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Originally Posted by Levitron
My buddy and I looked into getting these. They are a bit weird and take a bit of getting used to. I would recommend trying them out before actually buying them; you can find them at MEC.
They're cool, but I didn't pick them up because I didn't really think they felt great on my feet. My buddy did and he spent some time running in them. I think running on any hard surface is not good for these shoes because after running about 5 or 6K on the track, he got some blisters from them.
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you definitely have to ease into them. from what i've read, 5 minutes per running session and gradually increasing week by week. lots of injuries reported by people trying to do too much too soon.
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Originally Posted by hal0g0dv2
saw these on the news last night, tons of people at my gym use them but like if you drop a weight your kinda fucked
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i don't think they have nearly as much potential benefit in the gym as they do on the track. i'm still educating myself on barefooting, but the idea of running totally barefoot is quite interesting. also that using less cushioning (or none at all) under my feet may actually be beneficial to my moderate knee pain is totally opposite from my conventional thinking - for those unfamilair, running barefoot forces you to take shorter strides and land on the balls of your feet with your knees bent much more than with shoes where most people land with a heel-first strike. heel strikes occur with little to no bend in the knees which translates into eventual knee problems. youtube and google for more info...