What Are the Benefits of Heel Running? NONE!

What Are the Benefits of Heel Running? NONE!

Landing heel-first when running puts your legs swing mechanics on a harmful trajectory, causing the leg to over-reach too far ahead of the hips (which is also the body’s center of mass in running). This creates an over-stride tied to exponential impact, especially in thicker cushioned shoes which were found to actually amplify the burst in collisional impact that always occurs at heel strike. This is never the case in forefoot running because the over-stride is eliminated, which stamps out a lot of dangerous impact variables. This has also been the hallmark of forefoot running, and is why it’s even more important to run forefooted, not pounding your heel into the ground. Read more here!

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