Newton Founder a Heel-Striker?

pga_mike - 2011-01-13 12:13 PM He does not look like a heel striker to me.

Marvarnett - 2011-01-13 12:29 PM I can't see the pictures or get to the You-Tube link at work, but landing on your heel first does NOT make you a heel-striker.

A majority of professional runners land heel first.  What makes one a heel-striker is if they strike with their heel first in FRONT of their body.  If you strike with your weigh over the top of your foot, you can strike where you please.

The whole Newton thing is about letting you feel this under your body and you can feel the lugs compress into your forefoot.

Marvarnett - 2011-01-13 12:29 PM

I can't see the pictures or get to the You-Tube link at work, but landing on your heel first does NOT make you a heel-striker.

A majority of professional runners land heel first.  What makes one a heel-striker is if they strike with their heel first in FRONT of their body.  If you strike with your weigh over the top of your foot, you can strike where you please.

The whole Newton thing is about letting you feel this under your body and you can feel the lugs compress into your forefoot.

Scout7 - 2011-01-13 12:33 PM Respectfully disagree. What you are describing as heel striking is what is called over-striding. Over-striding can involve any part of the foot landing first. Heel striking is generally defined as having the heel take the majority of the force of landing. Ultimately, the heel always touches the ground.

Marvarnett - 2011-01-13 12:36 PM



I believe we are discussing the same thing in the end, but I would like to see anybody 'overstride' and land on anything other than their heel.  

I describe heel, forefoot, midfoot striking as the first thing to touch the ground, whilst it's below your center of gravity.

But as I said previously, I believe we are talking around the same point ultimately.

Scout7 - 2011-01-13 12:39 PM
Best way to stop overstriding and get your feet to land under your center of gravity: Run more.

Scout7 - 2011-01-13 10:39 AM



Probably.

But Newtons don't prevent overstriding. No shoe (as far as I know) prevents it. What they do is try to get you to run in a specific manner, that may or may not work for the individual in question.

Best way to stop overstriding and get your feet to land under your center of gravity:

Run more.

Marvarnett - 2011-01-13 11:29 AM I can't see the pictures or get to the You-Tube link at work, but landing on your heel first does NOT make you a heel-striker.

A majority of professional runners land heel first.  What makes one a heel-striker is if they strike with their heel first in FRONT of their body.  If you strike with your weigh over the top of your foot, you can strike where you please.

The whole Newton thing is about letting you feel this under your body and you can feel the lugs compress into your forefoot.

scottuf - 2011-01-13 11:10 AM Please correct me if I am wrong, but aren't Newton's designed to prevent (or at least to discourage) heel-striking?  I just saw this video that seems to show the founder of Newton running landing heels first.  I noticed it in the intro, but then around the 50 second mark they zoom in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8vOxFkFpJM

ballyard7 - 2011-01-13 12:54 PM

On that same note, i would like to see someone who can heel strike under there COG....Don't think so

AdventureBear - 2011-01-13 12:56 PMI think it's important not to muddle the descriptive waters by saying that heel-striking and overstriding are the same thing. True that you can't overstride and not heel strike. But you can land heel first with your wieght under your center of gravity. You can also touch heel first, but by the time your body weight is taken by your foot you may have rolled forward to your mid/forefoot. I think this video shows someone who's heel strikes first, but takes the weight on his midfoot under his center of gravity.

Scout7 - 2011-01-13 9:33 AM Respectfully disagree. What you are describing as heel striking is what is called over-striding. Over-striding can involve any part of the foot landing first. Heel striking is generally defined as having the heel take the majority of the force of landing. Ultimately, the heel always touches the ground.

jgerbodegrant - 2011-01-13 1:01 PM Is it me or does Newton almost encourage over-striding (for people that don't know how to run in them)?  The ball is so much lower than traditional shoes that you heel would hit later just because of the shape.

briderdt - 2011-01-13 4:19 PM

The idea is that the shoe gets out of the way, so when you do your normal amount of plantar flexion during your normal gate, you don't hit the heel of the shoe on the ground.

Scout7 - 2011-01-13 9:57 AM I do it. Many elite runners do it. In fact, probably 80% of the running population heel strikes.