How to walk in a masculine way

I suggest placing down a strip of fabric or a blanket along the floor, running across a room and maybe the width of A4 paper. Practice walking with one foot either side, and do the shoulder thing a little. Try not to move your hips up and down, as that makes them appear wider. Just keep practicing this, and continue watching and imitating cis guys in public. (Try not to make that part obvious though )

 

When you put your left foot forward, keep your left shoulder and left hip in line with it. Turn your body slightly instead of letting your hip wander away from you or move vertically. Smaller things also worth doing, from the ground up:

• Always put your heel down first, never your toes;
• Don't put one foot directly in front of the other (or worse, put your left foot to the right of your right foot and vice versa);
• Experiment with letting your leg below the knee kick forward as you bring that foot forward for a step;
• Just tuck your hands in your pockets so that you don't have to worry about moving your arms;
• When stepping onto your left foot, move your left shoulder forwards and down slightly too, as if you were walking with it.

Put all of this together and you should have a rather exaggerated male gait (possibly even a swagger, shock horror). Once you have it down smoothly and you can break out of feminine walking habits, you can work on making it more subtle and less like a teenage boy compensating for something.

Oh, and a great place to observe random people without looking too creepy is while waiting at a bus stop (whether you are actually waiting for a bus doesn't matter). You can have a sort of bored vacant stare at the ground across from you while actually watching how everybody walks.

 

Also, if its not working well don't worry... I am always told I walk lke my dad but I still have a walk that fits a lot of feminine characteristics... not all guys swagger like that.

 

Apparently I walk in a naturally masculine way, so I guess I could help. Don't walk with your legs too closely together (i.e. one directly in front of the other), instead keep at least a few inches of noticeable space between them. Definitely take larger strides. Also I've noticed that most men tend to turn their toes slightly outwards when walking, whereas women's feet remain parallel to each other.

I've found that putting your hands in your pockets improves your gait naturally. This is because it forces you to loosen your shoulders, which in turn prevents your hips from swaying. All this contributes to the side-to-side movement that men tend to do, as opposed to women who walk in a more linear way. Having said that, don't overdo your shoulder movement; a small amount is more than enough.

 

The line thing is very true. Also if you don't have your hands in your pockets bring your shoulders back so you're standing up very straight (yes I know that makes your chest stick out) and keep your arms loose but don't swing them; let them move with your walking.

 

It's more of a lunge, with elbows out.

 

Oh man. Time to break out some old theater tips. >

One thing to take some confidence in is all men [and women, and other] walk differently. Everyone has a sort of character to their walk, which is influenced by all sorts of things. Some people with perfectly good legs can have a hitch in their giddy up, and will lean to one side or the other, and they'd never notice it!

One way to practice a good masculine walk is to over do it, majorly. Everything these other fine people have said sums up the idea of masculine traits so I won't repeat 'em. So consider those things, and practice walking doing those things, but overboard. You'll feel a bit insane but it will be fun and it will help. As you start to feel how your body moves when you go overboard, slowly bring it down a peg, and another, until you feel like you've almost stopped doing all the things you had been. You'll find they're becoming much more subtle and natural, and it will be less of a physical walk and more of a feeling of walking strong and masc. And if you consciously do this long enough, you'll find you do it without thinking about it eventually.

Good luck Sebby

 

This might possibly be an odd method, but apparently one of the reasons cisguys have a wider gait is to avoid squishing their balls, so. To emulate that, maybe try sticking a sock between your legs (kind of like a packer, but lower), so your thighs don't naturally come together as much?