tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post8414508914886263002..comments2023-12-29T04:36:07.964-04:00Comments on Square 8: Can you walk the walk?Bevhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06766614739853100172noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-16381182153425592432015-02-19T01:41:37.451-04:002015-02-19T01:41:37.451-04:00One thing about walking on toes is it develops str...One thing about walking on toes is it develops strong calf muscles. When I was in the Air Force the bounce was called beebopping. Learning how to march allowed me to smoothen or eliminate the bounce. But then I tended to walk kind of militaristic. -until I got a girlfriend that was a model and I took her advice to take modeling lessons and that was the final touch not only in smoothening out my gait but also in other coordination issues and turning around. She was a good coach too. Martial Arts lessons also helped in my coordination and muscle tone too. Miguel Palaciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02311154354365423829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-58286284050738921062007-09-24T14:00:00.000-04:002007-09-24T14:00:00.000-04:00I took to wearing very high-heeled shoes. They in ...I took to wearing very high-heeled shoes. They in fact feel much more natural to me than flats, and keep me literally on my toes. The second I take them off, I'm back on my toes of my own accord. But with the heels, my walk is not only bouncy -- it's freakin' impressive. Now the remarks I get about my walking are more along the lines of "Wow, you sure can move really fast in those heels!"<BR/><BR/>When I tell folks that I'm more comfortable in high heels, though, they naturally presume I'm lying. And I'm regularly accosted by strangers when I wear them to, say, a national park with rocky trails or something. It gets obnoxious very quickly, with the crap folks think they have a right to say. And the stuff they say is quite obviously not always out of "concern". <BR/><BR/>One rather cool experience, though, occurred when I was walking with my husband at a park with very high, almost mountainous terrain. I was already anticipating all the "Bet your feet hurt, huh?" crap that I'd be approached with as we returned to the visitors' center. But the only people still hanging out there were two women, each sitting with a walker (the device, not a person who walks). One of them said, "Wow, you walked that whole trail in those shoes?" When we answered in the affirmative, she said, "Well, we admire you, then!", and laughed. And somehow their demeanor was so candidly friendly that we found that comment very funny indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5794893825407092443.post-19464411566037069862007-09-14T16:38:00.000-04:002007-09-14T16:38:00.000-04:00Interesting. I had no idea that the 'bounce' was ...Interesting. I had no idea that the 'bounce' was autistic. I trained myself out of it during my teenage years (for the usual reasons), but it took a fair bit of conscious effort until it became 'natural'. My wife says I still have a slightly 'off' gait, but I don't notice it.Ian Parkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13610175379604940974noreply@blogger.com