How to Move on All Fours: Basic Crawling Fundamentals

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  • čas přidán 23. 06. 2009
  • This video blogpost is here: JohnSifferman.com/blog/how-to-...
    Moving on all fours should come naturally to humans. Personal trainers and strength coaches tend to label it as an animal exercise or animal movement, when in reality, it's just natural human movement. Humans learn to crawl even before they learn to walk, and children are adept at moving on all fours in a variety of ways. We tend to lose this natural ability as we grow older and don't practice or play on all fours anymore. The truth is that moving on all fours is our birthright, and we are completely entitled to being able to master this physical skill even throughout adulthood. This tutorial will teach you how to start.
    For more strength training and fitness tips, visit my site:
    JohnSifferman.com/blog
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Komentáře • 230

  • @1melkamua
    @1melkamua Před 8 lety +302

    His coach is laying and watching

  • @SnowWolf9911
    @SnowWolf9911 Před 8 lety +386

    I can just imagine the neighbours xD
    "mommy he's doing it again"
    "Just come away from the window sweetie, slowly"

  • @watermelonssecondchannel856
    @watermelonssecondchannel856 Před 7 lety +119

    dog be like i taught you well

  • @fredface4939
    @fredface4939 Před 8 lety +59

    I should've been practicing how to walk on all fours for longer. I want to build up endurance and flexibility so I can do this easily. When I'm slap-happy or get really exited, sometimes I feel like I need to drop down on all fours and run. The closest I can get is hunching over and reaching towards the ground.

  • @eutytoalba
    @eutytoalba Před 8 lety +58

    Love the dog in the background.......he looks about as confused as I am watching this. xD

  • @valeriapebble
    @valeriapebble Před 8 lety +101

    Your dog is like "what the heckkkkk?" XD

  • @whatsup4616
    @whatsup4616 Před 4 lety +9

    His dog is thinking “you’re never gonna run as fast as me”. “Wanna bet?”.

  • @thedogman7846
    @thedogman7846 Před 11 lety +35

    the dog is like: tsss noob i can do it better

  • @szymusiek1980
    @szymusiek1980 Před 10 lety +23

    I started to walk on feets and hands to be strong as chimps. They are 4 times stronger than we and they walk on all fours, so I take inspiration from them. I'm the beginner, so after each of two times of such walking I had a muscle sores. I have to use a MMA gloves to protect my fists. When I get enough shape in such walking, I will have to put a 10 kg waistcoat on my body to increase the weight and to progress the effects of such training. And then 20 kg...30kg...

  • @michealdixon1273
    @michealdixon1273 Před 6 lety +14

    I can run on all fours to. I've practiced for a while.and i can jump from rock to rock like a Lion.

    • @jayzbtw970
      @jayzbtw970 Před 5 lety +6

      Profile pic is a lion😂🦁

  • @Jay-gg4qo
    @Jay-gg4qo Před 5 lety +13

    Idk why but me and my friends went shirtless for a day, stayed in the woods for the day, and we stayed on all fours for the day.
    Even weirder, we pretended to be wolves. ;-;
    And yes, I liked my own comment, yeah, I'm that guy...

    • @deborahlimbrick1749
      @deborahlimbrick1749 Před 5 lety +1

      The Emerald Sword ... r u a furry?

    • @lennielords
      @lennielords Před 5 lety +4

      @@deborahlimbrick1749 sounds more like therian

    • @RedditNovelties
      @RedditNovelties Před 5 lety

      I’m learning to walk on all fours sitting back to Fours in preparation for halloween

  • @keepaopenmind
    @keepaopenmind Před 14 lety +19

    Great exercise. I ran 100 yards on all fours in 25 seconds.

    • @KatrinaDancer
      @KatrinaDancer Před 2 lety +2

      Good job. I think the world record is currently 16 seconds.

  • @johnnydutton6777
    @johnnydutton6777 Před 4 lety +5

    And here I am, 5 days into home isolation and I'm watching human crawling tutorial 10 years ago

  • @geraldacheampong4321
    @geraldacheampong4321 Před 5 lety +9

    Here's a really good question that no one has asked but me.
    *How do you walk dowstairs like a dog?*

    • @twinkienightmare5645
      @twinkienightmare5645 Před 5 lety +8

      1: Try
      2: Fall down and cry
      3: Treat yourself to Netflix and ice cream

  • @cegral3493
    @cegral3493 Před 5 lety +6

    You: there are alot of fundamentals of crawling
    Dog: WTF is he doing

  • @Neofellus
    @Neofellus Před 10 lety +33

    "Don't be to DOGmatic about them" XD.

  • @xXxBromeliaxXx
    @xXxBromeliaxXx Před 11 lety +10

    This might just make working out a fun thing to do! Definitely going to try this!

  • @AdamOfIngolstadt
    @AdamOfIngolstadt Před rokem +2

    the dog in the background really just perfects this video. I came for the advice, I stayed for the vibes

  • @ksoundkaiju9256
    @ksoundkaiju9256 Před 10 lety +22

    teach us how to run

    • @rainbowfox1075
      @rainbowfox1075 Před 3 lety +1

      I know how to run in quadrobics, pretty sure it's the same thing but... back left, back right, front left, front right and just speed it up

  • @ZenGrammy
    @ZenGrammy Před 11 lety +6

    love this so much. beats the heck out of boring pushups. thanks

  • @buttxheek
    @buttxheek Před 3 lety +4

    My cousin can run so fast on all fours like as fast as a normal run and I wanna learn
    He also can do something weird but really cool he lifts himself up with his hands while squatting and then puts his legs
    in between his arms and pushes himself all the way ahead.ITS SO COOL

  • @athena40001
    @athena40001 Před 12 lety +3

    I wasn't paying attention to you I was juz looking at the dog's funny reaction lol

  • @gregdahlen4375
    @gregdahlen4375 Před 8 lety +14

    I occasionally walk on all fours or crawl around like a baby around the house. Walking on all fours is good exercise. It's interesting how walking on all fours I naturally start sniffing things such as the furniture like a dog.

  • @trollsngoblins
    @trollsngoblins Před 11 lety +23

    John: ".. I'll teach you the basics of walking on all fours."
    Dog: "If you'd start by teaching me the basics of bipedal movement, I could reach the dogbiscuits in the kitchen cupboard myself..."
    John: " ... So I'm only gonna give you a couple of coaching cue's.."
    Dog: "You're doing it wrong, dude.."
    No, awesome and very helpful video. The dog stole the show, though ;)

  • @fernandomontanaresletelier
    @fernandomontanaresletelier Před 11 lety +3

    Dear John! Hi! Im Fernado, actor from Chile. I tech body expressons to childrens and i found your tutorial very very good. Thanks for it! Greetings!

  • @leslieagustin111
    @leslieagustin111 Před 11 lety +12

    I'm going to use this to be scary :D thanks

  • @rattlesnakecharlotte2324
    @rattlesnakecharlotte2324 Před 11 lety +3

    Umm.. I got the walking on all fours down I just can't seem to get the running down. I actually learned how to walk on all fours by myself because I thought that I was the only one in the world that thought of walking on all fours. I just need more help running on all fours, pleas help me.

    • @TELEK1NET1C
      @TELEK1NET1C Před 7 lety +2

      Rattlesnake Charlotte Start by trotting.. start walking on all fours, then gradually get faster.. once you get a little faster than walking, but slower than running, pick your limbs up more. Then start kicking your legs out more. Move them simultaneously. Speed up. Then start putting your dominant hand forward followed by the non-dominant one. You should now be running on all fours. Just some help from a friendly therian ^w^

  • @wvlfboyy
    @wvlfboyy Před 3 lety +2

    I have a suspicion that this video is gonna blow up at some point.

  • @MegaWolffire
    @MegaWolffire Před 12 lety +6

    i use the bear crawl when im going up the stairs

    • @chloet9263
      @chloet9263 Před 7 lety +3

      LightningCore lol same when no one is looking

    • @Demoncorp
      @Demoncorp Před 4 lety

      Guilty

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer Před 4 lety +1

      I think everyone does in private

  • @user-rg8mc4el8w
    @user-rg8mc4el8w Před 8 lety +7

    thank you so much this video helped me a lot :D

  • @mxist1810
    @mxist1810 Před 4 lety +2

    I’m scared if I run on for legs to much I will forget how to run on two legs XD

  • @dangy76
    @dangy76 Před 13 lety

    Thanks for the info,love the video

  • @turloughohara
    @turloughohara Před 12 lety +1

    Great vid, your dog looks beautiful plus his facial reactions were quite humorous

  • @nathangill8846
    @nathangill8846 Před 7 lety +3

    you have a point

  • @Chaotic_Observer
    @Chaotic_Observer Před 4 lety

    The dog is like, “yep, thats my boy”

  • @calebaldringonzales2919
    @calebaldringonzales2919 Před 3 lety +1

    "oh no he's at it again"

  • @Gcolorina
    @Gcolorina Před 4 lety +1

    Natural state for those that are kind of human

  • @TwoHeadedTy
    @TwoHeadedTy Před 7 lety +28

    Who else came for theriotype training?

  • @shaneviosk4286
    @shaneviosk4286 Před 3 lety +1

    He WALKS over to the hill to show you the lateral crawl in action. He walked there. Think about this

  • @alpha5664
    @alpha5664 Před 4 lety

    He makes it look easy

  • @Canineshadowproductions
    @Canineshadowproductions Před 7 lety +12

    I'm a wolf therian and this really helped thank you :3

    • @elzika739
      @elzika739 Před 6 lety +2

      Canine_shadow Productions you’re a human. That’s what you are.

    • @hyacinth1729
      @hyacinth1729 Před 5 lety +1

      @@elzika739 yeah physically spirituality they are wolfkin

    • @hyacinth1729
      @hyacinth1729 Před 5 lety +1

      Dont listen to haters! Ima run all fours through the playground near my house hahaha

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer Před 4 lety

      @@hyacinth1729 yeah sure

    • @shadowhowlerstherianpack6155
      @shadowhowlerstherianpack6155 Před 4 lety +1

      @@elzika739 if u dislike therians why are you watching something mainly for therians

  • @blank7008
    @blank7008 Před 4 lety

    Me: i need muscle
    My mom: i have gym
    *Gym at home:*

  • @fatlizzard19
    @fatlizzard19 Před 14 lety

    thx for the info and cute dog

  • @jamesjonesrocket
    @jamesjonesrocket Před 14 lety +3

    if all the world walked on all fours, ceilings would be much lower, and buildings would have more floors.

    • @siyacer
      @siyacer Před 4 lety

      And we would have trouble grabbing things since our hands are legs

  • @i.t8340
    @i.t8340 Před 5 lety

    I will enjoy this

  • @brookepickles1259
    @brookepickles1259 Před 5 lety +1

    This is very entertaining

  • @girioola
    @girioola Před 2 lety

    The dog: what the man doin’?

  • @realsrvbhtngr
    @realsrvbhtngr Před 3 lety

    Jesse! We need to cook.
    Jesse! What do you mean you're training ppl to walk on 4s!

  • @rott.m5096
    @rott.m5096 Před 6 lety +1

    I’m here so I can scare my mom one day

  • @Browniscool
    @Browniscool Před 4 lety

    I'm doing an eyeless jack cosplay now I can act like him

  • @IAmScourge1
    @IAmScourge1 Před 7 lety +15

    Finally, a video that is teaching for strength/body training, and not for some weird kid who thinks they're an animal

  • @Jerrongamereview
    @Jerrongamereview Před 5 lety

    Preciousss

  • @suzeloible5006
    @suzeloible5006 Před 3 lety

    Holy MACKEREL
    👀😳WTF?😊❤💚💜💙 funny & so cool!
    Thank you

  • @kikithecutedog3403
    @kikithecutedog3403 Před 4 lety

    What about running on all fours

  • @thedragonlady6261
    @thedragonlady6261 Před 11 lety

    his dog is like WAT ARE U DOING

  • @autistic8993
    @autistic8993 Před 5 lety

    I searched “why do I crawl rather than walk?”.

    • @Demoncorp
      @Demoncorp Před 4 lety

      But why did you search that instead of this

  • @Fan_OfFandoms
    @Fan_OfFandoms Před 3 lety

    It hurts mt wrist and arm is this normal

  • @broszart777
    @broszart777 Před 12 lety

    lol bro you said Dogmatic and the dog was all like -_- haa good goin

  • @m4rdoo
    @m4rdoo Před 5 lety

    This would be a cool horror movie,An infection or something that makes people turn animalistic being able to run/Move in all fours like this and also on 2 Legs

  • @rainbowfox1075
    @rainbowfox1075 Před 3 lety

    Back left, front left, back right, front right

  • @SkeletonsYouControlHaveHaste

    Hmmm I wonder How fast Someone Can Walk on all Fours...I wanna See That...Fastest man On All fours...Thanks For The Tips

  • @wolfiethetimberwolf1363

    We used to do bear crawl in gym class, it was fun!

  • @Jozsef86330
    @Jozsef86330 Před 12 lety

    What about backward walk in bridge position ^^

  • @papyjuice3501
    @papyjuice3501 Před 5 lety +1

    Now I can become garou from one punch man

  • @bergfpv6486
    @bergfpv6486 Před 2 lety

    Dog looks strangely bored and perplexed at the same time.

  • @dizzy916
    @dizzy916 Před 4 lety

    I can crab walk abnormally fast although standing on 4's straight like a dog is where I have the most troubles.

  • @sirfart5184
    @sirfart5184 Před 4 lety

    My wrist kills when I do this.

  • @killianparker7894
    @killianparker7894 Před 5 lety +1

    This needs to be taught in school. Me and my friends would wear spiky climbing gloves while watching this and the kindergarteners would look at us like we were crazy, and we would howl bark and growl.
    Also that dog tho

  • @Cinnamon_Chayne
    @Cinnamon_Chayne Před 2 lety

    I’m Challeng myself to walk on all fours every day

  • @yuvrajrathore356
    @yuvrajrathore356 Před 3 lety

    But how to run on four legs bro ? Have u ever seen the movie GLASS in the last fight McAvoy runs like a true animal ...teach me that bro make a video about it

  • @lillianjohnson8387
    @lillianjohnson8387 Před 9 lety +13

    I wish I was a real wolf I act like it sometimes I howl and pretend to chase things

  • @dashermorgan
    @dashermorgan Před 5 lety +1

    After your spine becomes misaligned, I'll show you how to walk upright again...Darwin's Theory of Evolution

  • @RichCwm
    @RichCwm Před 14 lety

    whats the point

  • @stone8714
    @stone8714 Před 6 lety

    Reminds me of a mantis

  • @garci152
    @garci152 Před 4 lety

    Damn 11years ago ... 😬😬😬

  • @Jr262
    @Jr262 Před 4 lety

    I was walking like a cat/dog for 3 years now

  • @jellofish1455
    @jellofish1455 Před 3 lety

    How do people do this!? It makes you so worn out so fast.

    • @ted_van_loon
      @ted_van_loon Před 3 lety

      he told it if you listened closely,: you need to balance your movement. doing it right can in manny cases make you get less fast worn out than by normal running. for example in athletics there is a category called crossing which is basically a long run in random ofroad conditions. when I did that there where actually some races where I would use both arms and legs due to for example large steep sand dunes. running them up on 2 legs is undoable, on 4 however you are fast and light so not only do you move faster than the others but you also get less tired. it is mostly great on steep upward slopes or decent slopes with hard terrain. for example when mountainrunning this is also great while most public parts of a mountain are easy to run up and down you eventually(or when you go oftrack) get terrain that is to steep, lose, slippery, etc. to run on 2 even though it this last case it is more like parcour or fast climbing and running combined.

  • @frostlinemlondon580
    @frostlinemlondon580 Před 5 lety +1

    I think most people watching this are 9 year old furrys who want to be a wolf 😂. I know I was but I'm not anymore. I'm watching because I want to beat my brother in a crawling contest. My brother has been working out for more than 3 years now and he's REALLY GOOD AT IT 😂.

    • @pippin.420
      @pippin.420 Před 5 lety

      lol,
      I’m not a furry, and will never be I just wanted to scare my friends 😂😂

    • @w1shh
      @w1shh Před 4 lety

      People who want to be animals are called therians, get it right. You obviously don't know what a furry is

  • @orca3413
    @orca3413 Před 9 lety +34

    what other therian/otherkin are here xD I'm a red fox

  • @pinkyberrydaraspberrysaber6800

    I'm a wolf mixed with tiger mixed with fox mixed with cat and I have wings and a horn

    • @meemiline8906
      @meemiline8906 Před 7 lety +5

      PeanutButterJelly DaDutchie typical 13 year olds

    • @TELEK1NET1C
      @TELEK1NET1C Před 7 lety

      Pinkyberry DaRaspberrySabertooth.. Are you otherkin?

    • @maddrawer8497
      @maddrawer8497 Před 6 lety +2

      I don't like you otherkin people.
      It's just weird. I'm a therian, it's not sensible at all, but at least we know real animals from fake ones.

  • @wolfledgendsyt2411
    @wolfledgendsyt2411 Před 2 lety

    Who is in 2021?

  • @valeneomundomaravilhosodoa8160

    The teacher is in the background

  • @daveszn.
    @daveszn. Před 7 měsíci

    are u jesse pinkman

  • @commanderhindsight1633
    @commanderhindsight1633 Před 11 lety

    why are you doing this on the gravel lmao theres nice soft grass near you

  • @Hootiez
    @Hootiez Před 5 lety +2

    Therians aren't just confused teens. I'm 27, been in the Army for 9 years... still a wolf therian.

  • @lydiaaitchisonvideo
    @lydiaaitchisonvideo Před 11 lety

    cool story bro, tell it again.

  • @mrkreukel71
    @mrkreukel71 Před 11 lety

    crabwalk is just plain ridicules or i think so still good vid

  • @hinatashoyo5336
    @hinatashoyo5336 Před 6 lety +1

    YAY!! IM NOT WEIRD AFTER ALL!! Lol

  • @forgalzz7
    @forgalzz7 Před 14 lety

    Dog's mildly curious, but clearly not impressed.

  • @wolfman2691
    @wolfman2691 Před 4 lety +1

    Sméagol

  • @christianamarilla5042
    @christianamarilla5042 Před rokem +1

    Dog so confused

  • @theteenagewarlock7114
    @theteenagewarlock7114 Před 5 lety +1

    I’m just here to be catman 😜

  • @shadowhowlerstherianpack6155

    Therain gang

  • @magicguycouldbe
    @magicguycouldbe Před 11 lety

    what kinf of health purposes?
    like what?
    back alignment?

  • @faithhull4823
    @faithhull4823 Před 4 lety

    This guy tarzan

  • @joisarrithesmall298
    @joisarrithesmall298 Před 6 lety

    Why am I here?

  • @kennethwilson2722
    @kennethwilson2722 Před 9 lety +2

    im a tiger

    • @TELEK1NET1C
      @TELEK1NET1C Před 7 lety +2

      kenneth wilson Are you a therian?

  • @perrymackay8725
    @perrymackay8725 Před 8 lety

    what about short armed people?

    • @TELEK1NET1C
      @TELEK1NET1C Před 7 lety

      perry mackay Bend your knees

    • @Chaotic_Observer
      @Chaotic_Observer Před 4 lety

      Yeah, bend your knees so they match the length of your arms

  • @aura-deep6066
    @aura-deep6066 Před 2 lety

    I googled how to furry xb

  • @watermelonssecondchannel856

    hahahahahaha dog-matic