Barefoot Running: How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth How could something we have for free—our bare feet—be better for running than $150 shoes? The truth is that running in shoes is high-impact, unstable, and inflexible. Shoes promote a heel-centric ground strike, which weakens your feet, knees, and hips, and leads to common running injuries. In contrast, barefoot running is low-impact, forefoot-centric, stable, and beneficial to your body. It encourages proper form and strengthens your feet in miraculous ways. When you run in shoes, you not only risk developing poor form, but you also hinder the natural relationship with the ground that running facilitates. Barefoot running restores the delightful sensory and spiritual connections to the earth that you were meant to experience. Barefoot Running offers the only step-by-step direction runners need at any age to overcome injuries, run faster than ever, and rediscover the pure joy of running. Once you tear off your shoes and learn to dance with nature, you’ll tread lightly and freely, hearing only the earth’s symphony and feeling only the dirt beneath your feet. Hit the ground running with revolutionary techniques for starting out slowly, choosing minimalist footwear, navigating rough weather and rugged terrain, and building your feet into living shoes. |
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Dancing with Nature | 23 |
Tear Off Your Shoes and Truly Feel the Earth | 39 |
Anatomy of the Barefoot Strike and Stride | 67 |
Turn Your Feet into Living Shoes | 77 |
Dancing with Nature | 161 |
Discovering and Rediscovering the Joy | 227 |
Barefoot Seniors Turn Back the Clock | 241 |
If You Really Must Wear Something | 251 |
The Final Step | 273 |
About the Authors | 283 |
Acknowledgments | 289 |
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Barefoot Running: How to Run Light and Free by Getting in Touch with the Earth Michael Sandler,Jessica Lee No preview available - 2011 |
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