Vibram Five Fingers Shoes: The Barefoot Alternative
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/05/07/vibram-five-fingers-shoes/
Tim Ferris on these weird shoes. What do you think?
Vibram Five Fingers Shoes: The Barefoot Alternative
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/05/07/vibram-five-fingers-shoes/
Tim Ferris on these weird shoes. What do you think?
Expensive, poor design, and too heavy.
everyone looks at you like you're f*cking crazy and they're uncomfortable. If they made a normal looking shoe with that type of sole but without the toesy things, I'd be all in. It'd probably be all I would ever wear.
How about that, Vibram? Make something that looks normal and provides the same benefits and it'll sell a lot better than what the fivefingers do.
buioswhw wrote:
everyone looks at you like you're f*cking crazy and they're uncomfortable. If they made a normal looking shoe with that type of sole but without the toesy things, I'd be all in. It'd probably be all I would ever wear.
How about that, Vibram? Make something that looks normal and provides the same benefits and it'll sell a lot better than what the fivefingers do.
I saw a guy in Logan airport in these things. I did a double take because it looked like he was barefoot but had stepped in tar or sh!t and was walking around indoors.
So yes, they look weird.
Anyone who wears socks with those things is advertising they take it in the ass.
That article shows supposedly natural feet. They are disgusting looking and I can't see how anyone with these feet could possibly run.
http://img.skitch.com/20090505-k3pfpa6c7exbg14dk2xa9813q9.jpg
J.R. wrote:
photos at 2009 world xc
http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2009/ammanrace/images/P1010842.JPGhttp://www.letsrun.com/photos/2009/ammanrace/images/P1010847.JPG
Were the guys who beat him wearing shoes?
Why not just get the Teva Protons? Same flexibility and foot protection, but not as "toe specific" so a better chance of fitting more feet.
I got mine for $15 off E-Bay.
They would still look ridiculous in normal life, but who gives a shizzy? It's not like skinny runners look like the rest of the world anyway...
I don't understand what you are trying to show me. The guy running without shoes seems to have normal looking feet. Nothing like the grossly deformed "natural" feet that were shown in the OP's original link.
J.R. wrote:
photos at 2009 world xc
http://www.letsrun.com/photos/2009/ammanrace/images/P1010842.JPGhttp://www.letsrun.com/photos/2009/ammanrace/images/P1010847.JPG
Alternative is only superficially correct.
It's more like they are Complementary: top-down and bottom-up.
On the foot-wear scale, they work for barefoot runners scaling up. And for traditional shoe users scaling down.
I have been using them extensivley for two years.
Again, they do work. And like all designs can and i suspect will be improved.
Weird can be fun.
I wear them and love them. I find them extremely comfortable and do most of my mileage wearing them. Not sure what the fuss is about.
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Again, they do work.
They work? What does that mean? They are just shoes.
I'm with Katana. I wear them for trail stuff a lot, and as a daily shoe. I wouldn't wear them for races, but they are a good training tool. Super comfortable, EXTREMELY durable (mine have 1500 miles on them and barely look old), and easy to clean (throw them in the washing machine.
cbb1970 wrote:
Vibram Five Fingers Shoes: The Barefoot Alternative
http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2009/05/07/vibram-five-fingers-shoes/Tim Ferris on these weird shoes. What do you think?
Tim Ferris is one of the most full of shit hustlers on the net. Little doubt he's been paid to peddle these things no matter what he might say to the contrary. He lies about weight training and his accomplishments, he lies about diets he's created. He's a fraud who's figured out how to make money off gullible folks out there looking for instant solutions to whatever ails them.
wondering... wrote:
I wouldn't wear them for races
Why not.
I will humour you even though it reads like you are being provocative.
They work for their intended use as footwear, as in products you wear on your feet, for protection and pleasure.
Have you had experience with products, including shoes, that either don't work or work (before breaking, hurting, ect) for a time so short that it ends up being like they are not working? The concept of work is best metabolized over a reasonable time frame.
And I imagine yes, you must have had experiences of products not working for you.
If you want to be fastidious about it, i can add "for me".
They work for me.
I bought my first pair yesterday. I love them. the pinky toe takes a while to get used to being pushed to the side and spread out more, but after a while they are really comfortable. Those who do run in them, what is your daily/weekly mileage on them?
I'm thinking about doing my morning runs on grass(about 6 miles) in them and then running in a normal shoe in the afternoon for summer training, anyone have experience?
If you're running on grass then run BAREFOOT.
