I'm barefoot since 2003. Results: growth of both calves far beyond what I got doing sports shod, my calves started developing muscle belts I didn't know. . Blood flow improves dramatically: no more cold feet. Muscles under the sole gain tone and cushion your bones from sharp rocks while the skin becomes so tough you can literally walk on broken glass without getting one splinter. Balance also improves and toes begin spreading apart. Injuries: can happen. But so far I only got a couple cuts and only while being very tired. Conclusion: it is not for everybody but definitely brings in a lot of benefits. It is a personal choice but not as crazy as people believes today but that's just because people today is ever more weak, scared, conformist and dependent from artificial stuff. p.s you will be able to pick stuff from the ground with your toes ;)
Pippo Spano sono senza scarpe per parecchi anni adesso e sto provando gli stessi benefici. Si deve solo far attenzione a non calpestare delle talpe morte.
Thanks for your input. I'm about to embark on a barefoot trail running future. Being a 'tenderfoot' atm, at least I have been running in fairly minimal shoes, including Vivo Barefoots so hope it won't be too painful. I guess the trick is to transition carefully so as not to create issues around the Achilles region. Cheers from Oz - Dave
@@mateuszkrytyk5711 Try LEMS dress shoes and VIVOBAREFOOT dress shoes. I would never go back to regular shoes that hurt my feet, knees, legs, & back. Look into these two footwear companies. If your company you work for doesn't like you footwear maybe you should find a better job. You're wasting your talents now for a company that probably doesn't appreciate you. Feet first 👣♥️
Once had to find my step dad in the smoky mountains during a storm. Help was taking too long so told my sister to stay and wait while I took off to where I felt was right & found him. No way I could’ve run with my shoes with out slipping in the storm so I took them off and ran my heart out through the mountain terrain. Found him🙏🏽
“Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer. If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.” ― C.S. Lewis
leonjohnstone that's a great quote from one of my favorite authors and very apt! (even though in context he was talking about man's move away from God, which this video sadly demonstrates with all the talk about evolution instead of recognising God as creator of mankind including of course the design of the foot).
@@christianlangfield9303 Before you can prove 'design' first you must prove the existence of a designer. As yet, no-one has done so. And until someone does, I'd rather ask questions to which I don't know the answer than believe I have all the answers so I can avoid the questions.
@@space.youtube Isn't something made putting energy in it? We can prove the designer of all life on earth was made direct or indirect from the sun. So above this level the sun is our god. People that find out and become enlightened once they fall in love with the sun and doing go(o)d becomes ever more easy, because now they know what go(o)d is and how it is inside all life.
I agree with the concept, but part of me thinks this is just a marketing ploy for Vivo to sell $180 shoes. If their shoes are so "minimalist" why are they so pricy?
Its because the materials used and how they are sourced as well as produced. They pay everyone a fair wage and source natural or environmentally friendly materials.
skylar.parent good answer, I've come to the same conclusion. At first I was a bit galled having to pay a premium for 'less' shoe but like you say they're made from good quality materials, well made and ethically sourced etc. Also most manufacturers make unnatural footwear (more about fashion than function) so good quality natural footwear has become a niche product unfortunately that isn't as popular. Lower demand causes higher prices.
@@christianlangfield9303 yeah the more niche part totally gapped my mind! Thank you, I wondered for years as well but have come to accept it as a good thing!
Imagine if this was played on netflicks or sky or normal TV ! I'm so glad this video has been made! It's fantastic. Barefoot shoes are the future of shoes
karlaadams I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Only controversial thing about this video is that it's made by the shoe company that makes barefootshoes. It's marketing video. But I can see some truth in that barefoot has been the way to go for ages.
There are no shortage of books on the subject ,by mc dougal and Lieberman ,the latter has a in dept documentary ,the former has the "Born to run" book and documentary.McDougal is very entertaining ,and Lieberman a bit more of the science behind barefoot
Yes! I would love to see an in-depth documentary on this topic too! And read more about it. I gave up on footwear and have been completely barefoot for the past month. My feet have only felt better. Not wearing footwear is like a weight lifted off me.
Lol that's so stupid, the best marathon runners in the world don't eat McDonald's everyday, but you can bet your ass they wear cushioned Nike/Adidas shoes and that if any other kind of shoe would be superior, they would wear that instead. There is no revolution to be had here, sure minimalist shoes have a place and I wear them for trail running but for asphalt I'll take my Nikes every day of the week. You people just love the symbolism of being "connected to the ground", it's whacky and superficial
As a martial artist, I am barefoot for two reasons: 1) in order to not slip away. 2) because I do more with my feet than walk or run - I choke, grab, hook and kick with them. Those are all komplex movements which shoes would restrict, even your fancy expensive minimalist vivobarefoot shoes. Of course, boxers wear shoes. In their case, it is mostly for ankle stability as they do not need their feet for complex movements. Upon inspecting boxing shoes, one will notice that they lack cushioning. The reason being is that cushioning absorbs any power of your legs pushing off of the ground leading to less punching power. And that is another reason why martial artists do not wear shoes, or shoes without cushioning.
I must say that what is said in the video is a lot true for me. The fact that I personally rely on the sensory messages that my feet send to me is 100% true. I've been doing taekwondo for 15 years now. We kick a lot, so footwork is a major thing and we are most of the time on one foot or jumping back and forth from one foot to the other, and it's true that I find myself deciding the next move also on what my feet tell me. For example, barefooted I feel if I'm on a slippery part of the mat, or if I'm just not in the condition of having enough traction or balance for an elaborate next move, so I can stick to something easy and get myself back in a favorable situation. I notice that when I train with shoes, even those created for martial arts, this just doesn't work. I've even seen boys and girls failing in competitions (where we are absolutely not allowed to wear shoes or anything) because they where actually aware of how the surface was. They just told me that they didn't felt stable enough to act, so they didn't. Training with shoes isolates your feet from the ground, so you do your move without knowing your condition 100%. You just act, and if you fall, it's ok. But you were not afraid of making that move firstly because you couldn't see the whole pic. But barefoot you might have felt that you didn't have stability, and you would have thought twice before making that particular movement. I believe wearing shoes in martial arts is like being blind. You can get the idea of what's going on, but you miss one piece of information. And when you take the shoes of for the first time, you get submerged by information that you do not know how to elaborate. You feel overwhelmed, and you don't act out of fear of your own sensations.
@P J I remember taking a martial arts master on a simple recreational hike up Mt. Charleston near Las Vegas. He had to be basically carried down. We were mostly young Marines on liberty with a couple old salts with us as well. Cushioning and excess rise in combat boots is still a bad idea from the git-go. I don't know if people realize that combat boots have only had cushioning for less than 25 years. I would hate to be dealing with the School of Infantry injuries these days. It was bad enough 21 years ago when I served there.
I've been wearing Barefoot shoes for a little over a year now, and honestly, it has been such a relief. I know I have been slacking on my foot conditioning exercises, but just simply changing my footwear has helped me with my "flat feet" and shin splints. I always try and tell people their shoes are damaging their health and are unnatural, but I just get looked at like a crazy person LOL. Watching this mini-documentary makes me feel so pumped up and excited I cannot explain it. Thank you Vivo for brining this to the masses and really excelling in this relatively new market and leading the way in this "movement" (pardon the pun)
captainciz I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
@@Xachremos okay. BTW xachremos, what do you think about all gubments drawing a line around you and saying you are not allowed to leave?(Antarctic Treaty) If you don't know what I mean, read my about tab.
I started to wear barefoot shoes about a year ago and they are amazing! I have flat arches and used to get foot and back pain, and since swapping my shoes I haven't been bothered with this pain at all!!!!!!
I went barefoot over two years ago after years and years of torture and discomfort. Shoes (and socks) are like vices; they not only limit the movement of your foot, but also restrict the natural sensorics and balance. For most of my life, I was suffering from a range of issues because I was wearing or was made to wear unhealthy shoes. There were lots of blisters, raw skin between the toes, inflammations in the heel or in the arch. My toes started to disfigure because they were squeezed into unforgivingly hard, restrictive, and uncomfortable confinements. Indeed, it has taken me a long time to realise what I was doing to my feet, even though I should have known much better. Today, I can say that my feet witnessed a tremendous transformation from being sick and restraint to being strong and healthy. Alone the sensation of feeling the ground under your feet and to connect with nature is simply overwhelming. In addition, it is fair to say that my legs have gotten stronger while my posture and balance improved beyond recognition. Also, I can only agree with what was said in the video, namely that children hate wearing shoes. Indeed, it was the most traumatic experience in my childhood when I was made to walk in shoes which were too big. That was nothing else than a pure moneysaving exercise because kids grow quickly; hence, forcing their tiny feet into bigger shoes saves money because the feet have time to grow into the shoe. Well, that was the logic behind that ordeal. Conclusively I can honestly say that wearing shoes kills your feet. Always make sure you wear shoes that allow your feet to move and breath; don't wear them when they clamp or cause discomfort (not being flexible, to tight, not breathable). There is no need for sweaty or sore feet, for corns, or fungus. Be kind to yourself.
Maybe this is advertising, but it is true. After walking 55 years with all kind of „normal“ shoes, I have deleveloped all kind of problems…now Im running completely barefoot or with occasional barefoot shoes….my feet feel so alive and good. It takes some time but it is worth it.
As a martial artist, I must say that what is said in the video is a lot true for me. The fact that I personally rely on the sensory messages that my feet send to me is 100% true. I've been doing taekwondo for 15 years now. We kick a lot, so footwork is a major thing and we are most of the time on one foot or jumping back and forth from one foot to the other, and it's true that I find myself deciding the next move also on what my feet tell me. For example, barefooted I feel if I'm on a slippery part of the mat, or if I'm just not in the condition of having enough traction or balance for an elaborate next move, so I can stick to something easy and get myself back in a favorable situation. I notice that when I train with shoes, even those created for martial arts, this just doesn't work. I've even seen boys and girls failing in competitions (where we are absolutely not allowed to wear shoes or anything) because they where actually aware of how the surface was. They just told me that they didn't felt stable enough to act, so they didn't. Training with shoes isolates your feet from the ground, so you do your move without knowing your condition 100%. You just act, and if you fall, it's ok. But you were not afraid of making that move firstly because you couldn't see the whole pic. But barefoot you might have felt that you didn't have stability, and you would have thought twice before making that particular movement. I believe wearing shoes in martial arts is like being blind. You can get the idea of what's going on, but you miss one piece of information. And when you take the shoes of for the first time, you get submerged by information that you do not know how to elaborate. You feel overwhelmed, and you don't act out of fear of your own sensations.
I've just started on my barefoot transition. Yesterday I ran my first 5km in Vibram KSO barefoot footwear, I have run a bit before so it didn't take me too long to work up to that distance. I wasn't pushing myself but it was by far the most comfortable and easy 5km I've ever done! Felt great and was chuffed with time for what appeared to be not much effort in comparison to running in cushioned trainers. Can't wait to keep pushing and seeing the improvements. I'm actually enjoying my running and the feeling of it, you have to give this a go. Remember the technique landing under your hip and on the ball of your foot, you can't go wrong!
The reason minimal shoes are seemingly pricey for what they are is because of economies of scale. A niche product does not sell in large volumes, so the price to produce each shoe is higher for the manufacturer. Costs will go down as these kinds of shoes become more mainstream and production ramps up.
Most of their shoes are a thin rubber sole and a synthetic i.e. plastic upper. I wonder how many cents does one shoe cost for them to make?! BTW J13alls I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Little over 10 years ago I started wearing vibram 5 finger shoes, and I haven't worn regular shoes 👟 ever since. Sometimes I walk barefoot on the street. Feels awesome! PRAISE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!!
It's really INFORMATIVE, which delivers many detailed ideas & modern foot wear history! How mostly all modern shoes (designs) / are always ruining our (otherwise) amazing feet, which many people(>99% of the population) still neglect! I started refraining from running without shoes since 2013, which 9 years' Barefoot Run experience told/still tells me many benefits told in this video. The term of "Shoes Coffins" is the very precise & vivid descriptions about the many DRAWBACKS of Shod Running, but only in two words! Thank you! Thank you! & Thank you!
I've always been barefoot all my life then when I was 11 I changed it up I went the park everyday barefoot only because my sandals had no traction. My bones got stronger. In freshmen year of high school I did track then entire year with just xero shoes hfs everyone made fun of me for it but I'm so glad I did. Man my foot is so muscular and I developed my own cushion my heel always had a little squish then bone. Now I have a lot of squish and it just absorbs rocks better when trail running. Then sophomore year I thought of something. People these days face another problem when running. We always seem to run and get cotton mouth, our spits all tacky gross and dry, and we seem to cough after a run. If humans evolved to run then why do we have this problem? It because humans are actually designed to breath through the nose when running. I've been nose running for a while now it does take some training for your muscles in your chest to get strengthened but. Now I litteraly started running again from not running the entire summer and fall and I was nose breathing. I ran 7 miles that day on trails with elevation. And ran at a speed of 7 to 8 mph and sometimes 2 had to dodge mud and rocks. But it seems from what I did. My body was in sync with its self with out being out of breath. When I ran it felt just like when your chillin on the couch breathing through your nose normally. And I hit the runners high faster. So try nose breathing.
saw a breathing pattern trick to keep the heartrate low when at a light jog as soon as you start to notice your heartrate go up just do 2 fast inhales then a drawn out exhale think this only works during a jog tho
@@cyb3rjake735Check out Andrew Huberman’s channel (The Huberman Lab). He’s real big on this breathing pattern and I believe just published a journal article on it. He drops new podcasts on Mondays and today (2/20/23) he did one on…breathing! Also tune in to his series with Andy Galpin on all things sports performance-related.
I've been wearing barefoot shoes for 2 1/2 years and love them! One of the best decisions I ever made. Before I had poor circulation in my feet until I got vivo barefoot. It's healed and my feet don't get cold anymore also :)
I disliked because they mentioned 4 million years and evolution. BTW ondrejbordovsky I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
THANK YOU from my heart for this!! you reawaken my natural calling to go barefoot. i never wanted shoes with heels. i totaly vibrate with this!! i lived near mountains for 6 months and run barefoot (no shoe) in the woods and run over rocks and did not cut myself at all !! if you do not get afraid, if you mentally focus and being well - you will !! some will not believe but i did it and i believe. i always felt better to run barefoot. now i realised that indeed we have an amazing feet technology by GOD !! did you hear that 26 bones, 33 articulations and 20+ muscles in our feet !! the arch itself is a shock-absorbant & rebound GOD natural technology in our feet. we do not need carbon plate. i started running few months ago and my knees hurt. i bought modern running shoes with 12mm cushion heels. now i am looking at this barefoot videos and i realised i was running in distructive way - heel bash in the ground becausde of heal shoes. I went and grab my old 5 fingers and my running is different !! feels much better. thank you guys for your video !!
We were brainwashed back in the 1970's by Nike showing their running shoes commercials where they would show the running foot in slow motion landing on the heel as a demonstration as to how the human foot was supposed to run. I hate Nike I'll never buy their products again.
That's just absurd. I buy nike clothing because it's good for sports but I wear my barefoot shoes with them. What are you going to do, buy clothes from sports brand that do not sell shoes? You know their shoes would be the same if they ever sold any...
I would prefer them to vanish and the existing minimalist brands take their place. Nike and the others have done so much harm to people, I would not like them to profit off the cure to the harm they caused.
How about no more big brands for your feet, and just be free of the burden.. Granted a little insulation between your soles and the ground is comfortable when it's very cold, but then again at this rate of global warming humanity soon will forget what the 'freezing point' used to mean.
Such great information! Love learning about the feet and have created a program to help my clients strengthen their feet because of all of this. It's amazing how much better their proprioception gets when they begin to work on their feet and the elderly clients I work with are able to balance and begin walking again without a cane. Thank you so much for this information!
@@Tatusiek_1 I am a personal trainer who works with clientele that work on either balance work since they have MS or women with pelvic floor issues. Both groups need to work on strengthening the feet.
I wear XeroShoes! They are amazing I have the regular running shoe version and the sandal. They are minimalist, zero drop shoes!! And they aren’t that expensive at all!
My bare soles are a lot cheaper.. as a matter of fact, they cost nothing for they were given to me at birth and still manage to regrow the part I wear off by walking even after 44 years..
@@carly582 So? I don't grab groceries with my feet, nor do I eat lunch at work using my toes.. They stay planted on the ground, else I fall to my face.. What's the difference between bare feet and a pair of flip flops? ..a quarter of an inch of insulation?
@@dimitri877 hey I'm against shoes, I believe they are unnatural. But it's not allowed to be barefoot at ANY workplace. You make the barefoot and natural foot movement look bad.
I love seeing these types of documentaries/video shorts. I don’t know if you guys have out out more since this one, but every minimal shoe company ought to get the word out there besides the ones in the know enjoying the feel & comfort that comes from what we ought to wearing since childhood. Excellent piece.
I've had trouble with my feet for years. My heel would hurt while walking and I twisted my ankles so often so badly that I was conantly afraid of falling. I could lose my balance and fall by just stepping on a small stone. The result: I was wearing hiking boots year round even in summer. I had braces around my ankles and I had custom made insoles. Did it help? A little. It was very expensive and due to al this things on and around my feet I got a lot of blisters wich made walking even more unpleasent. Since two years I'm using barefoot shoes and it changed so much. No more pain, no more falling and no more blisters. It did hurt in de beginning but after a while all the pain was gone and there was so much comfort.
Would you mind sharing on how to weaned from your orthotics? I feel once I started wearing them, I am now married to them, and may be the cause of foot pain.
@@norakaszuba I would love to know as well. I work in a warehouse and my heel pain has been terrible for the past 2 years. I wear orthotics from the store and it gets pricey since it feels like I have to replace it once every 2-3 weeks.
@@norakaszuba As one who has high arches and work orthotics for years, I can answer for myself. Don't rush the process. Start by wearing them around the house. Once your feet start feeling tired, either take a break or switch back to your normal shoes. As your feet get stronger, you'll be able to wear them longer without your feet getting tired. It took me 4-5 weeks until I was wearing them almost exclusively. By that point, I could hardly stand wearing anything else. I hope this helps!
I have returned to orthotics, and even harder ones with more support. I could not switch because it caused too much pain in my feet, but I do not mind because these new orthotics have helped me. Thank you for your response to me.
@Downtown Nye @DowntownNye, So very nice of you to take the time to respond to me. I am trying to make the transition and I will take your recommendations and give it a try. Sometimes I think the orthotic push by podiatrists is a money making scam that leaves us dependent on them. Thank you for your help and I appreciate it!
Great docu VIVO....nothing better then moving back to our roots with barefoot training! thank you for providing quality footwear that HELPS humans to be better, stronger, and faster!
Before I switched I would get stitches around my torso at least 50% of the time. Running forefoot: never happens. Shins and knees also pain free. Plus it's fun! Running is more like play than a chore. I'm in my 40s but can't wait for the next run because I feel like a kid again.
I switched to "barefoot" shoes in 2012, after wrecking my left knee training for a race in 1998. The injury was so bad, and so sensitive that I hadn't run since '98. I purchased a pair of Vibram FiveFingers, ran 7.5mi that very first day up and down the local 1,200' peak, and 27mi that first week, including long runs along sidewalks and the shoulder of the road. That's not the correct way to transition into barefoot style running, and minimalist shoes, but I was so happy to be able to run again, that I just couldn't dial it back! Here it is, the end of 2020, and I'm not only still running, but I train year round, have run R2R at the Grand Canyon 7 times in 6yrs, run a half every weekend on a loop route that goes up and over 2 of our local 1,200' peaks, and in March, raced a half on a favorite coastal mountain trail. My then 8th grade daughter joined me in wearing the FF's, trained and raced in them through high school, and wound up being the only athlete on her XC or Track teams to never have an injury. I say this often: "Shoes are not a religion. They are a tool. Choose the right tool for the job." We don't always train, adventure run, or race in FF's, because they're not a fast shoe, and on many trails, they simply don't offer enough protection. Other shoes we love: Vivobarefoot, xeroshoe, Nemes, New Balance Minimus V1, Merrell Trail Glove or Vapor Glove. I'm a mechanic and work standing, 9hrs/day, with no breaks, 5 days a week, and another 4-6hrs on Sats. My work shoe is the Vivobarefoot Primus Trail. We post quite a few of our run adventures on my channel.
austinado I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I started running two years ago (52 years old; often cycling on long distances). Started to feel real pain on the knees sides, even when not jogging at all. Stopped after one month. Then, looking at some videos on YT this spring, explaining that jogging with "barefoot kind of" shoes would help to reshape the way I run. So, got a new barefoot pair of shoes, and it seems to work. Calfs sometimes hurts, but it's from fatigue because the pain goes after two or more hours.
Not true. I'm much more comfortable running barefoot on roads and other paved surfaces than even on manicured grass. If you're running properly, you feel almost no impact.
Contrary to the advice dispensed by the experts, I'm finding that my Haglund's deformity, an increasingly common injury among long-time runners, is slowly being cured by barefoot/minimalist running. The experts say runners with Haglund's should run in shoes with raised heels or insert heel lifts into their shoes to take strain off the achilles and its insertion at the back of the heel bone (calcaneus). That would seem to make some intuitive sense. But even the experts don't know exactly what causes Haglund's, i.e, what mechanism causes the bone formation that occurs at the back of the heel. They do know, though, that Haglund's often occurs in women who frequently wear high heels. That's why they often call it "pump bump." So you can infer from that that Haglund's is associated with having the heel elevated in relation to the forefoot, which means you actually DON'T want to run in shoes with elevated heels. In my experience, that actually EXACERBATES the problem in the long run. This much I know for sure: I experience much less heel pain, or even no pain, when I run barefoot as compared with when I run in conventional running shoes, even so-called "low-profile" conventional running shoes. When I MUST wear shoes, I wear the Xeroshoes Prio or Xeroshoes running sandals (and I have NO financial interest in Xeroshoes whatsoever). But it seems that there are now many minimalist shoes that offer the same benefits. So FWIW to my fellow Haglund's sufferers, gradually switch to barefoot/minimalist running and STICK WITH IT for as long as it takes for the back of your heels to remodel. In my experience, that could take MANY MONTHS, but your only other options are a fairly radical surgical procedure (they often have to detach the achilles from the heel bone, shave the heel bone, then reattach the achilles to the heel) or quitting running forever. Why opt for risky surgery or quitting when you can fix the problem with a little patience?
It makes a lot of sense, if you compare both situations a person wearing heels makes a lot of kilometers in them in their lifetime meanwhile a runner does the same with regular running heeled shoes. You also add the stress of those kilometers with the extra force of running. It's baffling how doctors don't see the link.
A lot of medical advice based around anatomy/orthopedic medicine seems to make intuitive sense but in actuality ends up being short sighted pain relief instead of fixing the issue. This does not mean medicine is bad or untrustworthy, it means it's worthy of criticism and we need to understand that doctors don't try to necessarily fix you and turn u into an athletic person. Their main focus is to lift discomfort and pain so most people can do their daily activities without pain. Wich is short sighted but also "good enough" for most people. Doctors attitude would change into something more regenerative focused if people were more demanding of their physical abilities instead of asking for the easy way out.
I used to be one of the top runners in my state. Competed since I was 7 years old. Junior olympics and all that. Before my very last scholastic race senior year of college I fractured my hip. I wore the same model training shoe (I won’t name which line it is) and fractured my hip. Over 4 years later now I still can’t train properly. I blame traditional footwear for the poor running form I suffered from. I am a vehement barefoot and minimalist user now. Don’t try to improve what God has figured out in designing our feet function!
I'm a martial artist too and I must say that what is said in the video is a lot true for me. The fact that I personally rely on the sensory messages that my feet send to me is 100% true. I've been doing taekwondo for 15 years now. We kick a lot, so footwork is a major thing and we are most of the time on one foot or jumping back and forth from one foot to the other, and it's true that I find myself deciding the next move also on what my feet tell me. For example, barefooted I feel if I'm on a slippery part of the mat, or if I'm just not in the condition of having enough traction or balance for an elaborate next move, so I can stick to something easy and get myself back in a favorable situation. I notice that when I train with shoes, even those created for martial arts, this just doesn't work. I've even seen boys and girls failing in competitions (where we are absolutely not allowed to wear shoes or anything) because they where actually aware of how the surface was. They just told me that they didn't felt stable enough to act, so they didn't. Training with shoes isolates your feet from the ground, so you do your move without knowing your condition 100%. You just act, and if you fall, it's ok. But you were not afraid of making that move firstly because you couldn't see the whole pic. But barefoot you might have felt that you didn't have stability, and you would have thought twice before making that particular movement. I believe wearing shoes in martial arts is like being blind. You can get the idea of what's going on, but you miss one piece of information. And when you take the shoes of for the first time, you get submerged by information that you do not know how to elaborate. You feel overwhelmed, and you don't act out of fear of your own sensations.
"Minimal" shoes are not an alternative to going barefoot, the real thing will never be reached by anything else. They are however an alternative to regular shoes when you must wear them for whatever reason (extreme coldness, very dangerous ground or even a business environment that will not tolerate bare feet). Just switching from regular shoes to minimal shoes won't do the trick, to really activate your full potential of tough skin, stronger muscles, improved circulation, better perception and greater awareness, you should walk barefoot whenever possible and generally walk and run a lot. Living a sedate lifestyle won't do it either.
minimalist shoes give the benefits of being barefoot (stronger muscles, better circulation, better perception, etc), they just protect you from a random piece of glass, a rusty nail or a used needle by an addict much better than the toughened skin on your feet.
Wrong, there's big benefits from wearing thin soled, no drop, wide toe box shoes as opposed to modern shoes. I wear flip flops on concrete all day, and I felt everything I'd feel being barefooy
unicpaws I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Amen! Vivibearfoot shoes typically have too narrow toe boxes tho. Y’all can do better, I believe in you. I don’t have qualms with the price. Once it gets mainstream manufacturers will make them at a variety of prices.
I agree. My feet are shaped like SHOES. Why have we come to this. I say we abandon SHOES from now on. SHOESPIRACY IS REAL! 🦶 Thank you for the likes everyone, i know we can stand together on this, and we will stand on pure feet, not those moulded by shoes!
thesadanimations I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I don't get why people criticize the video because it's made from a company.... Who else has the resources and contacts?? It's completely fine in my opinion because it's more of an educational video than an ad! The fact that the documentary is by a shoe company, doesnt change a thing about the truth teached in the video.
4:31 is actually quite a sad video. In Berlin 1936, a Korean young man named Son gi-jung competed in the men's marathon game. However he was not allowed to patch on his nation's flag which was Korea. Instead the imperial police forced him to patch on the Japanese flag on his chest. He won the gold medal but looked really sad on the ceremonial stand...He did however lived until 2002.
jumintschoe I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I am all for barefoot minimal shoes. I own 3 pair of Vivobarefoot and some other barefoot options. But the fact is, we do not walk on soft porous earth full-time any more. Most people go years primarily walking on one hard surface to the next. Concrete, asphalt, hard wood; all extremely hard surfaces compared to a natural environment like a wooded path or beach. I walked through NYC with barefoot shoes and it felt like a metal spatula was whacking my feet on every step. If I was hiking on some more forgiving material, barefoot shoes are perfect. But for every day city / urban dwelling, it just doesn't make sense.
You must be walking incorrectly ,it is no more difficult to walk on hard surfaces than grass if you know what your doing .But its vital that when you start barefoot.walking/ running, is you start slowly,if your feet are hurting something is wrong
@nrpkbrid I don't understand, I just went barefoot for like 2 weeks and it set me up last year. I run across a particular rocky pathway for cars in the park, run on pavement. You must have bitch feet or something
@@kijinseija727 If you run and/or walk every day you develop callouses and "leather." Not sure how the leather works, probably a natural evolution that all humans had at one time; you can get it on your hands if you work hard with them. Miss about three days and your foot softens. Taking hot showers can wear away at the callouses as well, I just take cold or lukewarm ones. If it still hurts look into stride, running movement, foot landing, and back posture. If your back isn't okay your feet will suffer. Also be aware of which surfaces hurt the most and slowly try to acclimate to those specifically. From personal experience, not a professional.
Been barefoot since almost a year now, and never going back. I've got no joint pain, my squats are much heavier and overall, I just feel so much better. And the most bizarre thing, my old shoes feel super tight and very uncomfortable.
Anyone who wants to start true barefoot running, i would recommend what i started with ::: running slow and steady and just 1km every single day. When i felt good, comfortable and my enjoyment and routine was set in stone i upped it to 2km then 3, 4, 5 and further. Your foot muscles, calves, joints and skin all get tougher and resilient over time. Absolutely would recommend 👌
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*Dr Irene Davis* [1:17]: _"Our brains were enlarging and we needed meat…"_ - That's a highly controversial hypothesis. The predominant view today is that it was primary food processing and cooking what made it feasible for human ancestors to meet the energetic requirements of a larger brain. It's worth to note that other carnivorous and omnivorous species don't have proportionally larger brains than the herbivorous ones. The traditional belief that predator species have more highly developed and energy-demanding brains than those of their preys has been debunked. On the other hand, the so called expensive-tissue hypothesis has been often widely misrepresented: _"The human brain stands out among mammals by being unusually large. The expensive-tissue hypothesis explains its evolution by proposing a trade-off between the size of the brain and that of the digestive tract, which is smaller than expected for a primate of our body size. Although this hypothesis is widely accepted, empirical support so far has been equivocal. Here we test it in a sample of 100 mammalian species, including 23 primates, by analysing brain size and organ mass data. We found that, controlling for fat-free body mass, brain size is not negatively correlated with the mass of the digestive tract or any other expensive organ, thus refuting the expensive-tissue hypothesis. Nonetheless, consistent with the existence of energy trade-offs with brain size, we find that the size of brains and adipose depots are negatively correlated in mammals, indicating that encephalization and fat storage are compensatory strategies to buffer against starvation. However, these two strategies can be combined if fat storage does not unduly hamper locomotor efficiency. We propose that human encephalization was made possible by a combination of stabilization of energy inputs and a redirection of energy from locomotion, growth and reproduction._ […] _"Brains are energetically expensive[2]. The human brain is about three times larger than that of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, and thus requires much more energy. However, relative whole-body energy consumption rates of individuals at rest are about equal in the two species[3], which raises the question of how humans manage to cover the energetic requirements of their much enlarged brains. One of the best-known attempts to solve this central riddle of human evolution is the expensive-tissue hypothesis, proposed by Aiello and Wheeler in 1995[1]. It postulates an evolutionary trade-off (although obviously not an immediate physiological one) between the size of the brain and that of the digestive tract in anthropoid primates. Thus, if other processes have reduced a species’ energetic needs of digestion, it should be able to evolve a relatively larger brain. It has therefore been suggested that early hominins evolved larger brains as a dietary shift towards more meat[1], cooked food and underground tubers[4] gradually allowed for a smaller digestive tract."_ - Navarrete A, van Schaik CP, Isler K. *"Energetics and the evolution of human brain size."* _Nature (2011 Nov 9) vol. 480 (7375) pp. 91-3_ DOI: 10.1038/nature10629 researchgate. net/publication/51796271 Supplementary material: media.nature. com/original/nature-assets/nature/journal/v480/n7375/extref/nature10629-s1.pdf ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/22080949 Press release: sciencedaily. com/releases/2011/11/111109131304.htm Review: web.archive. org/web/20151217062733/paleovegan.blogspot. com/2011/11/its-curtains-for-expensive-tissue.html _"First, the adoption of cooking would have helped ancestral humans thrive. Meat and tubers have been exploited by humans for at least 2 million y, and the energetic resources of these foods are believed to have provided critical support for the evolution of costly increases in activity, birth rate, body size, and brain size (34). Meat would have been a preferred food, but its pursuit would require a large energetic investment with low rates of success (35). Tubers, by contrast, were less preferred but more consistently available, and this consistency would have made investments in the high-risk pursuit of meat possible (36). The proportions of animal and plant foods consumed by ancestral humans are unknown, but the parallel effects of cooking that we found suggest that the adoption of cooking would have led to energetic gains whether meat or tubers predominated. Moreover, because we found the effects of cooking to be incremental to the effects of pounding for both foods, the adoption of cooking was likely advantageous even if pounding methods were already in widespread use."_ - Carmody RN, Weintraub GS, Wrangham RW. *"Energetic consequences of thermal and nonthermal food processing."* _Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2011 Nov 29) vol. 108 (48) pp. 19199-203_ pnas. org/content/108/48/19199.long ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/22065771 _"Given the importance of lipids as a uniquely dense source of energy, our results have significant implications for both ancestral and modern human nutrition. Despite being costly in time and energy, cooking is a cultural universal (Wrangham, 2009). A functional perspective suggests that cooking therefore should increase overall fitness, and a proposed mechanism is through increasing net dietary energy gain (Carmody and Wrangham, 2009). However, prior research on the energetic significance of cooking for human evolution has considered only two of the three major macronutrients. Thermal processing has been previously observed to increase the energy gained from carbohydrate-rich tubers and protein-rich lean meat (Carmody et al., 2011); our data show that it increases the energy gained from lipid-rich nuts as well. Tubers, meat, and nuts are thought to have been major components of ancestral human diets (Peters, 1987; Ungar, 2007). Our findings therefore imply that cooking these foods would have raised the human energy budget, helping fuel expensive increases in body mass, brain size, locomotor activity and other costly physiological traits (Aiello and Wells, 2002)."_ - Groopman EE, Carmody RN, Wrangham RW. *"Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid-rich food."* _Am J Phys Anthropol (2015 Jan) vol. 156 (1) pp. 11-8_ ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pmc/articles/PMC4272645/ ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/25293786 _"Evidence that present-day humans cannot extract sufficient energy from uncooked wild diets, whether or not they include meat ( Koebnick et al. 1999 ), has led to the suggestion that hunter-gatherers are biologically committed to these benefits of cooking ( Wrangham and Conklin-Brittain 2003 ), including the provision of sufficient energy to fuel an exceptionally large brain ( Fonseca-Azevedo and Herculano-Houzel 2012 )."_ - Carmody RN _et al._ *"Genetic Evidence of Human Adaptation to a Cooked Diet."* _Genome Biol Evol (2016 Apr 13) vol. 8 (4) pp. 1091-103_ academic.oup. com/gbe/article/8/4/1091/2574082 ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/26979798
The issue is responsible design of footwear not evolution of humans or how our brains evolved. You are either for responsible design of footwear that respects the functional requirements of the lower limbs or doesn’t. Which side are you on?
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@@epicsdrummer2010, I spend most of the time barefoot. How about you?
Just got my first pair of Vivo. Been doing the Merrell barefoot since they first came out. Maybe 8 yrs or even longer. I got the first generation trail glove like when it first came out. Putting on my new Vivo was AWESOME!!!! It’s hard to explain but I’ll put it in a way that all will understand......wearing barefoot shoes makes you feel like you can do all things Ninja related. Your soooo connected. You get your spring back. The shoes are so comfortable. They become and aide to your foot and not a jail, or hindrance. I’m a carpenter. I build 10,000 sq ft homes. I spend a lot of time walking down what basically is an inch and a half tight rope, walking on 2x10’s set on edge, for 8 hours a day. I just turned 42 years old and I’m still as agile as I ever been. Buy some!!! Slap like now!! They are epico!!!!
yeah BTW dericflairmultiverse I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
2:37 Heels were never worn with stirrups to 'prevent the rider from falling off'!! For clarification, heels help to prevent the rider's foot from slipping through the stirrup, which can be dangerous especially if you do fall off, having one's foot caught in a stirrup while you are being dragged is ...not recommended. Good film otherwise :)
That's why the first humans taming horses to ride on didn't even think of stirrups.. As a matter of fact, stirrups are the same to bareback riding as shoes are to bare feet..
How is it BTW itsmireiasworld I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I have not money to buy shoes. Because I don't (like to) wear shoes. My bare feet are the best shoes in the world. I'm a barefoot hiker, since at 3 years old (in 1962). But I have money to buy more important things: food ! Otherwise ... no shoes, no god, no mobile phone, no car ... but just useful things - for life: health and happiness ^___^
So do you believe in the 4 million years and evolution they mentioned? BTW luceinbattaglia I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Please direct me to the independently peer reviewed information establishing these claims about improved foot strength. Please, not a group of anecdotal points, no matter how many. Please declare a null hypothesis and the confidence interval of the data.
I've been using barefoot for my daily shoes for almost a year now , it is the best decision I have ever made, it wasn't pain free at first , cause I started with a very very fucked up feet and hip so it took couple days for the pain to fade away but after that i can't even imagine myself without those kind of shoes. the best I have ever tried were from vivobarefoot , quite expensive but better than xeroshoes for example , I'm not getting a penny for saying this but it is a dream to walk in them and they look way better , I haven't tried to run in them cause I'm a heavy guy but yeah good luck if you are going to do so but take it easy
I definitely believe that the barefoot shape is good since a lot of nba players have absolutely messed up feet with those narrow shoes, but we don’t have any affirmative proof that the heel on modern shoes are bad.
Where can I test fit a pair of Vivo's? I am not spending that much on an online order without fitment. I bought the baubax shoes last year and they went out of biz. I got stuck with a small size as they told me I could return the one that did not fit right. Say the least net fitment and dealing with shipping is not ideal.
They have a store in the UK. If you're not in the UK, you might have a better option in your country (Portugal, Poland, US and Germany all have minimalist shoe manufacturers).
Good point. BTW jeremyrobbins I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
njfreeskier I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
There is actually so much more to this topic, then just a 9 minute info documentary. I was plagued with injuries from playing basketball. Total ACL tear at 16, arthrosis at 26, another complete acl tear at 36. I was researching for a solution, because i really wanted to keep on playing the game that i love, without having so many serious life altering injuries. Well, while i was on rehab after the second ACL operation, i have bought my first pair of zero drop completely barefoot vivo shoes, and that was the day that i immediately started walking without crutches, it was on the 6th day after the operation. I truly couldn't believe it, but finally all of the training that i have done barefoot and using natural techniques paid off when i have changed the shoes that were used for rehab. I have been using barefoot shoes on the basketball court ever since. The transition wasn't easy, took some time to relearn the proper running technique of forefoot running and proper jumping and landing, but it is all worth it, i have stopped injuring my legs, no more ankle turns, bad landings etc, my feet became much stronger, and i have much more control of my basketball technique, like dribbling moves, spin moves and step backs. If the whole World switches back to barefoot shoes in every day life and especially in all types of sports, we are going to become a much healthier society. I can tell it by my own example, i had a perspective of becoming partially disabled, with a possibility of using artificial joints for most of my life, yet it has been over 15 years since my arthrosis diagnosis, and my legs are my own, i still enjoy the sport that i love, and live a pain free life. P.S. Just recently, i began dunking the ball again at 41
Let me preface by saying that i read "Born to Run", I run in minimalist shoes 1-2 per week (Merrell Vapor Gloves and Vibram Bikilas), and the rest of the time, I run in Altra Zero drops. I'm 100% in favor of natural running and strong feet................ BUT........... all of the elites are now wearing Carbon Fiber trampoline shoes and lots of amateurs are also wearing them and getting PRs and breaking records. I don't see anyone in Vibram's, Merrels, or barefoot athletes getting PRs and setting records....just saying....
How many hours an Olympian get to gym every weeks? 20? 30? 40? Common runners like us don't run more than an hour a day, 3 times a week. No need for high tech kind of shoes.
I've been using "barefoot" what I'll call glove shoes for running and some versions for casual wear. I love them. I am slowly converting some of my other shoes to minimalist designs as I find ones I can use for work. I'm going to have to start spending more on fewer pairs of shoes to be able to afford them. I will probably still throw on heels sometimes because I don't feel dressy in flat shoes.
joyfuljaj I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
If you wanta good minimalist shoe, that is not overpriced, look for fighting shoes or indoor soccer shoes. It comes with the same benefits but with less price and less hype
Because they are made with expensive materials and are made to last. Get a pair of Merrell Trail glove 4s for £70 Best pair of shoes i have ever owned and i now have 3 pairs. Strengthened calf muscle for running, increased my speed, balance and most importantly increased mobility as my heel is not 1 inch in the air.
Because 3mm thick layer that doesn't get cut trough with broken glass and doesn't rip from friction in few weeks isn't cheap and commonly available? Just a thought... :D
A vivo foot wear could you please design a skate shoe for Skateboards cause I love Emerica skate shoes, but I have these impact insole so that they absorb shock. My feet are not that close to the ground
Healthy feet don't need support. Feet are meant to support you! If your feet have weakened to the point where they need support, you should strengthen and rehabilitate them rather than giving up on them.
Try a pair of LEMS SHOES, the PRIMAL 2 model. MANY nurses wear them and love them on their feet all day. They air breathable too. Just remember you can write them off your taxes because you're using them for work. LEMS SHOES online, good company to deal with and return hassle free also.
your feet will learn to provide you the support but I think I would start with small steps. So maybe start wearing the shoes after work for a month or so and then try going into the long shifts.
Interesting view here.... they are not saying walk barefoot when you're an adult. I would have thought no shoes would be the best shoes. Even in minimal shoes you have no 'connection' with the ground. There is still a barrier. I think a blended approach works best for me - I wear vibrim five finger shoes mostly (minimal toes shoes) for walking and sometimes running. I wear Hoka One Ones for running ultra marathons. When you're running for up to 12 hours on rough rocky terrain, that extra padding makes a huge difference. But also, the walking and running in the minimalist shoes during training is a huge benefit. I can go over on my ankle in a race and because my feet are so strong and yet flexible, what would for someone else, be a race ending injury, is nothing for me. i can carry on without it being a problem. So my message would be, each type of shoe has a purpose, use the shoe for the purpose it is built for. And spend a bunch of time barefoot. It's good for you.
I agree one would not go barefoot at a construction site or working in a factory with heavy equipment, but other than those clearly defined exceptions, no shoe is the best shoe
Yeah guys, still using rubber in bottom of shoe. It would be awesome to use mushroom leather or something what keeps you grounded when walking. With rubber it is absolutely same to buy regular shoes.
This should not have been used as a vehicle to sell footwear, rather it should have been used to teach exercises to strengthen feet and improve balance for the aging.
Robb Mathias this video is the middle ground. You will strengthen your feet and improve your balance by using these shoes. This is also the most logical thing to ask of the consumer because walking barefoot in public is simply not a good idea.
After some careful thought I’ve come to the conclusion this video only applies to people that don’t work in industries that require foot protection or heavy loads to be carried often. How unfortunate.
@@woohooivan I dont think many require sole protection above what something like a lem boulder boot has. I havent looked into steel or composite strengthened toes on minimalist boots. I think flat, zero drop, with less cushioning etc. Can benefit everyone
Harrison the video is promoting shoes with minimal adverse impact on the physiologic function of the user; in short the most performance for the least negative impact. In the real world a product that increases the risk of injury or results in damage to the user is a defective product. Do you have a problem with Vivobarefoot calling a spade a spade?
I would be interested in a proper study about if it really is better to go barefoot with the hard underground we are facing everywhere today. If we look at the history, it's also not normal, that we almost don't walk on soft underground anymore. So maybe we just need the additional softness of shoes in this not yet adjusted situation.
Thank you for making this! I'm a performance basketball shoe fiend, and as a kid thought the more cushion the better. As I got older, I found I not only played worse in more chunky midsoled shoes, but got knee tendinitis from them too. I fully support the truthful findings of the detriments of our footwear designs, and am trying to make shoes that allow the body to be natural while still protected and stylish. It is SO encouraging and refreshing to see you already at it and spreading the word!! Thank you
I'm very skeptic watching this because half the people in it aren't identified. What are their credentials? And the ones who are, don't have relevant credentials to the topic at hand. A director? A poet? An Author? Ok...any evolutionary biologists? Any podiatrists?
Been barefoot for over a year now, would never go back. People often comment on how big my calves are as a result and my balance is much better than before. When I have to wear boots for work it makes my hips hurt.
Interesting yeah I knew this already I went to your website but your shoes are kind of overpriced sorry I will continue to get my Minimalist shoes somewhere else... All the best.
jamesbedugraham I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
It’s actually safer to use barefoot shoes or shoes with stiff outsoles and midsoles. If you have cushioned shoes under so much weight you cause serious damage for your foot. But for running, you’ll do just fine.
Valpo Desidero Montoya, i used to do it every day, I’m a former Marine scout sniper. Don’t do it much now, the occasional back country mule deer hunt, maybe about, two total weeks out of the year.
What kind of idiot clicks on a video made by a shoe company and expects it to not be promotional? If you want scientific evidence, there’s other places to look.
Matteo Taiana maybe there is no evidence about minimal shoes, but there is no evidence that big chunky shoes make any difference from my experience. I’ve been running for 2 and a half years now in vibram five fingers. Once I survived the transition period I had no more back problems and no shin splints. And that is a fact for me that is the best evidence I can get.
@@pablohorenstein759 Exactly. I used Nike shoes with a heel for 2 months, decided to go minimalist and got myself a pair of merrel trail glove 4s. My calf ached like made, my foot strike and cadence increased and i have never had shin splints since. Although it has taken almost half a year for my hamstrings in increase in size ( perhaps because i have increased calorie intake and incorporated sprints.
The medical textbook, The Shoe in Sport published in 1987 is packed with evidence on the problems caused by shoes. Biomechanics in Sports Shoes is another excellent reference. I have a huge selection of studies showing the adverse effects of footwear.
I took up running early end of 2020, and stopped for a few months, took it up again around March 2021. Wearing Nike pegasus 37, I completed two 10km, and sustained a calf injury, whatever it was it took 2 months to fully heal. Hadn't run since then as I got a bit anxious. About 3 weeks ago I did some rearch and found "barefoot shoes". To transition I use merrell Glove trial, that has a little midsole and arch support. In the next few months I want to go completely barefoot. In advance I brought merrell vapor gloves and some barefoot sandals. Never will I go back to wearing Nike, or any other shoe with silly 10mm drop and being over an inch off the ground.
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I'm barefoot since 2003. Results: growth of both calves far beyond what I got doing sports shod, my calves started developing muscle belts I didn't know. . Blood flow improves dramatically: no more cold feet. Muscles under the sole gain tone and cushion your bones from sharp rocks while the skin becomes so tough you can literally walk on broken glass without getting one splinter. Balance also improves and toes begin spreading apart. Injuries: can happen. But so far I only got a couple cuts and only while being very tired. Conclusion: it is not for everybody but definitely brings in a lot of benefits. It is a personal choice but not as crazy as people believes today but that's just because people today is ever more weak, scared, conformist and dependent from artificial stuff. p.s you will be able to pick stuff from the ground with your toes ;)
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Pippo Spano sono senza scarpe per parecchi anni adesso e sto provando gli stessi benefici. Si deve solo far attenzione a non calpestare delle talpe morte.
Do you recommend using minimalistic shoes before going all out no shoes to give time to adapt?
You mean Barefoot-Barefoot? Or Barefoot-shoes? What sort of climate do you live in?
Thanks for your input. I'm about to embark on a barefoot trail running future. Being a 'tenderfoot' atm, at least I have been running in fairly minimal shoes, including Vivo Barefoots so hope it won't be too painful. I guess the trick is to transition carefully so as not to create issues around the Achilles region. Cheers from Oz - Dave
I went "barefoot" three years ago and I'm never going back. I'm so happy, so comfortable, less joint pain, it's amazing
yeah... good luck going to work wearing full suit and bare foot you will look natural and profesional
@@mateuszkrytyk5711 bruh that would look so unprofessional.
@@mateuszkrytyk5711 barefoot shoes... do you not know what those are?
@@mateuszkrytyk5711 Try LEMS dress shoes and VIVOBAREFOOT dress shoes. I would never go back to regular shoes that hurt my feet, knees, legs, & back. Look into these two footwear companies. If your company you work for doesn't like you footwear maybe you should find a better job. You're wasting your talents now for a company that probably doesn't appreciate you. Feet first 👣♥️
@@mateuszkrytyk5711 There are options.
Once had to find my step dad in the smoky mountains during a storm. Help was taking too long so told my sister to stay and wait while I took off to where I felt was right & found him. No way I could’ve run with my shoes with out slipping in the storm so I took them off and ran my heart out through the mountain terrain. Found him🙏🏽
“Progress means getting nearer to the place you want to be. And if you have taken a wrong turn, then to go forward does not get you any nearer.
If you are on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; and in that case the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive man.”
― C.S. Lewis
leonjohnstone that's a great quote from one of my favorite authors and very apt! (even though in context he was talking about man's move away from God, which this video sadly demonstrates with all the talk about evolution instead of recognising God as creator of mankind including of course the design of the foot).
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@@christianlangfield9303 Before you can prove 'design' first you must prove the existence of a designer. As yet, no-one has done so. And until someone does, I'd rather ask questions to which I don't know the answer than believe I have all the answers so I can avoid the questions.
@@space.youtube perfectly stated. I am agnostic for these reasons.
@@space.youtube Isn't something made putting energy in it? We can prove the designer of all life on earth was made direct or indirect from the sun. So above this level the sun is our god. People that find out and become enlightened once they fall in love with the sun and doing go(o)d becomes ever more easy, because now they know what go(o)d is and how it is inside all life.
I agree with the concept, but part of me thinks this is just a marketing ploy for Vivo to sell $180 shoes. If their shoes are so "minimalist" why are they so pricy?
Its because the materials used and how they are sourced as well as produced. They pay everyone a fair wage and source natural or environmentally friendly materials.
skylar.parent good answer, I've come to the same conclusion. At first I was a bit galled having to pay a premium for 'less' shoe but like you say they're made from good quality materials, well made and ethically sourced etc. Also most manufacturers make unnatural footwear (more about fashion than function) so good quality natural footwear has become a niche product unfortunately that isn't as popular. Lower demand causes higher prices.
@@christianlangfield9303 yeah the more niche part totally gapped my mind! Thank you, I wondered for years as well but have come to accept it as a good thing!
@@skier4life1234 This may justify a premium price, but not one set at 180 USD.
Hendrik Gormanns what value do you place on the functional status and health of your feet, lower limbs and entire body? That is the question.
Imagine if this was played on netflicks or sky or normal TV ! I'm so glad this video has been made! It's fantastic. Barefoot shoes are the future of shoes
karlaadams I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I would love to see this as a more in-depth exploration and full documentary length! It could do to footwear what Supersize Me did to fast food.
Only controversial thing about this video is that it's made by the shoe company that makes barefootshoes. It's marketing video. But I can see some truth in that barefoot has been the way to go for ages.
There are no shortage of books on the subject ,by mc dougal and Lieberman ,the latter has a in dept documentary ,the former has the "Born to run" book and documentary.McDougal is very entertaining ,and Lieberman a bit more of the science behind barefoot
Yes! I would love to see an in-depth documentary on this topic too! And read more about it. I gave up on footwear and have been completely barefoot for the past month. My feet have only felt better. Not wearing footwear is like a weight lifted off me.
Lol that's so stupid, the best marathon runners in the world don't eat McDonald's everyday, but you can bet your ass they wear cushioned Nike/Adidas shoes and that if any other kind of shoe would be superior, they would wear that instead. There is no revolution to be had here, sure minimalist shoes have a place and I wear them for trail running but for asphalt I'll take my Nikes every day of the week. You people just love the symbolism of being "connected to the ground", it's whacky and superficial
@@envispojke have you ever considered thinking about that athletes get sponsored by those companies, so they have to wear their stuff?
As a martial artist, I am barefoot for two reasons:
1) in order to not slip away.
2) because I do more with my feet than walk or run - I choke, grab, hook and kick with them. Those are all komplex movements which shoes would restrict, even your fancy expensive minimalist vivobarefoot shoes. Of course, boxers wear shoes. In their case, it is mostly for ankle stability as they do not need their feet for complex movements. Upon inspecting boxing shoes, one will notice that they lack cushioning. The reason being is that cushioning absorbs any power of your legs pushing off of the ground leading to less punching power. And that is another reason why martial artists do not wear shoes, or shoes without cushioning.
I must say that what is said in the video is a lot true for me. The fact that I personally rely on the sensory messages that my feet send to me is 100% true. I've been doing taekwondo for 15 years now. We kick a lot, so footwork is a major thing and we are most of the time on one foot or jumping back and forth from one foot to the other, and it's true that I find myself deciding the next move also on what my feet tell me. For example, barefooted I feel if I'm on a slippery part of the mat, or if I'm just not in the condition of having enough traction or balance for an elaborate next move, so I can stick to something easy and get myself back in a favorable situation. I notice that when I train with shoes, even those created for martial arts, this just doesn't work. I've even seen boys and girls failing in competitions (where we are absolutely not allowed to wear shoes or anything) because they where actually aware of how the surface was. They just told me that they didn't felt stable enough to act, so they didn't. Training with shoes isolates your feet from the ground, so you do your move without knowing your condition 100%. You just act, and if you fall, it's ok. But you were not afraid of making that move firstly because you couldn't see the whole pic. But barefoot you might have felt that you didn't have stability, and you would have thought twice before making that particular movement.
I believe wearing shoes in martial arts is like being blind. You can get the idea of what's going on, but you miss one piece of information. And when you take the shoes of for the first time, you get submerged by information that you do not know how to elaborate. You feel overwhelmed, and you don't act out of fear of your own sensations.
@@chiaraluoni7635 yeah, I totally agree. I haven't ever worn mat shoes but I already feel kinda blind with socks on.
@@charlotteice5704 ha, like toph beifong
same bare foot bjj all day. if i was gonna get into a fight I'd take my shoes off first. 😉
@P J I remember taking a martial arts master on a simple recreational hike up Mt. Charleston near Las Vegas. He had to be basically carried down.
We were mostly young Marines on liberty with a couple old salts with us as well.
Cushioning and excess rise in combat boots is still a bad idea from the git-go. I don't know if people realize that combat boots have only had cushioning for less than 25 years. I would hate to be dealing with the School of Infantry injuries these days. It was bad enough 21 years ago when I served there.
I've been wearing Barefoot shoes for a little over a year now, and honestly, it has been such a relief. I know I have been slacking on my foot conditioning exercises, but just simply changing my footwear has helped me with my "flat feet" and shin splints. I always try and tell people their shoes are damaging their health and are unnatural, but I just get looked at like a crazy person LOL. Watching this mini-documentary makes me feel so pumped up and excited I cannot explain it. Thank you Vivo for brining this to the masses and really excelling in this relatively new market and leading the way in this "movement" (pardon the pun)
captainciz I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
@@flat-earther what else can I say but yikes lmao
@@Xachremos okay. BTW xachremos, what do you think about all gubments drawing a line around you and saying you are not allowed to leave?(Antarctic Treaty) If you don't know what I mean, read my about tab.
I started to wear barefoot shoes about a year ago and they are amazing! I have flat arches and used to get foot and back pain, and since swapping my shoes I haven't been bothered with this pain at all!!!!!!
no such thing as a "barefoot shoe" ...two totally different concepts
@@Splitspine1 obviously... it's just what they're called
I went barefoot over two years ago after years and years of torture and discomfort. Shoes (and socks) are like vices; they not only limit the movement of your foot, but also restrict the natural sensorics and balance. For most of my life, I was suffering from a range of issues because I was wearing or was made to wear unhealthy shoes. There were lots of blisters, raw skin between the toes, inflammations in the heel or in the arch. My toes started to disfigure because they were squeezed into unforgivingly hard, restrictive, and uncomfortable confinements. Indeed, it has taken me a long time to realise what I was doing to my feet, even though I should have known much better.
Today, I can say that my feet witnessed a tremendous transformation from being sick and restraint to being strong and healthy. Alone the sensation of feeling the ground under your feet and to connect with nature is simply overwhelming. In addition, it is fair to say that my legs have gotten stronger while my posture and balance improved beyond recognition. Also, I can only agree with what was said in the video, namely that children hate wearing shoes. Indeed, it was the most traumatic experience in my childhood when I was made to walk in shoes which were too big. That was nothing else than a pure moneysaving exercise because kids grow quickly; hence, forcing their tiny feet into bigger shoes saves money because the feet have time to grow into the shoe. Well, that was the logic behind that ordeal.
Conclusively I can honestly say that wearing shoes kills your feet. Always make sure you wear shoes that allow your feet to move and breath; don't wear them when they clamp or cause discomfort (not being flexible, to tight, not breathable). There is no need for sweaty or sore feet, for corns, or fungus. Be kind to yourself.
Maybe this is advertising, but it is true. After walking 55 years with all kind of „normal“ shoes, I have deleveloped all kind of problems…now Im running completely barefoot or with occasional barefoot shoes….my feet feel so alive and good. It takes some time but it is worth it.
As a martial artist, I must say that what is said in the video is a lot true for me. The fact that I personally rely on the sensory messages that my feet send to me is 100% true. I've been doing taekwondo for 15 years now. We kick a lot, so footwork is a major thing and we are most of the time on one foot or jumping back and forth from one foot to the other, and it's true that I find myself deciding the next move also on what my feet tell me. For example, barefooted I feel if I'm on a slippery part of the mat, or if I'm just not in the condition of having enough traction or balance for an elaborate next move, so I can stick to something easy and get myself back in a favorable situation. I notice that when I train with shoes, even those created for martial arts, this just doesn't work. I've even seen boys and girls failing in competitions (where we are absolutely not allowed to wear shoes or anything) because they where actually aware of how the surface was. They just told me that they didn't felt stable enough to act, so they didn't. Training with shoes isolates your feet from the ground, so you do your move without knowing your condition 100%. You just act, and if you fall, it's ok. But you were not afraid of making that move firstly because you couldn't see the whole pic. But barefoot you might have felt that you didn't have stability, and you would have thought twice before making that particular movement.
I believe wearing shoes in martial arts is like being blind. You can get the idea of what's going on, but you miss one piece of information. And when you take the shoes of for the first time, you get submerged by information that you do not know how to elaborate. You feel overwhelmed, and you don't act out of fear of your own sensations.
I've just started on my barefoot transition. Yesterday I ran my first 5km in Vibram KSO barefoot footwear, I have run a bit before so it didn't take me too long to work up to that distance. I wasn't pushing myself but it was by far the most comfortable and easy 5km I've ever done! Felt great and was chuffed with time for what appeared to be not much effort in comparison to running in cushioned trainers. Can't wait to keep pushing and seeing the improvements. I'm actually enjoying my running and the feeling of it, you have to give this a go. Remember the technique landing under your hip and on the ball of your foot, you can't go wrong!
The reason minimal shoes are seemingly pricey for what they are is because of economies of scale. A niche product does not sell in large volumes, so the price to produce each shoe is higher for the manufacturer. Costs will go down as these kinds of shoes become more mainstream and production ramps up.
Most of their shoes are a thin rubber sole and a synthetic i.e. plastic upper. I wonder how many cents does one shoe cost for them to make?!
BTW J13alls I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Little over 10 years ago I started wearing vibram 5 finger shoes, and I haven't worn regular shoes 👟 ever since. Sometimes I walk barefoot on the street. Feels awesome! PRAISE THE LORD JESUS CHRIST!!!!
Wow! As a footwear designer all I can say is Wow! AMAZING VEDIO AND EVERY BIT OF IT IS TRUE. SO TRUE.
It's really INFORMATIVE, which delivers many detailed ideas & modern foot wear history!
How mostly all modern shoes (designs) / are always ruining our (otherwise) amazing feet, which many people(>99% of the population) still neglect!
I started refraining from running without shoes since 2013, which 9 years' Barefoot Run experience told/still tells me many benefits told in this video.
The term of "Shoes Coffins" is the very precise & vivid descriptions about the many DRAWBACKS of Shod Running, but only in two words!
Thank you!
Thank you!
& Thank you!
I've always been barefoot all my life then when I was 11 I changed it up I went the park everyday barefoot only because my sandals had no traction.
My bones got stronger.
In freshmen year of high school I did track then entire year with just xero shoes hfs everyone made fun of me for it but I'm so glad I did.
Man my foot is so muscular and I developed my own cushion my heel always had a little squish then bone.
Now I have a lot of squish and it just absorbs rocks better when trail running.
Then sophomore year I thought of something.
People these days face another problem when running.
We always seem to run and get cotton mouth, our spits all tacky gross and dry, and we seem to cough after a run. If humans evolved to run then why do we have this problem?
It because humans are actually designed to breath through the nose when running.
I've been nose running for a while now it does take some training for your muscles in your chest to get strengthened but.
Now I litteraly started running again from not running the entire summer and fall and I was nose breathing. I ran 7 miles that day on trails with elevation. And ran at a speed of 7 to 8 mph and sometimes 2 had to dodge mud and rocks. But it seems from what I did.
My body was in sync with its self with out being out of breath.
When I ran it felt just like when your chillin on the couch breathing through your nose normally.
And I hit the runners high faster.
So try nose breathing.
saw a breathing pattern trick to keep the heartrate low when at a light jog
as soon as you start to notice your heartrate go up just do 2 fast inhales then a drawn out exhale
think this only works during a jog tho
@@cyb3rjake735Check out Andrew Huberman’s channel (The Huberman Lab). He’s real big on this breathing pattern and I believe just published a journal article on it. He drops new podcasts on Mondays and today (2/20/23) he did one on…breathing!
Also tune in to his series with Andy Galpin on all things sports performance-related.
Also check out Breathe by James Nestor
I've been wearing barefoot shoes for 2 1/2 years and love them! One of the best decisions I ever made. Before I had poor circulation in my feet until I got vivo barefoot. It's healed and my feet don't get cold anymore also :)
All those 180 dislikes are conventional shoe manufacturers
I disliked because they mentioned 4 million years and evolution.
BTW ondrejbordovsky I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
THANK YOU from my heart for this!! you reawaken my natural calling to go barefoot. i never wanted shoes with heels. i totaly vibrate with this!! i lived near mountains for 6 months and run barefoot (no shoe) in the woods and run over rocks and did not cut myself at all !! if you do not get afraid, if you mentally focus and being well - you will !! some will not believe but i did it and i believe.
i always felt better to run barefoot. now i realised that indeed we have an amazing feet technology by GOD !!
did you hear that 26 bones, 33 articulations and 20+ muscles in our feet !!
the arch itself is a shock-absorbant & rebound GOD natural technology in our feet. we do not need carbon plate.
i started running few months ago and my knees hurt. i bought modern running shoes with 12mm cushion heels.
now i am looking at this barefoot videos and i realised i was running in distructive way - heel bash in the ground becausde of heal shoes. I went and grab my old 5 fingers and my running is different !! feels much better. thank you guys for your video !!
I am kind of surprised that more people didn’t know this stuff already.
We were brainwashed back in the 1970's by Nike showing their running shoes commercials where they would show the running foot in slow motion landing on the heel as a demonstration as to how the human foot was supposed to run. I hate Nike I'll never buy their products again.
Everyone makes mistakes bro. Doctors used to tell patients to smoke whilst say smoking themselves. Do you hate all doctors and never see one again?
@@experiment54 but the thing is Nike is still doing it...
@@experiment54 Yes, in fact. Doctors and scientists are wrong so often that it's better not to trust them.
That's just absurd. I buy nike clothing because it's good for sports but I wear my barefoot shoes with them.
What are you going to do, buy clothes from sports brand that do not sell shoes? You know their shoes would be the same if they ever sold any...
I would love for all the big brands to get on this wave (Nike, Adidas, Puma...) it would make it mainstream and “cool” to alot more people!
I would prefer them to vanish and the existing minimalist brands take their place. Nike and the others have done so much harm to people, I would not like them to profit off the cure to the harm they caused.
doxanthropos I think you are right!
How about no more big brands for your feet, and just be free of the burden.. Granted a little insulation between your soles and the ground is comfortable when it's very cold, but then again at this rate of global warming humanity soon will forget what the 'freezing point' used to mean.
Such great information! Love learning about the feet and have created a program to help my clients strengthen their feet because of all of this. It's amazing how much better their proprioception gets when they begin to work on their feet and the elderly clients I work with are able to balance and begin walking again without a cane. Thank you so much for this information!
what job is that?
@@Tatusiek_1 I am a personal trainer who works with clientele that work on either balance work since they have MS or women with pelvic floor issues. Both groups need to work on strengthening the feet.
I wear XeroShoes! They are amazing I have the regular running shoe version and the sandal. They are minimalist, zero drop shoes!! And they aren’t that expensive at all!
My bare soles are a lot cheaper.. as a matter of fact, they cost nothing for they were given to me at birth and still manage to regrow the part I wear off by walking even after 44 years..
@@dimitri877 oh get off your high horse it's not always practical to wear no shoes. Some people have jobs and have to go grocery shopping.
@@carly582 So? I don't grab groceries with my feet, nor do I eat lunch at work using my toes.. They stay planted on the ground, else I fall to my face.. What's the difference between bare feet and a pair of flip flops? ..a quarter of an inch of insulation?
Besides that, I was my feet a lot and don't wear shoes in my house.. ..do you wash the soles of your shoes every time before you soil your abode?
@@dimitri877 hey I'm against shoes, I believe they are unnatural. But it's not allowed to be barefoot at ANY workplace. You make the barefoot and natural foot movement look bad.
I love seeing these types of documentaries/video shorts. I don’t know if you guys have out out more since this one, but every minimal shoe company ought to get the word out there besides the ones in the know enjoying the feel & comfort that comes from what we ought to wearing since childhood. Excellent piece.
I've had trouble with my feet for years. My heel would hurt while walking and I twisted my ankles so often so badly that I was conantly afraid of falling. I could lose my balance and fall by just stepping on a small stone. The result: I was wearing hiking boots year round even in summer. I had braces around my ankles and I had custom made insoles. Did it help? A little. It was very expensive and due to al this things on and around my feet I got a lot of blisters wich made walking even more unpleasent. Since two years I'm using barefoot shoes and it changed so much. No more pain, no more falling and no more blisters. It did hurt in de beginning but after a while all the pain was gone and there was so much comfort.
Would you mind sharing on how to weaned from your orthotics? I feel once I started wearing them, I am now married to them, and may be the cause of foot pain.
@@norakaszuba I would love to know as well. I work in a warehouse and my heel pain has been terrible for the past 2 years. I wear orthotics from the store and it gets pricey since it feels like I have to replace it once every 2-3 weeks.
@@norakaszuba As one who has high arches and work orthotics for years, I can answer for myself. Don't rush the process. Start by wearing them around the house. Once your feet start feeling tired, either take a break or switch back to your normal shoes. As your feet get stronger, you'll be able to wear them longer without your feet getting tired. It took me 4-5 weeks until I was wearing them almost exclusively. By that point, I could hardly stand wearing anything else. I hope this helps!
I have returned to orthotics, and even harder ones with more support. I could not switch because it caused too much pain in my feet, but I do not mind because these new orthotics have helped me. Thank you for your response to me.
@Downtown Nye @DowntownNye, So very nice of you to take the time to respond to me. I am trying to make the transition and I will take your recommendations and give it a try. Sometimes I think the orthotic push by podiatrists is a money making scam that leaves us dependent on them. Thank you for your help and I appreciate it!
Our understanding is reflected in our "science" and "technology". We always find later how little we know.
I use “water shoes” to run. I can get them at $9.99 in the supermarket near home.... 😎👍🏽
same, well mine were $6 on Amazon.
Exactly !!!
Disposable shoes to destroy the planet 😎👍🏽
@@Milanor yeah sure as if some business man won't see a use for plastic trash, the cure for pollution isn't restriction it's innovation.
@Reaper5.56 Xx 1v1 me on rust and we'll settle this down
Great docu VIVO....nothing better then moving back to our roots with barefoot training! thank you for providing quality footwear that HELPS humans to be better, stronger, and faster!
Y'all out here buyin' shoes while I'm out here walking barefoot like it's 3200
BC?
Before I switched I would get stitches around my torso at least 50% of the time. Running forefoot: never happens. Shins and knees also pain free. Plus it's fun! Running is more like play than a chore.
I'm in my 40s but can't wait for the next run because I feel like a kid again.
halfman I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I switched to "barefoot" shoes in 2012, after wrecking my left knee training for a race in 1998. The injury was so bad, and so sensitive that I hadn't run since '98. I purchased a pair of Vibram FiveFingers, ran 7.5mi that very first day up and down the local 1,200' peak, and 27mi that first week, including long runs along sidewalks and the shoulder of the road. That's not the correct way to transition into barefoot style running, and minimalist shoes, but I was so happy to be able to run again, that I just couldn't dial it back! Here it is, the end of 2020, and I'm not only still running, but I train year round, have run R2R at the Grand Canyon 7 times in 6yrs, run a half every weekend on a loop route that goes up and over 2 of our local 1,200' peaks, and in March, raced a half on a favorite coastal mountain trail. My then 8th grade daughter joined me in wearing the FF's, trained and raced in them through high school, and wound up being the only athlete on her XC or Track teams to never have an injury. I say this often: "Shoes are not a religion. They are a tool. Choose the right tool for the job." We don't always train, adventure run, or race in FF's, because they're not a fast shoe, and on many trails, they simply don't offer enough protection. Other shoes we love: Vivobarefoot, xeroshoe, Nemes, New Balance Minimus V1, Merrell Trail Glove or Vapor Glove. I'm a mechanic and work standing, 9hrs/day, with no breaks, 5 days a week, and another 4-6hrs on Sats. My work shoe is the Vivobarefoot Primus Trail. We post quite a few of our run adventures on my channel.
austinado I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I started running two years ago (52 years old; often cycling on long distances). Started to feel real pain on the knees sides, even when not jogging at all. Stopped after one month. Then, looking at some videos on YT this spring, explaining that jogging with "barefoot kind of" shoes would help to reshape the way I run. So, got a new barefoot pair of shoes, and it seems to work. Calfs sometimes hurts, but it's from fatigue because the pain goes after two or more hours.
DigiPal I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Here is one more problem, we aren’t adapted for walking on a perfectly flat and hard ground.... But yes, I love barefoot trail running
Yes,but we can and do adapt to all kinds of different situations
Yes we are, the earth is flat
Not true. I'm much more comfortable running barefoot on roads and other paved surfaces than even on manicured grass. If you're running properly, you feel almost no impact.
if you land on your forefoot, it doesnt hurt
Perfectly flat and hard ground is just easy mode
Contrary to the advice dispensed by the experts, I'm finding that my Haglund's deformity, an increasingly common injury among long-time runners, is slowly being cured by barefoot/minimalist running.
The experts say runners with Haglund's should run in shoes with raised heels or insert heel lifts into their shoes to take strain off the achilles and its insertion at the back of the heel bone (calcaneus). That would seem to make some intuitive sense. But even the experts don't know exactly what causes Haglund's, i.e, what mechanism causes the bone formation that occurs at the back of the heel.
They do know, though, that Haglund's often occurs in women who frequently wear high heels. That's why they often call it "pump bump." So you can infer from that that Haglund's is associated with having the heel elevated in relation to the forefoot, which means you actually DON'T want to run in shoes with elevated heels. In my experience, that actually EXACERBATES the problem in the long run.
This much I know for sure: I experience much less heel pain, or even no pain, when I run barefoot as compared with when I run in conventional running shoes, even so-called "low-profile" conventional running shoes.
When I MUST wear shoes, I wear the Xeroshoes Prio or Xeroshoes running sandals (and I have NO financial interest in Xeroshoes whatsoever). But it seems that there are now many minimalist shoes that offer the same benefits.
So FWIW to my fellow Haglund's sufferers, gradually switch to barefoot/minimalist running and STICK WITH IT for as long as it takes for the back of your heels to remodel. In my experience, that could take MANY MONTHS, but your only other options are a fairly radical surgical procedure (they often have to detach the achilles from the heel bone, shave the heel bone, then reattach the achilles to the heel) or quitting running forever.
Why opt for risky surgery or quitting when you can fix the problem with a little patience?
I can’t believe people still listen to mainstream medical advice 🤣😂😆😂🤣😆😆🤣😂
It makes a lot of sense, if you compare both situations a person wearing heels makes a lot of kilometers in them in their lifetime meanwhile a runner does the same with regular running heeled shoes. You also add the stress of those kilometers with the extra force of running. It's baffling how doctors don't see the link.
A lot of medical advice based around anatomy/orthopedic medicine seems to make intuitive sense but in actuality ends up being short sighted pain relief instead of fixing the issue.
This does not mean medicine is bad or untrustworthy, it means it's worthy of criticism and we need to understand that doctors don't try to necessarily fix you and turn u into an athletic person. Their main focus is to lift discomfort and pain so most people can do their daily activities without pain. Wich is short sighted but also "good enough" for most people.
Doctors attitude would change into something more regenerative focused if people were more demanding of their physical abilities instead of asking for the easy way out.
I used to be one of the top runners in my state. Competed since I was 7 years old. Junior olympics and all that. Before my very last scholastic race senior year of college I fractured my hip. I wore the same model training shoe (I won’t name which line it is) and fractured my hip. Over 4 years later now I still can’t train properly. I blame traditional footwear for the poor running form I suffered from. I am a vehement barefoot and minimalist user now. Don’t try to improve what God has figured out in designing our feet function!
I'm a martial artist too and I must say that what is said in the video is a lot true for me. The fact that I personally rely on the sensory messages that my feet send to me is 100% true. I've been doing taekwondo for 15 years now. We kick a lot, so footwork is a major thing and we are most of the time on one foot or jumping back and forth from one foot to the other, and it's true that I find myself deciding the next move also on what my feet tell me. For example, barefooted I feel if I'm on a slippery part of the mat, or if I'm just not in the condition of having enough traction or balance for an elaborate next move, so I can stick to something easy and get myself back in a favorable situation. I notice that when I train with shoes, even those created for martial arts, this just doesn't work. I've even seen boys and girls failing in competitions (where we are absolutely not allowed to wear shoes or anything) because they where actually aware of how the surface was. They just told me that they didn't felt stable enough to act, so they didn't. Training with shoes isolates your feet from the ground, so you do your move without knowing your condition 100%. You just act, and if you fall, it's ok. But you were not afraid of making that move firstly because you couldn't see the whole pic. But barefoot you might have felt that you didn't have stability, and you would have thought twice before making that particular movement.
I believe wearing shoes in martial arts is like being blind. You can get the idea of what's going on, but you miss one piece of information. And when you take the shoes of for the first time, you get submerged by information that you do not know how to elaborate. You feel overwhelmed, and you don't act out of fear of your own sensations.
"Minimal" shoes are not an alternative to going barefoot, the real thing will never be reached by anything else. They are however an alternative to regular shoes when you must wear them for whatever reason (extreme coldness, very dangerous ground or even a business environment that will not tolerate bare feet). Just switching from regular shoes to minimal shoes won't do the trick, to really activate your full potential of tough skin, stronger muscles, improved circulation, better perception and greater awareness, you should walk barefoot whenever possible and generally walk and run a lot. Living a sedate lifestyle won't do it either.
minimalist shoes give the benefits of being barefoot (stronger muscles, better circulation, better perception, etc), they just protect you from a random piece of glass, a rusty nail or a used needle by an addict much better than the toughened skin on your feet.
Wrong, there's big benefits from wearing thin soled, no drop, wide toe box shoes as opposed to modern shoes. I wear flip flops on concrete all day, and I felt everything I'd feel being barefooy
unicpaws I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Amen! Vivibearfoot shoes typically have too narrow toe boxes tho. Y’all can do better, I believe in you. I don’t have qualms with the price. Once it gets mainstream manufacturers will make them at a variety of prices.
I agree. My feet are shaped like SHOES. Why have we come to this. I say we abandon SHOES from now on.
SHOESPIRACY IS REAL! 🦶
Thank you for the likes everyone, i know we can stand together on this, and we will stand on pure feet, not those moulded by shoes!
I agree.
i agree
thesadanimations I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I don't get why people criticize the video because it's made from a company....
Who else has the resources and contacts?? It's completely fine in my opinion because it's more of an educational video than an ad!
The fact that the documentary is by a shoe company, doesnt change a thing about the truth teached in the video.
that just means that there is more potential for bias in the video. but i see nothing
wrong. but they could have also used more info
4:31 is actually quite a sad video. In Berlin 1936, a Korean young man named Son gi-jung competed in the men's marathon game. However he was not allowed to patch on his nation's flag which was Korea. Instead the imperial police forced him to patch on the Japanese flag on his chest. He won the gold medal but looked really sad on the ceremonial stand...He did however lived until 2002.
jumintschoe I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Quite interesting. Evidence based work. Thanks!
I am all for barefoot minimal shoes. I own 3 pair of Vivobarefoot and some other barefoot options. But the fact is, we do not walk on soft porous earth full-time any more. Most people go years primarily walking on one hard surface to the next. Concrete, asphalt, hard wood; all extremely hard surfaces compared to a natural environment like a wooded path or beach. I walked through NYC with barefoot shoes and it felt like a metal spatula was whacking my feet on every step. If I was hiking on some more forgiving material, barefoot shoes are perfect. But for every day city / urban dwelling, it just doesn't make sense.
I used to only wear barefoot or minimalist shoes but now I have to stand on concrete all day and I need something with cushioning.
You must be walking incorrectly ,it is no more difficult to walk on hard surfaces than grass if you know what your doing .But its vital that when you start barefoot.walking/ running, is you start slowly,if your feet are hurting something is wrong
@nrpkbrid I don't understand, I just went barefoot for like 2 weeks and it set me up last year. I run across a particular rocky pathway for cars in the park, run on pavement. You must have bitch feet or something
@@kijinseija727 If you run and/or walk every day you develop callouses and "leather." Not sure how the leather works, probably a natural evolution that all humans had at one time; you can get it on your hands if you work hard with them. Miss about three days and your foot softens. Taking hot showers can wear away at the callouses as well, I just take cold or lukewarm ones. If it still hurts look into stride, running movement, foot landing, and back posture. If your back isn't okay your feet will suffer. Also be aware of which surfaces hurt the most and slowly try to acclimate to those specifically. From personal experience, not a professional.
@@crisbowman why are you telling me this you spammer
Been barefoot since almost a year now, and never going back. I've got no joint pain, my squats are much heavier and overall, I just feel so much better. And the most bizarre thing, my old shoes feel super tight and very uncomfortable.
Vivobarefoots are the best
Anyone who wants to start true barefoot running, i would recommend what i started with ::: running slow and steady and just 1km every single day. When i felt good, comfortable and my enjoyment and routine was set in stone i upped it to 2km then 3, 4, 5 and further. Your foot muscles, calves, joints and skin all get tougher and resilient over time. Absolutely would recommend 👌
*Dr Irene Davis* [1:17]: _"Our brains were enlarging and we needed meat…"_
- That's a highly controversial hypothesis. The predominant view today is that it was primary food processing and cooking what made it feasible for human ancestors to meet the energetic requirements of a larger brain. It's worth to note that other carnivorous and omnivorous species don't have proportionally larger brains than the herbivorous ones. The traditional belief that predator species have more highly developed and energy-demanding brains than those of their preys has been debunked.
On the other hand, the so called expensive-tissue hypothesis has been often widely misrepresented:
_"The human brain stands out among mammals by being unusually large. The expensive-tissue hypothesis explains its evolution by proposing a trade-off between the size of the brain and that of the digestive tract, which is smaller than expected for a primate of our body size. Although this hypothesis is widely accepted, empirical support so far has been equivocal. Here we test it in a sample of 100 mammalian species, including 23 primates, by analysing brain size and organ mass data. We found that, controlling for fat-free body mass, brain size is not negatively correlated with the mass of the digestive tract or any other expensive organ, thus refuting the expensive-tissue hypothesis. Nonetheless, consistent with the existence of energy trade-offs with brain size, we find that the size of brains and adipose depots are negatively correlated in mammals, indicating that encephalization and fat storage are compensatory strategies to buffer against starvation. However, these two strategies can be combined if fat storage does not unduly hamper locomotor efficiency. We propose that human encephalization was made possible by a combination of stabilization of energy inputs and a redirection of energy from locomotion, growth and reproduction._
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_"Brains are energetically expensive[2]. The human brain is about three times larger than that of our closest living relative, the chimpanzee, and thus requires much more energy. However, relative whole-body energy consumption rates of individuals at rest are about equal in the two species[3], which raises the question of how humans manage to cover the energetic requirements of their much enlarged brains. One of the best-known attempts to solve this central riddle of human evolution is the expensive-tissue hypothesis, proposed by Aiello and Wheeler in 1995[1]. It postulates an evolutionary trade-off (although obviously not an immediate physiological one) between the size of the brain and that of the digestive tract in anthropoid primates. Thus, if other processes have reduced a species’ energetic needs of digestion, it should be able to evolve a relatively larger brain. It has therefore been suggested that early hominins evolved larger brains as a dietary shift towards more meat[1], cooked food and underground tubers[4] gradually allowed for a smaller digestive tract."_
- Navarrete A, van Schaik CP, Isler K. *"Energetics and the evolution of human brain size."* _Nature (2011 Nov 9) vol. 480 (7375) pp. 91-3_ DOI: 10.1038/nature10629
researchgate. net/publication/51796271
Supplementary material: media.nature. com/original/nature-assets/nature/journal/v480/n7375/extref/nature10629-s1.pdf
ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/22080949
Press release: sciencedaily. com/releases/2011/11/111109131304.htm
Review: web.archive. org/web/20151217062733/paleovegan.blogspot. com/2011/11/its-curtains-for-expensive-tissue.html
_"First, the adoption of cooking would have helped ancestral humans thrive. Meat and tubers have been exploited by humans for at least 2 million y, and the energetic resources of these foods are believed to have provided critical support for the evolution of costly increases in activity, birth rate, body size, and brain size (34). Meat would have been a preferred food, but its pursuit would require a large energetic investment with low rates of success (35). Tubers, by contrast, were less preferred but more consistently available, and this consistency would have made investments in the high-risk pursuit of meat possible (36). The proportions of animal and plant foods consumed by ancestral humans are unknown, but the parallel effects of cooking that we found suggest that the adoption of cooking would have led to energetic gains whether meat or tubers predominated. Moreover, because we found the effects of cooking to be incremental to the effects of pounding for both foods, the adoption of cooking was likely advantageous even if pounding methods were already in widespread use."_
- Carmody RN, Weintraub GS, Wrangham RW. *"Energetic consequences of thermal and nonthermal food processing."* _Proc Natl Acad Sci USA (2011 Nov 29) vol. 108 (48) pp. 19199-203_
pnas. org/content/108/48/19199.long
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_"Given the importance of lipids as a uniquely dense source of energy, our results have significant implications for both ancestral and modern human nutrition. Despite being costly in time and energy, cooking is a cultural universal (Wrangham, 2009). A functional perspective suggests that cooking therefore should increase overall fitness, and a proposed mechanism is through increasing net dietary energy gain (Carmody and Wrangham, 2009). However, prior research on the energetic significance of cooking for human evolution has considered only two of the three major macronutrients. Thermal processing has been previously observed to increase the energy gained from carbohydrate-rich tubers and protein-rich lean meat (Carmody et al., 2011); our data show that it increases the energy gained from lipid-rich nuts as well. Tubers, meat, and nuts are thought to have been major components of ancestral human diets (Peters, 1987; Ungar, 2007). Our findings therefore imply that cooking these foods would have raised the human energy budget, helping fuel expensive increases in body mass, brain size, locomotor activity and other costly physiological traits (Aiello and Wells, 2002)."_
- Groopman EE, Carmody RN, Wrangham RW. *"Cooking increases net energy gain from a lipid-rich food."* _Am J Phys Anthropol (2015 Jan) vol. 156 (1) pp. 11-8_
ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pmc/articles/PMC4272645/
ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/25293786
_"Evidence that present-day humans cannot extract sufficient energy from uncooked wild diets, whether or not they include meat ( Koebnick et al. 1999 ), has led to the suggestion that hunter-gatherers are biologically committed to these benefits of cooking ( Wrangham and Conklin-Brittain 2003 ), including the provision of sufficient energy to fuel an exceptionally large brain ( Fonseca-Azevedo and Herculano-Houzel 2012 )."_
- Carmody RN _et al._ *"Genetic Evidence of Human Adaptation to a Cooked Diet."* _Genome Biol Evol (2016 Apr 13) vol. 8 (4) pp. 1091-103_
academic.oup. com/gbe/article/8/4/1091/2574082
ncbi.nlm.nih. gov/pubmed/26979798
This was a really interesting read, thank you.
The issue is responsible design of footwear not evolution of humans or how our brains evolved. You are either for responsible design of footwear that respects the functional requirements of the lower limbs or doesn’t. Which side are you on?
@@epicsdrummer2010, I spend most of the time barefoot. How about you?
Zephyr López Cervilla fucking vegan
Just got my first pair of Vivo. Been doing the Merrell barefoot since they first came out. Maybe 8 yrs or even longer. I got the first generation trail glove like when it first came out. Putting on my new Vivo was AWESOME!!!! It’s hard to explain but I’ll put it in a way that all will understand......wearing barefoot shoes makes you feel like you can do all things Ninja related. Your soooo connected. You get your spring back. The shoes are so comfortable. They become and aide to your foot and not a jail, or hindrance. I’m a carpenter. I build 10,000 sq ft homes. I spend a lot of time walking down what basically is an inch and a half tight rope, walking on 2x10’s set on edge, for 8 hours a day. I just turned 42 years old and I’m still as agile as I ever been. Buy some!!! Slap like now!! They are epico!!!!
Ps.....we’re born barefoot..........only ones with big brain will understand
Thanks for sending me here eagle
just wait till the vivobarefoot team get a scoop on something a little more recent! hahaha love your shoes please make some cheaper!
what do you mean?
l love you name
A well presented case. Count me in I want my feet back
rossj I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
the irony is that this is a shoe brand commercial haha
Right?! "Barefoot shoes" 😆😂🤣
yeah
BTW dericflairmultiverse I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
This may be the BEST VIDEO EVER PUT ON TH-cam!!! Thank you!!!
2:37 Heels were never worn with stirrups to 'prevent the rider from falling off'!! For clarification, heels help to prevent the rider's foot from slipping through the stirrup, which can be dangerous especially if you do fall off, having one's foot caught in a stirrup while you are being dragged is ...not recommended.
Good film otherwise :)
Just thinking about that made me cringe...
FeralFenra OMG I just wrote almost the exact same thing 😂
That's why the first humans taming horses to ride on didn't even think of stirrups.. As a matter of fact, stirrups are the same to bareback riding as shoes are to bare feet..
I bought yesterday my 1st barefoot shoes, let's see how this goes!
How is it
BTW itsmireiasworld I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I have not money to buy shoes. Because I don't (like to) wear shoes. My bare feet are the best shoes in the world. I'm a barefoot hiker, since at 3 years old (in 1962).
But I have money to buy more important things: food
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Otherwise ... no shoes, no god, no mobile phone, no car ... but just useful things - for life: health and happiness ^___^
good for you, i started barefooting at 30. Spent childhood in orthopedic shoes that only did additional damage. and they were crazy expensive too
re 8:32 "... unnecessary junk" is a motto for an entire life. So much for the US economy.
I agree with the message of all of these people, however don't buy Vivobarefoot. They're so overpriced. You can buy much cheaper minimalist shoes.
Yes, they are called bare soles, the ones you were born with.. totally free..
I bought USA made barefoot style shoes for less than what Vivobarefoot is charging for their made in Africa shoes.
You can't just walk barefoot in winter or at work, or anywhere public... not everyone is living in mountains
One of the most truthful video ever seen on yt😉👍🔝
So do you believe in the 4 million years and evolution they mentioned?
BTW luceinbattaglia I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
OK, cool. Is this a conspiracy to get material for wikifeet? Because if it is, I totally approve.
Please direct me to the independently peer reviewed information establishing these claims about improved foot strength. Please, not a group of anecdotal points, no matter how many. Please declare a null hypothesis and the confidence interval of the data.
I've been using barefoot for my daily shoes for almost a year now , it is the best decision I have ever made, it wasn't pain free at first , cause I started with a very very fucked up feet and hip so it took couple days for the pain to fade away but after that i can't even imagine myself without those kind of shoes. the best I have ever tried were from vivobarefoot , quite expensive but better than xeroshoes for example , I'm not getting a penny for saying this but it is a dream to walk in them and they look way better , I haven't tried to run in them cause I'm a heavy guy but yeah good luck if you are going to do so but take it easy
leonex I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
I definitely believe that the barefoot shape is good since a lot of nba players have absolutely messed up feet with those narrow shoes, but we don’t have any affirmative proof that the heel on modern shoes are bad.
The only conspiracy here is Vivo discontinuing all of our favorite models and having all their new designs suck!
Where can I test fit a pair of Vivo's? I am not spending that much on an online order without fitment. I bought the baubax shoes last year and they went out of biz. I got stuck with a small size as they told me I could return the one that did not fit right. Say the least net fitment and dealing with shipping is not ideal.
They have a store in the UK. If you're not in the UK, you might have a better option in your country (Portugal, Poland, US and Germany all have minimalist shoe manufacturers).
Good point.
BTW jeremyrobbins I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Why do they keep saying 40,000 years ago and then show 3500 BC on their timeline. That is 5500 years ago.
njfreeskier I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
There is actually so much more to this topic, then just a 9 minute info documentary.
I was plagued with injuries from playing basketball. Total ACL tear at 16, arthrosis at 26, another complete acl tear at 36. I was researching for a solution, because i really wanted to keep on playing the game that i love, without having so many serious life altering injuries.
Well, while i was on rehab after the second ACL operation, i have bought my first pair of zero drop completely barefoot vivo shoes, and that was the day that i immediately started walking without crutches, it was on the 6th day after the operation. I truly couldn't believe it, but finally all of the training that i have done barefoot and using natural techniques paid off when i have changed the shoes that were used for rehab. I have been using barefoot shoes on the basketball court ever since. The transition wasn't easy, took some time to relearn the proper running technique of forefoot running and proper jumping and landing, but it is all worth it, i have stopped injuring my legs, no more ankle turns, bad landings etc, my feet became much stronger, and i have much more control of my basketball technique, like dribbling moves, spin moves and step backs. If the whole World switches back to barefoot shoes in every day life and especially in all types of sports, we are going to become a much healthier society. I can tell it by my own example, i had a perspective of becoming partially disabled, with a possibility of using artificial joints for most of my life, yet it has been over 15 years since my arthrosis diagnosis, and my legs are my own, i still enjoy the sport that i love, and live a pain free life.
P.S. Just recently, i began dunking the ball again at 41
twsyf I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Let me preface by saying that i read "Born to Run", I run in minimalist shoes 1-2 per week (Merrell Vapor Gloves and Vibram Bikilas), and the rest of the time, I run in Altra Zero drops. I'm 100% in favor of natural running and strong feet................ BUT........... all of the elites are now wearing Carbon Fiber trampoline shoes and lots of amateurs are also wearing them and getting PRs and breaking records. I don't see anyone in Vibram's, Merrels, or barefoot athletes getting PRs and setting records....just saying....
what your'e saying is that you wont see a man riding a bicycle getting ahead of a man riding a motorcycle. Well of course you won't.
How many hours an Olympian get to gym every weeks? 20? 30? 40?
Common runners like us don't run more than an hour a day, 3 times a week. No need for high tech kind of shoes.
Those guys get paid plenty to break their bodies... Just like the pro cyclists...But your normal body can't do that and get away pain free..
Love my Merrell Vapor Glove 4👍 feel ok wearing them too, as I run just for fun 😊 great running shoes aren’t they
I've been using "barefoot" what I'll call glove shoes for running and some versions for casual wear. I love them. I am slowly converting some of my other shoes to minimalist designs as I find ones I can use for work. I'm going to have to start spending more on fewer pairs of shoes to be able to afford them. I will probably still throw on heels sometimes because I don't feel dressy in flat shoes.
joyfuljaj I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
Why are minimalist shoes so over priced? Less material but same or more cost as regular shoes. Doesn't add up.
If you wanta good minimalist shoe, that is not overpriced, look for fighting shoes or indoor soccer shoes. It comes with the same benefits but with less price and less hype
Because they are made with expensive materials and are made to last.
Get a pair of Merrell Trail glove 4s for £70
Best pair of shoes i have ever owned and i now have 3 pairs.
Strengthened calf muscle for running, increased my speed, balance and most importantly increased mobility as my heel is not 1 inch in the air.
Got my vibrams for 45$
Because 3mm thick layer that doesn't get cut trough with broken glass and doesn't rip from friction in few weeks isn't cheap and commonly available? Just a thought... :D
@@Balancinglife Nice, where from ? I think 5 fingers are most practical but look stupid
Which of the latest models can I wear playing golf......seen a few people wearing them but not sure which sole is best
Great video. Will definitely share it. 👍🏻👣
A vivo foot wear could you please design a skate shoe for Skateboards cause I love Emerica skate shoes, but I have these impact insole so that they absorb shock. My feet are not that close to the ground
I work as a nurse and am on my feet for 13 hours a day? I would just worry that I wouldn't get the support I needed from a pair of these shoes??
Healthy feet don't need support. Feet are meant to support you! If your feet have weakened to the point where they need support, you should strengthen and rehabilitate them rather than giving up on them.
Try a pair of LEMS SHOES, the PRIMAL 2 model. MANY nurses wear them and love them on their feet all day. They air breathable too. Just remember you can write them off your taxes because you're using them for work. LEMS SHOES online, good company to deal with and return hassle free also.
your feet will learn to provide you the support but I think I would start with small steps. So maybe start wearing the shoes after work for a month or so and then try going into the long shifts.
Nurses are usually fat arrogant slobs who do nothing all day so you are the exception
get crocs literide! is not natural standing hours
Convinced me, just got a pair of your shoes for Christmas, they’re great
Interesting view here.... they are not saying walk barefoot when you're an adult. I would have thought no shoes would be the best shoes. Even in minimal shoes you have no 'connection' with the ground. There is still a barrier.
I think a blended approach works best for me - I wear vibrim five finger shoes mostly (minimal toes shoes) for walking and sometimes running.
I wear Hoka One Ones for running ultra marathons. When you're running for up to 12 hours on rough rocky terrain, that extra padding makes a huge difference. But also, the walking and running in the minimalist shoes during training is a huge benefit. I can go over on my ankle in a race and because my feet are so strong and yet flexible, what would for someone else, be a race ending injury, is nothing for me. i can carry on without it being a problem.
So my message would be, each type of shoe has a purpose, use the shoe for the purpose it is built for. And spend a bunch of time barefoot. It's good for you.
I agree one would not go barefoot at a construction site or working in a factory with heavy equipment, but other than those clearly defined exceptions, no shoe is the best shoe
Was the study certified because we need validation
Yeah guys, still using rubber in bottom of shoe. It would be awesome to use mushroom leather or something what keeps you grounded when walking. With rubber it is absolutely same to buy regular shoes.
Nice ending!
This should not have been used as a vehicle to sell footwear, rather it should have been used to teach exercises to strengthen feet and improve balance for the aging.
Robb Mathias this video is the middle ground. You will strengthen your feet and improve your balance by using these shoes. This is also the most logical thing to ask of the consumer because walking barefoot in public is simply not a good idea.
I agree. It does diminish the impact being sponsored by the company making these style of shoes, but the information I feel is still mostly solid.
After some careful thought I’ve come to the conclusion this video only applies to people that don’t work in industries that require foot protection or heavy loads to be carried often. How unfortunate.
@@woohooivan
I dont think many require sole protection above what something like a lem boulder boot has. I havent looked into steel or composite strengthened toes on minimalist boots.
I think flat, zero drop, with less cushioning etc. Can benefit everyone
Harrison the video is promoting shoes with minimal adverse impact on the physiologic function of the user; in short the most performance for the least negative impact. In the real world a product that increases the risk of injury or results in damage to the user is a defective product. Do you have a problem with Vivobarefoot calling a spade a spade?
I would be interested in a proper study about if it really is better to go barefoot with the hard underground we are facing everywhere today. If we look at the history, it's also not normal, that we almost don't walk on soft underground anymore. So maybe we just need the additional softness of shoes in this not yet adjusted situation.
I agree, but I don't have 180 dollars to buy your shoes.
going barefoot is for free.
Xero shoes are cheaper
I thought arch support helped keep your arches from flattening. 🤔
I agree that living in cushion would make our feet out of shape but I not sure our joints can sustain walking on concrete and tile without cushion.
But floors are hard, and (Europeans/Asians) we don't wear shoes indoors
lol, that's so dumb... Do you think rocks used to be cushioned, million years ago? :D
@@ajmeipalu1051 but how often does the average Asian or European run indoors?
@@germanher7528 Depends. I dont wear shoes when I run on a treadmill
But . . . but. . . . how can you make money telling people not to wear shoes!?
So, Adidas Pure Boost vs Vans which one is better?
Humans arent meant to walk on concrete all day though so Id imagine youd get more injuries from that then avoided.
Concrete is actually one of the more comfortable surfaces to walk on barefoot.. Gravel and coarse 'anti-slip' pavement is less enjoyable..
Haneix concrete its actually even better then walking on grass as you can see where there are sharp objects unlike grass where it hides it.
if you land on your forefoot, concrete doesnt hurt
Thank you for making this! I'm a performance basketball shoe fiend, and as a kid thought the more cushion the better. As I got older, I found I not only played worse in more chunky midsoled shoes, but got knee tendinitis from them too. I fully support the truthful findings of the detriments of our footwear designs, and am trying to make shoes that allow the body to be natural while still protected and stylish. It is SO encouraging and refreshing to see you already at it and spreading the word!! Thank you
I'm very skeptic watching this because half the people in it aren't identified. What are their credentials? And the ones who are, don't have relevant credentials to the topic at hand. A director? A poet? An Author? Ok...any evolutionary biologists? Any podiatrists?
Been barefoot for over a year now, would never go back. People often comment on how big my calves are as a result and my balance is much better than before. When I have to wear boots for work it makes my hips hurt.
Interesting yeah I knew this already I went to your website but your shoes are kind of overpriced sorry I will continue to get my Minimalist shoes somewhere else... All the best.
We wear shoes to prevent infections and Injuries.
jamesbedugraham I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe. I got it in my about tab.
But what about when you need to carry like 100 pounds on your back up a mountain?
Boots
You don't do that everyday, do you?
It’s actually safer to use barefoot shoes or shoes with stiff outsoles and midsoles. If you have cushioned shoes under so much weight you cause serious damage for your foot. But for running, you’ll do just fine.
I hiked for three weeks in Scotland with minimal shoes from vibram. Didn't have any problems. My backpack wasn't 100pounds though 😄
Valpo Desidero Montoya, i used to do it every day, I’m a former Marine scout sniper. Don’t do it much now, the occasional back country mule deer hunt, maybe about, two total weeks out of the year.
I live in a very snowy part of the world. And would like to go barefoot/minimalist, BUT my feet would freeze to death. So what should I wear?
A lot of empty claims, not backed by scientific evidence... This video is just a long commercial.
@MontalbanJR See, you are doing the same. Claim that the evidence is there, but don't point at it.
What kind of idiot clicks on a video made by a shoe company and expects it to not be promotional? If you want scientific evidence, there’s other places to look.
Matteo Taiana maybe there is no evidence about minimal shoes, but there is no evidence that big chunky shoes make any difference from my experience. I’ve been running for 2 and a half years now in vibram five fingers. Once I survived the transition period I had no more back problems and no shin splints. And that is a fact for me that is the best evidence I can get.
@@pablohorenstein759 Exactly. I used Nike shoes with a heel for 2 months, decided to go minimalist and got myself a pair of merrel trail glove 4s.
My calf ached like made, my foot strike and cadence increased and i have never had shin splints since.
Although it has taken almost half a year for my hamstrings in increase in size ( perhaps because i have increased calorie intake and incorporated sprints.
The medical textbook, The Shoe in Sport published in 1987 is packed with evidence on the problems caused by shoes. Biomechanics in Sports Shoes is another excellent reference. I have a huge selection of studies showing the adverse effects of footwear.
I took up running early end of 2020, and stopped for a few months, took it up again around March 2021. Wearing Nike pegasus 37, I completed two 10km, and sustained a calf injury, whatever it was it took 2 months to fully heal. Hadn't run since then as I got a bit anxious. About 3 weeks ago I did some rearch and found "barefoot shoes". To transition I use merrell Glove trial, that has a little midsole and arch support. In the next few months I want to go completely barefoot. In advance I brought merrell vapor gloves and some barefoot sandals. Never will I go back to wearing Nike, or any other shoe with silly 10mm drop and being over an inch off the ground.