Tarahumara Living | Episode 4 | The Barefoot Movement

[stoidipukeaw]

You land on your heels.

[Jordonified]

If you run in vibrams your going to run slower because you don't have the same kind of protection. See any professional runner's in vibrams? I don't think so. Were not meant to run on concrete and tarmac. You can get away with barefoot running in the forest or on the beach but not on city streets when your pumping out the mileage.

[BallsworthBallsbury]

@Jordonified what evidence do you have for your bogus claim? If I had to guess, you wrote those words simply to justify your current lifestyle.

I run in Vibrams on concrete all the time. I ran my fastest marathon in Vibrams, and it was on 100% concrete/asphalt. No injuries. If you run with proper form, you can run barefoot on any surface.

Quit spouting BS.

[Jordonified]

@BallsworthBallsbury How fast was your fastest marathon? See any pro's in vibrams? Not a chance.

[AmpleSoundUK]

@Jordonified thats cos theyre all sponsered and wearing the shoes theyre told to

[Jordonified]

@AmpleSoundUK no it's because they are pro athletes. If vibrams made you run faster I am sure a pro athlete would do it!!! LOL they cut corners wherever they can to get a faster time. Come on, use your brain. Barefoot is fine on the beach and in the field but not on tarmac and concrete. Were not designed for that kind of terrain and proper running wear protects our feet.

[Mulyanis77]

@Jordonified

Wrong. I run 50-100k/week in the summer on asphalt and trails; Vibrams in the Winter. Running on asphalt is the most pleasant of all stuff to run on barefoot. You have no idea what you're talking about. But keep running, however you do; that's what matters. I could give a shit what people wear or dont.

[Jordonified]

@Mulyanis77 Yah and I don't need to run because I can fly. You can't justify your personal experiences. Any pro athletes wear vibrams? Nope. I am pretty sure they know wtf is up.

[jiggasnap]

"Veebram," lol

[Preserbius]

So . . . where different f***ing shoes

[iceyflames7]

0:30

I used to wear shoes like you, but then I took a pole to the face.

[tripleMmagic]

I like that you put "born to run" into a video. The film even made me laugh.

[nowhereboy]

There are many thin-soled options now. A lot has changed in the last year. You can buy huaraches (inexpensively through Invisible Shoe), Merrels, Stem, etc. Some people love their vibrams but I've pretty much given up on them... between the expense, weird looks, and funk, they are so not worth it.

[oldpiq]

If only running related injuries were caused by slapstick!

[garethef]

Spread the word! Zotzotzot!

[sillymesilly]

stupid acting

[crimsonmonieful]

Wow, she said the exact same thing that Christopher McDougall said in the book "Born to Run" WAY TO BE ORIGINAL! :-\

[pml139]

oh hey lets copy word for word the book "born to run"

[mazmagic]

@pml139 thats the point dumbass

[nowhereboy]

@pml139 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

[MikeKostkaaaaaa]

@pml139 be nice the girl is hot

[cameraguy1968]

I don't think shoes are her problem, maybe a brain tumor. Sudden loss of balance, loss of coordination...

[delxart]

I suggest you wear shoes haha I regularly run 10 mile runs.. if i went barefoot imagine how fucked up my feet would be (X not to mention i run on hills full of brush and thorns... I only run barefoot in my cool down on the grass.

[Schizopantheist]

@delxart Did you actually listen to the video? Some people who run trails use 'minimal' shoes with very thin soles. As do the Tarahumara- (which is also what the Vibrams are).

But after gradually training up running on roads/paving should be fine. You take shorter faster strides and you don't push your feet too far. It's fine. Training up is crucial though.

Think about it, do you think people didn't go 10 miles or more before Adidas were invented? Look at the lifestyle of hunter gatherers..

[delxart]

@Schizopantheist You run faster in shoes.. Olympic Marathon runner Ryan Hall said The best runners in the world train in shoes and until he gets beat by a barefoot runner he's sticking with shoes. And we havent been Hunter gathers for thousands of years, and since running shoes have been invented and getting more advanced, humans have been getting faster

[Schizopantheist]

@delxart Fine. That's not what you were arguing before though. Ive just come back from a 2 mile run and my feet are fine, in time it will be ten. I wouldn't be surprised if people tend to run faster in shoes, they allow people to put their feet under greater stress, hence the higher rate of injury. Having said that, people -have- won medals in bare feet VS shoes!

[mrtailendcharlie]

@delxart yeah but the best runners in the world , have a the barefoot style with means landing on you toes and not your heels. what modern running shoes do is allow you to land on your heels , but barefoot shoes will not as it will be just to much pain in heel and knee. Barefoot shoes teach good form end of story, and all of the good runners have good form and that is why they get away with wearing shoes

[Spaceisneat]

@delxart it's not the shoes making people faster...it's greater knowledge of things like anatomy and technical aspects of form. And the technology that allows the study of such things.

[cegtown]

By the way, Bill Bowerman invented the waffle sole that had more to do with tread than cushion. It was a "spikeless" running shoe with very little cushion.

[Averagebum2]

@cegtown Yup, it was only much later when Nike decided to thicken the soles of their shoes, and in an interview with Bowerman in Runner's World, he actually said it was deviating from his original ideas.

[jgianoli]

better off starting out slow with the vibrams and getting a good foot strike, right from the start

[AstonNumber12]

'Vivobarefoot'

These guys are specialists in Barefoot Running. I play handball, but I ALWAYS train in them. Training barefoot also improves almost all stability aspects of your training, I can also jump and run faster than most of my team mates under the same training programme for 6 weeks. This also applies to most sports, not just Handball.

Vivobarefoot create trainers as well as regular looking shoes but with barefoot properties. Check them out.

[dvnhndrsn]

@cegtown Nike invented the first "running shoe" that started the downward trend towards cushions, arch support and heel-to-toe drops that cause so many injuries today. The shoe was called the Pegasus. They actually marketed that in order to run the best (HA) you had to heel-strike and run in the Pegasus. They advertised you change your running form. Nike was very much at the root of this problem.

Research will do you good, man.

[blaslampe]

Very cute and well made video

[topsyturvy101]

whats the song?

[rumblefish1988]

Interesting how the inability to feel the earth with our feet causes us to injure ourselves… As with the environmental crisis, our many efforts for unsustainable convenience have unforeseen consequences.

[asdfericasdf]

is this filmed in simi valley?

[timgillan]

This is a better video with more research. Well done

[cegtown]

are you serious? there were shoes before nike. i get the barefoot thing. but im gonna check on the oregon study on barefoot running. i think its bs.

[DvVFly]

@cegtown shoes have been around for maybe 200 years? the human foot has been around for well over 2000 years.. :) stay healthy my friend!

[cegtown]

@DvVFly My comment was about how this video targets Nike as if running shoes never existed before Coach Bill invented Nike shoes. By the way, shoes have been around for thousands of years and people much much longer than 2000 years.

[wetguavass]

@cegtown you some kind of shoe history expert?

[cegtown]

@wetguavass Yeah. Kinda. Im a former state and national champion. Im just saying the video is bent towards Nike as if they invented and have a monopoly on shoes. They didnt and they dont. I can see how shoes can change running form. Just dont blame Nike exclusively.

[cegtown]

Many of you folks are not capable of critical thought. Nike did not invent the running shoe, but is targeted here as some villian of running. Yes, i get that shoes can be non-beneficial for some peoples' running. If you cant see that this video is aimed towards Nike as the Cause, erroneously, then we are incapable of having an open discussion.

[nickfish03]

That falling was hilarious. Nice episode, I'll check out the others. The thing to emphasize as daniel238850 mentioned is the forefoot strike rather than than the heel strike. The shoes don't technically matter, if you heel strike with bare feet, you will injure yourself quite quickly. Cheers

[daniel238850]

Bad form like heal striking is the main cause. With the thicker shoe the more it encourages striking the floor with your heal. Landing on your forefoot or even mid foot is the real strength to the tribes ability to run great distances. Well... one of the reasons lol