What Part of Your Foot Should You Land on When Running?

What Part of Your Foot Should You Land on When Running?

If you’ve had stalled progress with forefoot running, you may be landing on the wrong part of your forefoot in that you may be landing under your big toe, rather than towards the outer-side of your forefoot (shown above). It turns out that making initial ground-contact under the 4th and 5th toes when running proved to be very effective for preventing dangerous rises in peak pressure and bending strain on the foot, and it naturally reinforces stronger ankle and balance control. Read more here on how and why the first part of your forefoot to strike the ground has big implications to injury in running.