Question for the runners.

[cj023Participant 723]

I was recently in Oregon seeking a camping spot for the coming solar eclipse. I came across a group of people who run…..without shoes.

It’s called bare feet running, or something alone those lines.

They claim you run faster, breath better, and “it’s natural”

Well I gave it a try and I couldn’t even step out of my camper for long walking on gravel with no shoes is like walking on razors….these guys ran on it! (And f~~~ing fast too!!!)

Is this real? Do your feet actually adapt to the environment? Have you tried it? Or is this going to be a new fad like yoga?

[cj023Participant 723]

Fyi, these arn’t your steriotipical cross country runners, these guys run trails (with packs) participate in free-running, parkour, weight lifting, swimming, skiing, basically your tier-1 athlete

“Shoes are a crutch bro”

[Admiral CrunchParticipant 776]

It’s a fad that came and went very quickly….just imagine the medical bills incurred by stepping on very sharp glass or other objects…not worth it in the least. These guys who ran fast with bare feet would be just as fast running with shoes. Nothing beats a good, comfortable pair of running shoes.

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[KeymasterKeymaster]

cj023 wrote:

Is this real? Do your feet actually adapt to the environment?

Yes I came across a guy recently when climbing a 90 story hiking trail….. who was doing it in bare feet and I followed him and watched in amazement. It’s a challenge in sneakers and this guy is doing it at the same pace with seemingly less effort??

I stopped and spoke to him , and he swore it “put him in touch with the Earth” – in an energetic / spiritual sense. It sounded hokey, and he knew it, but he said it has a completely different effect than doing it in shoes. It makes him feel very “grounded” and “pure”.

I asked him if it hurt and he said it did at first, but now it’s a cake walk for him. When he steps on uneven ground, rough surfaces, small stones etc. …. he described it as a form of acupuncture & “the ultimate foot massage”.

Otherwise I know it’s a fact that feet adapt to this over time and they can take rough terrain if you train them….. kind of like a athlete, gymnast, trapeze artist that stands on ( and swings ) from his hands. Their palms, grip and fingers adapt to be able to take quite a lot of abuse – including their own body weight – which hands aren’t even designed to do.

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[cj023Participant 723]

Keymaster wrote:

cj023 wrote:

Is this real? Do your feet actually adapt to the environment?

Yes I came across a guy recently when climbing a 90 story hiking trail….. who was doing it in bare feet and I followed him and watched in amazement. It’s a challenge in sneakers and this guy is doing it at the same pace with seemingly less effort??

I stopped and spoke to him , and he swore it “put him in touch with the Earth” – in an energetic / spiritual sense. It sounded hokey, and he knew it, but he said it has a completely different effect than doing it in shoes. It makes him feel very “grounded” and “pure”.

I asked him if it hurt and he said it did at first, but now it’s a cake walk for him. When he steps on uneven ground, rough surfaces, small stones etc. …. he described it as a form of acupuncture & “the ultimate foot massage”.

Otherwise I know it’s a fact that feet adapt to this over time and they can take rough terrain if you train them….. kind of like a athlete, gymnast, trapeze artist that stands on ( and swings ) from his hands. Their palms, grip and fingers adapt too.

I get that I was completely amazed myself. I can’t even walk to the mailbox without strapping up. But do you believe it actually generates a “natural athletic feeling” like you’re ‘connected’ or something. These guys claimed you’re faster, stronger, can endure much more if you just remove the shoes.

[MGTOW_MikeParticipant 6253]

The bottom of my feet, especially near my heel, has turned leathery. I have walked outside many times without shoes. The bottom of my heel is all hardened and cracked.

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[KeymasterKeymaster]

cj023 wrote:

“natural athletic feeling” like you’re ‘connected’ or something

Exactly the way he described it.

cj023 wrote:

These guys claimed you’re faster, stronger, can endure much more if you just remove the shoes.

I plan on trying it myself on a small stretch. It made me very curious.

. . . . I just hope I don’t step on a feminist.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[cj023Participant 723]

Keymaster wrote:

cj023 wrote:

“natural athletic feeling” like you’re ‘connected’ or something

Exactly the way he described it.

cj023 wrote:

These guys claimed you’re faster, stronger, can endure much more if you just remove the shoes.

I plan on trying it myself on a small stretch. It made me very curious.

. . . . I just hope I don’t step on a feminist.

lol, thanks to mgtow I don’t even care anymore, why waste time? But these guys were no s~~~ like bodybuilders….who could move nobody I’d want to fight. Just something interesting mightgo shoeless for 2 weeks and see what happens

[MorpheusParticipant 2177]

Me and my friends used to play barefoot soccer sometimes. It really increases your dexterity. If you want to go in the 2’0 clock direction, in an instant. It saves you those milliseconds. Regarding the pain on gravel, endure it for some time and you will get used to it.

[cj023Participant 723]

Morpheus wrote:

Me and my friends used to play barefoot soccer sometimes. It really increases your dexterity. If you want to go in the 2’0 clock direction, in an instant. It saves you those milliseconds. Regarding the pain on gravel, endure it for some time and you will get used to it.

I heard professional soccer/football players can actually preform better bear-footed the only reason it’s not allowed in the mls is for safety reasons

[NerdTunnelerParticipant]

The feet adapts really well…I think that is only good to be barefoot in nature where you can feel the earth and have a better grip with your toes…In the urban areas, shoes is much more conducive because of the gravel and concrete…

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[MorpheusParticipant 2177]

cj023 wrote:

Neo wrote:

Me and my friends used to play barefoot soccer sometimes. It really increases your dexterity. If you want to go in the 2’0 clock direction, in an instant. It saves you those milliseconds. Regarding the pain on gravel, endure it for some time and you will get used to it.

I heard professional soccer/football players can actually preform better bear-footed the only reason it’s not allowed in the mls is for safety reasons

In the Roman times, all the games were played barefoot.

[IRuleMeParticipant]

I tend to walk around outside barefoot a lot. I’ve paid for it a few times, but my feet feel more free. Shoes are always constricting.

[Mr. ManParticipant 2916]

I’m not a runner, but I found Christopher McDougle’s book, Born to Run, absolutely fascinating.

If you have even a modicum of interest in the origins of barefoot running in the U.S., then you’ll want to read this book.

Here’s one of the author’s TED talks.

[President SnowParticipant 72]

While I do like to walk around barefooted and like how my feet manage my body heat by using the ground as a heatsink, my BS sense seems to tingle regarding how it could make you faster or more efficient.

You see, humans are not really that good at running. When measured, humans’ relation of moving body weight (in kilograms) to cost of transport (in calories per gram per kilometre) is lacklustre. Compared to other organisms or human on a bicycle, running is not that efficient.

This makes sense even without the bicycle, if you look up Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic runner that has used “flex-foot cheetah” prosthetics, you will find that he cannot compete in the normal Olympics because of his rounded, blade-like artificial legs. They make him run a lot faster than the fastest “normal” Olympic runner and with less effort, effectively cheating his way to victory. Runners would have to cut off their legs and use similar prosthetics to even keep up.
Running shoes are designed similarly, although their effect is less dramatic. The singular curve of the shoes’ soles allows for a better rolling motion that keeps up the momentum and delays exhaustion for the runner. The added elasticity of the soles further absorbs the shock of every step that would normally wear down the muscles, bones and joints of the runner.
From all this I would induce that running barefooted is not going to make you faster. In fact, it would more likely make you run more slowly than anything else.

That’s just my two cents though.

[AttonParticipant]

Aboriginals have been walking bare foot for around 12,000 years works for them.

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[JVBParticipant]

Full of s~~~!! Don’t do it. It’s like those feet shoes. Just a fad.

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[AwakenedParticipant 35201]

I don’t want to have their joints as they age !!

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[cj023Participant 723]

President Snow wrote:

While I do like to walk around barefooted and like how my feet manage my body heat by using the ground as a heatsink, my BS sense seems to tingle regarding how it could make you faster or more efficient.

You see, humans are not really that good at running. When measured, humans’ relation of moving body weight (in kilograms) to cost of transport (in calories per gram per kilometre) is lacklustre. Compared to other organisms or human on a bicycle, running is not that efficient.

This makes sense even without the bicycle, if you look up Oscar Pistorius, the Olympic runner that has used “flex-foot cheetah” prosthetics, you will find that he cannot compete in the normal Olympics because of his rounded, blade-like artificial legs. They make him run a lot faster than the fastest “normal” Olympic runner and with less effort, effectively cheating his way to victory. Runners would have to cut off their legs and use similar prosthetics to even keep up.
Running shoes are designed similarly, although their effect is less dramatic. The singular curve of the shoes’ soles allows for a better rolling motion that keeps up the momentum and delays exhaustion for the runner. The added elasticity of the soles further absorbs the shock of every step that would normally wear down the muscles, bones and joints of the runner.
From all this I would induce that running barefooted is not going to make you faster. In fact, it would more likely make you run more slowly than anything else.

That’s just my two cents though.

I know, but if you would have seen how fast, strong, and the way that they moved was unbelievable. They could out Sprint me on gravel with a pack….and no shoes

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