Hi all.
Stumbled upon this fascinating article, and got curious about it.
Have never thought of it, does it make sense that different shoes actually can influence your HR-response when running?
Hi all.
Stumbled upon this fascinating article, and got curious about it.
Have never thought of it, does it make sense that different shoes actually can influence your HR-response when running?
Different shoes absolutely make a difference to the speed of running, and therefore the heartrates.
I like their study though paced runs on a track would have been better, as many treadmills are not consistent with their pace.
The reason shoes are different is due mainly to construction design, material properties, and weight. Poor construction design causes braking, soft materials causes absorption of energy, and weight simply slows down the movement and takes more energy at given speeds.
I like the simple design in the photos, as it removes all obstruction between the primary landing areas of the feet.
I would have liked to see discussion and explanation of what design factors they consider more important then others, and which would be more harmful to pace vs heartrate.
I just now found a photo of the Airia 1.5 mentioned in the link.
http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0195/9878/products/airia-023-1000px_1024x1024.jpg?v=1441691099
Similar to what I've done with my own shoes, they removed rubber from under the insoles, so the points of landing / support are the same as when barefoot. Anything else causes braking, and potential damage to the legs.
On the negative side, the shoes are still built up too much, have way too much cushioning, and the improvement over conventional shoes is too little.
Ok. Interesting with your thought on speed and heartrates. Seems logic. But haven´t had any thought of this before.
And are there more extensive research done on this from other brands or scientists?
Doesn´t seem so farfetched after all given the reasoning of Fastbarefootrunner.
Heart rate from day to day at the same given pace can vary based on temp, hydration, sleep, stress, etc.
If they want this to be better, get O2 data and calibrate that treadmill or at least use a device to verify the speed.
What does "comparable weight" mean? what is the difference in the weight of the shoes?
Good luck getting a study with 100 runners. That is a lot of test subjects.
Yeah.
Would need to have more runners to make something conclusive, but I still wonder if you´ve seen other resembling research about physiological response to different shoes/types of shoes?
They went on the question and organized a bigger study.
And seem to offer free shoes to testrunners. Perhaps not too bad a deal.
