If you walk with your feet tuned out (like a duck)...STOP! There is no easier way to fix yourself in order to improve your performance, make your painful knee go away and to help prevent future knee injuries from happening...Plus, you look stupid if you walk like a duck!…Sorry, but you do.
I've heard people, (well, I read a post from a popular fitness blogger) who actually disagrees with this idea. He claims that his entire family is "duck footed" and walk with their feet out and that so therefore he is duck footed and does not agree with many of the ideas regarding creating torque. I disagree.
My wife and I used to both walk with our feet turned out somewhat our whole lives. We were both guilty of walking "duckish" as children. But guess what…upon the realization that it was horrible for us, we BOTH JUST STOPPED DOING IT! Was it hard? Yes, at first. Did it hurt? Yes, at first. But you know what else hurts? An ACL tear!
My wife and I used to both walk with our feet turned out somewhat our whole lives. We were both guilty of walking "duckish" as children. But guess what…upon the realization that it was horrible for us, we BOTH JUST STOPPED DOING IT! Was it hard? Yes, at first. Did it hurt? Yes, at first. But you know what else hurts? An ACL tear!
Its not that you are prepositioned to turn your feet out (unless you have a medical condition you were born with), you just need to change this bad habit/pattern.
The same can be said with posture. I didn't have horrible posture from a "family condition". I had horrible posture because I developed bad habits, never thought about it implications to my health or worked to correct it. But once I did, I worked, and am still working to correct it.
The same can be said with posture. I didn't have horrible posture from a "family condition". I had horrible posture because I developed bad habits, never thought about it implications to my health or worked to correct it. But once I did, I worked, and am still working to correct it.
So how do you correct walking like a duck? Don't walk or sit like a duck!
DONT LOOK LIKE THIS IDIOT:
Feet Straight, Not turned out with collapsed arches;
DONT LOOK LIKE THIS IDIOT:
Feet Straight, Not turned out with collapsed arches;
OK....this guy can walk like a duck:
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