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But you need to engage core also when waking, otherwise your torso would dangle from your hips, no?
by egman_ekki 5y ago
But you need to engage core also when waking, otherwise your torso would dangle from your hips, no?
- ajuc 5y agoIt's much different when you start moving something and let it go with inertia vs when you keep it still against gravity. Compare moving your arm like a pendulum vs keeping it stretched horizontally.
- mngnt 5y agoTry standing up for a few minutes, being mindful of what your body does. You will probably find that you lean slightly from side to side or stagger very slightly, with your core having to be partly engaged all the time. Your feet are in the same spot, but your center of gravity shifts and the core is the only thing to counter that. Meanwhile, when you walk, the momentum of your upper body takes care of a lot of this, you just automatically lean forward and your feet get under you, offloading a lot of that adjusting from your core. Your center of gravity moves predictably and your feet can "plan" to get right below it in the next step you take.
- egman_ekki 5y agoInteresting! I would think keeping torso upright while walking would be engaging more muscles compared to standing, but I never studied this in detail, so you might be right. But then it's interesting that I sometimes have sore back after a run if I don't run for a long time while I haven't experienced this when standing yet. Maybe my running form is poor.