Metric glossary
Knee yield
How much extra your knee bends after landing, a measure of how your leg works like a spring.
- Pods needed
- Thigh and shin pods on the same leg
- Usual confidence
- Medium what this means
What it is
Knee yield is the deepest knee bend while your foot is on the ground minus the knee bend at the moment of landing, in degrees. It shows how much your leg "gives" to take the load, like a spring compressing.
Example: knee at landing 20°, deepest bend 42° → yield 22°.
How we measure it
From the same thigh and shin pods used for knee bend at landing and knee absorbing the landing. Because it is a difference of two angles in the same stride, it does not depend on the standing pose. That is why you can still see it when you skipped the 3-second stand-still.
Typical range
There is no "good" or "watch" band. Knee yield is a detail number and is not used for advice yet. Many runners are around 15–30°.
How sure we are
Medium. See how confidence works.
What you can try
Nothing on its own. If your knee bend while loaded is outside the typical range, use the tips on knee absorbing the landing.
Good to know
Watch your own number over time on similar runs rather than comparing with other people.
Updated 1 November 2026.
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