Jakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agoBone cognatessh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square17linkfedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down15
arrow-up1135arrow-down1imageBone cognatessh.itjust.worksJakylla@sh.itjust.worksM to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17linkfedilink
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agohumans aren’t really heel strikers, go run barefoot and you’ll realize why. turns out slamming your heel into the ground hurts, what we use the heel for is standing on it.
minus-squareaname@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoWalking humans and bears definitely heel strike. I’m not talking about running.
minus-squareSwednecklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoeven then we don’t put our weight on the heel first (unless we’re wearing terrible modern shoes that force us to do so), we put weight on the heel and forefoot approximately at the same time.
minus-squareaname@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoI have been to the real world a couple of times and having seen some people stomp like crazy, I can 100% say you cannot generalize like that.
humans aren’t really heel strikers, go run barefoot and you’ll realize why.
turns out slamming your heel into the ground hurts, what we use the heel for is standing on it.
Walking humans and bears definitely heel strike. I’m not talking about running.
even then we don’t put our weight on the heel first (unless we’re wearing terrible modern shoes that force us to do so), we put weight on the heel and forefoot approximately at the same time.
I have been to the real world a couple of times and having seen some people stomp like crazy, I can 100% say you cannot generalize like that.