What Kind of Cushioning is Best for Running?

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Run Forefoot

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@samirv3716 2 жыл бұрын

Keep fighting the good fight! Love your channel!

@runforefoot 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you🙏! Will do, always👊👊!

@riversidekennyc6068 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for more powerful insights. With such ridiculously high quality content, this video should have a million plus views already. Unfortunately, stubborn people, like ones I know, would rather slip and sprain their ankle badly or break their kneecap (recently true stories) rather than barefoot/minimal walk and run. These people attack me for my barefoot transition since December. No one told me anything about these issues until I started running during COVID lockdown, and developed pelvic tilt favoring my left hip. That problem has now subsided long with plantar/heel pain. Major issue now is learning to run forefoot and these instructional videos have been priceless. I can report that with barefoot on asphalt I can do half mile to a mile no problem, and biomechanics become automatic and feel magical. However, even with minimal shoes or running sandals, the sensory feedback is still distorted enough to leave me overstriding, and favoring toe high on the toes to compensate. This has slowed my progress with calf strains on both legs. I imagine, it will take all summer to get my form habitually right, but If anyone has further advice, please share it.

@stayontrack 2 жыл бұрын

My advice is that if you want to get good at running and actually make some decent aerobic or anaerobic gains, put on some shoes so you can run more than half a mile to a mile... Sure you can keep doing some barefoot runs for form and strength and all that jazz but your mileage will be so low if you only do that, that aerobically there just isn't much gain at al

@runforefoot 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your very kind words! Very grateful for that! So sorry for all the pushback you get for running barefoot! I know that all too well. The dismissal attitude towards barefooting is beyond disappointing, despite all the scientific evidence and top coaches, like Alberto Salazar, all the East African coaches, etc, supporting that the real answer to how to run properly and maintain stronger, more tolerant feet is through barefoot running! But sooner or later, most of these runners can only take so much pain; they'll eventually give barefoot running a try -- and I was that runner, too. Glad to hear your pain problems have resolved, and really great to hear that barefoot running on harder surfaces got your forefoot strike on point! Sorry you're having that issue with minimalist shoes. What miniamlist running shoes are you wearing? Maybe if you run in barefoot shoes that feel most barefoot, shoes with a 2 mm outsole, like Sockwa, SoftStar, or Vibrams, would help you maintain a proper forefoot strike?

@riversidekennyc6068 2 жыл бұрын

@@runforefoot The Sockwas and Softstara look great. I have Xero Prios with Injin Socks plus Shamma Warriors LE. I can report closer to barefoot feel and better running form with the Shamma Sandals. I am committed to transition without any “Nike” style shoes. Studies and direct experience suggests they are dangerous. Padding causes desensitized feel and intensified ground stike to unconsciously feel the ground. Heel toe drop slope encourages heel stike in front at touch down and the angle raises ground impact force. Also, ground contact time duration amplifies forces our body absorbs. Stiff shows prevent feet from absorbing impact and disables impact avoidance reflex behavior. Arch support leads to foot muscle atrophy. Sloped shoes shorten funcitional range of achilles and forces go to knees and hips and lower back. We grind away cartiliage and tear up our hips and suffer pelvi tilt pain. It seems dangerous to run other than barefoot or in minimalist foot wear. Proper biomechanics are only way to run or just ride a bike, skip rope, use rowing machine or swim for cardio. I cannot image how people believe there is any compromise. Unnatural running is clearly dangerous and destuctive

@martialjohntx 2 жыл бұрын

I spent 25 years studying martial arts in conventional shoes before going minimalist/functional with shoes. The thickness of the outsoles caused my feet to slide outward and caused lots of foot discomfort. Once I switched to FiveFingers and Soft Star, that ended. I am a firm believer in as little cushioning as possible.

@runforefoot 2 жыл бұрын

That's great! Glad you got instant improvements! Thanks for sharing that! Excellent choices in barefoot shoes, too👌!

@stayontrack 2 жыл бұрын

agreed on soft cushioning being unstable and just harder to run in in general, I always prefered a more direct ground contact and feeling

@runforefoot 2 жыл бұрын

Thats great! All that soft cushioning really does make running harder than it needs to be!

@TadeuszCantwell 2 жыл бұрын

Just also to point out that buying zero-drop trail shoes with lugs and wearing them on concrete is not great for ground feel and stability and there is still a transition to not having to slap your foot down too hard.

@runforefoot 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutley! Thats a great point. Ive also found that wearing minimalist shoes with lugs creates a lot of frictional forces too, and feels like it causes my foot to stick on the ground too much. My footsteps never feel right in those conditions.

@TadeuszCantwell 2 жыл бұрын

@@runforefoot I wish I'd known that back in 2014 when I started buying them and wearing down the soles in under a year. Didn't want to get five fingers. Later ended up buying low drop shows and wearing down the heal. Finally learned the right terms of zero drop and minimalist, instead of just looking vibram soles. After a few months of walking I feel like I could break out into a run at any time as I build up my foot muscles.

@jeremebonesaw 2 жыл бұрын

So my opinion is that some cushion is necessary if you are on hard cement or hard floors for long periods of time. In the past year, I started getting peronial tendinitis on my outer left ankle. Possibly due to under development of walking, but when I'm at concerts and standing fir a long time, it definitely acts up and I feel a sharp pain. I prefer vibram 5 fingers, but if I'm on my feet for a few hours on hard floors, I prefer new balance minimus.

@runforefoot 2 жыл бұрын

I completely agree! I too prefer paper-thin soles, like the VFF, but a tad more protection (4mm-6mm for me) is just the right amount when running on gravel roads, or in the winter. Just the slightest amount of cushioning can really take the sting out of harsher roads or gnarly trails. Thanks for sharing that!

@ericchevalley 2 жыл бұрын

Informative video. You are making a lot of good points, however it feels like drinking from a fire hose. It might help to break the message by points and add some visuals. Cheers!