running is jumping. you lift one foot, you re up in the air. if i get up on here and i jump off, if i land on my heels once, i ain t going to do it twice. when i jump off of here, i m going to land on my forefoot and bend my joints to absorb the impact. that s all running is, a series of jumps where you land and absorb the impacts. best way to do that is land on your forefoot, let the food bend, ankle bend, hip bends, all of it absorbing impact. you land on your heel, you ve not locked in all of your joints which is the last thing you want do do, put it in the vulnerable position where it is all locked in. second you land on a round boney heel. it wouldn t hole the surface. now you add lots of torque. secondly what s in the middle of all that torque, you ve heard about runner s me. everyone gets runner s knee. that s a direct byproduct of landing on the heel. you ve now jammed that heel hard into the ground, it is reeling around, impact is running straight up to that main joint right t
kind of that it s not smooth. does this hurt your foot to run on? no. when you start to run, people think of they have all sorts of advice on your heel should strike first, then your toe. you don t think that. looking at some of the biomechanics in your book, you re really talking about forefoot hitting first. yes. one thing i should say, the thing that makes running unique apart from walking is running is a series of jumps. by definition, walking you always have to have one foot on the ground, just shifting your body weight. running is jumping. you lift one foot, you re up in the air. if i get up on here and i jump off, if i land on my heels once, i ain t going to do it twice. when i jump off of here, i m going to land on my forefoot and bend my joints to absorb the impact. that s all running is, a series of jumps where you land and absorb the impacts. best way to do that is land on your forefoot, let the food bend, ankle bend, hip bends, all of it absorbing impact. you land