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unashamedly nicked from Eightlane
http://www.eightlane.com/forum.php?req=thread&id=707
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Back around 1974-5 there was a fellow in Runner's World, back when it was worth reading, that espoused this same or a very similar idea.
In fact there may even have been running shoes out on the market that were Earth Shoe variants.
Isn't NEWTON doing something along the same lines: encouraging forefoot striking?
sign me up, those look great.
The problem is his assumption that running without a heel strike is the natural way to run.
It's not.
Even the majority of sprinters heel will touch the ground at some point in the foot strike. Most often in sprints, contact is made initially on the ball of the foot and then the heel comes down and touches the ground. That's how the body works.
Granted, heel first striking isn't good, but neither is no heel striking at all.
Seems like you'd be minimizing the natural stretch reflex mechanism.
I agree. It seems like even more of a "heel lift" without the actual heel. You'd be better off in something like the Hyperspeed 2 (at least it appears). I would still like to try some out for a run though. Looks interesting.
Wait, so how would some Dutch running store dork know more about shoe engineering than the highly-paid minds at Nike, Reebok, Adidas, etc.?
Those "highly-paid minds" have no idea how running and body mechanics work and therefore make shoes that encourage poor mechanics. This in turn creates higher injury rates among runners. Do some research of your own, don't let others do the research for you.
.truth wrote:
Those \"highly-paid minds\" have no idea how running and body mechanics work and therefore make shoes that encourage poor mechanics. This in turn creates higher injury rates among runners. Do some research of your own, don\'t let others do the research for you.
That’s very true, I’m finishing a four years program in physical therapy and don’t understand all the principles behind the biomechanics of the foot. Do you really think an engineer who never took a course of anatomy in his life could understand something as complex as human running and body mechanic?
In the same way, even the best cardiologist would never make the assumption that he could create something better than the human heart. Why would it be any different with the human foot?
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