- Bend your elbow 90 degrees.
- Hands should be loose in a partially closed curl, never clenched.
- Keep your elbows close to your body - don't "chicken wing."
- With each step, the arm on the same side as your forward foot goes straight back, as if reaching for something in your hip pocket.
- As the foot goes back, the opposite arm comes straight forward, not diagonally.
- Your forward hand should not cross the center point of your body.
- Your hand when coming forward should be kept low, not higher than your breastbone.
- Many poor examples of arm motion are seen with walkers pumping their arms up high in the air, this does not help propel you, it is wasted motion.
- On the back swing, don't overextend past where it is comfortable or you may restrict your breathing or get a bent-over posture.
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