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It was mentioned in the context of the importance of barefoot running for foot strength and natural running form. The book describes how traditional running shoes can actually lead to foot weakness and injuries.
I was reading this book about barefoot running and how important it is to develop this and then most people that have problems from that they're really having problems because their feet don't have st...
— Episode: #1289 - Eddie Izzard
Episode: #1289 - Eddie Izzard
It was mentioned in the context of the importance of barefoot running for foot strength and natural running form. The book describes how traditional running shoes can actually lead to foot weakness and injuries.
I was reading this book about barefoot running and how important it is to develop this and then most people that have problems from that they're really having problems because their feet don't have strong muscles in them because of the atrophy and the way they were describing a regular running shoe is essentially like a cast and that you're so used to being protected in this cast that everything sort of just gets mushy inside of it and then you're also striking down on the heel which is a very unnatural thing and when I watch my kids run like my kids will run with me sometimes and they naturally know to run on the balls of their feet that's how they naturally run and when people start running heel first that's where all the problems come it's just not a normal way for people to run.