Just wondering, I recently learned about the problems that shoes cause for us and somebody with a wide toe box I got a pair of Vibrams recently. They seem to have a lot of the engineering and design philosophy of shoes like vaporflies minus the thick padding material that blocks your foot. Are vibrams both faster and safer for you or is the main advantage just in giving you a more natural posture when running?
There is not one professional runner of any distance wearing or training in them, or at least using them in any significant form.
Traditional shoe companies sponsor these runners though? If you look at the regular shoes they sell vs spikes, spikes already look a lot more like vibrams.
Vibram lost a class action lawsuit about some of their marketing claims.
These shoes where developed for boaters and some barefoot runners started using them. Than the whole minimalist running moved started until injuries killed it again.
Vibram lost a class action lawsuit about some of their marketing claims.
These shoes where developed for boaters and some barefoot runners started using them. Than the whole minimalist running moved started until injuries killed it again.
Yep. Stress fractures galore. Again, super soft surfaces might be fine. But any kind of serious run training wont see much use for vibrams.
I think these types of shoes can be great for slow, off-road running. I do believe they have the potential to strengthen you and ultimately prevent injury.
In practice, most new runners will end up injuring themselves in them after a few runs. Going way too fast for too long instead of slowly building up in them, recognizing the incredible amount of new stress you are introducing to your feet and legs.
I run barefoot pretty frequently on grass/turf and have debated getting a pair as the weather gets colder. Nice way to get some lower leg strengthening and promote good running form on recovery days
I know barefoot running has already had its heyday, but honestly, i still wish I had a shoe where i could use the muscles in my feet rather than have them immobilized. Doesn’t it seem like there should be some advantage to incorporating the muscles of the feet?
To be 100 percent honest, i wore minimalist shoes for a month or so back in 2016 and had calf-achilles pain that made it all unworkable. But i still want to believe in the whole thing for some reason.
The argument about why no professional runners wear them is about stress fractures to the metatarsals?
Both. Elite athletes can’t race in Vibrams because it would make a mockery of all the old world records. That’s the dirty secret Big Super Spike doesn’t want you to know about.
Just wondering, I recently learned about the problems that shoes cause for us and somebody with a wide toe box I got a pair of Vibrams recently. They seem to have a lot of the engineering and design philosophy of shoes like vaporflies minus the thick padding material that blocks your foot. Are vibrams both faster and safer for you or is the main advantage just in giving you a more natural posture when running?
Broth, specifically bone broth by repeated impact at higher speeds.
Just wondering, I recently learned about the problems that shoes cause for us and somebody with a wide toe box I got a pair of Vibrams recently. They seem to have a lot of the engineering and design philosophy of shoes like vaporflies minus the thick padding material that blocks your foot. Are vibrams both faster and safer for you or is the main advantage just in giving you a more natural posture when running?
Broth, specifically bone broth by repeated impact at higher speeds.
Damn! You beat me to the joke.
But to address the OP, you've just been duped by a company's marketing campaign. Vibram are just selling you a solution to a problem that doesn't exist.
People get injured, but it's not because their shoes have too much cushioning. It's because they've increased their running, both in amount and intensity, too rapidly.
Almost every person I've known that's fallen for the same trend has eventually wound up with a bone stress injury (usually in the foot).
In contrast, I've never heard of anyone who runs more than 100 miles a week ever complain about cushioning in their shoes. If anything, they want more of it.
I have never run in Vibram 5 Fingers but ran in other minimalist shoes. After a period of getting used to them (pain in the calves only went away after 1 month) I then wore them for every run over the next 9 months.
I ran on roads and trails and raced from 5km to half marathon. I didn't have any injuries in that period and ran times that I expected to run with normal shoes. I only stopped running in them because where I live now there aren't many trails and I don't like the feeling of running on roads with minimalist shoes.
Just wondering, I recently learned about the problems that shoes cause for us and somebody with a wide toe box I got a pair of Vibrams recently. They seem to have a lot of the engineering and design philosophy of shoes like vaporflies minus the thick padding material that blocks your foot. Are vibrams both faster and safer for you or is the main advantage just in giving you a more natural posture when running?