Its true that wearing shoes your whole life can cause someone to run heel-to-toe, which is shown to cause problems and is not natural in running. However you show that you run flat foot without shoes, so I am confused on why you changed your form just because shoes were put on? If you ran the same way you you did with the shoes (flat footed) then the tests would probably show even less impact than barefoot.
@dodge70chargerrt Almost everyone will adopt a forefoot (or midfoot) striking pattern when running barefoot, heel-striking is just too painful. Shoes tend to change this natural gait because of the large heel-to-toe height differential. The increased amount of material under the heel makes it very difficult to forefoot strike, even if you're really trying!
@dodge70chargerrt For this study I ran my natural way (barefoot), then both forefooted in shoes (not shown) and heel-striking in shoes. Forefoot striking in shoes produces less impacts than heel striking, but barefoot still beats them both by far.
@dodge70chargerrt This is because you have LOADS of nerve endings in your feet that are very attuned to picking up how the ground feels and how you're hitting it so your legs can adjust and absorb correctly. In shoes, even forefoot striking, you've cut your sensitive nerve endings out of the equation and your body doesn't know how to compensate so you impact much harder.
Its true that wearing shoes your whole life can cause someone to run heel-to-toe, which is shown to cause problems and is not natural in running. However you show that you run flat foot without shoes, so I am confused on why you changed your form just because shoes were put on? If you ran the same way you you did with the shoes (flat footed) then the tests would probably show even less impact than barefoot.
dodge70chargerrt 1 year ago
@dodge70chargerrt Almost everyone will adopt a forefoot (or midfoot) striking pattern when running barefoot, heel-striking is just too painful. Shoes tend to change this natural gait because of the large heel-to-toe height differential. The increased amount of material under the heel makes it very difficult to forefoot strike, even if you're really trying!
lukeradl 1 year ago
@dodge70chargerrt For this study I ran my natural way (barefoot), then both forefooted in shoes (not shown) and heel-striking in shoes. Forefoot striking in shoes produces less impacts than heel striking, but barefoot still beats them both by far.
lukeradl 1 year ago
@dodge70chargerrt This is because you have LOADS of nerve endings in your feet that are very attuned to picking up how the ground feels and how you're hitting it so your legs can adjust and absorb correctly. In shoes, even forefoot striking, you've cut your sensitive nerve endings out of the equation and your body doesn't know how to compensate so you impact much harder.
lukeradl 1 year ago