Running Form in Slow Motion - Heel Striking vs Mid Foot Landing Technique

[elinfiernoentusojos]

What?? pause at exactly 0:32 first runner has a perfect form! relaxed and not wasting energy! and the body falling forward, his foot looks like is goin to land on heel but is not, now pause at 1:10 the second runner takes his feet too forward and the feet is in the ground a lot of time because is making too much effort to take the whole body in movement which by the way is very vertical, sure you are goin fast but that would increase your heart rate and you'll eventually blow thumbs up if agree

[zhuwh1981]

Your brother maybe more relax than you..

[TheNaturalRunnerVanc]

The relaxation of the 1st runner and the form of the 2nd runner would be more ideal; the second runner is trying so hard to hold Pose form, the upper body looks like you're power-strutting. Relaxation is key to fluid mechanics

[420squeeg]

Better dresser is subjective ... very. You look like a damned speed-walker.

[Gandalfistheman]

good energy to this video

[PowerSurge0]

2nd. runner. some tips. you need to bring your hips forward when you run, you actually not activating your hamstrings as glute's to thier full extent . you use your IT bands as the dominate muscle. you have very tight IT bands i assume.

[macmhagan]

To me it looks like your brother doesn't even need to heel strike even in those big bulky shoes. His foot is right under his center of gravity when it lands so it looks like he is almost purposefully pointing his toes up to get that heel down first. You look like you might be pushing off to much and if you were to run barefoot would quickly develop all kinds of blisters - and indication of loss of efficiency.

[Evi1M4chine]

For comparison, look at a native of a African tribe who never wore shoes in his life, and runs a lot. :)

[njxcjustin]

Runner #1 ran in bulky trainers (probably 12-15mm difference between heel and toe) while just barely heel striking). Runner #2 ran in Kinvaras (with a 5mm difference between heel and toe) and landed solidly mid-foot. While I understand the benefits of midfoot striking, this video wasn't a very solid example.

[yozeroz]

slick video. the more the better, people need to stop working through pain and damaging themselves imho :-)

[RunWalkRace]

Sorry folks, I respectfully disagree with the last comment. The video DOES demonstrate midfoot v. heel strike. It IS a completely convincing video. This is why=--after 38 years of regular running, I now run midfoot style. I'm not completely free of my old form, but I am learning this new form AND am completely convinced that my plethora of running injuries (expensive running shoes, orthotics and all), are a thing of the past! 2:36 marathon...here we come! (And at age 52!)

[camper19]

Ridiculous. You were running at drastically different speeds. Also, just because the heel of the shoe appears to be hitting the ground first, you do not have a way to know where your bro is distributing the pressure of landing since his foot is inside a shoe. Lastly, you are wearing a much flatter shoe which is going to lead to a more midfoot landing. So, in conclusion, a fun, yet completely non conclusive fun video.

[MrKiwizimbo]

chers guys, helpful it was.

[pugzlie18]

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