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These Shoes Are Killing Me! (Ep. 296 Rebroadcast)

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We were born with nerve censers that do what we call proprioception. When your foot hits the ground, it has to register at your brain a certain position. The problem is, when you get these big, thick, clodhopper shoes, what ends op happening as you lose that. So there's a lot of a sensitivity that's lost by going to these more sp o shoes. That's really why the minimalist shoe industry came about.

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