I thought I would pass along a tip on something that has worked wonders for me.
I see lots of guys walking around with a "muscle man" type of walk. You know, arms stuck out about 12 inches from their sides like they are just too massive to keep down; hands clenched into a fist, shoulders hunched over to make their chest look bigger. It makes them look like a Neanderthal. When I started working out I did the same thing because I thought it made me look macho.
But then I realized that I have a friend who is a former competitive bodybuilder who doesn’t walk that way and scores more babes than I could ever dream of. He has had women crash their cars because they were distracted by him walking down the street. I decided to emulate his walk to see what would happen. Here is how I did it, and what it has done for me.
1. Open your hands as you walk and point your thumbs to the front and away from your body at a 45 degree angle. Your palms should be facing slightly forward. This does two things immediately. The open palms signal to others that you are open to be approached, are friendly and not a threat. People are more likely to respond to you if they think they are not going to be attacked. Twisting your hands this way also causes you to naturally pull your shoulders back. You walk taller and straighter and your chest will stick out, all signs of confidence. I was so shy and withdrawn I spent most of my life hunched over, so much so that my spine is now curved. After walking my “new” way for close to a year it is hardly noticeable anymore.
2. Pull your elbows in close to your body when you walk and swing your arms in a smooth, natural motion with slightly more space in the front and less behind your back. This kind of arm motion also is inviting, showing you are open and not closed off. Make your arm motions slightly exaggerated. It gives your walk a bit of a ****y swagger.
3. Try and keep your head from bobbing up and down when you walk. You are a smooth, ****y confident man, not a Jack-In-The-Box. Don’t lift way up on the toes of your feet to propel yourself. That gives you a dorky gait that will never gain the respect of anyone. Walking with a smooth heel to toe motion and keeping your head still also forces you to slow down when you walk. You not only look more confident, but you look sexier as well. In fact I have found that after reading the posts here on the Gunwitch Method, I have found it easy to integrate the “sexual state” into my walk. For me it is a natural fit.
I have been doing this for about a year, and in that time I have seen a profound difference in the way people relate to me. I walked into a store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and the salesman was all over me. I doubt he would have taken the time before. My walk told him I had the confidence to go into the place like I owned it, even though I couldn’t afford anything there. Women regularly check me out. My own girlfriend about a month after I started saw me from a distance and said to herself “wow, that guy has a powerful walk”, without realizing it was me.
If you need to see someone in action to get it, rent any movie staring Steven Seagal. We have the same walk. I didn’t even realize it until my sister pointed out to me one day that I “swaggered just like Steven Seagal”. She has seen him in person a number of times, and when I saw him in a commercial recently I saw that it was true.
The funny thing of course is that if you start walking and acting confidently, eventually because of positive feedback you internalize it and develop real confidence. I hope that posting this helps someone out. It certainly has worked for me.
I see lots of guys walking around with a "muscle man" type of walk. You know, arms stuck out about 12 inches from their sides like they are just too massive to keep down; hands clenched into a fist, shoulders hunched over to make their chest look bigger. It makes them look like a Neanderthal. When I started working out I did the same thing because I thought it made me look macho.
But then I realized that I have a friend who is a former competitive bodybuilder who doesn’t walk that way and scores more babes than I could ever dream of. He has had women crash their cars because they were distracted by him walking down the street. I decided to emulate his walk to see what would happen. Here is how I did it, and what it has done for me.
1. Open your hands as you walk and point your thumbs to the front and away from your body at a 45 degree angle. Your palms should be facing slightly forward. This does two things immediately. The open palms signal to others that you are open to be approached, are friendly and not a threat. People are more likely to respond to you if they think they are not going to be attacked. Twisting your hands this way also causes you to naturally pull your shoulders back. You walk taller and straighter and your chest will stick out, all signs of confidence. I was so shy and withdrawn I spent most of my life hunched over, so much so that my spine is now curved. After walking my “new” way for close to a year it is hardly noticeable anymore.
2. Pull your elbows in close to your body when you walk and swing your arms in a smooth, natural motion with slightly more space in the front and less behind your back. This kind of arm motion also is inviting, showing you are open and not closed off. Make your arm motions slightly exaggerated. It gives your walk a bit of a ****y swagger.
3. Try and keep your head from bobbing up and down when you walk. You are a smooth, ****y confident man, not a Jack-In-The-Box. Don’t lift way up on the toes of your feet to propel yourself. That gives you a dorky gait that will never gain the respect of anyone. Walking with a smooth heel to toe motion and keeping your head still also forces you to slow down when you walk. You not only look more confident, but you look sexier as well. In fact I have found that after reading the posts here on the Gunwitch Method, I have found it easy to integrate the “sexual state” into my walk. For me it is a natural fit.
I have been doing this for about a year, and in that time I have seen a profound difference in the way people relate to me. I walked into a store on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills and the salesman was all over me. I doubt he would have taken the time before. My walk told him I had the confidence to go into the place like I owned it, even though I couldn’t afford anything there. Women regularly check me out. My own girlfriend about a month after I started saw me from a distance and said to herself “wow, that guy has a powerful walk”, without realizing it was me.
If you need to see someone in action to get it, rent any movie staring Steven Seagal. We have the same walk. I didn’t even realize it until my sister pointed out to me one day that I “swaggered just like Steven Seagal”. She has seen him in person a number of times, and when I saw him in a commercial recently I saw that it was true.
The funny thing of course is that if you start walking and acting confidently, eventually because of positive feedback you internalize it and develop real confidence. I hope that posting this helps someone out. It certainly has worked for me.
so I'm still working one fixing it... i also have to learn to look straight instead of tilting my head down... makes my face look fatter...