Thank You very much, for your support!! It means a lot.

Yea they just stick you in running shoes, injured here get insoles, its a joke.

So from understanding do you believe it rooting one leg at a time and how the upper and lower body work in opposite direction as would that make sense as it would propel the body forward when it reaches equilibrium

This guy is the greatest biomechanicist in the world right now.

You can thank Mr. Nike for this loss. It was found in his notes "if a pad or cushion is added to the heal, we can open the stride." And the heel runner was born. This is explained in the book " Born to run" by Christopher McDougal. It's a really good read! I've been wearing minimalist shoes for years and my feet have gotten much thicker, and my flat feet are not flat anymore!

All is well, thanks. I plan to upload soon.

Thank you!

Thank you very much! Your support, means a lot.

Happy to help

Thanks!

Glad you liked it!

Exactly!

The problem with conventional shoes, are the restraints placed on foot movement. You say that you move your feet freely, but that would be impossible.. Toe Spring prevents flexion of the toes and even inhibits a neutral position of the toes. The Toe box is also constraining in regaredd to the spreading of the metatarsals on impact.... The level of this constraint is more subjective, but for those that have wide feet, this will lead to Bunions. I'm sure the impact is much more pleasurable to land on, but that is for performance (or *bearability), not movement health. There are barefoot forums on Reddit and Facebook that show barefoot participants of marathons and ultramarathons, setting great times, on all terrains. Kipchoge and many other athletes were known to practice barefoot.. Footwear endorsement deals are the only way for these athletes to survive, so promoting these shoes as integral to their performance, is the tradeoff. But no athlete ever makes the claim that these shoes or any shoe is responsible for their performance.

@@GrownandHealthy "But no athlete makes the claim that these shoes or any shoe is responsible for their performance." Then explain why many athletes prior to the expansion of carbon plated shoes across all major brands would use Nike's shoes and cover up the logos to prevent sponsorship violations. This was in *training* as well, where runners such as Josh Kerr with the Brooks Beast used Nike shoes without the logo for workouts that he appeared in The Athlete Special's videos. There are obviously other examples that are not quite hard to find, but I think those actions speak for themselves for how athletes feel about the shoes. Not to mention the recent explosion of world class performances starting back to when the vaporfly released. Barefoot participants are of course a thing, but you cannot deny that athletes prefer to train in these modern shoes. Also, if you have ever ran in something like the vaporfly or the adios pro 3 you would know that these shoes along with many others can literally bend with your big toe on push off, that's literally how the carbon plates activate

@@ambiguousheadline8263 @ambiguousheadline8263 Pressing down on a shoe with toe spring does not put the Toe in Neutral, nor Flexion. It only acts upon the ball of the Toe as a second class lever. As for the adoption of a shoe with a plate insert, how does this relate to movement health? The shoes you have mentioned are your choice to wear, but they do not feature any of these healthy characteristics: Foot shaped Wide Toe Box Proprioceptive feedback Flexible (for Full Flexion and Extension of the Toes) Zero drop The Vaporfly et al. You have mentioned, feature these characteristics: Narrow and constrictive Toe Box Arbitrary Instep. Inflexible outersole. Thick outersole that provides zero proprioception to the terrain. Inflexible and extreme Toe Spring. So, it is clear where I stand in regards to the Vaporfly.. shoes. My livelyhood is not determined by winning races, if so, I probably would consider the trade-off of my Foot Health and Mobilty for the competition.

I advise against Toe Curls with heels down/sitting.

@@GrownandHealthy why? I'm new here so I don't know

What are you going to do when they look at you? Cry?

"I'm only improving myself for the acceptance of others."

Plantar fasciitis*

If you feel that you have any limitation in your ability to extend or flex your toes through a normal range of motion, Give them a try.

Did you have to make any other changes besides just switching shoes? Was there a struggle period?

@@joeschmoe6941 I immediately changed to Barfoot shoes.. But before I knew about the shoes, I suffered from a lot of pain in my body, especially in my feet. I tried many types of shoes and insoles according to shape. I also went to a lot of pain therapists. And if it helped it was for a short time. In the end I ended up with an excellent physiotherapist, and he gave me exercises to work on at home for 3 months... and the pain almost disappeared. In addition, after that I heard about Barfoot shoes and fell in love... all my Brooks New Balance shoes, etc... are lying in the closet

People have made claim to how indigenous people have walked.. But growing up in such an environment, I didn't witness that. You can see through slo motion that where the foot lands is often imperceptible from film.. Any video below 60fps will give a skewed perspective. Feet turned outwards, is indicative of a person who has worn/wearing shoes. This would be a necessary modification for Toes joints that were restricted. The concept of leaving the heel down for an extended time doesn't engage the Windlass Mechanism. Imagine purposely bypassing a reflexive function under the guise of efficiency.

@@GrownandHealthy you present compelling arguments, and I will have to study and experiment further to discover my truth. Thanks for your amazing work!

I've been trying to walk with toes facing forward all my life, which i have to focus because it's not natural to me. I do have a natural turnout, which affects my alignment when doing the splits. Recently i allowed this slight turnout while I'm walking in barefoot shoes and finally i feel good. I can't speak for everyone. We do all have slight differences in bone structure and proportions. Perhaps these early human foot prints are from a people who may have had different proportions to people today.

​@@GrownandHealthy The thing is, what you're showing in your videos IS essentially the indigenous or "American Indian walk" (as it was called in the 19th C), and it was contrasted with the European walk in a lot of pre-20th C sources. The same bent-legged walk was also attributed to "German country people" and the "Swiss and other mountain races", so it wasn't really just an indigenous thing and in Europe was probably more to do with social class... Historically, "genteel" Europeans and line infantry used straight legs and turnout of the foot/leg (anywhere from a 30 to a 90 degree angle between the feet depending on the source and time period), and this is the gait pattern that was meant to be used with (low) heeled footwear like Army boots; it actually produces a flat footfall with this type of gait, and this was something that was stressed as an absolute requirement for military marching to prevent injury. The only real stated difference between the two was the use of a bent leg and parallel feet with the "indigenous" walk, and that the European "Ordinary Step" gait made exclusive use of the "haunch" (not the glutes?) to power each step; there was a gradual switch to a more straight legged "heel-toe" parallel-foot march that was basically the worst of two worlds, which James Dowie talks about in 1860 as being REALLY bad for the joints (and bridges, roads, etc) due to the hard heel impact, and by 1903 at least (i.e. C. Lang Neils "Walking"), this also started being described as a "natural" walk. The French did finally adopt the full "American Indian" style march using both parallel feet AND bent legs by the end of the 19th C after extensive study by an early film pioneer named Etienne-Jules Marey. There's a pretty long spiel on the subject in an 1880 book by American author Fred Whittaker in his Handbook of Summer Athletic Sports (archive.org/details/handbookofsummer00whit/page/18/mode/2up), but take it with a grain of salt since he's advocating a "pedestrianism" (19th C sport walking) style that's basically the parallel foot heel-toe "bridge shaker" march that messes with your joints long-term... Personally, I think it comes down to choice; if you like to wear "modern" low heeled footwear then using the straight-legged turned-out walk they were designed for is probably fine as long you can figure out what the "haunches" are and use them instead of your glutes to produce a flat footfall (external hip rotation during hip extension?)... Otherwise, go full "indigenous" walk and make sure you have both the nice knee-bend and parallel feet that you show in your videos, and engage those glutes! The only major difference I've found personally is that the parallel-foot/bent-leg walk seems to work best with some kind of surface feature (something Katy Bowman talks about in her work), allowing for a grasping action by the landing foot that seems to produce more power on the step forward; this obviously only really works with bare feet or minimal shoes that let you feel the surface. The "genteel" European step doesn't seem to make use of that, so thicker soles are no problem as long as they're reasonably flexible and your feet have enough room to move and the arch can flex (again, see James Dowie's 1860 "The Foot and its Covering", archive.org/details/footitscoveringc00dowi). I like to use Vivo barefoot shoes for both, but always use the straight leg walk on pavement, and the bent leg walk on grass or uneven surfaces where I can get some grip. Bent leg walking on completely flat surfaces just doesn't have the same feel. Sorry for the long rant! Too much coffee... I'm just starting to try and get my head around the Windlass Mechanism, so thanks very much for this video, it's a huge help!

@@jimbogood Yes. Great research. I have been studying and creating a concept on the Haunch for the past months, but have been too busy to deliver it. Thanks.. I will get on it.

I have structured some of the upcoming videos to explain further. I'm familiar with PRI. I have not taken a course from them.

By the way......I still wear those XERO shoes you recommended!!!! I might get another pair!!!!

Yeah, I have seen those pictures.. Crazy!! I read about Deion's Toes and thought about those narrow cleats. I'm glad you like the shoes.

@@GrownandHealthywhich Xero shoes did you recommend? Thanks!

@@nreese216 Speed Force or Prio

@@GrownandHealthy Thank you so much! I had just bought the Prios and you are changing my life!!!!