MOVE FAST - How to walk faster

Does practicing forward splits help

Awesome thank you 🙏

QUESTION Then transitioning into running you want ? Do same rules apply ?

Am a bigger and need power for walking

This was it. Thank you. Can you teach us about using arms to increase speed?

Going to try it today

I would like to ask you does comprehension tights improve walking . I just watched to short clip and found it really helpful

Compression tights sorry misspelled the last .
I walk 3 hrs a day and I feel better
I'm walking up a small mountain

Hey Thanks for the tip walking backwards using the muscle on your gluten max
Really improved my cadence and my ability to walk without using energy.
I am still going to use my compression skins .
Gets me up that mountain.
Mount Wellington New Zealand

great video, i'm going to start to try these out. I've got a marathon in May and my first ultra (50k) in July and my normal running style is always run/walk so if I can implement the walk sections to be a bit faster and more efficient i'm confident I will be able to get my times down. thank you! I'll report back. :)

Brilliant video,do ultra walks 50k+,have two this year,this was very helpful.

Can you recommend a pair of trainers ?
You have me hooked on this sport waking .
Thank you .
From Marc New Zealand

Thanks for that I’m learning to race walk never heard of sport walking before. But definitely same truths involved with the exception of bending and straightening the knee I think with race walking
Cheers

Thank you! 🚶‍♂

thank u this is for my mile at school😤

Interesting and informative.

Thanks Roger. What do believe is your optimum rate of cadence in strides per minute?

Bruh I’m just the slowest walker in school 😭 even my mom says I’m slow

Tempting. I take long strides but my cadence must still be high (I think I reset position fast) because I put distance between 95% fairly fast even if they look like they're trying to go fast. I'm going to have to reassess. Instead of going faster I'm actually concerned with walking to minimize damage to the body long-term. Does the above long-term minimize wearing down the knees and other agents of motion? My walking is ridiculous, the slightest imbalance will throw me off (a pair of keys in one pocket but not the other).

Record 150 step per minute. Yes this my life and i real like this

This is the best video on walking...not racewalking, which is a completely different sport.

I used to compete in as well as coach racewalking. TIP--the legs can only move as fast as the arms can pump. If you allow the arms to hang at your sides with long slow arm swings, then that is how your legs will respond. Shorten the arm swing--bend the elbows at 90 degrees as in a sprinting motion in running. Never allow the hands to cross the midline of the body as they pump forward, never allow the hand to pass more than an inch behind the same side hip on the backswing. Never allow the hand on the forward swing to rise higher than the solar plexus. It is a very limited range of motion for the hand/arm motion to allow for swift arm action--the legs will follow. --Mike

BORN TO WALK FAST

I was trying to increase my stride length to go faster, I'm definitely trying out the shorter stride and pushing with my glutes. Thank you!

Hi Roger, many congratulations (and thanks) for the channel. Really interesting and insightful.
I have been a keen mountain hiker (as well as biker) for many years where I live in the mountains just to the north of Madrid. I also used to run a little, especially when on holidays in the south west coast of Spain but due to recurrent injuries, I had decided to stop and wanted to focus more on beach walking (really good deep beaches with lots of hard sand at low tide)
The technique you promote for shorter strides and faster rythm was a big change for me (I'm quite tall: 1.91 M) I used to try to increase speed by increasing stride but it didn't seem very efficient as your technique states.
After modifying my walking style with your suggestions, I have a question regarding the heel touching the ground before the entire foot is in contact with the ground. In my old style of walking this didn't ocurr, but with my first attemps at Sport walking I have seen that I can actually be sliding the heel up to 15cm before full foot contact. I discovered this yesterday when I turned around after doing about 5 Km on the beach and when I looked at my footprints in the sand of the outward journey, I saw that the heel has been "sliding" on the sand between 10cm and 18 cm before each step and I hadn't even noticed!!

Have you come across this before? Is it something to be avoided? How? by lifting the knee higher?

Many thanks for your observations on this.

Best regards


Keith

My speed is 5.45 Km/Hr. Does that count in brisk walking or I need to increase the speed. Please answer. Thanks!

If you can see this, hello Mr. Depue

I have a serious question that maybe someone can help answer. Last year I started training vigorously with high speed resistance training. That led me to start completing ultra marathons. Monday, I had 62 miles in 24 hours. And my Fitbit zone minutes total was about 1200.
Last month I had a day of 1500 zone minutes. Furthermore, all the activity was within 16 hours.(after 8am).
My question is . How many daily zone minutes are dangerous? At the age of 65. I feel great, and feel the possibility of increasing my distance further is doable.. However, I don't want to have an unexpected heart attack, because my aging heart doesn't have the capacity to withstand the extended exertion. Is 1500 zone minutes too high for 65 years of age? What's the science behind that? I am pausing my endurance training for now. And returning to resistance training. I would appreciate any information or thoughts on this.

Hello and thank you 😊

Is there anyway/thought to trigger the brain to drive the back leg to gain momentum? By default, I end up focusing on my front leg always.

This is great!!! Do you have any training plans for walking a trail marathon?!

I get it... I really do... But I'm not ever going to get "exhausted" from WALKING.

The human body is made to GRIP and to WALK.

Gripping is our number one evolutionary trait, as even seen in brand-newborns.

Walking is instinctive.

Brainpower is a blend of Nature AND Nurture.

Be smart. Travel on your legs. Grab things.

1. Walk soft & easy (add very slight band to your knees to keep them soft, locked knees = no shock absorption)
2. Shorter faster steps to increase your cadence (the time your feet touch the ground)
3. Focus on your backward lag, use gluteus as an engine (lean your body)

Is there an optimal cadence for sport walking?

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I'm sorry for what i will say, but i think that the feedback may be useful. Your text banners are very irritating for an otherwise great video. They enclose the feet movement - the main reason to see the video, not to read an article.

I walk 2 hours for commute short strides up hill long strides downhill. But my knees do hurt the next day so it isn’t repeatable. I had to check out this video to understand how to endure more walking without sacrificing time.

Thank you! Your video helped me to walk better. Now, I'm going out for a walk 😁

The best leg backwards was insane. Allways have been driving with the front leg before the center of my body. Feelt like some one pushed med forward compared to before 😊

great video, thanks mate.

I don’t know if you will see this as your video is older but does walking like this do a big stretch on your front hip flexor

What advice would you give to avoid sore toes when walking downhill? Many thanks

Was wondering what your fastest speed over a mile is. I seem to have reached a plateau at about 16minutes. Have I reached my full potential I wonder, having incorporated all your tips. Another thing, I seem to kick my toes a lot when the back leg is swinging through. Maybe a video idea for you?

I'm a novice runner with my sights set on an ultramarathon, so I know I'll be walking a lot. I also have issues with achilles tendonitis, so a run/walk strategy is ideal for me as it reduces overall strain on my tendons. I know this channel is specifically for sport walkers, but I just wanted to say how helpful it is for me! I'm very comfortable walking during my long runs, it allows me to go further for longer without getting exhausted or causing injuries. This has really helped me optimise my walking, thank you!

I needed this, last year I was doing the arduous pack test(45Lb 45 minutes 3 miles) and my legs where stressed to the max, I hope this helps for this years pack test and I get bellow 36 minutes

I think this is especially good advice for people with back problems. I had spinal stenosis surgery in 2020 but then had a relapse of symptoms that I and my doctors think might have been caused by exercises I was doing that involved twisting the hips and lumbar region. Stenosis means a narrowing of the spinal canal, and twisting tends to exacerbate the problem (in my case irritating a synovial cyst). Once I stopped the twisting, the cyst got smaller, and my symptoms went away. Anyway, I try to avoid too much twisting as would happen taking big steps forward. I think this is a terrific way of walking in any case.

Thank you

I'm giving this a go, thanks.

Hi Roger. Would you suggest particular focus on any of these points the hillier the course gets? Talking marathon distance and trail course here, aiming for 13min/mi. Thanks.