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That dude has an anterior pelvic tilt so him talking about having good posture makes me think this is BS about how they walked in the past. But i agree that sh

That dude has an anterior pelvic tilt so him talking about having good posture makes me think this is BS about how they walked in the past. But i agree that shoes are terrible for your posture but not if you walk like he describes And personally i believe that a full foot strike is better than heel/forefoot strike.

kevin_thibedeau 9y ago
It all smells like invented folklore like the YouTube ninjers.
- marcus_holmes 9y ago
  I did re-enactment for 20 years in the UK, and you wouldn't believe how much of this sort of shite goes round in those circles. And I wore "leather socks" for the events, not modern shoes, and my gait didn't change at all. Unless I was walking on wet stone, grass or concrete. Leather is really, really, slippery when wet.
  - jacobolus 9y ago
    It takes months if not years of frequent deliberate practice to change your unconscious gait as an adult (or at least it took a year or two for me; maybe some people are prodigy athletes and can master new physical skills faster). Just switching shoes won’t do anything by itself or overnight. This is sort of like saying “I’m used to using a fork, and I couldn’t pick up anything when I tried chopsticks a few times. There’s no way people actually eat with a pair of these, I’m sure they actually just stab their food with it like a skewer.” If you want to learn, I recommend you try switching to walking entirely barefoot all the time for a month or two, including while walking on hard surfaces (e.g. concrete sidewalk). You’ll be forced into a dramatically shorter more balanced stride irrespective of which bit of your foot touches down first, because a long straight-legged stride will be painful for all of your joints. It will be even more dramatic if you try walking very fast or running. Frankly the difference between forefoot striking and heel striking when walking is relatively minor, compared to the difference between a long bouncy straight-legged stride and a short balanced bent-leg stride. Walking on rough surfaces (e.g. loose gravel, trails strewn with twigs and small rocks, ..) and warm or cold surfaces (within reason; don’t burn your skin off) will also be instructive – after a lifetime of walking in protective shoes which prevent you from feeling the ground this will seem very painful on your sensitive nerves/skin, but within a few months you will become desensitized and tougher and be able to handle walking barefoot in a much wider variety of conditions. It’s also fun (feels nice) to walk barefoot in the grass, in the mud, in the rain, climbing up trees or over rocks, on cobblestones, ...
justinator 9y ago
I tried walking toe first like in the video with an anterior pelvic tilt. Surprisingly, it's almost impossible - my upper body locks up. Since your butt is so far back, your steps are stilted, too. Changing to a posterior pelvic tilt (or just neutral I guess), yeah I felt like I was doing ballet. My posture immediately improved, my core was engaged, even walking toe first made more sense. But, I dunno. Unless I'm barefoot in the woods at night with feet used to being wrapped in shoes, toe first doesn't come naturally. Landinf on the ball of my foot? Yes. What do cultures that don't use shoes at all, do? If anyone is interested in ant. and post. pelvic tilt, the great aha moment for me was the Cat/Cow poses in yoga. Practicing flossing between them gave me a ton of awareness over my posture.

kevin_thibedeau 9y ago

It all smells like invented folklore like the YouTube ninjers.

marcus_holmes 9y ago
I did re-enactment for 20 years in the UK, and you wouldn't believe how much of this sort of shite goes round in those circles. And I wore "leather socks" for the events, not modern shoes, and my gait didn't change at all. Unless I was walking on wet stone, grass or concrete. Leather is really, really, slippery when wet.
- jacobolus 9y ago
  It takes months if not years of frequent deliberate practice to change your unconscious gait as an adult (or at least it took a year or two for me; maybe some people are prodigy athletes and can master new physical skills faster). Just switching shoes won’t do anything by itself or overnight. This is sort of like saying “I’m used to using a fork, and I couldn’t pick up anything when I tried chopsticks a few times. There’s no way people actually eat with a pair of these, I’m sure they actually just stab their food with it like a skewer.” If you want to learn, I recommend you try switching to walking entirely barefoot all the time for a month or two, including while walking on hard surfaces (e.g. concrete sidewalk). You’ll be forced into a dramatically shorter more balanced stride irrespective of which bit of your foot touches down first, because a long straight-legged stride will be painful for all of your joints. It will be even more dramatic if you try walking very fast or running. Frankly the difference between forefoot striking and heel striking when walking is relatively minor, compared to the difference between a long bouncy straight-legged stride and a short balanced bent-leg stride. Walking on rough surfaces (e.g. loose gravel, trails strewn with twigs and small rocks, ..) and warm or cold surfaces (within reason; don’t burn your skin off) will also be instructive – after a lifetime of walking in protective shoes which prevent you from feeling the ground this will seem very painful on your sensitive nerves/skin, but within a few months you will become desensitized and tougher and be able to handle walking barefoot in a much wider variety of conditions. It’s also fun (feels nice) to walk barefoot in the grass, in the mud, in the rain, climbing up trees or over rocks, on cobblestones, ...

justinator 9y ago

I tried walking toe first like in the video with an anterior pelvic tilt. Surprisingly, it's almost impossible - my upper body locks up. Since your butt is so far back, your steps are stilted, too. Changing to a posterior pelvic tilt (or just neutral I guess), yeah I felt like I was doing ballet. My posture immediately improved, my core was engaged, even walking toe first made more sense. But, I dunno. Unless I'm barefoot in the woods at night with feet used to being wrapped in shoes, toe first doesn't come naturally. Landinf on the ball of my foot? Yes. What do cultures that don't use shoes at all, do? If anyone is interested in ant. and post. pelvic tilt, the great aha moment for me was the Cat/Cow poses in yoga. Practicing flossing between them gave me a ton of awareness over my posture.