The Real Science of Barefoot and Minimalist Running
The Real Science of Sport Podcast
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Barefoot
The consumer is buying into the barefoot craze because they are being promised that they will run better and lose less injuries. The mechanism was loading rate, but there were five other factors involved as well. When you look at shoes, wearing shoes and heel striking produces the same ground reaction forces and loading rates as being barefoot or heel striking. It's protective in a way that McDougall and Leemem and we're never ever going to get it.
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