How to start with barefoot shoes
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You have probably worn shoes padded most of your life. Do not expect to throw them and be able to do the same mileage – whether walking or running – in barefoot shoes. To a certain extent, they have to learn how to run and run. It will consciously make an effort and it can be very difficult. You don’t just learn, you are too, you are too Inlassment Some deeply rooted habits. The key is slow. Very, very, absurd slow.
How you approach cashefotic shoes depends on what you want to do. I happened to get into the race, which worked out well because I had To take it slowly (I sucked). If you are currently an ultra marathon and want to try barefoot shoes, you have a hard time holding back. If you are somewhere between these poles, it will still be difficult not to overdo it. Focus the discipline you normally use for the distance not Make distance.
If you don’t know where to start, look at each other Graham Tuttle’s YouTube CanalEspecially his foot strength exercises. These help them to develop the foot and ankle strength that they lack when they come from years of padded shoes and to reduce the sore muscles when they start with the barefoot run. Tuttle also offers some Paid programs I aimed to give them a more personalized guide (I didn’t try any of them). Another YouTube channel that I found helpful is that Movnat channelWhich is not barefoot-specific, but many good barefoot advice are sprinkled with its content. And if you haven’t read Christopher McDougall, both Born to run And Natural -born heroes Make funny barefoot -related reading processes. In fact, Born to run It has probably worked more about barefoot run too popular than anything since the padded shoe was born in the early 1970s.
It is also worth saying that barefoot shoes are not a game with zero sums. For over a year I wore barefoot shoes, regular shoes for other tasks and sandals for the rest of the time. It’s not all or nothing. If you run barefoot and take up your favorite conversation right afterwards, that’s fine. It is also important to know that everyone is different. It took me six months to switch completely to Barefoot shoes. But that’s just me. You can take two months or two years. Go at your own pace and don’t worry about the experiences of others.
