Praise the Foot, NOT the shoe!

I have been wearing Vibram Five Fingers for well over 3 years now. I was wearing them before the whole barefoot running revolution hit mainstream. Although I believe that Vibrams are amazing, lets not forget that Vibrams merely allow the foot to do what it is designed to do, without the constraints of the traditional athletic shoe. Although this particular shoe is amazing, we need to understand that the shoe is just a cover to protect the foot from the outside elements and ground conditions.


Why is this important?

If we keep giving praise to the shoe, then we are missing the point all together. We should be praising the foot and its astonishing ability to be a mobile adaptor, seamlessly switching from a shock absorber, collapsing to accept weight coming down on it, then locking, to become a rigid lever allowing us to propel to the next step.

It is proper foot function that is the magic!!!

Another point to bring up, We need to also look at what a mess our modern day foot wear has done to our feet. I am not just talking about high heels, I am talking about these so called smart shoes, or fancy running athletic shoes. They have locked and padded our feet so excessively, they have, in fact, shut down our foot.

These shoes are hurting us!

So weather or not you buy into the whole barefoot running revelation or the Vibram craze. It is important to know, proper foot function is the key.