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Walking technique, it may seem like nothing but a way to complicate the easiest of activities. Suddenly, you're thinking so hard about which way your arms and feet are going that you forget to look around and smell the flowers.
Why bother? You ask yourself. And you go back to galumphing along, arms dangling at sides, at whatever pace suits your fancy. Nothing wrong with a relaxing little saunter now and then. Certainly, it does our minds a lot of good. But maybe you ought to reconsider a dose of technique to turn that walk into a real stand-alone stride.
Arms - Start here. If you don't already bend the arms at the elbow, try it. There's a good reason for doing it, and it's not just to look funny. A bent arm becomes a shorter lever and therefore completes the forward and backward swing faster. Don't swing too much, keep it natural.
Stride - Next... Usually, people take longer steps when they try to walk faster, turning their stride into a bouncing head and body. Think about it: Going up and down means you can't move forward as efficiently since you're wasting energy on the bob.
Think gliding, fashion-model grace as you move forward, which will probably mean shorter steps than you're used to. Head, hair, scarves and hats shouldn't flop.
Feet - Now that you've eliminated bouncing steps, you'll have to move your feet faster to keep up with your arms.
Try pushing off with the rear toe and letting your hips move with your legs. This finalizes how to master that "Model Cat Walk".
Don't try to conquer both the arms and the stride in one 45-minute walk. Concentrate just on the arms onde day, then just the legs one day. Once you're comfortable with the two sepapately, add them together.
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Jaime - 03/03/2007
What a great technique!! It took me awhile to implement it into my daily walk, but I have to say, I feel more confident, beautiful and sexy. I can't believe the attention I am getting from just the little adjustment I made to my walk. I feel like a model, thanks!
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Kelly - 03/10/2007
I love just walking to the market and feeling like I own the world. Adjusting my stride was the most beneficial thing I could have learned. I feel like a Goddess! |
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