Benefits of Barefoot Running
Barefoot shoes provide the benefits of natural movement, and may support healthy habits like running. Learn about the role barefoot shoes can play in your fitness routine.
Barefoot Running
Working Out With Your Dog
It’s common knowledge that exercise improves your overall health and well-being. What’s less well-known is that the same is true for your four-legged furry friends. Pet parents want their dogs to be happy, and that means helping them be fit and healthy. Like people, dogs can be susceptible to obesity and the associated health risks. […]
How to Be Lighter on Your Feet While Running
Why You Want to “Run Lighter” Running lighter can have three significant effects on your running: Make running fun Become more efficient Help reduce injury risk How do you run lighter? It just takes a few minor form tweaks that you’ll discover below. Use Sound to Know How “Light” You’re Running The sound your feet […]
5 Easy Tips For Better Running – Global Running Day 2024
In this 5-minute guide to better running created by “Born to Run Coach” Eric Orton, he takes the concept of running for fitness and rewrites it. When you know how often to run, how fast, and how far, you can turn running from a workout into a joy. Watch Coach Eric’s guide to help you […]
“The Dream Shoe”: A Partnership with Xero Shoes & Born to Run 2 Authors
Fifteen years ago, Christopher McDougall’s iconic book Born to Run changed our ideas of running technique, and running footwear, forever. But McDougall and Eric Orton, his running coach and recent co-author of Born to Run 2: The Ultimate Training Guide, haven’t ever officially partnered with a running shoe company. UNTIL NOW. On April 13th, Xero […]
The evolution of human feet and how to have strong feet – BBC podcast
The BBC’s Made of Stronger Stuff podcast just dropped an episode called “Feet.” Overall… GREAT. It starts with the simplest idea, the arch in your foot is there to support your body. Spot on! Well, there are actually 3 arches in your foot, but they’re referring to the one we normally think of — the […]
Learn perfect running form from a ROBOT!
If you haven’t seen the videos of the Boston Dynamics robots, you MUST. They’re simultaneously, amazing and spooky (especially the videos of Spot, the robot “dog.” My favorite is the one below, because Atlas the robot has almost PERFECT running form! Check it out: Notice that his foot lands pretty much right under his body. […]
Eliud Kipchoge: It’s NOT the shoes!
I’ll admit it. I love being right. What am I right about this time? The importance — or lack thereof — of shoes in Eliud Kipchoge’s sub-2-hour marathon performance. I’ve talked about how shoes were NOT the delimiting factor in Kipchoge’s amazing run here, and in my podcast here, pointing out that the difference between […]
The Evolution of Xero Shoes in an Ultra Marathon Running Couple
Xero Shoes is a company that has come a long way. Looking back, we have come quite a long way as runners and adventurers. As we’ve grown, we’ve realized what a long way we’ve come WITH our Xero Shoes. We ordered our first pair of Xero Shoes in 2013 after reading the book Born to […]
DO NOT “TRANSITION SLOWLY” TO BAREFOOT RUNNING
The more time you spend researching barefoot running and minimalist running — the more articles, interviews with doctors or runners, news stories, and research you dive into — the more you’ll hear one particular warning. Transition to barefoot running SLOWLY. If you make the transition too quickly, you’ll get hurt. Actually, if the piece supports […]
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