Walking – It’s an arm thing

I’ve been watching and thinking about how people walk and the mechanics of walking. And I’ve noticed, it’s all in the arms. More precisely, the arm swing and it’s correlation with your gait. Just watch and you’ll see. The right arm will swing forward in time with the left leg stepping forward and the same for the left arm and right leg. Everyone does it!

Try this. Try walking and swinging each arm in sync with it’s nearest leg (right arm with right leg, left arm, left leg). It’s not natural! You just end up doing a Bigfoot from that film shot in the 1960’s. Weird.

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