Heel striking has wreaked its havoc over the years, but I feel confident I will improve my walking (and thus my life) with your windlass method and explanations of foot anatomy. Great videos and explanations. Bless you sir!
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
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!
I subscribed. You’re the best. The couch stretch video you made helped me a lot to do it correctly. I was overextending and didn’t really notice until you pointed it out.
I am 49 and started sprinting 4 years ago- for longevity. I have no former experience nor coaching except for YT and my star and power delivery have been flat, bleeding power. I watch alot of top coaches and kris korfist mentioned using the big toe as a cue for the forefoot behind it-and it definitely felt different. I ran 3x80 yesterday then practiced some starts focusing power on the big toe area as I transitioned from dorsi to plantar. My YT search led me to your video and this is the best breakdown of WIndlass in athletics and how to train it! You have a gift in teaching things in a concise and comprehendible manner. Subbed!.
Hi thank you so much, I walk with duck foot and not feel comfortable and confident, believe me I follow your tips few days ago, now I am walking with confidence and straight foot, again thank you so much❤❤❤
Your videos are amazing and informative! I learn so much from each one and really appreciate you doing the movements slowly. I always know what to watch for as I do them and really understand. Thanks for sharing!
I noticed once i started walking bearfoot. Especially on the road. That my big toe will have tears on the skin like my toes pushing off the ground. I love it. Idk if thats supposed to happen. Your series are amazing 👏
Love your videos, I had foot pain for a long time and had no idea it was being caused by my shoes! Got some barefoot shoes and have been practicing walking correctly and my feet feel much better. Hard to imagine going back to regular shoes now!
Thank you for this video. I’ve long suspected that I may have been missing some sound, basic mechanical insights into my gait and stride. This video helps to not only answer many questions but inspire better practices thanks to the exercises you’ve shared. I very much appreciate it, sir. 👍
These are some of the best biomechanics videos on UA-cam. After chemotherapy left me with neuropathy in my hands and feet and knee surgery coupled with a lower back issues accumulating in a disc fusion at the L5-S1, my walking motion has become way off. I noticed this after seeing myself walking on my Ring doorbell camera of all things. I could see how unnatural my walking gait has become. I look like a psychopath walking with my arms not swinging and my feet slapping down like dead fish. I found this channel after from watching Bob and Brad "the most famous physical therapist on the internet" another informative channel. I find Grown and Health goes into more detail, which I appreciate. I'm looking forward to taking this information and use it to move from a very heal centric foot strike to a more athletic and efficient forefoot strike. Thanks for the great videos.
Great information. I started getting progressively worse foot problems in my late 40's. Now ten years later, it seems it's one injury after another from feet, to heels and knees. I'm doing the barefoot shoes and need to get the a quality toe spacer like "Correct Toes." However, your video is giving me great new information and I have no doubt I have some issues here. I will work on those exercises. Thanks for the information.
Amazing video. Thanks again Mark you have completely changed my life and unlocked my body I lost after childhood after strapping on shoes! The crazy part in this 8 week journey so far was having a fully functioning core again that kicked in at 45days I finally have good posture 😊
I agree with you on the current design of the carbon plated running shoes. The combination of the curved plate in the forefoot and the sharp tapering of the midsole from forefoot to toe makes it feel like my forefoot is at the edge of a sidewalk, and I'm pivoting down and into grass with my toes as the heel lifts up. I was hoping to feel some energy-free propulsion upwards at toe-off from these shoes, but the tiny toe push from the plate at toe-off is less than the sinking from the shortened midsole toward the toe.
Excellent tips! I had knee replacement surgery several months ago and now I need to restrengthen all my muscles from the hips to the tips of my toes. I'll start doing these exercises today. Thanks!
Great Video! I’ve been doing research the past 2 years. Barefoot is the best way to train! I tell my people this all the time. We wasn’t born with shoes on ✊🏿💯😂
I started to change my walking style about almost a year ago and started going regularly on runs about 2 months ago and have noticed a huge increase in springyness of my legs escpecially in my feet and calves. Alltough I haven't done much plyometrics and training alike a have incresed my vertical jump by about 10cm/3,9inch by simply walking differently.
When I was a kid I always used to prefer sprinting barefoot. This video confirms I was right. Now to figure out a way to get bare feet to grip the track. Possibly glove-like shoes with spikes at the bottom.
As a decently competitive distance runner I'm interested to hear your opinion on modern running shoes (alphafly, vaporfly, or shoes like the invincible 3). Imo any potential loss of windlass mechanism (which is marginal at worst) is negated by the gains from extra cushion in the shoes. Personally using them in workouts I still feel the full mechanism in my feet you have described, and the extra cushion has the added benefit of less energy loss through ground impact, which compounds as time goes on. For a sprinter cushioning is irrelevant as the tendons should be able to keep and transfer all impact forces through strides with minimal loss, but for distance runners this is expanded over the course of potentially hours, and the body just simply can't keep the muscles and tendons from breaking down through the repeated impact. Higher cushioned shoes really help with this and it is quite noticable with recovery time. If I wear the vaporfly for something like a 10 mile track workout my legs will be able to get the adaptations and feel fresh in about 48 hours, and barefoot I probably would not have even been able to keep the same paces 8-9 miles in, much less reach full recovery in 48 hours. I'm not against the barefoot ideology in regards to training your feet to be stronger, just skeptical in the idea that modern shoes are "preventing" proper foot usage. Training the feet and ankles is one of the most important things in cross-training for runners, which is why I find videos like this valuable, but I just simply don't feel the supposed restrictions that shoes have.
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 have plantar pascia and for years I walked with insoles and suffered a lot of pain in my feet and all over my body. Two years ago I switched to barefoot shoes and the results are amazing... the pains are gone. Is it still worth doing the exercises you presented?
@@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
What do you think of toe curls with a ball under your foot? I have been look for ways to naturally retrain my toes because I have what they call hammer toes (a minor form) and this exercise really seems to retrain my toes to the point i'm starting to get proper knuckles on my feet/toes at the ends of my metatarsals.
Do you know the Gokhale Method? In Esther books she presents the glidewalking, which presents similarities and differences to what you prescribe. Some differences are that in the majority of the cases the heel should thouch slighty first and, although she wouldn't deny the windlass mechanism, she prescribes a longer contact of the heel with ground in the stride. I would enjoy a answer from you about this topic. She argues that primitive people walk this way, wioth the heel slighty first. She also presents in her book a photo of the oldest footprints ever found of a human and the heels where in a straight line and the legs and feet externally rotated, toes pointed outward, instead of yourrecomendation of the big toe pointing forwar.
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.
It seems like my halux has a lower flexibility on the extension, it always has this low angle. Is it a sign that i should get better on that or is it normal for my body type?
That last toe extension exercise will definitely get you looks in the gym Edit: relax a little, y’all, it’s just a joke. I wouldn’t be wearing barefoot shoes if I cared about what others think 😉
I've used barefoot shoes for more than two years now and my foot strength has greatly improved, but one concern or rather question I have, is about the sensory input of our heel. After an injury I had and long term adaptation to wrong movement and breathing patterns, my spine has been I constant torsion. I have found a few key methods to improve those, but one main part was breathing properly. The PRI institute has some extremely useful techniques, that work like magic, when it comes to breathing. For proper sensory input they also focus on left heel input, as we tend to put more force on our right legs. Don't want to make this post to long, so you'll have to check their theory and practices on youtube by yourself. I'm slowly getting back into alignment with my spine, hip and gait for that matter, but I focus on using my left heel during rehab sessions, which helps, but heel strike has become a weird feeling even when it helps with balancing rn. Should I keep my focus on front foot, even if it is harder to stay aligned or keep the new pattern until my body knows how to stay in a neutral state and than switch back slowly?
Hey Man.......saw a video on my feed that had photos of Lebron, Shaq and Usain Bolt's feet!!!!!!! Man I thought my feet were jacked up!!!!!!!! I can see why Deion Sanders had his toes amputated. I think they have to remove his whole foot!!!! The modern shoe is a disaster!!!!!! I can't wait for these athletes to embrace minimalist/Natural Footwear!!!!!!!
I feel like you slightly overemphasize the toe off. As in sprinting your foot should be stiff. Also walking should more closely look like max velocity mechanics rather than acceleration mechanics so forces should be applied more vertically than they are horizontal. This is better than the heel walking doctrine taught by individuals.
Super valuable information. As a Tom Cruise fan I like running through the city with Mission Impossible soundtrack. Now I faster than ever. With barefoot shoes sprinting though the park 🏞️. Impressive picture
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This content creator should be giving seminars to gym coaches and athletic coaches all over the world. This video changed my life.
Mr Grown and healthy i dont even know your name and youve been instrumental in building my best body in the last 5 years... thank you for everything.
The human body is incredible!
Heel striking has wreaked its havoc over the years, but I feel confident I will improve my walking (and thus my life) with your windlass method and explanations of foot anatomy. Great videos and explanations. Bless you sir!
I ran track for 3 years in high school and was taught none of this, not even to run on the forefoot. It blows my mind.
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!
I subscribed. You’re the best. The couch stretch video you made helped me a lot to do it correctly. I was overextending and didn’t really notice until you pointed it out.
I am 49 and started sprinting 4 years ago- for longevity. I have no former experience nor coaching except for YT and my star and power delivery have been flat, bleeding power. I watch alot of top coaches and kris korfist mentioned using the big toe as a cue for the forefoot behind it-and it definitely felt different. I ran 3x80 yesterday then practiced some starts focusing power on the big toe area as I transitioned from dorsi to plantar. My YT search led me to your video and this is the best breakdown of WIndlass in athletics and how to train it! You have a gift in teaching things in a concise and comprehendible manner. Subbed!.
Hi there hope your well haven’t seen any new content from you hope your doing well
All is well, thanks.
I plan to upload soon.
The best content of its kind on youtube.
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Hi thank you so much, I walk with duck foot and not feel comfortable and confident, believe me I follow your tips few days ago, now I am walking with confidence and straight foot, again thank you so much❤❤❤
I could watch these videos all day
Such a great explanation!
Your videos are amazing and informative! I learn so much from each one and really appreciate you doing the movements slowly. I always know what to watch for as I do them and really understand. Thanks for sharing!
I noticed once i started walking bearfoot. Especially on the road. That my big toe will have tears on the skin like my toes pushing off the ground. I love it. Idk if thats supposed to happen. Your series are amazing 👏
Great video / explanation 👍
The only video on UA-cam about correct walking gate!!!
Great stuff, thanks. That probably explains why my arch is stiff. It's been stuck in the same position for years.
Love your videos, I had foot pain for a long time and had no idea it was being caused by my shoes! Got some barefoot shoes and have been practicing walking correctly and my feet feel much better. Hard to imagine going back to regular shoes now!
I miss your videos!
The slow motion videos really helped.
you've become one of my favorite youtubers, great quality of content
Thank you!
Thank you for this video. I’ve long suspected that I may have been missing some sound, basic mechanical insights into my gait and stride. This video helps to not only answer many questions but inspire better practices thanks to the exercises you’ve shared. I very much appreciate it, sir. 👍
These are some of the best biomechanics videos on UA-cam. After chemotherapy left me with neuropathy in my hands and feet and knee surgery coupled with a lower back issues accumulating in a disc fusion at the L5-S1, my walking motion has become way off. I noticed this after seeing myself walking on my Ring doorbell camera of all things. I could see how unnatural my walking gait has become. I look like a psychopath walking with my arms not swinging and my feet slapping down like dead fish.
I found this channel after from watching Bob and Brad "the most famous physical therapist on the internet" another informative channel. I find Grown and Health goes into more detail, which I appreciate. I'm looking forward to taking this information and use it to move from a very heal centric foot strike to a more athletic and efficient forefoot strike. Thanks for the great videos.
Great information. I started getting progressively worse foot problems in my late 40's. Now ten years later, it seems it's one injury after another from feet, to heels and knees. I'm doing the barefoot shoes and need to get the a quality toe spacer like "Correct Toes." However, your video is giving me great new information and I have no doubt I have some issues here. I will work on those exercises. Thanks for the information.
Amazing video. Thanks again Mark you have completely changed my life and unlocked my body I lost after childhood after strapping on shoes! The crazy part in this 8 week journey so far was having a fully functioning core again that kicked in at 45days I finally have good posture 😊
bro i just love the feeling of running and this video is just crack, the fundamental function of the engineering that is us is crazy!
Great vid. Brilliant explanation and breakdown. Liked and subscribed. Keep up the great work. Stay blessed. Shalom
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Excellent video. I will try the exercises. Thank you.
I agree with you on the current design of the carbon plated running shoes. The combination of the curved plate in the forefoot and the sharp tapering of the midsole from forefoot to toe makes it feel like my forefoot is at the edge of a sidewalk, and I'm pivoting down and into grass with my toes as the heel lifts up. I was hoping to feel some energy-free propulsion upwards at toe-off from these shoes, but the tiny toe push from the plate at toe-off is less than the sinking from the shortened midsole toward the toe.
Awesome. Thank you Sir .. I will implement these exercises into my mobility workout. God bless
Thanks mate I really needed this update your putting out to progress on the journey forward
Excellent tips! I had knee replacement surgery several months ago and now I need to restrengthen all my muscles from the hips to the tips of my toes. I'll start doing these exercises today. Thanks!
immense gratitude for the work you are doing
I was starting to write a big comment about these new toe spring designs screwing up the windlass but then you mentioned it in the video! 👍
Awesome explanation!
Thanks!
This channel is a great channel! I was already subbed but i just changed the bell to "all notifications" because i value your content so much
Amazing content and quality of information. Subscribed!
Great Video! I’ve been doing research the past 2 years. Barefoot is the best way to train! I tell my people this all the time. We wasn’t born with shoes on ✊🏿💯😂
Excellent! 😊
I started to change my walking style about almost a year ago and started going regularly on runs about 2 months ago and have noticed a huge increase in springyness of my legs escpecially in my feet and calves. Alltough I haven't done much plyometrics and training alike a have incresed my vertical jump by about 10cm/3,9inch by simply walking differently.
Awesome video! This also reminds me of the advent of carbon plated racing shoes that have that same spring effect on the forefoot
Exactly!
2:19 shows the extraordinary tendon development (not just muscles). That takes more efforts/training.
Great video. I learned a couple great points.
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Very useful video for understanding of foot mechanic and toe-off phase in gait. Thank you.
What do you think about insoles with the arch support then?
wow, great video man!
Glad you liked it!
When I was a kid I always used to prefer sprinting barefoot. This video confirms I was right. Now to figure out a way to get bare feet to grip the track. Possibly glove-like shoes with spikes at the bottom.
Very good voice.
This is a beautiful vid
Excellent!
As a decently competitive distance runner I'm interested to hear your opinion on modern running shoes (alphafly, vaporfly, or shoes like the invincible 3). Imo any potential loss of windlass mechanism (which is marginal at worst) is negated by the gains from extra cushion in the shoes. Personally using them in workouts I still feel the full mechanism in my feet you have described, and the extra cushion has the added benefit of less energy loss through ground impact, which compounds as time goes on. For a sprinter cushioning is irrelevant as the tendons should be able to keep and transfer all impact forces through strides with minimal loss, but for distance runners this is expanded over the course of potentially hours, and the body just simply can't keep the muscles and tendons from breaking down through the repeated impact. Higher cushioned shoes really help with this and it is quite noticable with recovery time. If I wear the vaporfly for something like a 10 mile track workout my legs will be able to get the adaptations and feel fresh in about 48 hours, and barefoot I probably would not have even been able to keep the same paces 8-9 miles in, much less reach full recovery in 48 hours. I'm not against the barefoot ideology in regards to training your feet to be stronger, just skeptical in the idea that modern shoes are "preventing" proper foot usage. Training the feet and ankles is one of the most important things in cross-training for runners, which is why I find videos like this valuable, but I just simply don't feel the supposed restrictions that shoes have.
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.
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hey! I appreciate your content. could you share about the thoracic spine and rib positioning?
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+1 and a sub for the zelda noises at 7:07
Great content!!
Could you do a video going over Achilles, how to strengthen and recover from ruptures.
How should I walk for anterior pelvic tilt
I have plantar pascia and for years I walked with insoles and suffered a lot of pain in my feet and all over my body. Two years ago I switched to barefoot shoes and the results are amazing... the pains are gone. Is it still worth doing the exercises you presented?
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
is the walking at 5:52 the proper way to walk
i can't lift or can't move pinky toe. literally 0% move. is there same applied to pinky toe?
What do you think of toe curls with a ball under your foot? I have been look for ways to naturally retrain my toes because I have what they call hammer toes (a minor form) and this exercise really seems to retrain my toes to the point i'm starting to get proper knuckles on my feet/toes at the ends of my metatarsals.
Do you know the Gokhale Method? In Esther books she presents the glidewalking, which presents similarities and differences to what you prescribe. Some differences are that in the majority of the cases the heel should thouch slighty first and, although she wouldn't deny the windlass mechanism, she prescribes a longer contact of the heel with ground in the stride. I would enjoy a answer from you about this topic. She argues that primitive people walk this way, wioth the heel slighty first. She also presents in her book a photo of the oldest footprints ever found of a human and the heels where in a straight line and the legs and feet externally rotated, toes pointed outward, instead of yourrecomendation of the big toe pointing forwar.
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.
Do you recommend doing light plyometrics like pogos or low box jumps barefooted?
It seems like my halux has a lower flexibility on the extension, it always has this low angle. Is it a sign that i should get better on that or is it normal for my body type?
What about when playing basketball?
Can you do another Review for Jikatabi :)
I have a flat feet and bending toes. Please help me
Thanks, didn’t you say not to do the toe curl thing in another video? Is it this different because the heel is elevated forcing more toe extension?
I advise against Toe Curls with heels down/sitting.
@@GrownandHealthy why? I'm new here so I don't know
That last toe extension exercise will definitely get you looks in the gym
Edit: relax a little, y’all, it’s just a joke. I wouldn’t be wearing barefoot shoes if I cared about what others think 😉
What are you going to do when they look at you? Cry?
"I'm only improving myself for the acceptance of others."
I've used barefoot shoes for more than two years now and my foot strength has greatly improved, but one concern or rather question I have, is about the sensory input of our heel.
After an injury I had and long term adaptation to wrong movement and breathing patterns, my spine has been I constant torsion. I have found a few key methods to improve those, but one main part was breathing properly. The PRI institute has some extremely useful techniques, that work like magic, when it comes to breathing. For proper sensory input they also focus on left heel input, as we tend to put more force on our right legs. Don't want to make this post to long, so you'll have to check their theory and practices on youtube by yourself.
I'm slowly getting back into alignment with my spine, hip and gait for that matter, but I focus on using my left heel during rehab sessions, which helps, but heel strike has become a weird feeling even when it helps with balancing rn.
Should I keep my focus on front foot, even if it is harder to stay aligned or keep the new pattern until my body knows how to stay in a neutral state and than switch back slowly?
I have structured some of the upcoming videos to explain further.
I'm familiar with PRI. I have not taken a course from them.
Hey Man.......saw a video on my feed that had photos of Lebron, Shaq and Usain Bolt's feet!!!!!!! Man I thought my feet were jacked up!!!!!!!! I can see why Deion Sanders had his toes amputated. I think they have to remove his whole foot!!!! The modern shoe is a disaster!!!!!! I can't wait for these athletes to embrace minimalist/Natural Footwear!!!!!!!
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!!!!
I feel like you slightly overemphasize the toe off. As in sprinting your foot should be stiff. Also walking should more closely look like max velocity mechanics rather than acceleration mechanics so forces should be applied more vertically than they are horizontal. This is better than the heel walking doctrine taught by individuals.
Your channel completely destroyed my fascination with fashion
What happened to the big guy? His videos were excellent ☹️
Land flippers
what happened to guy? i miss the 🎂
This dude seriously needs to shed some excess muscle, if he wants to learn how to sprint or skip rope
Super valuable information. As a Tom Cruise fan I like running through the city with Mission Impossible soundtrack. Now I faster than ever. With barefoot shoes sprinting though the park 🏞️. Impressive picture