ergonomics of walking?(how does one walk)

[romanwarhelmet]

I'm absolutely sure no one has asked this before

from a body motion perspective how far apart should my feet be away from one another?
we all have preprogrammed movements but many patters develop over time and Im wondering if i possibly run and walk wrong... specifically that i may have my feet to close together and at least partially so that when walking or running my feet are angeled so that they point outward

example: my foot tracks are no more then a few inches apart if I look back

example2: when skiing they teach you french fries to go forward and pizza to slow down, if french fries represents 0 degrees, and pizza represents 22 degrees, then my foot angel would be about negative 10 degrees.(seems like a convoluted way of describing that)

should my feet be shoulder length apart?
should my feet point exactly forward when walking?

[Furtherman]

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[romanwarhelmet]

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great answer
of course i expect mocking
but that was of much higher quality then normally

[Snoogans]

I'm absolutely sure no one has asked this before

from a body motion perspective how far apart should my feet be away from one another?
we all have preprogrammed movements but many patters develop over time and Im wondering if i possibly run and walk wrong... specifically that i may have my feet to close together and at least partially so that when walking or running my feet are angeled so that they point outward

example: my foot tracks are no more then a few inches apart if I look back

example2: when skiing they teach you french fries to go forward and pizza to slow down, if french fries represents 0 degrees, and pizza represents 22 degrees, then my foot angel would be about negative 10 degrees.(seems like a convoluted way of describing that)

should my feet be shoulder length apart?
should my feet point exactly forward when walking?

when you walk your foot steps will end up being close together. Some point out, some point in, some point straight. Its not really that big a deal.

you if you walk that way, you should try snowboarding. Ride with a duck stance. Sounds like you would be pretty good

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[Crossweird]

Somewhere, I remember walking being described as repeatedly falling over and catching yourself just in time. It was probably Pinker's How The Mind Works.

Great book.