3

    this video is extremely informative and straight forward, love it thanks !

  • @paigedixon537
    @paigedixon537 4 года назад +4

    I’ve been having trouble with arch pain due to low/weak arches and a recent ankle sprain. I didn’t notice until today how I was striking the ground heel first. The way you described it, pushing off the ground to move forward rather than passively utilizing the hip flexors really helped me.

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  4 года назад

      Glad to hear! The problems of walking are slightly different for everyone, I just try to give one angle of approach and hope it works for some, like it did for me.

  • @AH-cy4md
    @AH-cy4md 4 года назад +20

    Shoes with cushioned heels, especially thick ones, force you to heel strike and can cause more ankle pronation.
    Flat flexible shoes help with more natural movements.

    • @MsJae-qk2tw
      @MsJae-qk2tw 3 года назад +2

      But my feet hurt without cushion 💔💔💔💔

    • @roxik1073
      @roxik1073 3 года назад +1

      The worst is that it's almost impossible to find flat shoes nowadays 😒

  • @gabriels6017
    @gabriels6017 4 года назад +2

    Awesome video!! Love being aware of my gait and keeping everything in check. Thanks!

  • @mebear7643
    @mebear7643 2 месяца назад +1

    After watching a couple of your videos I think this one is the best. Good video to see the details and more specific dialogue. Thank you!

  • @user-wx7wg5cn1m
    @user-wx7wg5cn1m Год назад +3

    Thanks, even in my senior years , I feel the need to correct landing on my heels- wish that I had heard about these things earlier in my life, but better late than never- still trying, and I appreciate you 🙏

  • @vladmods
    @vladmods Год назад

    Thanks a lot for this explanation, mate. I was looking for some videos to see how I can improve my walking and I found your channel. I'm impressed, you've got yourself a new subscriber.

  • @billyswin7349
    @billyswin7349 5 лет назад +19

    Thank you for your videos. I have major duck feet that I'm trying to fix. You seem to understand the complexities of these issues better than anyone else on youtube.

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  5 лет назад +3

      The first step is to be mindful of the position of your feet and aim your trajectory with your big toe. You may also need to perform some glute stretches like pigeon pose. Thanks for watching.

  • @FrostieBiite
    @FrostieBiite 2 года назад +3

    Thank you GREAT VIDEO!!! Alot of great info condensed! I appreciate you taking the time to make this to inform people!

  • @Thespinningwoman
    @Thespinningwoman 2 года назад +3

    This is a great explanation! I have taken a barefoot running/chi running course in the past which encouraged mid foot landing but I have never seen it linked to what the rear foot is doing so clearly. I just walked across the room and felt like I finally understood it.

  • @challengedpictures
    @challengedpictures 5 лет назад +44

    Thank you for making this channel! I’ve been waiting to find a channel to help me with my flat feet. Keep up this channel please!! You’re awesome!

  • @truthseekermedia
    @truthseekermedia 4 года назад +1

    This is brilliant as I just incurred pain from my walking! But I’m changing it up 🙏🏻 thanks.

  • @noam6249
    @noam6249 3 года назад +12

    This is very helpful. In practicing this movement, I had to consciously think about the back foot pushing off from the toes in order to have front foot land properly on toes. It’s like being a baby learning to walk. 🙂

    • @AnovaLisaDragonfly
      @AnovaLisaDragonfly Год назад

      Your comment is very helpful. I just watched the video (and will rewatch), but I still wasn’t quite clear on the mechanics. Your description of the back foot pushing off from the toes made it click for me.

  • @7entri206
    @7entri206 3 года назад +62

    I’m here because people make fun of me for my natural walk :(

    • @longjawnsilva8877
      @longjawnsilva8877 3 года назад +2

      Did this help you?

    • @joaquimrodriguez8961
      @joaquimrodriguez8961 3 года назад +1

      Yeah , I know the feeling. Except most folks don't make fun of me. But I do get asked by children ., Which is forgivable. But they don't laugh. They just ask. (It's all good).

    • @bhatabira915
      @bhatabira915 3 года назад +2

      Same here 😭

    • @wiw1482
      @wiw1482 3 года назад +2

      Same

    • @tramarthomas6105
      @tramarthomas6105 3 года назад +2

      Me too buddy 😭

  • @GrayItalo
    @GrayItalo 3 года назад +5

    Great video, thank you! My newly found minimalist shoe interest lead my to try and learn more about walking, and here I came across your great tutorial today. Cheers~

  • @blueguitarstudio3522
    @blueguitarstudio3522 3 года назад +1

    Very helpful! This is the only video I’ve seen like it and answers alit of questions I haven’t been able to find.

  • @MjIaCcHkAsEoLn1958
    @MjIaCcHkAsEoLn1958 5 лет назад +2

    Great video! Very clear and helped my gait instantly.

  • @kbrzy34
    @kbrzy34 2 месяца назад

    Thank you!!
    The 'tism takes a toll!
    I needed info & to be able to visualize what I SHOULD be doing. Not what I have for 36 yrs

  • @megancordray3303
    @megancordray3303 Год назад

    As a 31 ye old toddler who gave herself a Jones fracture 4 weeks ago by not knowing how to walk. I really appreciate someone finally teaching me how to walk properly. Lol

  • @glenadymond7202
    @glenadymond7202 2 года назад +3

    He does an excellent job of explaining everything. Thanks for making this video.

  • @polos5890
    @polos5890 4 года назад +2

    Thanks for making this video! I have been practicing this for almost a week and now I walk much better! Many, many, many thanks! :D!!!

  • @FaithGainspersonaltraining
    @FaithGainspersonaltraining Год назад +1

    Man thanks alot for this video. I've been trying to fix my gait for a good year now. Been experiencing plantar fasciitis in the left foot lately. I pray as I start training this things will get better. God bless you man and keep going

  • @l.p.bilham9852
    @l.p.bilham9852 3 месяца назад

    THANK YOU ! FINALLY! Someone who makes SENSE!

  • @melodyabusa
    @melodyabusa Год назад

    This helped my pain to my plantar fasciitus just adjusting from my walk from my bed to the bathroom. Usually it is unbearable to get up and walk because the pain shoots up but I did this and there was no pain which really made me emotional. Do your best and thank you for the video.

  • @mexicanfusion6853
    @mexicanfusion6853 Год назад

    I've been trying to become the best possible person I can be, and honestly, this helped a lot. I'm amazed by how something as simple as walking is messed up and leads to life-time issues. Thank you for this video. I'm appreciative of how simple things like this are messed up though, as it feels like once you know how to fix it, it's almost like opening a third eye. Life-changing really.

  • @BigDaddyBlais
    @BigDaddyBlais 2 года назад

    Really appreciate your holistic approach to adjusting walking habits!

  • @gamingaboutlife7892
    @gamingaboutlife7892 4 года назад +1

    Love it! Thank you for teaching this!

  • @terriliggett544
    @terriliggett544 2 года назад +3

    So, I have scoliosis and kneeproblems. I’ve bee landing on my heel during the gait cycle for decades. Im going to learn your method and see if it helps my pain. Thank you so much. I keep hearing about the windlass mechanism, but I never understood it. Brilliant.

  • @BlackReaperMetal
    @BlackReaperMetal Год назад

    Dude! I've been looking for this and didn't get it. Best explanation of how to! Thank you very much!
    I wrote that before finishing the video. Great idea adding the exercise in there.

  • @fitmom09
    @fitmom09 Год назад +2

    What a wonderful video! Thank you for the info, I'm about to binge watch all your vids! Didn't know I've been walking wrong all these years, no wonder my back hurts!

  • @adamkreuz9068
    @adamkreuz9068 4 года назад +10

    It's so sad that I need this video. As a kid I would go the whole summer without shoes, now I want to go barefoot again and my legs forgot how to do it without padding from shoes

    • @GrownandHealthy
      @GrownandHealthy  4 года назад

      Thanks for watching! With practice, it will become natural again.

  • @user-qb3uy5cg1u
    @user-qb3uy5cg1u Год назад

    This is the most easy to understand video about this. Thank you.

  • @soratoazashi3708
    @soratoazashi3708 4 года назад +17

    There’s some great info in this and it’s nicely produced. My only feed back is I’d like to see and hear a bit more about the windlass mechanism. Better understand how and why it works would lend validity to the practice. Thanks for a great video! ^_^

  • @calisthenicswBin
    @calisthenicswBin Год назад +2

    This and your other video were great, and while at first i was confused and didn't get it, tempted to dislike the vieo because most people around me walked heel first.
    But once i actually started doing it i felt way better, and looking back it makes a lot of sense, you explained really well in your last video how back then forest floors were full of obstacles and we had to be careful etc.
    And if you think about it our legs are literally designed to walk in the way you showed us in this video - a way in which we utilise all our diffrent muscles
    Thank you so much!

  • @TomSimak
    @TomSimak 3 года назад +11

    Damn it’s hard to re-learn how to walk!

  • @lizalaartistka
    @lizalaartistka Год назад +1

    You are ao clear! Thank you!!

  • @MAcEmoney313
    @MAcEmoney313 5 лет назад +3

    Yooooooo🤜🏾🤛🏾thank you sooooo much for making this video!!!! I been trying to figure out why I was wobbling so much when I walk, now I understand that it was my foot placement!!! ATTENTION, if your feet have very high arches don’t think a flat footed posture is for you cause you will loose balance!! Maaaaaaan I thought something was wrong with me

  • @divyayash5858
    @divyayash5858 4 года назад +1

    This video really helped me !!!
    Literally the best video out there on youtube

  • @bushwalker6214
    @bushwalker6214 Год назад +1

    - Ugh, ugh, ugh, hey Beavis, I forgot how to walk.
    - Yeah, me too!

  • @IExpectedBSJustNotThisMuchBS
    @IExpectedBSJustNotThisMuchBS 3 года назад +1

    This is fab. Though I pronate (and am in the middle of all sorts of things to help correct that), I walk with my feet facing directly in front of me at the midline (most who over pronate stand duck feet outward). The result of having loved to walk on the edges of things (including railings) as if I was walking on a balance beam. (As a kid, while everyone else was walking on the sidewalk, I was walking on the curb... well, not just as a kid... I did this a lot as an adult because it's fun.) The windless method is how you walk on a balance beam save for the fact that you're not walking with your feet single file. It would have been difficult for me to keep all the instructions in my head, but if I imagine my movement on a balance beam , I got this. Thanks so much!
    Bless you, bless you, bless you.

  • @RevolutionAndPeace
    @RevolutionAndPeace 2 года назад +5

    Thank you for this video, simply explained. Hoping this may help with severe calf pain which has recently developed. (Coming out of lockdown I've realised that I have barely walked outdoors at all and now wearing 'real' shoes again I'd somehow got it into my head I was supposed to walk heel to toe... ) Will practice this until it feels natural again.

  • @johnsmith-eu8qv
    @johnsmith-eu8qv 4 года назад +5

    Great stuff geezer 👍🏻
    "The Windlass mechanism"
    thats the word i needed to quantify this style of walking.
    I accidentally discovered it and then lost it again.
    Seems its all to do with dwelling at the rear and getting the back foot up onto the toes.
    #magic

  • @MehboobKhan-ov1xd
    @MehboobKhan-ov1xd 4 года назад +3

    Excellent explained thanks.

  • @annie5741
    @annie5741 Год назад +1

    I've been trying to switch to forefoot strike for weeks now. It's only thanks to this video that it finally clicked. Thank you.

  • @minaaris
    @minaaris 2 года назад +1

    I underestimated how much I liked this video. I don't know if you're correct but this was definitely an informative video.

  • @kibele4797
    @kibele4797 3 года назад

    really thank you so much. people have been making fun of me because of my walk for years. Thanks to this video, I can walk properly. thank you really heartfelt

  • @mudmutt363
    @mudmutt363 2 года назад

    After nearly 18 years RUclips finally recommended me this, I have so much power

  • @wthshorts9287
    @wthshorts9287 2 года назад

    Thank you man the video that I was looking for

  • @POPPASHANGO
    @POPPASHANGO 4 года назад +5

    Learned this from my father who taught me about running. He taught me to never let my heel hit the pavement when jogging. The same applies to walking.

    • @toplobster1040
      @toplobster1040 3 года назад +1

      Your dad sounds awesome!

    • @POPPASHANGO
      @POPPASHANGO 3 года назад

      @@toplobster1040 Thanks! He is still teaching things to this very day.

    • @lailakhan4726
      @lailakhan4726 2 года назад

      Wow, so glad you said this, as I thought I was odd for never letting my heels touch the ground even in walking. And, when I forgot how to walk for the past 8 years now, I started walking heel to toe, and, it has completely messed me up.! I was trying to follow everyone's advice online and watched how others walked! Now I realise I had always walked in the proper way.. so thanks to this amazing human and his videos.

  • @rodesiawrodesia
    @rodesiawrodesia Год назад

    Thank you so much, i saw your videos, i had ischias and hell of a pain after trying this kind of walking the pain is going away, i am still doing your advice and it feels like a miracle for me, what it surely is, thank you, from the Netherlands

  • @James-jz7zy
    @James-jz7zy 4 года назад +8

    This vid changed my life, no cap

  • @AXeLSPRTNA15
    @AXeLSPRTNA15 5 лет назад +1

    thanks man I really benefited from this vid.

  • @kristensheridan685
    @kristensheridan685 11 месяцев назад

    Thanks so much for this! Recently started transitioning to barefoot shoes and was struggling with foot landing on heel and was concentrating on the forward foot. By concentrating on the rear foot and take off, as you described, it all just worked!!!! Now for lots of practice!

  • @eltepusunny
    @eltepusunny 3 года назад

    Great content - subbed! Thanks for taking your time to make this

  • @MOVIEKICKS
    @MOVIEKICKS 2 года назад +1

    Great video! Finally someone on the internet stating how to walk properly by pushing off w/ the toes on one foot while landing on the forefoot (outer edge first) of the opposite foot. A quick Google search on how to walk properly says to walk heel to toe...which is wrong and will destroy the knees in many people...talk about fake news LOL. I enjoyed your video, great information!!!

  • @idontknow-sh4bj
    @idontknow-sh4bj Год назад +1

    thx! its exactly what i was looking for

  • @watermelongangster
    @watermelongangster Год назад

    Awesome video, thank you so much for this!

  • @liamrichards5968
    @liamrichards5968 3 года назад +2

    I’m 2 years old and this helped massively thanks