The way Shawn Johnson runs?!?

Question

I've noticed when I watch Shawn Johnson run, especially in the vault competition, she runs very weird/unorthodox. It's like she moves from side to side while going forward, and her hips/legs have a weird movement. Does anyone know why? Thanks.

Answer 1

Because she has crazy muscular legs!

Answer 2

this tends to happen with gymnasts they all look funny when they run especially to vault its because of the power they have and need in order to vault

Answer 3

lol

me and my brothers were talking about that too when we watched her yesterday.

i love the way she runs i think its adorable

and i think its because she is very short and muscular, so she looks just a bit awkward

Answer 4

Its because she is, what we in the south, calls "Bow Legged". Its a medical deformity that is actually really common. I know a lot of people who are "Bow legged" to some degree. My little cousin had it, so when he ran it looked the way she ran. The doctors wanted to break his legs in order to have the straighten out, but they straighten out a little on his own.. but he is amazingly fast. I noticed a lot of them are surprisingly fast runners.

Here is more information on it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genu_varum

I hope this helps.

Answer 5

because she is so incredibly muscular.

Answer 6

Dude, she has the biggest quads on the team.

Answer 7

haha i saw this to she runs like a stubby chicken lol but if it makes her go faster than hey thats her busisness