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Labi1995 · Clubopener Geregistreerd op: 19 Jan 2019 Berichten: 322

The next day I tried running in them with a pair of Smartwool socks on foot, and it felt much better. The socks seemed to help prevent any sand that got in from irritating my feet. I was able to push the pace under 6:00/mile for brief stretches on both runs (had the dog, so couldn’t really cut loose for too long), and my form felt great. As I said, ground feel in these shoes is excellent.All in all, after several days and a decent amount of wear, I’m pretty happy with this purchase. I foresee wearing these a lot this summer, and probably doing the occasional run in them as Nike Air Vapormax Mujer well (the sand/debris issue is my biggest concern, and I have other zero drop options that take care of that). Overall, a worthy, though a bit pricy, upgrade to my Crocs!One of the most common claims made by minimalist and barefoot runners (myself included) is that running in minimalist shoes (or barefoot) can be an effective tool for strengthening the muscles of the feet and legs. The idea is that constrictive, stiff, and overly cushioned modern footwear brace the foot, alter our natural biomechanics, and limit the ability of the foot and leg muscles to function naturally. As a result, these muscles get weak.One of the first things I noticed when I began my own journey into minimalist running about two years ago was that my feet felt different. My first minimalist shoe was the Nike Free 3.0, and I can distinctly remember how I felt Adidas Superstar Femme that the shoes were working my legs differently, and I had a sensation of “fullness” in my feet that I had never felt before (I can’t think of proper words to describe the feeling…). I knew something was happening, but I really wasn’t sure what it was. Jump ahead two years and I’m now quite certain that my feet have changed shape. I have no “before” pictures that I can compare to, but I find that shoes that used to fit me comfortably are now constricting and narrow, and if I had measurements, I’d guess that my forefoot is now wider than it used to be. No proof, but I believe this Nike Air Max 95 Femme to be the case. I also feel like my big toe has migrated a bit medially, as if it were trying to create some additional space between itself and its smaller brethren.All of this led me to begin doing some research to see just what we know about whether Nike Air Max 90 Femme Fleur running in minimalist shoes can actually strengthen our feet and legs. It makes perfect sense, but the scientist in me wanted to see some data.It’s fairly well established that living a shod life can alter the anatomy and function of our feet. For example, earlier today I read a fascinating study by a group of European researchers (D’Aout et al., 2009) in which they traveled to southern India and made anatomical measurements of the feet of habitually shod and habitually unshod individuals. They also took measurements from a group of Belgians for comparative purposes, since even the Nike Air Max Classic BW Hombre typically shod Indians wear mostly non-constrictive shoes like sandals (they also typically go barefoot as children). In addition to the foot examination, they had each individual walk over a pressure mat to examine how pressure is applied to the sole of Nike Air Max 95 Femme the foot during normal walking.What the researchers found was that the habitually unshod group had the widest feet, and both groups of Indians had longer feet when corrected for overall body size than the Belgians. In other words, the Belgians had short, scrawny feet compared to the Indians (take a look at Figure 3 from the D’Aout paper if you want to see what normal human feet that have not been deformed by footwear should look like). When they looked at plantar pressure distributions during walking, they found that the habitually barefoot group used more of the foot surface to Nike Air Max 95 Femme disperse pressure (particularly in the region of the midfoot), whereas the Belgians tended to exhibit stronger and more localized pressure peaks under the heel and under the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal heads. The authors conclude their abstract with the Nike Air Max Classic BW Donne following: