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Why do we wear Barefoot Shoes?
I find that I spend a lot of time talking to people about how to barefoot run. But I bumped into a friend over the weekend who asked me the question “why should I wear barefoot shoes?” It made me … Continue reading →
Posted in Barefoot technique, Forefoot striking, Heel striking, Injury
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Tagged injury, shoes
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Is Heel Striking a UK/US Phenomena ?
I was lucky enough to spend last weekend in Madrid with my wife. On two occasions we went running in the Parque Del Retiro. Half the fun of this was being with the large number of Spaniards out running at the same … Continue reading →
Posted in Barefoot technique, Forefoot striking, Heel striking
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Tagged forefoot strike, heel strike
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Top 4 faults of new forefoot barefoot runners
I recently attended Lee Saxby’s Barefoot Running Coaching course for 5 days. I passed the exam and now needed to build a body video case studies showing runners who had been successfully trained in Lee’s recommended skills and techniques. I … Continue reading →
Purist barefoot shoes versus transitional minimalist shoes
Its been a good six months since we started selling barefoot shoes and it has surprised me how quickly things have moved on. When I first met sales representatives from the shoe companies they were quite cautious about the rate … Continue reading →
Is heel striking to barefoot running a gradual journey ?
It seems to me that there are two schools of thinking emerging. One school says that you should stop heel striking and go straight to full-on barefoot running with a pair of minimalist shoes with no heel elevation. The alternative … Continue reading →
Runners World Article on Minimalist Running Shoes
I picked up the April issue of Runners World and was intrigued by a six page article on “minimalist running shoes”. My first reaction to the article was that any publicity that raises awareness of barefoot running and forefoot striking … Continue reading →
Does the term “barefoot” scare off potential forefoot runners ?
I have been thinking about all those people I saw running the Brighton Half Marathon who were forefoot striking in shoes with massively cushioned elevated heels that were designed of heel striking. It seems to me that they could only … Continue reading →
Is heel striking dying in a quiet revolution ?
Conventional running has for many years been based upon the idea of heel striking. A whole shoe industry has evolved since the mid 1970s making shoes that have substantial heel cushioning to make it possible to heel strike without harming … Continue reading →
Why is it better to forefoot strike ?
Evolution created you with a foot that is one of the most mechanically sophisticated parts of your body. You have a total of 52 bones in your two feet. That is 25% of all the bones in your body. So … Continue reading →
Posted in Barefoot technique, Heel striking
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Tagged bones, cushioning, forefoot, suspension
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So when did humans start heel striking ?
Whether you know the answer to this depends on how old you are. If you are relatively young then you may assume we have been running like this for ever. The truth is that from the arrival of human being … Continue reading →
Posted in Barefoot technique, Heel striking, Shoe design
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Tagged cushioning, heel strike, nike
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