Christopher McDougall And Bare Feet Running

I just recently came across and article on the new york times articles website that talks about bare feet running and the secret to it. This is not something new but isn't really worked on by as many athletes that run on a consistent basis as there probably should be. I don't think it is because they just don't want to, I think it's because most people just don't really know how bad modern day running shoes are on our feet.

Bare Feet Running Shoes

As you've probably already read up on if you've come to my blog is that bare feet running shoes are one of those things that are becoming more and more relevant as running footwear from vibram five fingers to one of my favorite brand of running shoes vivobarefoot. They suprisingly do not offer much arch support and here is the reasoning. For a foot to become stronger, you must have stronger archers and in not having that support, allows your feet to strengthen in this area. By having stronger arches, you will inevitably have stronger leg structure. When someone choose to put a lot of cushion in the middle of their arches it atrophies the muscle and therefore weakens the foot which can cause more leg and foot injuries.

Bare Feet Running Technique

Finally, I want to share with you guys a resource which I found useful in starting your bare feet running technique with Christopher McDougall, the writer of Born to Run. I've went ahead and posted the video below for your viewing pleasure, enjoy!

Running in Bare Feet Running Shoes - The trendless

image via Allen Chiu

It's no surprise to me that people are now starting to turn towards a more natural way of running when for so long people have been fooled into believe that pain and running go hand in hand. This by the way is not true, and can be negated through good training (which is actually re-training the way we run.) It has come from what is now known as either Chi running or what vivo barefoot is now teaching their very valuable enthusiasts through Lee Saxby who has spent the better part of 20 years studying biomechanics, nutrition, athletic training, evolutionary biology and functional medicine. Vivo barefoot now has a more innovative way of training individuals how to run the correct way (and there is a correct way otherwise we wouldn't have as many injuries when we run.)

The bare feet running shoes are important

I mean it when I say that the shoes are important. It isn't about how much cushion goes under your foot to dull the "impact" of the foot, in fact its quite the opposite. Its distributing the impact across the whole body rather than just your feet when you're running. For this to happen you have to fall more on a forefoot/midstrike rather than the heel strike which puts all of the impact on your legs, which I'm sure for many have seen from experience causes a lot of problems when you start running longer distances. Now I'm no expert but I am very mindful of my strides to know that the forefoot midstrike has gotten me through some pretty unforgiving terrain and has allowed my feet to recover quicker, made me stronger as a running individual, and has straightened out my bodies posture all on its own.

I could not of done this without my bare feet running shoes though. Right now I'm currently running on a bare minimum, which are called a Harauche running sandal which I customly made from materials gathered through Invisible Shoe. I am however waiting on a new pair of vivo barefoots sweet line of bare feet running shoes called the Ultimate in the mail which I can't wait to give a review for.

So why bare feet running shoes?

The answer is simple, less cushion, leads to more mindful strides. The more mindful the stride, the more you pay attention to your body. The arches of our feet are meant to be our support, not cushion under our arches. Look at the cushion being more like a cast in which goes around a broken arm. It prevents movement and therefore atrophies the muscles and bones. Well the same thing is true with the cushioning and surrounding that most shoes provide. You take that away and you force your feet to strengthen themselves back up. However, there is nothing saying that this process isn't going to leave your feet feeling immediately better. Just like any type of rehabilitation practice, it takes time to strengthen the muscles in your feet. So take it slow and recover your feets' strength with a nice pair of bare feet running shoes.

Bare Feet Running Storefront

Today, I got the news I really wanted through an e-mail. Thanks to Olan Rogers I was able to find out what his storefront was made from as one of my goals for this blog is to get my readers quality bare feet running shoes at reasonable prices. In order to do that I needed to find something that was going to be quick and easy to maintain. Alas, I believe I've found it and through big cartels creative storefronts I was able to achieve just that.

What does that mean for the blog?

This means that my barefoot philosopher storefront is in the process of being structured from the ground up and will continue to take shape as I get more viewers. My hope is that I'll be able to eventually be able to cut the ties with my old shoe store on eBay and to solemnly supply you guys with quality bare feet running shoes. You can also find my storefront on the top menu where there will continue to be an adding more and more goodies to the bare foot philsophy.

Interested in Selling Me Bare Feet Running Shoes?

I'm interested in carrying your product in my storefront! Please contact me here where I'll be able to answer all of your questions personally in regards to carrying stock or taking stock off your hands. There is only one restriction and that is that the shoes must be deemed bare feet running shoe worthy. If you would even like to send a pair over for me to review please feel free to contact me as well.

From Desk Geek to Bare Feet Running Shoes Enthusiast

            Today is a post on where I came from and what gave me the motivation to become a bare feet running shoes kind of guy. To give you some background on who I am, is that not only am I a computer geek that loves his share of video games, but I'm just head over heels over various philosophies that practicably can be applied to my life. It isn't enough for me to just be healthy physically, because what is physical health when it comes to inward health. So me in a nutshell is that I spend a lot of time at my computer desk, either studying philosophy, playing video games and in my other times I go out with good company and enjoy nights out. My story may be very similar to a lot of other bare feet running junkies as the common question of wanting to feel that utter freedom of self-contentment and it may be something that may be coming up from the depths of your noggins as well.
            I will say this though, is that I went from 165lbs and over the course of a year and half of living behind the desk as a desk geek (and having a girlfriend) I exceed my goal weight of 175lbs. I totally passed it up and hit 185lbs. It was shocking to me that it could happen in such a flash. It turns out my general health was being neglected both physically and mentally. This is where I turned to bare feet running to help me pick myself back up. See, being a computer desk geek doesn't mean that you have to be unhealthy (the misconception of us geeks is that we are fat slobs, and that just isn't true right guys?!)

Vivobarefoot - Dharma Bare Feet Running Shoes

Some of the most comfortable bare feet running shoes that I have ever run in. The ones I'm reviewing is a very successful model that have been sold year after year by an up and running and quickly becoming a very popular bare feet shoe company called vivobarefoot. From the link you can actually grab a pair of these for $120.00. I actually came across these after seeing a video by Tim Ferris where he was wearing a pair of them, so i checked them out. I immediately fell in love with their beautiful bare feet running shoes and decided to make the leap and buy a pair for myself.

The first thing that I noticed was that I made the right choice with the canvas version of this model as I'm very preferential to canvas over leather. They are a very aesthetically pleasing bare feet running shoe and have a beautiful design for the sole of the shoe with latex rubber. This is what sells anything, is that image of being able to pull it off in public which is why I loved these so much.