When I place my hand on my head while walking, I sense almost no vibrations reaching my head while forefoot striking, unlike the vibrations from heel striking. Hence I realised forefoot striking is the right thing to do! All my musculature effectively absorbing the ground forces. It was difficult at the start but I am seeing exponential progress and forefoot strike walking. Thanks to this channel for bringing this awareness.
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
That is an excellent drill! Thank you, for sharing.
@stanback241511 ай бұрын
I swear, going barefoot a year ago changed my life. I just feel so much better, my legs are stronger (and look great honestly), my posture is better and my knees stopped hurting. Feeling more grounded has helped my mood also.
@wylde39 Жыл бұрын
I’m just going to keep watching all of these till it really sinks in and I have the confidence to try this in places where I feel safe.
@GrownandHealthy Жыл бұрын
This should not look blatantly different. It is a nuanced approach can only be accomplished barefoot or with barefoot shoes.
@ga3385 Жыл бұрын
10 years of hip pain gone now practicing your technique. I can’t thank you enough. Beautiful clear instructions.
@GrownandHealthy Жыл бұрын
Great! I'm glad to hear it has helped you.
@AngelFootball7533 ай бұрын
@@GrownandHealthyI used to walk with heel strike and duck feet. I started to walk with forefoot strike and hips pain gone but i still have pinched pain on the inside of my knee. Do you know where is the problem? Can you help me?
@johnmatelski64132 жыл бұрын
This presentation is ingenious. It seems like he is suggesting that our mental segregation between walking and running (or sprinting for that matter) are more a matter of degree (cadence/force production) than of kind, they all exist as a unified spectrum, and that there is a core technique / rhythm that can be glimpsed/felt/developed using drills like A and B skips... and it's not duck walking.This approach has the potential to create a paradigm shift within you... the video should have a warning label!
@Pwasercan Жыл бұрын
yes, that is exactly what he means. It's the same technique for all speeds, the only difference is power. With more power, the stride can be longer so you indirectly reduce cadence when it becomes too high to coordinate (180 steps/minute or 3 setps/second is the golden standard).
@Life_422 жыл бұрын
This is extremely helpful! I can't wait to start walking normal again after a long time. Literally learning how to walk again. Thank you brother!
@SineCatenis Жыл бұрын
Your content is unique, insightful and potentially life-changing. I appreciate the time/effort you put into this to share your knowledge with others.☝🏾
@pokedude104 Жыл бұрын
its strange transitioning to barefoot shoes because if I'm actually barefoot its completely natural, like my body already knows its a bad idea to heel strike while barefoot, but when I put the shoes on it goes right back to the old way and I end up paying for it because there is no cushion anymore.
@catwhisperer9112 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Your content is excellent and I am a new subscriber. I'm almost 70 and I never realized that I was heal walking until a few months ago when I started developing really bad pains in my heels and ankles. I didn't know what to do about it until I watched your videos. I've been practicing and I already feel the benefit but admittedly a lifetime of bad habits will take me a little longer to overcome but I'm committed.
@davidcornillie2 жыл бұрын
Explaining and demonstrating the rhythm of forefoot walking really helps to push past the initial awkward feeling those of us still transitioning have. Thanks!
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad you found it useful.
@utgardkraft14122 жыл бұрын
Just bought barefoot shoes. Cruising youtube to find good tips on how to relearn walking basically. Found your stuff helpful, thanks man
@stephaniemoura932511 ай бұрын
I’ve always hated running, just didn’t feel good haha I can’t wait to slowly start doing this! Maybe I’ll like running for the first time!
@hellnowewontgo2 жыл бұрын
A couch taught me heal running 40 years ago. I watched your video 4 days ago and already I can go much further with starting to hurt or get winded. I'm pretty amazed...Ty Ty 🙂
@hermancastellanos1608 Жыл бұрын
Great presentation brother, it makes total sense to study the dynamics of walking, I’m consciously applying your advice and I feel my stride has improved, good job!
@GrownandHealthy Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
@afreespirit5444 Жыл бұрын
I've transitioned to barefoot (ie minimal shoe) running years ago, where I naturally became a forefoot (sometimes midfoot) runner. I never considered forefoot WALKING before this video.
@donwyates2 жыл бұрын
Really fascinating. I started walking for mental & physical health about 45 years ago, and have practiced various forms of movement since. Until I discovered zero drop shoes, then the algorithm discovered me and recommended Grown and Healthy, I had not considered the heel striking first as an issue. I figured a smooth, fast gait, and some nice insoles was enough. :-) Thank you for the enlightenment sir. This will be a challenge!
@azrabatool96912 жыл бұрын
How can walk kneeauthritis patent?
@australiainfelix73072 жыл бұрын
This series on walking has helped me enormously. Thank you.
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Great to hear! Thanks for watching!
@stephaniemoura932511 ай бұрын
Watching your clip walking actually looks like it is the right way! Even without explanation I don’t know, it just looks balanced and right
@benwoznicki7 ай бұрын
Yes, this is amazing! I've been in pain for many years now and this gives me hope! I am feeling muscles that I haven't felt in a while. Good times!
@deedeeasten Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Wolfsoro2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the continued tips. It's been an amazing experience switching to forefoot walking.
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad you are finding these videos helpful.
@bele282 жыл бұрын
man.. I love you
@joostdekoning6734 Жыл бұрын
this is so helpfull thanks. rythem change between body move and foot placement. heel strike = place foot in front then move body, fore foot strike = move body place foot under hip.
@brucemorrison47932 жыл бұрын
Great info for dedicated mobility geeks like us Grown and Healthy subscribers! Thanks for this!
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
I thank you! For watching and subscribing!
@dogsarebest12752 жыл бұрын
So thankful that I have found your videos on walking, this is so helpful!
@user-wm4oe4kk7t6 ай бұрын
Thanks a lot for sharing!
@jaydub7386 Жыл бұрын
Vibram five finger shoes have changed my life. They forced me to change my walking rhythm and pattern. Great video, I learned a lot in 13 minutes. If I could like it twice I would.
@ronocf8290 Жыл бұрын
Excellent and very well presented 👏✊✊✊
@muralidharmaddali5275 Жыл бұрын
Lot of explanation given nicely. May be also required to tell the point directly in conclusion like ....how to walk by keeping foot on the land: toe or heel or entire foot on the the land ?
@ciarancoyne91045 ай бұрын
Thanks a mill🙏🏻
@michaeleckert5877 Жыл бұрын
A great demonstration.I already feel the improvements. Thanks for your experience.
@JDell9132 жыл бұрын
Listening to your talk path on heel striking made me think of walking on ice. If you heel strike, very high chance of slipping. Walk on your fore foot, you can walk safer. There was a video that said to walk like a penguin when on ice, body weight over you foot, not in between them.
@johnhannibalsmith53862 жыл бұрын
This is exactly how I try to get myself to walk with more of a forefoot strike. Growing up playing hockey, you figure out how to move easily on ice in shoes. It is indeed a very similar mechanic if you can convince yourself that the sidewalk is a sheet of ice for the duration.
@akbarbootha68756 күн бұрын
Brilliant. Thank you. What kind of shoes should one wear.
@rugeramerican3082 жыл бұрын
this excersise really helps, Ive struggled with rythm for a while now
@secretariatgirl4249 Жыл бұрын
I think you are brilliant.
@paulreedy94152 жыл бұрын
Just the question I had and just the video you've made, thanks!
@GrownandHealthy Жыл бұрын
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@wegotthis247 Жыл бұрын
Interestingly, I need less correction with this because I really don’t like uneven worn shoes. Heel striking, for some, they wear out 1 corner of a sole at the heel and diagonally at the toe. I’m going to begin better form. Thanks so much!
@hanzandersen1152 жыл бұрын
Great video! Love your walking videos!
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching! I hope they have helped.
@hanzandersen1152 жыл бұрын
@@GrownandHealthy Yeah, they really have, but I still like have the feeling that my forefoot on the big toe side is just ,,falling into place instead of me placing it... makes my walk quite wobbly ^^
@callumfinlayson76492 жыл бұрын
Quality video. Definetely helped me. Thanks
@vldarden Жыл бұрын
What happens when we must wear conventional shoes?
@m4d44 Жыл бұрын
Great videos, sir!
@honeybeechanger2 жыл бұрын
Ok. Rather than pulling forward with a front foot that is in front of you don't reach the foot forward use your back foot to push forward if your front foot never goes in front of your hips you aren't reaching Forward your back foot has to push you forward. Okay also rather than swinging your front foot forward you just let it drop and then it doesn't reach you forward. The back leg is depended on almost completely. You start to use your foot and Arch more in the engagement of moving your body forward through that action of lifting your body up from your foot your back foot and then you disallow your front foot swing forward at a certain point you're going to start to swing your hips by twisting your back to increase range of motion and that is I think the barefoot walk without reaching your leg forward so if you don't swing your leg forward in front of your hips it's a barefoot walk and you're engaging your glutes and your arch of your foot that's fantastic. I'm starting to do this it looks ridiculous but I'm going to do more and more of it and I think it it really is helpful to refuse to push to allow your foot to come forward past your hips that was a very good key advice. I just started to include more of the twisting of my spine and I felt like an exotic cat walking that was very fluid motion. It feels really good not to swing the leg for it it kind of feels like you're limiting your range of motion but it's so much more forceful even though it seems like I'm limiting my gate because normally I had such a wide long gate before but I can feel the power of this gate. I guess if you think of a spring being spring loaded that is it it has to be able to retract a certain amount but if extends too far it loses its spring loadedness and that's what you do when you reach forward with your forward foot you lose power. You lose the spring load when you swing the foot and leg forward rather than moving from your spine twist and your back leg pushing. That is phenomenal!
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Your foot will descend in front of your hips, but contact the ground below the hip.. The faster you walk, the more your pelvis will tilt.
@youssefbayoumi8572 жыл бұрын
Hii, would it be possible to make a video on leg length discrepancy? I have a 4mm difference in the femur and I put extra insoles in the shoe of my shorter leg. My physiotherapist is saying that this is the only solution to help with the discomfort I experience on one side of my back (the longer leg side). It has helped a lot, but I don't know if I can live like this for the rest of my life. I stopped walking barefoot. I wear barefoot shoes and sandals though. I glued an insole on my sandal to walk around with it at home. I have other problems with my spine and I'm still getting it realigned. If you have any info or advice you can share regarding this topic, this will be insanely appreciated. Thanks!
@VickiKech2 жыл бұрын
1. Keeping hips up - not sure I'm understanding this, I've been self-correcting an exaggerated anterior tilt since I had learned too much of anterior pelvic tilt creates low back problems and more. 2. Keeping the step under the body - I must practice all the time, and doing just this alone feels like something is missing. 3. Traction - I seek to feel that the forefoot push-off and the contraction of my butt is pushing me forward, rather than feeling like I'm pulling myself forward...in practice, this is a subtle thing. I don't know if I'll ever "get it". I'll try practicing skipping.
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like you understand the feeling,, maybe you are doing it... Have you recorded yourself? Try that first. As for APT, I have a video on this channel, about fixing that... Once you strengthen the Hip Flexors and lower Abs, that will take care of Anterior Pelvic Tilt.
@w1975b Жыл бұрын
Tilt is involved with different prolapses, so be careful not to do the wrong way which will increase your risk of developing prolapses (uterine, bladder, etc). Christine Kent (The Whole Woman) researched and has info about this, along with courses/lessons to help prevent and reverse.
@sylvesterhurt447 Жыл бұрын
This walk is extremely difficult to do but even the n regular shoes there lol s zero impact. It’s very slow and I feel it in a combination of body parts that I’ve never worked before together. It also feels correct & it works My body harder. Def adding this to my weekly training.
@syrus3k2 жыл бұрын
K class - Rhythm is a mystery
@cburke777 Жыл бұрын
WARNING- I have just got back from a visit to the podiatrists after doing this technique for the last 4 months. And he said this technique is WRONG. Be very careful as you may develop several nerve entrapments like me from too much lateral overload.
@GrownandHealthy Жыл бұрын
Please do not come here with lies! Then how do you survive running?! Let him offer you more Orthotics, and your Podiatrist wears heeled conventional shoes. Please offer advice on your own platform, better yet, provide us with a video on how to walk barefooot or in barefoot shoes. I'll wait...
@Hannodb1961 Жыл бұрын
So, this is what I've learned so far: 1) Strike the foot at the outside of the front foot. 2) Land the foot directly under the hip. That was probably my mistake up to now: While landing fore foot first, I still tried to land it in front of my hips. It did give my calves a good burning walking for 4-5km a day, though. I really hope this will cure my flat feet in the end
@donnagreulich2378 Жыл бұрын
Please know that if you are a senior and overweight that barefoot walking even on the beach can be dangerous for the health of your feet if you overdo it. It took my feet a year to recover after trying barefoot walking after age 65.
@geraldinegranado33862 жыл бұрын
Very helpful
@colmrooney4142 жыл бұрын
thankyou for understanding... is skipping a good practise?
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Yes, absolutely.
@yaronkl Жыл бұрын
I am 56 years old man 18 months ago I had a stroke which impaired my ledt side. I am re-kearning to walk now. fro some reason, heel strike is coming to me more naturally - with both legs. I am unable to walk bearfoot yet, mainly because the toes in my lefy foot are curled due to spasticity an stepping hurts
@shrilakshmi42385 ай бұрын
6:45 small exercise
@fredogirri95432 жыл бұрын
Another great video my brother!
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your support!
@Pupil187fsg Жыл бұрын
Any ideas on how to find a barefoot walking coach?
@GrownandHealthy Жыл бұрын
Me.. coach@grownandhealthy.com
@dr.r.k.shaffer555 Жыл бұрын
I think I have it... 1. LEAN forward. 2. LIFT leg with hip muscles. 3. LAND on the front outer edge of the foot. 4. LILT rhythmically.
@WandererOfWorlds Жыл бұрын
Hi again! Another great video - thank you! I have a question I’m hoping you can help with - I’m heading to walk the El Camino De Santiago in a couple of weeks, and am hoping to do as much of it as I can barefoot. Unfortunately, I don’t have access to barefoot shoes for those parts of the walk that I can’t do barefoot. I’ll be wearing Teva Tirra sandals - not a lot of heel rise, but not barefoot style either. Can I still do the forefoot strike in these, or should i just focus on a softer heel strike while wearing these? Thanks so much!
@derekfrost89912 жыл бұрын
What type of shoes should I wear for 10 hours at work? I am older than you and always on my feet. This is really helpful, thanks for the depth of knowledge.. 🙂💪💪
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
You could try these Birkenstocks, until I see a better alternative. amzn.to/3cMYFeZ
@deedeeasten Жыл бұрын
Over the past 4 weeks...2 pay periods in Sept, I replaced ALL of my boots (winter, hiking and fashion), sneakers, and dress shoes (heels and flats) with Xero shoes. Between that and these videos, the excruciatingly painful knee injury from Sprinting and speed walk training (100% positive a former heel striker) along with a great trigger /pressure point massage therapist, I have seemingly gotten my knee self rehabed...my mom still wants me to go to the doctor "just to see". I feel 1000% better! If you do try the Xero shoes, they have a 45 day exchange policy.
@bedfordumezulike88514 ай бұрын
I have been walking with barefoot shoes for about 8 months and I started doing this and idk how to keep the hips up. It seems like I’m either using so much of my calves to move and it makes my legs burn doing this for so long.
@monicabotero20946 ай бұрын
What about doing this with leg weights?
@noone69532 жыл бұрын
Great video. Keep up the good work❤️
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@mawahid.....8495 Жыл бұрын
Sir, I'm from Pakistan, 27 years old, v'been struggling from low back pain since 2018,plz help me
@hao.vu12 жыл бұрын
Lol youtube showed me an ad for “kizik” shoes before this video 😂🤦🏻♂️
@aviccilostboy1755 Жыл бұрын
HOW DOES THIS APpLY TO CONSTRUCTION WORKERS WITH STEEL TOED BOOTS? cuz every time i start a new job after being off for more than a month, the first 4-5 weeks back at work my back aches so bad by friday im taking several ibuprofen and or tylenol a day.
@troya30942 жыл бұрын
Very helpful 👍
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@RinSyuveil Жыл бұрын
This is only day one of me in Barefoot shoes and it is odd to transfer but I think I get it for I only have shoes on for 5 hours a day and the rest I am barefoot even outside around the house so I walk like you barefoot but when I am in my shoes (aka today) on the walk to work and randomly at work I ended up heal striking but I would say 56% of the time I was walking “barefoot” so this helps to speed up the learning
@01blaval Жыл бұрын
Does this also apply in northern countries, wintertime, in snow? 😅👍🏼
@WarlockofThorns Жыл бұрын
Trying to teach my 56 year old mom this is really funny. She talks like this is alien, unnatural, she says it feels like shes a giant trying to lumber about.
@simplee_shannon8252 Жыл бұрын
This is so hard for me. I'm on my feet 8hrs a day in retail. I'm constantly walking but heel striking. With my switch to barefoot shoes the heel striking is causing me pain. This is hard to retrain my body it feels not natural even tho the heel striking is what should be not natural
@cinmac3 Жыл бұрын
i tried a little, tolookforward to learning the better or best way , but, now my calf feel strained and i was also hoping for comfort for my lower back , but, this feels strained too?!😮
@carlmorris61572 жыл бұрын
Do you do any one on one virtual sessions? If so, how do I get started?
@GrownandHealthy2 жыл бұрын
Yes, please contact me: coach@grownandhealthy.com
@dancinglight8411 Жыл бұрын
🙏
@ahmadalif26092 жыл бұрын
I have knock knees 🥺. Can you please make a video on that? I wanna fix it.
@KallutoZoldyck2 жыл бұрын
I recommend Japanese Seiza as well as barefoot shoes. your knock knee is likely caused by your feet, and the seiza posture will help fix that.
@ahmadalif26092 жыл бұрын
@@KallutoZoldyck Thank you
@KallutoZoldyck2 жыл бұрын
@@ahmadalif2609 Yeah no problem, good luck to you, I myself am working on the seiza :D
@ahmadalif26092 жыл бұрын
@@KallutoZoldyck did you see any improvement?
@KallutoZoldyck2 жыл бұрын
@@ahmadalif2609 Improvements in these things can take a long time. It can take a year or two for ligaments to move more, and it takes a 20 minute stretch to loosen them as compared to 3 minutes for muscles. With knock knees, you're either weak in your foot, or tight and weak in your foot. Best of luck to you, if you want it enough, you will fix your knock knees. If you find it's not a weakness issue, you will need to do a lot of stretching over a longer period of time in order to fix them, don't give up.
@benevita2215 Жыл бұрын
Hey ! Thanks so much for your content. When walking like that, should my heel touch the ground or not all ?
@TheDavveponken2 жыл бұрын
Think of your feet as hands, use them as if they were hands.
@01blaval Жыл бұрын
So, I’d tie my shoes with them?
@TheDavveponken Жыл бұрын
@@01blaval I mean, that'd be awesome?
@01blaval Жыл бұрын
@@TheDavveponken I think I’d might have a problem with the second shoe…
@TheDavveponken Жыл бұрын
@@01blaval Yeah I'd be stunned from doing the first one too