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A Little bit about LivingBarefoot.info

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]

Barefoot Running Study

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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.

Going Bare – The Case for Running Barefoot

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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?

By Al Gauthier ⋅ January 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

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 [...]