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VIVOBAREFOOT, hang your head in shame

A recent study in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise compared the injury rates between forefoot strikers and rearfoot strikers showed that there was a higher injury rate in the rearfoot striking group. Continue reading

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Why I have comments turned off

I have the comments turned off on this blog for a number of reasons. Mainly because I have no desire or energy to engage in discussion with the barefoot running community. They have already proved how irrational and nonsensical they are in previous discussions; how they totally misrepresent and misquote research ; and how they are totally incapable of addressing the actual issues that get raised Continue reading

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“All the proof you need”

I got an interesting email from someone who I assume is a barefoot runner. The email simply said “ this is all the proof you need ” and it included a link to this . This link is a reproduction of the press release from the Kerrigan et al study , which I described as: This will have to go down as an all time classic to show just how intellectually challenged the barefoot running movement is Continue reading

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Stress Fractures in the Vibram FiveFinger’s ‘Barefoot’ Shoe

I was being somewhat facetious in my 2+2=5 logic to show that barefoot runners get more stress fractures . As the barefoot running community tend to apply that logic to so much they claim, my point was why can’t I ? Now we have more and more reports surfacing of metatarsal stress fractures occurring in the Vibram Five Fingers , so it appears that my 2+2=5 logic may not have been far off the mark Continue reading

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The Advertising on this Site

This is a good one. I get a lot of emails (hate mail) and they all have one thing in common: They all prove what I am saying is right! None of them actually address the issues I raise and just take pot shots at me and do things such as attack my anonymity and call the site a joke ( glad I can amuse you, but I would have thought that this barefoot nutter is a bigger joke ). Continue reading

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Barefoot and saving gas!

This is too good an opportunity to pass up. If anyone ever wanted evidence as to just how nutty these people really are. Continue reading

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Plantar fasciitis and barefoot running

What is the relationship between barefoot running and plantar fasciitis? In the research by Liebermann et al published in Nature , in the discussion they made the somewhat remarkable claim that: “Furthermore, many running shoes have arch supports and stiffened soles that may lead to weaker foot muscles, reducing arch strength. This weakness contributes to excessive pronation and places greater demands on the plantar fascia, which may cause plantar fasciitis.” As their research results was not about this, you would expect them to cite a reference to back up that claim Continue reading

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