Nike setting sights on a green future

Nike looking to future, working towards clean & green business practices.  MORE

Barefoot Racing or Almost Barefoot Racing Gaining Traction in Running World

CONCORD, Mass. — Vibram®, the worldwide leader in high performance soles based in Concord, Mass., who sponsored Barefoot Ted today in the marathon announced his finishing time of 3:20:16. Ted MacDonald a.k.a. Barefoot Ted, a six-time barefoot marathoner, wore Vibram’s FiveFingers™, unique glove-styled shoes that offer the health benefits of going barefoot with the grip [...]

The Barefoot Route

The Barefoot Route by Zoie Clift Original Here Some runners prefer to return to the basics of human locomotion. “The human foot is a work of art and a masterpiece of engineering.”—Leonardo Da Vinci Though it could have happened, running barefoot did not disappear with the advent of the running shoe. A subculture of runners [...]

Barefoot Running – by Michael Warburton

Barefoot Running Michael Warburton See the original Gateway Physiotherapy, Capalaba, Queensland, Australia 4157.  Sportscience 5(3), sportsci.org/jour/0103/mw.htm, 2001 (2564 words) Reviewers: Caroline Burge, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Brisbane 4006, Australia; Larry M Feinman, Mountain Chiropractic, Lafayette, Colorado 80026, USA; Ian Shrier, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, SMBD-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec H3T [...]

A thorn in Nike’s side

see the original DANIEL McCABE | Steve Robbins is the researcher Nike loves to hate. The feeling is pretty much mutual. Robbins, an adjunct professor in the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, has published studies indicating that high-priced running shoes account for 123 per cent more foot injuries than cheaper sneakers. He also aims [...]

Kick Off Your Shoes and Run Awhile

Kick Off Your Shoes and Run Awhile By CHRISTOPHER McDOUGALL Published: June 23, 2005 – See original article UNTIL he met a reclusive tribe of near-mythical athletes at the bottom of a Mexican canyon, Micah True could never figure out why his running injuries got worse as his running shoes got better. Then, the Tarahumara [...]

A Little bit about LivingBarefoot.info

Welcome, we are glad you are here! This website, including our forums, is our gift back to the barefoot community. It has been with the help of the barefoot community and it’s various websites that we have been able to gain the knowledge I needed to be comfortable, and now an advocate for those who [...]

Vibram Fivefingers review – Sprint

So, I may have fallen prey to brilliant marketing, but I went out and got a pair of the Vibram Five Fingers Sprints. I wore them out and about all day today, and then took them up to the gym and the thrill mill for a little road test. More

Barefoot Running Study

Running barefoot is associated with a substantially lower prevalence of acute injuries of the ankle and chronic injuries of the lower leg in developing countries, but well-designed studies of the effects of barefoot and shod running on injury are lacking. Laboratory studies show that the energy cost of running is reduced by about 4% when the feet are not shod. In spite of these apparent benefits, barefoot running is rare in competition, and there are no published controlled trials of the effects of running barefoot on simulated or real competitive performance.

There is no evidence that modern running shoes either prevent injuries or improve performance

Is the modern distance running shoe evidence based? A scientific mind should challenge my statement that there is no evidence that modern running shoes either prevent injuries or improve performance. To fail to do so merely replaces one unfounded dogmatic belief with yet another. How then can I back up my claim there there is [...]

Dynamic Flexibility Stretches For Runners

Dynamic Flexibility Stretches For Runners Dynamic warm up drills and exercises are active functional exercises in which you move your limbs through their full, natural and functional range of motion. You are not forcing your range of motions outside of what is required to perform your chosen sport of running. These are beginning level dynamic drills. [...]

Static Flexibility Stretches for Runners

Static Flexibility Stretches for Runners Static stretches are the most commonly performed stretches. When doing these stretches you assume the specific stretch position and hold it for about 20 to 30 seconds. You should stretch only until you feel a slight pull on your muscle. Never stretch to the point of pain and never bounce [...]

A Case for Bare Feet

A Case for Bare Feet Paul J. Lucas*, Michael M. Berrow, Richard K. Frazine, and Robert A. Neinast This paper describes barefooters: responsible people from all walks of life who greatly enjoy going barefoot as a lifestyle choice because of the pleasure it offers. Read the full article here: http://www.barefooters.org/key-works/case_for/3.health.html#3.4

Going Bare – The Case for Running Barefoot

Going Bare The Case for Running Barefoot By Pete Pfitzinger, M.S. As featured in the July August 2002 issue of Running Times Magazine Running shoes are wonderful things. They protect your feet from nails and broken glass, allow you to run on concrete, and are particularly useful on ice and snow. Running shoes also, however, [...]

Is it better to run barefoot?

There are more than 30 million adult runners in the United States—plenty of active feet to fuel a $18.1 billion a year athletic shoe industry, according to the NDP Group, a global provider of consumer-industry information. Among the thundering hordes, however, a small but growing number are foregoing shoes altogether, following in the footsteps of [...]

ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR AND RUNNING INJURIES

ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR AND RUNNING INJURIES The original cane be found here Essay on the harmful effects of modern running shoes. (  Written a number of years ago, this piece was published in part in the German ultra magazine Spiridon.) PART 1 – INTRODUCTION   AND  HISTORY Look, if anyone displayed brand-loyalty, it was me.  I LOVED [...]

You Walk Wrong

It took 4 million years of evolution to perfect the human foot. But we’re wrecking it with every step we take.

A Case for Bare Feet

A Case for Bare Feet Paul J. Lucas*, Michael M. Berrow, Richard K. Frazine, and Robert A. Neinast See original Here Summary This paper describes barefooters: responsible people from all walks of life who greatly enjoy going barefoot as a lifestyle choice because of the pleasure it offers.  Despite the fact that there are no [...]

Vibram Fivefingers – Almost Barefoot

Vibram Fivefingers – Almost Barefoot

These innovative new sandals re-create the sensation of going barefoot without the risk of stepping on something sharp. Perfect for anything from kayaking to

5 Tragic Running Techniques, Thanks to Shoes

It amazes me how dramatically running shoes alter, err… break, something as primitive and hard-wired within us as running.

5 Tips to Start Barefooting

Original Here The fact of the matter is YOU too can run, hike, dance, walk (even mosey if the mood were to strike) barefoot! Now, I’m not a trainer nor an MD, listen to your body and go slow, that’s the key. But if you’re ready to get started then read on. Here are 5 [...]

Why Shoes Make “Normal” Gait Impossible

Why Shoes Make “Normal” Gait Impossible How flaws in footwear affect this complex human function. By William A. Rossi, D.P.M. Dr. Rossi, a frequent contributor to this magazine, serves as a consultant for the footwear industry, and resides in Marshfield, MA. Each year, consumers spend hundreds of millions of dollars for “walking shoes” promising to [...]

Your Arch of Triumph

Original Here Low/flat arches, high arches, normal/neutral arches. You’ve heard these terms, and like many, probably look to athletic shoes manufacturers (and running magazines) to point you in the right direction. To cure the handicap you seemingly poses. But do you? I personally have somewhat low/flat arches. Yet, I’ve been running injury free for nearly [...]

How going barefoot improves health

How going barefoot improves health Ensuring healthy development of the feet during childhood:The flat feet of little children have to form the proper arches on growing up. This is greatly assisted by going barefoot, which helps to avoid flat feet an other deformities with all their life-long consequences: mainly damage of the back, the knees [...]

37 things to say when spotted barefoot

When walking or running barefoot you’ll often have curious folks ask why you’re unshod. Here are 37 light hearted responses you can try next time. Enjoy! You’re barefoot! 1) You’re not! 2) You’re observant! 3) You’re right! 4) Thanks for the tip. 5) No shit, Sherlock. Why aren’t you wearing shoes? 6) Don’t like ‘em. [...]