Barefoot is Better: Get Rid of Your Running Shoes

October 1, 2009

What? Get rid of my athletic shoes? But how will I protect my fragile feet from pain and injury? Easy – by realizing the idea that we “need” shoes to keep our feet safe and avoid injury while working out is a mythology foisted upon us by the marketing executives of athletic shoe companies. It’s a mythology that has become Conventional Wisdom; “everyone knows” that shoes protect us from sprained ankles, joint problems, and the impact of running. Bare feet are outlawed in gyms, and the first bit of advice a fledgling runner gets is “Spend the money for a good pair of running shoes.”
The entire concept rests on the assumption that humans are inherently flawed, that somewhere along the way evolution got it wrong and gave us feet that aren’t built to withstand exercise. Shoe companies have gotten rich exploiting this, and even orthopedists have joined in. I […]

Original post by mark@marksdailyapple.com (Mark Sisson)

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