I've learned I've been breathing wrong, sitting wrong, resting my tongue wrong, and walking wrong. I wonder what else I'm doing wrong lmao. Great video btw
Hey man I just want you to know this video honestly changed my life. I have been trying to piece this puzzle together watching maybe close to a hundred hours of exercise and physical therapy videos, getting massage therapy, seeing a chiropractor, making my workstation as ergonmic as possible, and still be in pain or fall back into the same patterns. Your videos are life saving and I found this one right before I began to pursue dance classes to try to expand and heal. Thank you for all that you are doing
What was your problem initially if I may ask? I am on this same journey that you were on I'm looking everywhere for ways on how to stop my lower back pain. Mine is only to my right side.
I've been walking and running forefoot since I was a child. Some people around me want me to change to heel strike because they think the way I walk looks weird. Glad I didn't change.
At 66 I'm just now learning how to walk! As a lifelong heel striker I have worn out both knees ( 2 total knee replacements ) and can no longer do calf raises. I'll definitely be keeping your lesson in mind from now on! Thanks for posting this very instructive video!
Man I gotta tell you.. I suffered a fibula dislocation as a teenager and it's been plaguing me for years. My chiropractor can always fix it, but it just slips right out again. I came across your videos and realized I've been heel striking all my life. Even when I run.. Now though, it's staying. I've been walking with my forefoot and everything's changed. Even when I run! So, thankyou. Thankyou for teaching us.
One day my dude will have 4.35 million subscribers, and it'll be because he gave away more value than the others were trying to charge for. Gratitude for the education and explanation.
Thx! I, also, would like to see someone walking like this for several minutes. Need to see and mimic to learn and (more importantly) unlearn. Thx again💝
The first day I tried walking with forefoot strike my calves and hamstrings were burning so much! I engaged those muscles that has been asleep for so much. But it has been so freeing, and just the day after I could appreciate how natural is walking this way. Now I feel more confident, more healthy, more high and my posture while walking has improoved a lot. I used to hunch my back all the time and had to actively think in order to keep it straight. But now it is just a direct consequence of the more steady and balanced forefoot walking. My lower abdomen muscles used to cramp all the time as I never stretched them, and this problem has disappeared as well. I can't thank you enough. This is life changing!
How do you walk on the forefoot though? You press on the concrete with side of your forefoot or do you take long steps to make it easier, or small steps, or what?
@@Fightanddie I’ve been watching quite a few videos trying to learn this technique after more than 50 years as a heel striker. It seem smaller steps are the way to go.
Hey Bro, after a month practicing fore foot walk this is a life changer my back pain has disappeared during my walks, keep the good work up and I will keep spreading the word
I’m 66 years old, and have bunions (after bunion surgery) and Orthotics and now wearing Hoka stiffer than ever…had chronic back pain and knee issues my whole life wear Birkenstocks .. wish I your advice was around 40 years ago… you make so much sense.. thank you.
I absolutely love your teachings!! I’ve been a marathon runner for years. Now at 60 I enjoy long through hiking… I’ve seen the shoe industry embrace the “born to run” Christopher McDougall culture only to spit it back out and design giant plush shoes with plantar plates and rocker bars…. Love your stuff!!
Well years of physical therapy and chiropractic care did very little for my lower back. A week of doing this has greatly improved my lower back chronic pain. Wish I would have seen this video much sooner. Thank you very much!!!!!!
You're a champion! Best forefoot striking instruction on the internet. This is a total game changer for posture, back pain, knee pain. I've been dealing with weakness in my abdominals and glutes FOREVER and with this method of walking I see huge improvement in how I FEEL walking. It feels natural again, like childhood, like I'm walking as I should be. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRODUCING THESE VIDEOS I AM SHARING WITH FRIENDS AND FAM!
Watched this a year ago but didn't fully grasp it. Watched it again and saw immediate results. Still work to do but easy improvement after many years of issues is very welcome. Thanks!
This video is more important than I realized, because I thought I had changed my walking habit, but watching this once again, I can see that I still have a way to go for reorganizing the way my body walks
hey man! I just realized I was heel striking when a triathlon trainer warned me last week that I ran on my heels. Since then, I started to realize the reason of my lower back pain on long walks and running. I thought I had an issue with my backbone. I even met a physiotherapist several times about it but nobody warned me about my foot strike. So, your video helped me realize it all in detail. All the information is well appreciated. Thanks bro!
Children naturally forefoot strike. I started wearing Vibram five fingers shoes about six years ago. It was hell in the beginning, but it literally cleared the plantar fasciitis and bunions that I was forming. I will never ever go back to normal shoes again. I own about 30 different pairs of Vibram five fingers shoes now! I get them on eBay, because a lot of women try them out and then don’t like them and then end up selling their practically brand new shoes!! Barefoot shoes, going barefoot, literally changed my life. Thank you for this video. Most people think I’m crazy.
I totally understand! Wow, that’s a great tip on the vibrams! Only thing is, the different styles sometimes require a one size difference. So being able to return a size and get a different one maybe necessary. But I will check out eBay!
This is soooo underrated piece of information. You have a very intelligent approach to these things, I'm fascinated really. I am flat footed, bad eyesight due to work, had several injuries due to combat sport few years ago (Tore ACLs few times). Because of all of that my back became stiff and fuc*ed up, I can't sit, can't walk. I'm in constant pain. I started to workout again but I noticed that the first thing I needed to do is to reengineer myself to have a functional frame that is able to function properly (I study mech. engineering, so It was very natural for me to come to that conclusion, that's why I don't focus on building muscles primarily anymore). Everywhere I tried to look for an answer I noticed that nobody focuses on stuff like this. And doctors don't know sh*t either. I'm going to watch all of your videos from now on. Keep doing this, you are needed! Best regards from Croatia. And thanks, wish you all the best in life!
thank you so much! I have low back pain due to scoliosis with spine rotation. i can't walk for 5minutes without feeling pain in lower back. but walking with what you taught here and a pair of soft bare foot shoes, I can walk as long as I like and no pain at all!! I can even release the low back pain with a few steps of forefoot walking!! it is so amazing!!! this is indeed life changing!! thank you very much!😍
It is God-ordained that you came on my screen. I need this information. I have been suffering physically. I am internalizing and will be doing this. Thank you!
I never know that walking can be explain this much. I love walking exercise. The more and the longer i walk the more i get the benefit for my lower body health. Its amazing.
Since leaving my sedentary lifestyle behind a little over a month ago, my heels and lower back have been killing me. All the chiropractor will tell me is I need to see him more often,imagine that. Cant wait to try out my new gait tonight after dinner
Thank you for a great video. I am transitioning to barefoot now and your videos breaking down the interconnectivity of my toes up into my abs and back is SOOO helpful. Decades of conventional shoes have left weak and compromised toes, feet, lower legs, super tight hamstrings, accompanying pelvic tilt, week hip flexors, and tight lower back. Your breakdowns have been and continue to be very helpful in my recovery. Thanks again.
I suffer from back pain for over 10 years now. And now I come across you're explanation and I notice I walk completely wrong. I practice now but I notice how hard it is for me to walk properly. As you say no glutes activation. I practice now everyday because I really start realizing what I did wrong all this time. All though I find weird no physical therapist this ever accours to me. It should be explained to them asswell again. Thank you so mutch for this video❤
After having chronic leg pain since going back to the gym for about a month I started doing forefoot walking on my treadmill warmup at the gym today. It felt strange at first but I started to feel capable of going about 10% faster due to the foot positioning alone for the same effort. it definitely pulled in a lot more muscles in my lower back and lit up my legs as well. then I did my workout and so far no back pain. thanks you so much for posting this video.
Dude, you're a genius! I have a slight lombar scoliosis and I feel that my right leg is slightly angled towards the outside - the tip points more to the outside than symatrically as the left foot's tip. I can even feel that I'm not straight and symetrical and chyropractice sessions didn't fully help either. I'll start walking like this starting from today and balange my lower back! Much love from Romania and keep up the good work!
hey bro, I stumbled across your channel about 10 days ago. this walking technique has been a life changer for me. I have gone on two long walks, the first went ok but not having the right shoe (zero drop) caused blisters on 3 spots in my feet. the second walk went superbly well. I had to keep reminding myself to strike on mid / forefront first. I'm still trying to make the adjustment as transforming from heal strike to mid section does take time. THANK YOU!
Dude this is really great! I stumbled across this video because I was getting into arguments with "Barefoot-Footware YT Influencers" who don't know wtf they are talking about (some of them are even Drs and PTs 🙄). I'm so glad there is at least one person on here trying to help people understand!
I've had your video saved for a couple of weeks to watch. This morning during my walk I remembered the thumbnail and decided to walk based just on the picture. Totally worked! I have osteoarthritis in my back, hip, and knee, and after a forty minute fast walk on concrete I have zero pain. Just watched the video, then shared it everywhere. Thank you!
I suffered a spinal cord injury from a near fall on a wet surface, and could not get help. Long story short; I used walking up hill to realign and strengthen my spine. It was clear to me that I was unable to walk without engaging every muscle of tensegrity. This angle stretched my spine and tightened my lower abdomen. I focused on stacked erect spine, engaged abdominals and pushing off with lower glutes and toes of back leg, rather than climbing. I leaned back to that I was not bending forward. I invested in Zero shoe and learned how to walk all over. One step at a time with lots of concentration and tears. Thank you for teaching humans how to properly use their bodies!
This is the second video I've watched this year on this, and yours is the most extensive with the most information. I'm SO THANKFUL FOR YOU and for the knowledge & wisdom you're imparting. I've had back issues since I was 5 years old after falling straight down on a seesaw. At 23 I broke my neck and back in a minor way, and have had Yoga save my life in a huge way. In recent years it was the sitting that got me, sitting for hours every day, for months, for repeated years now has caused precisely what you taught here. The movement you teach is what has reshaped my back again. Thank you a million times over.
Dude. I wish I had found this video a year ago. This video sums up years of research that I’ve done to try to heal my pain, which no credible doctor could diagnose but we’re reluctant to give mri’s for. You explained it so well.
Thank you .. and thanks to TH-cam for suggesting this video to me after 2 hours of its upload, I’ve been walking incorrectly for 20 years or so, I really still remember when I suddenly decided to heel walk thinking it was a better way.. Thanks a lot, most of my body issues turned out from this way of walking, Can’t thank you enough.
Finally, I found a great explanation on how to walk correctly. Since i upped my walks to 6 days a week and with it came chronic back ache. Just did a 20 walk to test this out. I'm going to see if my back stiffens up tonight. Thanks!
Thank God i stumbled on your video i walk for my job and i was starting to get foot pain now tomorrow im gonna walk the way your suggesting and ill let the comment section know if it worked in helping ease my pain. Thank you brother.
Finding a boss human who shares his technique to be a boss. “True walking” technique. Lost art from the beginning of time lost to us. Damn the times is a changing.
thank you for this simple yet wonderful advise. I have been facing knee and spine pain because of that heel mistake...I will now try to walk by leaning and using forward foot tip.
I've been learning about the Tarahumara and trying to figure out how to walk and run like them. You explain and demonstrate perfectly. I have horrible back issues and I believe I simply have not been walking correctly. This was great thank you.
Oh my god!!! This is how I used to walk as a little kid. But my babysitter used to yell at me for walking this way. Then years later I was in high school marching band where a heel strike is REQUIRED to march. Since then I’ve been having horrible back and knee pain, to the point where I walk with a cane at 17 years old, and I can’t walk in a straight line. But I just tried to walk in a straight line with this method… and I can do it!!! Obviously this doesn’t fix all of my underlying issues that causes my chronic pain, but I legitimately haven’t felt this good in years. Thank you so much man.
Thank you so much for your videos. I’ve just found the barefoot community as I try to fix my plantar fasciitis. Your videos are so informative and helpful. Im trying to walk as you suggest. It takes a lot of practice. I haven’t perfected it yet. (I have to undo 60 years of walking incorrectly) but I’m working on it. Thank you!!! 🙏💜🙏
after more than 20 years of backpain and inactivity the day before yesterday I picked up a pair of barefoot shoes (vibram) and started learning from your channel... thanks for all the phantastic lessons in your videos. 🙂 I see it as a kind of walking meditation, fully focused on posture, movement and sensations in my body. Sometimes it still feels like I am walking like a marionette, but I believe after a few weeks of practice it will feel naturally. Backpain seems to become better already after the first 10 km of very slow and conscious walking practice.
Wow, excellent explanation of what seems to be a missing link in our understanding. I've been transitioning to barefoot does in the last two years and has never thought that this might also help me avoid boots of lower back pain that I would have about once a year. Many thanks.
Thanks for this video my friend. Just realizing at the age of 30 that my gait is exacerbating an old injury. Also, great work on your physique. Your dedication is clear.
Thanks you so much! I am a Personal Trainer and suffering from knee and SI joint/back pain for years. Tried so much, and ending feeling dumb because proper movement is my job, but i couldn't do it myself. I Just couldn't find the link between my heel landing way of walking and my injuries. Your explanation about the QL taking over the job is so spot on. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for mentioning the QL. I recently took slow motion videos of me walking both with shoes and barefoot. I was shocked! The left foot came in, and the right foot flew out. The QL on the right is always engaged! I do a lot of stretching without getting any relief.
The detailed comparison is very helpful, thanks! It will take some practice to adjust to forefoot walking, but I think it will be well worth the effort.
😊thank you i have cerebral Palsy and suffer from muscle spasms and needed help learning to change my walking gait Drs told me to change my gait but couldn't tell me how so again thank you for showing me how to slightly lean forward into my step ball 1st pushing out toes and walk 😊 and not wing leg heel 1st step, ball roll 2nd. toe push 3rd. 😢 You are a life saver. ❤❤❤i mean really i use to walk all over my town area just to walk everyday i mean walk covering ground for that 10,000 steps a day yes im excited im finna get my 🏀 booty back aye.
I just tried walking with this form, and it feels much better than walking the way I normally do. I have a feeling I'm going to be sore tomorrow, but in a good way for a change.
Guys that are built like this are honestly the best dudes to listen to for physical advice. Not idiots like Bob and Brad. I watched so many different videos but this guy explained it in a complex yet easy to understand manner. You my friend deserve the noble fucking piece prize. This is excellent advice, it makes sense and I feel better already. I'm 24 and I've been dealing with lower back pain since I was 15 and I used to play football and I was always really strong in the upper body but my legs were always weak and lower core too. Your awesome and your physique speaks for itself
Glad you found an answer. But remember that Bob snd Brad are a lot older than him. But you will see when you get past 50 if you can keep your build like this
Now I’ve became one of your fan of your videos. It was very detailed and easily understandable and full of really useful informations about the anatomy and about the core of the problem, and also about the solution. Thanks a lot, it’s lifechanging.🥇🥇🥇
Thank you so much and please continue doing these videos to re-educate viewers as much as our gait patterns to alleviate if not eradicate low back and knee pains.. i’ve been practicing all your videos and it has helped me so much.. more power!!
Thank you for this video I work in a warehouse and walk for my entire 8 hour shift. I deal with lower back pain, ankle pain and currently found out that I have mild calcaneus bone spurs. Currently stuck using padded shoes and Good Feet arch supports to help (albeit slightly) with the pain. I did use barefoot shoes before, but my feet hurt too much because of the warehouse floors 😭
You can try getting a flexible sole barefoot shoe with zero drop, and then get a thick cushion sole inserts to put in there. I actually bought some cheap water shoes at Walmart with a thin sole but then put in cushioned sole inserts in them. I am still able to bend my foot in the middle when I walk in it has the zero drop. But you can try this since you have to walk on cement floors. It will still help though for you to do this much and to change how you walk like in the videoBecause you will begin to land properly on the hard floor
You have the best videos I’ve ever seen to demonstrate proper walking…wearing heavily cushioned shoes my whole life I now realise has encouraged laziness…because we rely on the cushioning instead of proper form. I’ve always had problems with shin splints and pain even just walking - and seeing this it’s no wonder. I hope it’s not too late for me because I’ve always wanted to run but injuries have put me off.. you’ve made me aware of what should have been obvious all along. Thanks again for these great videos!…
I wonder why this is absolutely not taken into consideration by the vast majority of osteopaths. At least here in Italy. I am speechless. Yet it is all so logical and linear. Really a very interesting video. They should teach these things in preschools.
Yes I know. Amazing isn’t it? I’ve been using barefoot shoes now for about 11 years. It’s so apparent once it’s explained and done, that this is correct.
Just wanted to drop a comment and say I love the outro footage. Looks great. 👍🏼 Thank you for the thorough explanation. Very helpful in helping me convince my family to change their relationships with their shoes and bodies.
It does work. After only 2 days, my knee pain is already diminished significantly. Life-changing! Thanks Note : No need to be topless to explain how to walk lol
Im re learning to walk watching you stuff, I spent 12 years Army Marching and Tabbing with weight and boots basically ruined my ankles and Knees. Im having issues now that i look down at my toes to walk right.
This just makes so much sense to me. If you look at animal anatomy, they don't have a heel. The back paw is the pad on the the front of the foot and the toes. Their heel is basically a joint.
My plantar fasciitis led to an awful shooting pain from shoulder to head. Bought a book, changed how I was walking, was healed. I did this like ten years ago and only wear baretoot shoes since than. Give it a go, it works
Thanks for the video. I have been doing this a few daya now and am exhausted from all the new muscles being used but I do feel better though still awkward. But even after a few days, when i try to walk heel first again my body complains. I am still doing it consciously too and that is exhausting as well.
Amazone vidéo international brother :-) I am 61, a sportsman Who has boxed, practiced coperia, and still resemble à 40year Oldman BUT of ALL....I repeat ALL OF THE VIDEOS I have researched concering lower back pain while walking or only 15 minutes into a run, ONLY YOUR VIDEO was the most straight foward, logical, éducative, which will surely change my life as well as all those who have watched the video. I’ve suscribed!!! Thank you!
I've learned I've been breathing wrong, sitting wrong, resting my tongue wrong, and walking wrong. I wonder what else I'm doing wrong lmao. Great video btw
This guy is the Athlean-X of life (but actually correct information) lol
So frustrating 😔
Breathing wrong??
@@Sekhani8 mouth breathers exist
@@ed_lifts What kind of misinformation Athlean-X gave? He helped me a ton countless times.
Hey man I just want you to know this video honestly changed my life. I have been trying to piece this puzzle together watching maybe close to a hundred hours of exercise and physical therapy videos, getting massage therapy, seeing a chiropractor, making my workstation as ergonmic as possible, and still be in pain or fall back into the same patterns. Your videos are life saving and I found this one right before I began to pursue dance classes to try to expand and heal. Thank you for all that you are doing
Excellent! I'm glad to hear that.
Dancing would my #1 recommendation for long term mobility/health.
hey, how've you been doing since?
What was your problem initially if I may ask? I am on this same journey that you were on I'm looking everywhere for ways on how to stop my lower back pain. Mine is only to my right side.
@@GrownandHealthy 100% I/we were in our best shape when my wife and I were dancing regularly!
Me2 so much money on Physio, blah blah for decades, still living with chronic back neck knee hip pain
I've been walking and running forefoot since I was a child. Some people around me want me to change to heel strike because they think the way I walk looks weird. Glad I didn't change.
People who want you to change something just because it bothers THEM and is not how THEY do it are best ignored and avoided completely
At 66 I'm just now learning how to walk! As a lifelong heel striker I have worn out both knees ( 2 total knee replacements ) and can no longer do calf raises. I'll definitely be keeping your lesson in mind from now on! Thanks for posting this very instructive video!
Man I gotta tell you.. I suffered a fibula dislocation as a teenager and it's been plaguing me for years. My chiropractor can always fix it, but it just slips right out again. I came across your videos and realized I've been heel striking all my life. Even when I run..
Now though, it's staying. I've been walking with my forefoot and everything's changed. Even when I run! So, thankyou. Thankyou for teaching us.
Great! I'm glad you have found it helpful.
One day my dude will have 4.35 million subscribers, and it'll be because he gave away more value than the others were trying to charge for.
Gratitude for the education and explanation.
Thx! I, also, would like to see someone walking like this for several minutes. Need to see and mimic to learn and (more importantly) unlearn.
Thx again💝
I will post that today.
The first day I tried walking with forefoot strike my calves and hamstrings were burning so much! I engaged those muscles that has been asleep for so much. But it has been so freeing, and just the day after I could appreciate how natural is walking this way. Now I feel more confident, more healthy, more high and my posture while walking has improoved a lot. I used to hunch my back all the time and had to actively think in order to keep it straight. But now it is just a direct consequence of the more steady and balanced forefoot walking. My lower abdomen muscles used to cramp all the time as I never stretched them, and this problem has disappeared as well. I can't thank you enough. This is life changing!
Yes, I overdid it in my transition too. It took for me more than a day to feel natural walking forefoot.
I'm so gonna try this after reading your comments
How do you walk on the forefoot though? You press on the concrete with side of your forefoot or do you take long steps to make it easier, or small steps, or what?
Same boat 😂
@@Fightanddie I’ve been watching quite a few videos trying to learn this technique after more than 50 years as a heel striker. It seem smaller steps are the way to go.
Hey Bro, after a month practicing fore foot walk this is a life changer my back pain has disappeared during my walks, keep the good work up and I will keep spreading the word
I love how you show the demonstration of the pedestrians walking
I’m 66 years old, and have bunions (after bunion surgery) and Orthotics and now wearing Hoka stiffer than ever…had chronic back pain and knee issues my whole life wear Birkenstocks .. wish I your advice was around 40 years ago… you make so much sense.. thank you.
I absolutely love your teachings!! I’ve been a marathon runner for years. Now at 60 I enjoy long through hiking… I’ve seen the shoe industry embrace the “born to run” Christopher McDougall culture only to spit it back out and design giant plush shoes with plantar plates and rocker bars…. Love your stuff!!
Well years of physical therapy and chiropractic care did very little for my lower back. A week of doing this has greatly improved my lower back chronic pain. Wish I would have seen this video much sooner. Thank you very much!!!!!!
You're a champion! Best forefoot striking instruction on the internet. This is a total game changer for posture, back pain, knee pain. I've been dealing with weakness in my abdominals and glutes FOREVER and with this method of walking I see huge improvement in how I FEEL walking. It feels natural again, like childhood, like I'm walking as I should be. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PRODUCING THESE VIDEOS I AM SHARING WITH FRIENDS AND FAM!
Watched this a year ago but didn't fully grasp it. Watched it again and saw immediate results. Still work to do but easy improvement after many years of issues is very welcome. Thanks!
This video is more important than I realized, because I thought I had changed my walking habit, but watching this once again, I can see that I still have a way to go for reorganizing the way my body walks
hey man! I just realized I was heel striking when a triathlon trainer warned me last week that I ran on my heels. Since then, I started to realize the reason of my lower back pain on long walks and running. I thought I had an issue with my backbone. I even met a physiotherapist several times about it but nobody warned me about my foot strike. So, your video helped me realize it all in detail. All the information is well appreciated. Thanks bro!
Children naturally forefoot strike.
I started wearing Vibram five fingers shoes about six years ago. It was hell in the beginning, but it literally cleared the plantar fasciitis and bunions that I was forming.
I will never ever go back to normal shoes again.
I own about 30 different pairs of Vibram five fingers shoes now!
I get them on eBay, because a lot of women try them out and then don’t like them and then end up selling their practically brand new shoes!!
Barefoot shoes, going barefoot, literally changed my life.
Thank you for this video. Most people think I’m crazy.
That is great to hear!
I love my five fingers, too!
I totally understand!
Wow, that’s a great tip on the vibrams! Only thing is, the different styles sometimes require a one size difference. So being able to return a size and get a different one maybe necessary. But I will check out eBay!
30 pairs at once or 30 pairs over time? Why would you need so many?
Both guys walking in the background are perfect examples of this walk.
Yes, Exactly.
This is soooo underrated piece of information. You have a very intelligent approach to these things, I'm fascinated really. I am flat footed, bad eyesight due to work, had several injuries due to combat sport few years ago (Tore ACLs few times). Because of all of that my back became stiff and fuc*ed up, I can't sit, can't walk. I'm in constant pain. I started to workout again but I noticed that the first thing I needed to do is to reengineer myself to have a functional frame that is able to function properly (I study mech. engineering, so It was very natural for me to come to that conclusion, that's why I don't focus on building muscles primarily anymore).
Everywhere I tried to look for an answer I noticed that nobody focuses on stuff like this. And doctors don't know sh*t either. I'm going to watch all of your videos from now on. Keep doing this, you are needed! Best regards from Croatia.
And thanks, wish you all the best in life!
Thanks for watching! If you have any questions, just ask.
thank you so much! I have low back pain due to scoliosis with spine rotation. i can't walk for 5minutes without feeling pain in lower back. but walking with what you taught here and a pair of soft bare foot shoes, I can walk as long as I like and no pain at all!! I can even release the low back pain with a few steps of forefoot walking!! it is so amazing!!! this is indeed life changing!! thank you very much!😍
Bob and Brad videos and then I found yours have changed my life, thank you so much
It is God-ordained that you came on my screen. I need this information. I have been suffering physically. I am internalizing and will be doing this. Thank you!
I never know that walking can be explain this much. I love walking exercise. The more and the longer i walk the more i get the benefit for my lower body health. Its amazing.
Since leaving my sedentary lifestyle behind a little over a month ago, my heels and lower back have been killing me. All the chiropractor will tell me is I need to see him more often,imagine that. Cant wait to try out my new gait tonight after dinner
Thank you for a great video. I am transitioning to barefoot now and your videos breaking down the interconnectivity of my toes up into my abs and back is SOOO helpful. Decades of conventional shoes have left weak and compromised toes, feet, lower legs, super tight hamstrings, accompanying pelvic tilt, week hip flexors, and tight lower back. Your breakdowns have been and continue to be very helpful in my recovery. Thanks again.
Glad you found it helpful! thanks for watching!
I suffer from back pain for over 10 years now. And now I come across you're explanation and I notice I walk completely wrong. I practice now but I notice how hard it is for me to walk properly. As you say no glutes activation. I practice now everyday because I really start realizing what I did wrong all this time. All though I find weird no physical therapist this ever accours to me. It should be explained to them asswell again. Thank you so mutch for this video❤
After having chronic leg pain since going back to the gym for about a month I started doing forefoot walking on my treadmill warmup at the gym today. It felt strange at first but I started to feel capable of going about 10% faster due to the foot positioning alone for the same effort. it definitely pulled in a lot more muscles in my lower back and lit up my legs as well. then I did my workout and so far no back pain. thanks you so much for posting this video.
Changing my gait has dramatically improved my life. My chronic pain is now gone. I can’t thank you enough.
As someone who walked heel to toe and gets aggravated knee, I started walking on ball of foot and see improvement, I urge everyone to see this video!
Dude, you're a genius! I have a slight lombar scoliosis and I feel that my right leg is slightly angled towards the outside - the tip points more to the outside than symatrically as the left foot's tip. I can even feel that I'm not straight and symetrical and chyropractice sessions didn't fully help either. I'll start walking like this starting from today and balange my lower back! Much love from Romania and keep up the good work!
hey bro, I stumbled across your channel about 10 days ago. this walking technique has been a life changer for me. I have gone on two long walks, the first went ok but not having the right shoe (zero drop) caused blisters on 3 spots in my feet. the second walk went superbly well. I had to keep reminding myself to strike on mid / forefront first. I'm still trying to make the adjustment as transforming from heal strike to mid section does take time. THANK YOU!
Appreciate this!
Ruptured my Achilles years ago and physiotherapist got me into heel striking as the "correct" way to walk.
Dude this is really great! I stumbled across this video because I was getting into arguments with "Barefoot-Footware YT Influencers" who don't know wtf they are talking about (some of them are even Drs and PTs 🙄). I'm so glad there is at least one person on here trying to help people understand!
funny, no one taught me but I have been walking like this for years. my knee pain has gone. I highly recommend this!
I've had your video saved for a couple of weeks to watch. This morning during my walk I remembered the thumbnail and decided to walk based just on the picture. Totally worked! I have osteoarthritis in my back, hip, and knee, and after a forty minute fast walk on concrete I have zero pain. Just watched the video, then shared it everywhere. Thank you!
Thanks for being so generous and sharing your knowledge with everyone. I learn something from all your videos. ❤️
Thank you, for watching!
This was very well explained and demonstrated. Thank you for making this video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I suffered a spinal cord injury from a near fall on a wet surface, and could not get help. Long story short; I used walking up hill to realign and strengthen my spine. It was clear to me that I was unable to walk without engaging every muscle of tensegrity. This angle stretched my spine and tightened my lower abdomen. I focused on stacked erect spine, engaged abdominals and pushing off with lower glutes and toes of back leg, rather than climbing. I leaned back to that I was not bending forward. I invested in Zero shoe and learned how to walk all over. One step at a time with lots of concentration and tears. Thank you for teaching humans how to properly use their bodies!
This is the second video I've watched this year on this, and yours is the most extensive with the most information. I'm SO THANKFUL FOR YOU and for the knowledge & wisdom you're imparting. I've had back issues since I was 5 years old after falling straight down on a seesaw. At 23 I broke my neck and back in a minor way, and have had Yoga save my life in a huge way. In recent years it was the sitting that got me, sitting for hours every day, for months, for repeated years now has caused precisely what you taught here. The movement you teach is what has reshaped my back again. Thank you a million times over.
Dude. I wish I had found this video a year ago. This video sums up years of research that I’ve done to try to heal my pain, which no credible doctor could diagnose but we’re reluctant to give mri’s for. You explained it so well.
Wow! So much of thought process into a "seeminly" simple movement.
The hest!! This is better than yoga for knee pain!!
You are the man!!!
Thank you .. and thanks to TH-cam for suggesting this video to me after 2 hours of its upload, I’ve been walking incorrectly for 20 years or so, I really still remember when I suddenly decided to heel walk thinking it was a better way.. Thanks a lot, most of my body issues turned out from this way of walking, Can’t thank you enough.
I'm glad you found it useful!
Finally, I found a great explanation on how to walk correctly. Since i upped my walks to 6 days a week and with it came chronic back ache. Just did a 20 walk to test this out. I'm going to see if my back stiffens up tonight. Thanks!
You perhaps saved me a lifetime of pain cause of ur videos sir, I'm 25 but fixing my habbits and one of them is bad walking
Thank God i stumbled on your video i walk for my job and i was starting to get foot pain now tomorrow im gonna walk the way your suggesting and ill let the comment section know if it worked in helping ease my pain. Thank you brother.
Finding a boss human who shares his technique to be a boss. “True walking” technique. Lost art from the beginning of time lost to us. Damn the times is a changing.
Thanks for the detailed explanation of the correct walking pattern
Thanks so much for this informative and invaluable sharing 🙏🏼
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 This advice was a lifesaver. No more back pain 🙌🏻
thank you for this simple yet wonderful advise. I have been facing knee and spine pain because of that heel mistake...I will now try to walk by leaning and using forward foot tip.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you, you are really good man !
I've been learning about the Tarahumara and trying to figure out how to walk and run like them. You explain and demonstrate perfectly. I have horrible back issues and I believe I simply have not been walking correctly. This was great thank you.
Oh my god!!! This is how I used to walk as a little kid. But my babysitter used to yell at me for walking this way. Then years later I was in high school marching band where a heel strike is REQUIRED to march. Since then I’ve been having horrible back and knee pain, to the point where I walk with a cane at 17 years old, and I can’t walk in a straight line. But I just tried to walk in a straight line with this method… and I can do it!!! Obviously this doesn’t fix all of my underlying issues that causes my chronic pain, but I legitimately haven’t felt this good in years. Thank you so much man.
Thank you so much for your videos. I’ve just found the barefoot community as I try to fix my plantar fasciitis. Your videos are so informative and helpful. Im trying to walk as you suggest. It takes a lot of practice. I haven’t perfected it yet. (I have to undo 60 years of walking incorrectly) but I’m working on it. Thank you!!! 🙏💜🙏
after more than 20 years of backpain and inactivity the day before yesterday I picked up a pair of barefoot shoes (vibram) and started learning from your channel... thanks for all the phantastic lessons in your videos. 🙂 I see it as a kind of walking meditation, fully focused on posture, movement and sensations in my body. Sometimes it still feels like I am walking like a marionette, but I believe after a few weeks of practice it will feel naturally. Backpain seems to become better already after the first 10 km of very slow and conscious walking practice.
Wow, excellent explanation of what seems to be a missing link in our understanding. I've been transitioning to barefoot does in the last two years and has never thought that this might also help me avoid boots of lower back pain that I would have about once a year. Many thanks.
Thanks for this video my friend. Just realizing at the age of 30 that my gait is exacerbating an old injury. Also, great work on your physique. Your dedication is clear.
Thanks you so much! I am a Personal Trainer and suffering from knee and SI joint/back pain for years. Tried so much, and ending feeling dumb because proper movement is my job, but i couldn't do it myself. I Just couldn't find the link between my heel landing way of walking and my injuries. Your explanation about the QL taking over the job is so spot on. Thanks a lot!
Thank you for mentioning the QL. I recently took slow motion videos of me walking both with shoes and barefoot. I was shocked! The left foot came in, and the right foot flew out. The QL on the right is always engaged! I do a lot of stretching without getting any relief.
Subscribed because I honestly wanna get a better impact in my life, thank you for being very informative
The detailed comparison is very helpful, thanks! It will take some practice to adjust to forefoot walking, but I think it will be well worth the effort.
Glad it was helpful!
I have to learn the correct way as well. I suffer terribly in my back & ankles. Was thinking because of Covid.
😊thank you i have cerebral Palsy and suffer from muscle spasms and needed help learning to change my walking gait Drs told me to change my gait but couldn't tell me how so again thank you for showing me how to slightly lean forward into my step ball 1st pushing out toes and walk 😊 and not wing leg heel 1st step, ball roll 2nd. toe push 3rd. 😢 You are a life saver. ❤❤❤i mean really i use to walk all over my town area just to walk everyday i mean walk covering ground for that 10,000 steps a day yes im excited im finna get my 🏀 booty back aye.
you make a great teacher, going to try adjusting my posture and walking habits more
Wonderful!
This is insane how awesome this infornation is.Thanks a lot man. I was in agony all day and although still sore, this helped.
Thank so much for such an informative & scientific demo & instruction on walking. It's the best I've ever come across from your videos.
Im switching to barefoot shoes and this video is soo necessary!
I fell out with heel to toe running but never considered the walking, I will give it a go as I am having issues. Thanks for the good explanation.
Absolutely true man. Hence, why all the Boston Dynamics bots are developed to walk in the correct, balanced way.
This is fascinating. Thank you. It's strange to think that in modern times we need to be taught to walk properly.
I just tried walking with this form, and it feels much better than walking the way I normally do. I have a feeling I'm going to be sore tomorrow, but in a good way for a change.
this is so much better advise than the "just stretch" BS my physiotherapist told me.
Guys that are built like this are honestly the best dudes to listen to for physical advice. Not idiots like Bob and Brad. I watched so many different videos but this guy explained it in a complex yet easy to understand manner. You my friend deserve the noble fucking piece prize. This is excellent advice, it makes sense and I feel better already. I'm 24 and I've been dealing with lower back pain since I was 15 and I used to play football and I was always really strong in the upper body but my legs were always weak and lower core too. Your awesome and your physique speaks for itself
Glad you found an answer. But remember that Bob snd Brad are a lot older than him. But you will see when you get past 50 if you can keep your build like this
I kinda like “noble piece prize”
thank you so much! this was so eye opening for me , im practising it at the moment and will continue to do so.
Now I’ve became one of your fan of your videos. It was very detailed and easily understandable and full of really useful informations about the anatomy and about the core of the problem, and also about the solution. Thanks a lot, it’s lifechanging.🥇🥇🥇
Awesome, thank you!
Wow. Thank you!
Thank you so much and please continue doing these videos to re-educate viewers as much as our gait patterns to alleviate if not eradicate low back and knee pains.. i’ve been practicing all your videos and it has helped me so much.. more power!!
Thank you for this video I work in a warehouse and walk for my entire 8 hour shift. I deal with lower back pain, ankle pain and currently found out that I have mild calcaneus bone spurs. Currently stuck using padded shoes and Good Feet arch supports to help (albeit slightly) with the pain. I did use barefoot shoes before, but my feet hurt too much because of the warehouse floors 😭
Glad it was helpful!
Try Vibram v trek very comfortable with a thick enough sole for hard floor
You can try getting a flexible sole barefoot shoe with zero drop, and then get a thick cushion sole inserts to put in there. I actually bought some cheap water shoes at Walmart with a thin sole but then put in cushioned sole inserts in them. I am still able to bend my foot in the middle when I walk in it has the zero drop. But you can try this since you have to walk on cement floors. It will still help though for you to do this much and to change how you walk like in the videoBecause you will begin to land properly on the hard floor
Excellent video. Thank you for this info, stuff I learned when I first got into wearing barefoot shoes but have gone back to heel striking
You have the best videos I’ve ever seen to demonstrate proper walking…wearing heavily cushioned shoes my whole life I now realise has encouraged laziness…because we rely on the cushioning instead of proper form. I’ve always had problems with shin splints and pain even just walking - and seeing this it’s no wonder. I hope it’s not too late for me because I’ve always wanted to run but injuries have put me off.. you’ve made me aware of what should have been obvious all along. Thanks again for these great videos!…
love the convenient examples of people heel striking in the background. those are some brutal heel strikes.
I wonder why this is absolutely not taken into consideration by the vast majority of osteopaths. At least here in Italy. I am speechless. Yet it is all so logical and linear.
Really a very interesting video. They should teach these things in preschools.
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you found it helpful.
Yes I know. Amazing isn’t it? I’ve been using barefoot shoes now for about 11 years. It’s so apparent once it’s explained and done, that this is correct.
Learning how to walk properly now I be overthink each step lol I do feel the difference thankyou .!
Do it with your comfort in mind. It will never feel "Exact", so don't overthink it.
Excellent video, I am binging right now on your videos , thank you for you insight and easy listen style in which you speak.
Just wanted to drop a comment and say I love the outro footage. Looks great. 👍🏼
Thank you for the thorough explanation. Very helpful in helping me convince my family to change their relationships with their shoes and bodies.
Thanks!
It does work. After only 2 days, my knee pain is already diminished significantly.
Life-changing! Thanks
Note : No need to be topless to explain how to walk lol
He’s getting sunlight on his skin though. It’s good.
I’d be topless too if I could.
One should wear less clothing whenever possible.
If I looked like him I wouldn't even own shirts
No, but doesn't it add an air of 'I know what I'm talking about'?
@@alastairtheduke Absolutely not. Showing muscle was off-topic unless it was meant to secretly impress/seduce the audience lol
@@simplex5155 found the light skin that burns easily in the sun 😂
New subscriber. I'm never sitting. My job I'm on my feet 10 hrs. Days off I'm busy standing too. It has it's challenges
Im re learning to walk watching you stuff, I spent 12 years Army Marching and Tabbing with weight and boots basically ruined my ankles and Knees. Im having issues now that i look down at my toes to walk right.
This just makes so much sense to me. If you look at animal anatomy, they don't have a heel. The back paw is the pad on the the front of the foot and the toes. Their heel is basically a joint.
I clicked for obvious reasons but, man, your skin is literally glowing. Do you have a skincare routine as well?
You are a legend man, thank you so much for making these videos!
My plantar fasciitis led to an awful shooting pain from shoulder to head. Bought a book, changed how I was walking, was healed. I did this like ten years ago and only wear baretoot shoes since than. Give it a go, it works
Super, thanks for this video. I'm 50, i changed my walk and run method 5 years ago, i notice shoes are very important and specially shoes toes box.
This video is pure gold. Thank you
I walk so goofy now is just second nature and it’s awesome ! And healthyb
Thanks for the video. I have been doing this a few daya now and am exhausted from all the new muscles being used but I do feel better though still awkward. But even after a few days, when i try to walk heel first again my body complains. I am still doing it consciously too and that is exhausting as well.
Amazone vidéo international brother :-) I am 61, a sportsman Who has boxed, practiced coperia, and still resemble à 40year Oldman BUT of ALL....I repeat ALL OF THE VIDEOS I have researched concering lower back pain while walking or only 15 minutes into a run, ONLY YOUR VIDEO was the most straight foward, logical, éducative, which will surely change my life as well as all those who have watched the video. I’ve suscribed!!! Thank you!
Life changing advice..thank you
Thanks for watching.
Everything you’re saying makes sense intuitively! 👍