The Living Barefoot Show Episode 10 Released

February 26th, 2010 Episode 10
The Living Barefoot Show interviews Alan Thwaits. Don’t miss this informative and delightful interview. A reflexologist by training, Alan tells us about the health benefits of reflexology and about his personal beliefs.  Alan tells us about the injury that lead him to try barefooting and how he eventually incorporated barefoot running [...]

Barefoot Running | Christopher McDougall

By Christopher McDougall
Barefoot Running | Parade.com: “Every year, countless Americans stop exercising–or don’t even start–due to leg and foot pain. In response, athletic-shoe companies have poured millions of dollars into new cushioning, arch support, and shock absorbers. But despite this technological firepower, as many as six out of 10 runners are estimated to get injured [...]

Why Barefoot?

Why Barefoot?
Because being barefoot is healthy for you! Because being barefoot can feel great! Because being barefoot is how our bodies were designed!

Have you ever stopped to think about why we need so much support and protection? The answer is that we don’t. The answer is that the more we wear shoes, the more we [...]

A different approach to the sport of running | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/11/2009

A different approach to the sport of running | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/11/2009: “A different approach to the sport of running
The Wow! moment came when Chris McDougall raised his left leg and displayed the bottom of his bare foot. It was smooth, with no calluses or blisters.
The members of the girls’ cross-country team at Lower [...]

The bare facts on shoeless running

The bare facts on shoeless running: “The bare facts on shoeless running
Barefoot running is the oldest activity known to man, but we know less about it now than ever.
Running coaches, doctors, and scientists all offer up opinions as to who might benefit from or be harmed by barefoot running, but they are all anecdotal. Everyone [...]

Natural running & healthy living

barefootrunner.com : natural running & healthy living » Lead Story » Do Running Shoes Cause Injuries?: “Do Running Shoes Cause Injuries?
By David • Mar 16th, 2009 • Category: Lead Story • ShareThis
Original post on RailRiders.com/blog. Republished with author’s permission.
A very insightful post that captures the history and future of running footwear. Hope you like it. [...]

CNN Interviews Christopher McDougall about his best selling book, Born to Run

What the Video has Christopher McDougall shows a CNN reporter how to run barefoot.

Vibram FiveFingers KSO Trek Unboxing

Justin Owings from BirthdayShoes.com has received his pair of Vibram FiveFingers KSO Treks and shares with us his unboxing of these exciting new additions to the FiveFinger lineup.

Justin’s site is dedicated to Vibram FiveFingers.  See his original post here: http://birthdayshoes.com/index.php/vibram-fivefingers-kso-trek-unboxed-first-look
Stay tuned for a full review of the KSO Treks.

The painful truth about trainers: Are running shoes a waste of money?

Thrust enhancers, roll bars, microchips…the $20 billion running – shoe industry wants us to believe that the latest technologies will cushion every stride. Yet in this extract from his controversial new book, Christopher McDougall claims that injury rates for runners are actually on the rise, that everything we’ve been told about running shoes is wrong [...]

Feet First — One step at a time

Stepping in the mud and muck, grass and gravel, has these nature enthusiasts extolling the virtues of going shoeless

By Kasha Stoll
The Capital-JournalWhen a group of 13 barefoot hikers got bottlenecked at a muddy pass on the Emporia State University nature trail recently, Linda Jones reminded them why they were there.
“Just trek on through,” she hollered [...]