Coach & Physio Reacts to Viral Running Advice

[@goranwinblad]

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[@jassaljs]

@@goranwinblad these are not available in India! Will have to visit you🤷🏽

[@lokiji3538]

I started running at 46 and am celebrating 10 years - 25 miles a week, half marathons, road and trail. I lost 70 pounds and all the pain I had in muscles and bones. A huge part of this was diet. I ate to feel good on my runs. As a middle age woman, my doctors have told me to keep up my running and increase my strength training. Keep on going. 🎉

[@xanthippus9079]

Cut carbs entirely. Run without shoes. Bring a protractor to make sure your arms move in the correct angle. Only breath through your nostrils. If you land on your heel or midfoot even once, punish yourself once you get home. Do all of that and within 6 months you'll break the world record.

[@jassaljs]

😂

[@RyanRyzzo]

Oxygen is oxidizing your body! Use plenty of anti-oxidants and hold breath while running!

[@jassaljs]

@ 🤣

[@raedpanda]

Had me in the first half, ngl

[@remcodejong9149]

@@RyanRyzzo Nothing is more destructive than oxygen. Anaerobic running is key.

[@marybond6026]

It’s videos like this that have made me ignore all running advice from reels and influencers. Thanks for your great advice…I hope you make more! Finding out that last guy was a heel-striker was too funny

[@gbone7581]

But is Gōran not an influencer as well?🤔

[@marybond6026]

@@gbone7581anyone can influence anyone technically. Perhaps I should have said “influencers with no qualifications.” As a physio who looks into scientific studies (and has his own clearly successful career in running) I will opt for his advice.

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks glad to hear you liked it 😊

[@jimmybondy9450]

​@@gbone7581in a way he probably is. But still not the typical influencer who's main purpose is to make as many likes and followers as possible.

[@Pappamea81]

@@gbone7581He’s first and foremost well educated and and physio, so he actually knows what he’s talking about. He also ran every day for 4 years w/out injury. 🤷🏼‍♂️ But if you wanna take your chances with a 30 sec video, go ahead. 😉

[@glennkeppel9836]

I'm 62 and have run all my life. I have no joint issues and I'm more agile, have better balance and I'm stronger and fitter than most people my age. All my old friends from school are fat, broken old men and forever reminiscing about 'the good old days'. My best days are always in front of me. Keep running people it will keep you young.

[@calm.aware.]

First video: People like to hear good news about their bad habits.

[@jassaljs]

😂

[@goranwinblad]

Yep for sure!

[@abbyschwendler1107]

For sure. And people also love to give unsolicited advice about how running is very bad for us. I hear it all the time.

[@aratilishehe]

Seeing how fit that first guy seemed, I'm sure he runs as well. It means he's not stupid, it means he's evil. Peddling harmful lies that he himself doesn't believe in.

[@xanthippus9079]

​@@aratilisheheHe may be a cyclist who doesn't like to dodge runners on the sidewalk.

[@klipk7296]

"Nike invented running in 1965" - I'm dying... I thought this guy was meming or something, how does he say this on stage with a straight face 🪦

[@themindgarage8938]

Abebe Bikila: Am I a joke to you?

[@goranwinblad]

🤣

[@Van1sh]

Honestly, looked like one of those fake AI videos. I figured you can't be human and say something so delusional.

[@Leeroy49]

@@Van1sh Yes the video feels a bit unnatural.

[@mikehewison787-9]

This would be Nike which only became Nike in 1972 🤣

[@simonbonsch25]

My main gripe with this whole "running makes you weak" idea, is that current media often promotes such a strange and dysfunctional image of what fitness, esspecially strengh, even is. I think functionality in every day life should be a main goal for recreational athletes, rather than looks or sport specific performance.I found that a combination of running and climbing is giving me the best results. Being fairly light weight with good endurance, relative strengh and a high tolerance to pain and discomfort is most beneficial to both my personal life and pretty physical job.

[@kenanjones3481]

heyy! another runner / climber! I honestly started just because I find both to be very fun, but as it turns out it's an excellent all-around fitness program too.

[@birdania7]

Love this! I’m a 58 yr old woman and have no issues with running! I strength train and run 5k to marathons. Run on people!!!

[@heighRick]

Thanks Gōran, helps a lot! I'm either too old, daft or missing out, to have watched anything but maybe two tiktok videos ever

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks for watching yeah you are probably better off not watching that kind of content.

[@heighRick]

@goranwinblad yeah, I have no intention of starting. Apart from some folks; yourself included, I'm firmly in the preference for +40min video camp, and think shorter-form content is a disease.

[@Jean-Claude-Van-Gelis]

I started running for the first time at the age of 44 in February and in September I ran a half marathon in 1:43. In 2025 I have 3 half marathons planned and a full marathon in September.

[@maikolmaikolmaikol]

Great stuff, don't forget to come back to this video to let us know when you're injured in 2025!

[@MrWhikked]

Awesome as always! Love to actually have a sciencebased running channel that delivers both in stunning scenery and overall content. God damn your good Göran. Thanks a huge bunch for existing in this day and age where sudo science is so incredibly prevalent and suffocating ❤💪

[@gbone7581]

As a physio you shouldn't be upset about the bad running advice, you should just be grateful for the more business it gives you!🤣

[@goranwinblad]

🤣

[@derekmerchant1282]

I really like that you were able to discuss the kind of information (?) put out on these social media venues. Your responses were greatly appreciated as are your own experiences and trials and tribulations. Thanks so much ❤

[@jippiijajee]

Your illumination is on point! I enjoy your setup😊

[@davidhayward1261]

Brilliantly put together and said. Great video. 🎉👍🏃🏻‍♂️💪

[@goranwinblad]

Thank you 🙌

[@ashwanikumardubey7638]

Keep posting more I don't run much but I like the way you analyse I'm learning analysis from u Good job Winblad

[@sudhir4553]

I ❤ Running

[@BurningPaperMusic]

On heel striking. I used to run a lot as a teen and developed knee problems, even running for the bus could trigger it. the Dr said I should stop running. Whenever I ran my knees would swell up. This was annoying as I really wanted to run- but he’s the expert… 😢 In my mid 40s I watched about running form that heel striking was bad and tried to front/mid foot and my knee issues went away. I’ve run many HMs trails etc since and no knee issues aside from some over use when building too quickly. So I’m a strong advocate of mid/front foot striking; even though I was probably over striding. Landing front/mid foot helped with that. I don’t think advising front/mid foot is bad though, except that changing any running style might increase risk of injury if done too quickly. I guess the annoyance is that they say you must front strike without knowing why it can help

[@nothingEvil101]

No, the annoyance is that what works for YOU is not automatically correct or necessary for EVERYONE ELSE. So advising someone else to mid or forefoot strike is completely unnecessary. Why should someone who is running comfortably and pain-free change anything about their running style?

[@tylercarey5211]

I think there are better cues that can help with over striding though, rather than spreading a myth that heel striking is bad. Some heel strikers are over striding but not all of them are. So when people see “heel strike bad” they feel the need to change their running form even though there might not be anything wrong with it.

[@BurningPaperMusic]

@ I’m not saying heel striking is bad, it was bad for me. Running mid foot / front foot fits me well, I suspect that could be true for others. Also worth saying that some suffer different injuries by front foot - and I have also seen folks over stride whilst landing front foot.. I am, though, agreeing with Gøran in that it is more nuanced than saying something is categorically good or bad.

[@gtromble]

@@BurningPaperMusic I've seen research that people's perception of their foot strike is often wrong and that many who think they are mid-forefoot strikers in fact land first with the heel, though it isn't strongly loaded and so the runner perceives the landing as farther forward in the foot. I experienced this last year when my natural gait seemed to me to be all mid-forefoot, but the wear on my Hoka Mach 5s, which have an EVA outsole, showed that there was enough heel contact to cause noticeable wear. Indeed, over stride, rather that heel strike per se, is the form problem.

[@BurningPaperMusic]

@ text is easy to misread, and maybe I could have worded my reply better (advocate was perhaps misplaced). No need for caps though 😞 I’m not saying folks should try front foot, but that it worked for me (you can make this caps if you like 🤪). I assumed my story was obviously anecdotal, and therefore obviously my personal experience - in my view as I was writing it. I am saying though, that front foot/ mid foot isn’t bad and it worked for me. Anecdotally… there seems to be camps forming on this topic; both saying the other is wrong. I’m not asserting either is wrong. I did ask my physio what he thought when I had an Achilles injury. As some folks online were saying front foot causes Achilles issues. He talked about studies, which were basically run in a way that is comfortable to run. He went into a lot of detail, which was simply neither if his bad as you adapt to it. He did say changing can be a problem, the same reason as why we get secondary injuries if we adapt our style to avoid an ache.

[@emilnilsson9017]

I just want to thank you for your videos! They have really helped me with my own running training! My goal is to run a 10k sub 40 and with all these videos I really fell like it is possible! Thanks for all the inspirations!

[@alfredberggren5985]

My goal is also a sub 40 min 10k. Hope we both get there soon.

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks for your nice comment makes me very happy to hear, good luck in your goal 🤩

[@goranwinblad]

Good luck 💪😁

[@ZaahirJappie]

Thank you for this. Great video!!!

[@SeeChadRun]

Great video as always! Your feedback and knowledge is invaluable. Love it!

[@m.b.petersen5625]

Thanks for an enlighting video. I really love your way of breaking down evidence in running sports! About foot strike pattern I know the medical evidence says striking pattern is of no correlation with increased risk of injury regardless of type of strike. I does however matter somewhat if you get injured. Evidence for instance supports forefoot striking pattern and a 15 degrees front incline when running with infrapatellar tendinitis (jumpers knee). It reduces the strain on the tendon by up to 25%. Subjectively most runners will report reduced pain running in shoes with high drops or forefoot striking pattern running in this way. However, if you are a heelstriker and try to convert to forefoot running be aware of a long path of adaptation and sore calf muscles!!! As you probably know Göran (as a physio) the importance of looking into all of the kinetic chain of the injured region to find the flaw, is much more sound advice that simple hotfixes like the ones you showed us in the clip. Just as striking pattern doesnt matter for injury proneness in "healthy" runners, so does foot type. Pronated runners have always been told that they need pronation-guided shoes to run in, when evidence only find somewhat increased risk of injury in runners with high degree of ankle-pronation and no increased injury risk being a pronated runner. Keep up making quality content! Sincerely a GP from DK and hopefully a coming up doctor of sports medicine.

[@GarmrNL]

Running is the best thing I started doing a few years ago. I lost weight, felt better mentally (up to a point I was able to stop my antidepressants 🎉) and met some lovely people during some races! The start of my running career was hard as with all things, but I can’t imagine myself not running anytime soon!

[@kingmanhusada824]

my god, i check out that guy that post the first video, he has 1.1 M followers!! insane

[@goranwinblad]

Yeah that’s insane 🤨

[@TheFancyTramp]

Your videos are very much appreciated. Thank you 🫡

[@goranwinblad]

Glad you like them!

[@Alastair510]

Advice I read (about 40 years ago): Run 'proud'. Upright, open chest, looking ahead. Relaxed hands. Let hands relax, if you are really relaxed, your thumbs will 'bounce'. Uphill or sprinting; lift knees, drive behind. Pace and cadence are dictated by arms, reach and pump with the arms.

[@Alastair510]

I would add, that if you are finding your shoes wear out very unevenly, it is probably worth going in to a specialist running shop and seeing if you could benefit from shoes that correct for over/under pronation and suchlike.

[@armandosegura8486]

2:14 running long distances and the (usually forgotten) ability to THROW things very hard is what actually sets us apart

[@xavierolsson8038]

Super Göran, tack för bra tips som alltid!

[@MrSeedi76]

I'm 48, started running in January at 103 kg, worked myself up to 10k each day except Sunday. Lost 23 kg and the knee pain went away completely after about 6 months. But I did work on form a lot in the beginning. I had some minor issues with shin splints after the first 2 or 3 months but got rid of them with a little plastic massage roller thingy. And changing to midfoot/forefoot striking was a gamechanger for me. Might not work for everyone but for me it did. I heard this claim before that there are marathon runners who heel strike but when I looked at video footage of them running - they didn't heel strike.

[@Thomlabe]

Heel strike isn’t necessarily bad in itself but pro marathon runners will not heel strike because they run at such a high pace with both positioning and shoes that pushes off from the front of the foot. I’m a midstrike runner myself, heel strike when I walk and forefoot when I run at maximum pace. Congrats on your achievement! 🎉

[@xtrwq]

Heel striking is common for elite runners. Search for "Most marathon runners at the 2017 IAAF World Championships were rearfoot strikers, and most did not change footstrike pattern" where the top 4 finishing men were heel striking. It's a myth that people still spread for no reason.

[@glennkeppel9836]

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[@yourpalmal6018]

Started running 5 months ago and cannot agree enough with the point that you should run at a slow and enjoyable pace so that you start enjoying running enough to make it a habit. I also very much appreciate your incorporation of research to back up your points instead of just hoping people believe you. Thank you!!

[@freultwah]

Shoe stacks have achieved amazing heights and provide so much cushion that heel strike (a major cause of injuries in the 70s and 80s after Nike first came out with their cushioned shoes) has indeed become a non issue. It's also became more prevalent since then because high drop shoes (12 to 16 mm is the most common) outright mandate landing on the heel. Also, as running has become much more of a mass sport over the past decades (the last finisher at a 1985 marathon would be in the first third of the competition in 2024 with the same finishing time), the average runner has also become much slower, and slower pace favours heel strike. There are so many studies into it, the methodology differs wildly, the sample sizes are different etc, and they often reach conflicting and contradictory conclusions, so it's difficult to know anything for certain anymore. The zero drop 'born to run' craze of the late noughties has all but vanished, manufacturers have largely phased out their low drop shoes that favoured forefoot striking (e.g. Saucony has only the Kinvara left of the 4 mm drop models for road running, all other models are gone), and as far as any relevant study goes, a lot depends on when it was conducted, which shoes were available, which event was picked, which runners selected etc.

[@joepheijen516]

Interesting point. Why would we want to change milions of years of evolution with heel drop and cushioning? I dont think there is any evidence saying it is better than no drop... That should be the starting point. But yeah, I think we have gone too far down the Nike marketing rabbit hole with drop, support, cushion and all that strange modifications. Maybe next will be side skirts to improve air flow? Dont get me wrong, these shoes may be a nice racing tool, but using them all the time raises the probability of injury, because we were simply not born with and for these modifications. That's just my view on it, I did not check all the studies, I just try to use common sense and my own experiences.

[@bultvidxxxix9973]

@@joepheijen516 There is a lot of evidence. Pretty sure you can find studies and actual research on that topic, but just purely intuitively, landing on your heels and propelling with your toes gives you that distance basically for free. You can't use your tendons like a spring, but that's what the shoes are for. Personally I use only barefoot shoes myself, but I also don't consider myself a runner and I couldn't care less about my race times, because I don't even run races in the first place. But if you do, those shoes will give you an advantage.

[@joepheijen516]

@@bultvidxxxix9973 exactly what I am trying to say! Modern running shoes are a tool to improve racing results. However I dont think the extra distance is free though. Your feet get lazy and 'atrophied', and you have to absorb the impact in places that were not designed to absorb that impact. I'm also a barefoot-shoe only recreational runner. I run for fun and longevity. To me it seems such a waste not to use the natural spring mechanism of your feet.

[@freultwah]

@@bultvidxxxix9973 you think that landing on your heel makes your strides magically 30 cm longer? Sorry, mon, this is not how any of this works. The strides will be just as long or short as before.

[@Jolilililolii]

I am a ex pro triathlon athlete and a sprots massagist. I can tell that alot of miss information is going on at internet. Good video i will recommend to my running athletes 💪🏽💪🏽 I saw myself treat some injuries from people trying to "correct" Thier technic forcing a non natural way of running and worst non of them change the PR with the "new " way of running. Most of them just need to stop to recovery and change that statement. Hope you still contribute to information about running. Than you

[@shawnkislenger3024]

You’re the best Goran!

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks for your support 😊

[@movemorenowjames]

We believe the narrative that fits, until we don’t. Great vid.

[@goranwinblad]

True! Thanks!

[@Pappamea81]

Keep it up Göran, du är grym!

[@WarneysWorld]

Love these videos - I got suckered into forefoot striking when I first read born to run all those years ago. Now I vary my foot strike. On a five k I tend to be up on my toes a bit. I couldn’t do that on a half marathon

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks glad to hear! Yeah me too when reading that book such great storytelling in it but bad advice 😅

[@WarneysWorld]

@ Yep it really took me in! I think I still love the book even though a lot of the advice is misguided. Reading gave me the running bug and I’ve had it ever since

[@marcusohlsson3130]

Thank your four advices. I take all my advices from youtube influencers, tik-tok influencers are only plebs!

[@clarkdef]

I can kinda agree with that first guy. Here's my experience. I was always a power athlete, quite muscular, still am. I turned to long distance running because of the adventure and my body changed to adapt to the running, then I stopped, I always stop training in the winter. And the fat piled on like never before. Running in my experience does take away that muscle that keeps the fat away over winter. So this summer I'm doing both, so see how that goes, it's more taxing on the body.

[@Stewyy]

Bro cooked Nico 🤣

[@kduty236]

0:48 that's what did my mother's friend say when He saw me skinny but I saw He couldn't run even a mile

[@alfredberggren5985]

Ye fr. I’m a skinny person about 56 kg (125lbs) I’m 174 cm tall 5’8.5) and I hear ppl say to me that I should start working out.. I’ve been a runner for more than a year and my goal is to run a sub 40 min 10 k soon. I’m not strong on bench, I can only bench my body weight so ppl think I’m weak and skinny and doesn’t train. It’s jsut so sad for ppl to think that we runners are weak mentally and physically even tho that is not true.

[@kduty236]

​​@@alfredberggren5985well I'm 68 kg 176 cm but This is due to bone density I guess

[@kduty236]

​​@@alfredberggren5985Even though we eat much more. But the advantage of distance runners is that they are more tolerant of carbohydrate/sugar consumption, unlike the crazy body influencers out there who eat only red meat😂

[@alfredberggren5985]

@@kduty236 ye fr 😂 I have been eating a lot of donuts recently 😬 even tho it has had no impact on my weight, it has still had impact on my skin and I’m starting to see a lil acne. So ye sugar is bad but still very yummy.

[@jblizzard962]

​@@alfredberggren598556 kg is like a children weight. Better to gain some muscles.

[@6thsense338]

the heel stroke is bad thing is so ubiquitous on social media that i've been progressively changing mine to a mid foot stroke recently after being a heel stroker all my life. sooo many videos out there saying is bad for your knees and i've had some issues before; i'd love to hear more about it as i had no idea this wasn't actually backed up by science

[@kristo5747]

59 yo ultra runner. Never had knee, hips or any kind of trouble. I am not shaped like a runner, more like a hobbit 🙂I have run distances from 50 kilometers (31 miles) to 80 kilometers (50 miles) - These "experts" are ridiculous.

[@remcodejong9149]

Carbon insoles. That's actually pretty brilliant.

[@Aberger789]

I actually picked up a pair of VKTRY insoles with the code a few months ago. I got some nasty blisters for longish runs initially (make sure to break them in). But they feel pretty great.

[@paolocordon]

Heel striking is better on shorter distances, but for longer distances, especially for average runners, heel striking is normal and "not bad" due to the difference in running mechanics and sprinting mechanics. I do advice for Mid foot striking always tho.

[@MrSundstroem]

Although I do agree that there is reason to believe there to be a protective effect of running on osteoarthritis, a caveat is that it is hard in a study like the one you mention to prove causality. It would be methodologically difficult/impossible to randomize a study group into either running or not, and as such we need to rely on observational studies. There are several confounding factors that might influence osteoarthritis risk apart from running, for example recreational runners might have a lower BMI and a healthier lifestyle overall than sedentiary people.Of course, some of these factors can be controlled for, but it's hard to make the conclusion for certain that it is the running itself that is the main factor. I do agree with most you said, but I do think it is good to mention this.

[@baubau161]

for god sake..incredible what media can do....well never say never.in high school i was hate runing.at sports class i always wanted to miss the sport hours,to invent all sort of excuses and at resistance test i was tring to make ridiculous things like hide or skip 2-3 laps from those 5 that i shoud do.now, after around 15 years i run only mountain marathons with a lot of top 3 results.best thing of my life.take care all

[@StephenMarkTurner]

I thought the ad with Dr Drew and V-shred was part of your show 🙂

[@stijndeklerk]

Hi, First off I very much appreciate that you share references on the comments you make. I've been struggling with runners knee for the last 20 odd yrs and have improved from being able to run 5km pain free up to half marathon, but that's where I'm hitting the wall these days. I would be very intrested in any suggestions you might have for a workout routine. to strengthen the glutes/thighs. Various fysio's have given me excersizes over the years, but simple gym excerszies like squads and glute bridges seem to have paid the most divident. I like to expand my gym routine with more options if you can recommend any.

[@RonnyC98]

World record holder heel strikes Nico: well it’s not right World record holder maybe would have already thought about every possible factor to get a world record.

[@abbyschwendler1107]

I had to stop in the beginning here to share a story. Last week I met an 86 year old man on one of my runs who has run over 40 marathons including Boston. He said he attributes living a long healthy life to running. A few days later one of my patients mentioned she ran her last 5k at the age of 90 (she's 95 now).. so...... I have strong feelings about running being called useless.

[@Liriand]

I used to be a heel strike, but a running coach (in real life, not on tiktok) said you shouldn't ever do that. But I must say, I feel like forefoot striking makes my form lighter. That's obviously just anecdotal.

[@tompivelX]

What a cool video

[@tuhnutuhnu4257]

it depands. If you are really big you have to be carefull or really fast then too but mostly safe .

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

Whenever I run, I’ll thank Nike for inventing this wonderful concept 😂😂😂

[@IainThacker]

#1 - Knees are stronger than ever. Loss of "type 2" muscle??? Don't all runners strength train as well? I'm lifting more weight #2 - Ah, strength training eh? #3 - lol #4 - Decent advice! #5 - I can hear Fredrik Zillen banging his head on a table! My foot-strike is not even consistent left-to-right but I don't overstride and my GCT balance is pretty even. Most of us amature runners have far bigger issues to worry about with our run form!

[@stephenpiccolo]

The idea behind the carbon fiber insoles is appealing. But do you (or they) have any data behind using them (especially compared to using carbon-fiber shoes)?

[@jimmybondy9450]

I'm a heel striker too, running for 30 years with almost no injuries, doing about 5000km per year. I'm not fast, but a solid hobby runner (32.12 for 10k and 54.55 for 10miles). Would I have been faster changing to whatever striker? Probably not. I'm not gonna mess around, I'm happy the way it is. Staying healthy became my main goal anyways.

[@ChrisTexan]

I hate when "generalizations" are used to oversimplify complex concepts (sadly in our internet age, it seems most people aren't willing to digest anything but "simple" solutions, if it's complicated, they aren't going to try and process it, they just want "oh, heel striking is bad, thanks, I'll work on stopping that". Using that example, foot placement on landing (for a general term), from a running perspective is ultimately designed to get you safely to the "push-off" phase. If you are walking, you are likely heel-striking, as anything but a heel-striking walk would be odd (possible, but not comfortable). The problem is your center of mass isn't moving forward quickly, so the foot is "out front" of your knee at impact (which isn't a hard impact at walking paces). As you speed up, your foot placement tends to shift forward more, because the transition time from landing to push-off is shortening. THis may still be a heel strike at "running" speeds, so long as your shin angles are upright and not "backward" at impact/transition, it's not heel striking, it's just a heel biased foot placement (which you can change anytime you like simply by pointing or flexing the foot while it's in the air, it's the shin angles that are the factor of good/bad running, ultimately, that lead to braking forces, what angle the shoe contacts the ground is somewhat irrelevant and as mentioned in the video, "personal" in nature. One key thing of note, as you run faster (given proper running technique), your ground contact time gets much shorter, and thus there is little to no time to transition from heel to forefoot for pushoff, thus as people approach "sprinting" speed, they naturally are almost all going to stop any significant heel contact and end up with mid-to-forefoot contact and push-off. But at slow jogging speeds, so long as the leg isn't forward at "contact" (note not using the word "impact" because initial contact can be light on heel, forefoot, midfoot, it's only when the foot has settled into "firm" contact with the ground that impact forces are really transitioning into the leg), then the parts of the leg/body responsible for moving power backwards (to drive you forward) aren't braking, regardless of the foots initial angle of contact. I have studied dozens of top world runners videos from the sides, and the VAST majority of them land "flat" to forefoot. But some do land with initial heel contact, the key thing though is their legs are still upright (and at least one I saw clearly had some heel braking, which is impressive given how fast they are, they could be faster with better mechanics!!!). One key item to wathc on those kinds of videos is the "leg shockwave" that happens when full "impact" occurs. If at that moment, their shin is already past vertical and moving back in relation to the knee, that's good mechanics. IF that shockwave happens and the shin is still angled forward of the knee, THAT is imparting braking forces (and you'll likely see the shoe "crush" in the heel fully, versus "heel contact" with good form where you'll often see a rolling contact forward instantly from the heel contact to the midfoot as the "shock" hits the leg and the shin is roughly vertical to the knee. Anyhow, there is still MUCh more to it' that's still oversimplified and poorly explained, but your shoe's heel hitting the ground first, is NOT an indicator of anything whatsoever, it's the overall mechanics at the point of loading that affect it. Having an athlete adjust their mechanics with a PARTIAL effect of "your heel striking will probably reduce" (if you notice their foot is neutrally flexed but due to overstriding is hitting heel first, THEN as part of correcting their stride, the "heel striking" may reduce naturally as well (versus them pointing their foot downwards a bit but keeping the same mechanics, which not only keeps the overstriding happening but now they are likely to transfer more impact forces into an artificial ankle position, and who knows what else). Anyhow, love the videos!

[@derekmerchant1282]

Have you ever heard of Eric Orten out of Jackson Hole, Wyoming USA? I think his work is really beneficial and something that coincides with yours. Again, thanks for sharing and your tireless efforts to quell the confusion

[@gcklo]

Running is not useless. That guy is!

[@Nyelands]

@goranwinblad Do you actually use those VKTRY carbon insoles and why not put them to the test in a video?

[@willemvanriet7160]

Ive never been a runner. Starged at 54 and my entire body just became stronger, knees, hips ljngs

[@goranwinblad]

Cool to hear, congrats on getting into running!

[@gabrielpardo1]

I agree with the forefoot striking advice… if you will quote an anatomy built for persistence hunting, you cannot then say that heel strike is “right” or a matter of preference. Run barefoot and you will find yourself switching to forefoot/midfoot striking

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks for your input but based on the current evidence I think you are wrong. Even studies looking at people living in tribes without shoes most of them heel strike when running at endurance running paces. I’m not saying it’s right and the only way to run I’m simply saying that there is no evidence whatsoever supporting the widespread theory that it is wrong. Have a good day! 😊

[@joepheijen516]

I believe modern running shoes are what makes current heel striking percentages as they are. Up till Nike invented running (haha) most (not all) elite runners did not heel strike.

[@ovidiuciobotaru325]

I'm a runner, and got accidented recently. I went to a medical doctor, and I have shin splints. Do you coach people how to recover from that injury? Is there an online coaching for me to acces? Thank you

[@screamityeah]

The first video is like a kid making a video about how eating veggies is actually bad.

[@oliolion]

What does the research say about stretching immediately after running? I've always been told it helps reduce injury.

[@petercini2022]

Late 60s competitive runner no knee issues

[@edwardrissington3218]

This first guy doesn't know that humans were persistence hunters who effectively ran their prey to exhaustion and running is what makes us human. Nike invented heel striking with Bill Bowerman, the inventor of the first cushioned shoe, was a arunning coach, thinking it would increase stride length and therefore speed (it didn't led to injuries)y later . It was only later it became a money making exercise.

[@florianroussel5875]

I'm so triggered by the last guy it's incredible. How obnoxious can you be to pedantly teach lessons you don't even follow yourself

[@goranwinblad]

Yeah that triggers me as well.

[@joemathewson4198]

No! Not Nico 😂

[@Lynn_St.Vil-1989]

Nico is getting roasted, but we still love him. ❤

[@maxl.5297]

Re your beef with the tiktok "expert" forcing mid or forefoot striking: You mentioned evolution yourself - and we evolved to run barefooted. Running barefoot and heel striking IS really bad for your joints 😂 So far HE is correct. But the fact of the matter is that modern runners use highly cushioned running shoes that effectively work as a spring - something usually the foots and ankles tendons and muscles provide. Still: modern running shoes shift demand from the body to the material, allowing for more energy allocated to forward motion. Insofar im not surprised by the ratio of heel strikers in competition. As a barefoot runner myself I can attest that I'm FAR slower in barefoot shoes compared to dedicated running shoes. Its definitely more demanding on foot musculature and the calves. However - my knees are way better and my shoes last for ages. As there's basically no stress on the sole, they dont wear out. Also: no more small calves syndrome 😂

[@goranwinblad]

Hi, I have no beef with anybody just pointing out that there is no evidence backing up his claism whatsover. Thanks for your input and sharing your experience but it seems like you haven´t read any real studies on the subject before making your claims. A study focusing on the habitually barefoot runners Daasanach tribe in Kenya found that even amoungst them a majority of runners favoured a heel strike instead of a forefoot strike: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3541372/

[@gbone7581]

More people will get injured by trying to change something in their running than if they just did what comes naturally in the first place.

[@goranwinblad]

Agree!

[@Crojach]

The first dude running Mindvalley has such stupid ads like a father teaching their kids telepathy or something along those lines.

[@michaelg4517]

What do you really think of carbon fibre insoles? 😬 Maybe that is for the next video 😜

[@StephenMarkTurner]

I've never heard of that first influencer guy, but I will immediately block him if he does cross my KZbin feed. Thanks for the heads up.

[@goranwinblad]

Yeah that’s probably a good idea, no problem 😊

[@Awesome1914]

idk, there's just no way proper heelstriking is ever optimal. Landing flat is not heelstriking.

[@viktorask]

👏

[@goranwinblad]

😊

[@tylercarey5211]

I saw that running form video from Nico and I was so confused cause I watch all his other stuff and noticed he heel strikes. I could tell he was really forcing the forefoot strike in that video and it didn’t look natural.

[@goranwinblad]

Yeah of the videos from him I checked out the video about running form was the only video where he didn’t heel strike.

[@dfcx1]

I'm not convinced that the knee injury rates show that recreational running is good for the knees, there's too much of a self-selection process to becoming a recreational runner that weeds out people with knee problems to begin with. The only safe conclusion is that running competitively is the worst thing you could do.

[@theweaselkickers]

It’s called ThickTok for a reason 🤣

[@Bweyg]

These tiktok videos are very helpful advice... It's helpful advice on what you should NOT do, which is listen to these big money gurus.

[@goranwinblad]

😅

[@amzlino]

1. check the content creator profile. is he a runner, body builder or others 2. I don't believe running advice from a muscular body man. 3. I don't believe advice from runner who run less than 1 year and less than 50 km a week.

[@RowOfMushyTiT]

There are a lot of advantages to forefoot striking: ▫You can run barefoot or in more minimal shoes ▫You are more agile ▫You are better at running uphill ▫You can't overstride ▫You can't overpronate ▫You are less likely to twist your ankle

[@Runner-c9q]

I wish I invented running instead of Nike. I failed at life.

[@saintsaens21]

The guy who advises against heel striking is probably just copy pasting content from other non savvy influencers.

[@theljbrotherhood3553]

First video is painfully bad advice. As a personal trainer running is fundamental to human movement and I use it to measure how the body holds itself moving in space. If you have pain running then something in the body is not working as it should.

[@goranwinblad]

Yeah totally agree!

[@joelngchuyao2286]

running invented by nike

[@toomaslehtonen5055]

You looked literally disgusted by the first clip. Can’t say that I blame you, though.

[@goranwinblad]

😅

[@christiandrew9545]

You spent 2much time talking about the 1st clown why’d you even acknowledge him in the first place

[@goranwinblad]

Thanks for your feedback, I do it because he has over 1million followers and have written multiple best selling books so many people believe every word he says as complete truth so I just wanted to break down all of his noncence with proper evidence, thanks for watching 😊

[@liljemark1]

Sorry Göran but I need to stop running immediately and unfollow you due to this TikTok advice! 😂

[@catapultato1733]

ok