How Do I Stop Myself from Bouncing When I Walk?

For added support, wear shoes that end above the ankle. This will encourage heel strike and make it physically difficult to toe-walk. Avoid wearing high-heeled shoes -- they keep the calf muscles in a shortened position and cause tightness -- which can contribute to a bouncing walking pattern.

What does it mean when you bounce while walking?

“Jump Around” Unusually tight calf muscles can also cause you to walk from your heel to your forefoot a little too quickly, because your ankle can't bend as far as it should. This action causes your gait to appear like you're bouncing or as the lyrics say, “Jump up, jump up and get down” with every step.

Why do I bop when I walk?

However, our muscles are inefficiently working in flat walking in opposition to bouncy walking. Therefore, not only do humans bob up and down in normal walking to save energy via a pendulum-like mechanism, as commonly thought since the 1960s, but they also load their muscles more efficiently this way.