A TIP FOR WALKERS.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2951, 5 January 1912, Page 7

A TIP FOR WALKERS.

WHY THEY SHOULD BBND THE LEGS.

There is no more important point in strenuous long-distance walking

than to keep your legs bent; but there is a right and a wrong way of doing this. While bending your legs so as to drop the centre of gravity lower, you should be careful that you bend only your legs and not your body. Keep your chest forward and your head high. Thus your trunk itself will be bent forwards, not at the spine, but at the hips, and this will make fjr increased speed, because tie more you incline your trunk, your ;tep hj« to become longer in order to c«»me up with the centre of gravity and to keep it supported.

It should be understood that the hints do not apply to actual racing, where the rule of fair heel and toe has to be observed ; but in a go-as-you please race, say between a number of men over a long route, it will be found to make for ease and economy of force.

It is, however, a method that needs l considerable practice. Begin with short steps, bending forward slightly; and gradually lengthen your stride and the inclination of your body. You will soon learn the best poise for your particular style.