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How have you strengthened your feet?
by staticshock 16y ago
How have you strengthened your feet?
- jnorthrop 16y agoIf you wear shoes without arch support and have flexible soles (or go barefoot) your feet with strengthen themselves by having to work just to keep you upright.
- patricklynch 16y agoAbsolutely agree. I made the switch to more minimalist footwear shortly after reading a relevant article two years ago.[1] If it were socially acceptable to wear Vibram fivefingers where I work, that's what I'd do. Since that's not really an option, I wear Puma sneakers (the 'replicat' line doesn't have a huge heel cushion) without an insert. And then at home I work standing up, barefoot. If you're looking for new footwear options, a few places are now selling, ironically, 'barefoot' sneakers. [2, 3] [1] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1170253/The-painful-truth-trainers-Are-expensive-running-shoes-waste-money.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1170253/The-... [2] http://www.vivobarefoot.com/ http://www.vivobarefoot.com/ [3] http://www.merrell.com/US/en/Barefoot http://www.merrell.com/US/en/Barefoot
- unignorant 16y agoI agree with jnorthrop. Although if you want to be a bit more hardcore about it, you might try a few (short) barefoot runs each week. In this latter case, however, be careful. It's easy to do "to much too soon."