Vibram Five Fingers - Anyone wearing them or tried them?

[sabloke]

Don't even think about it, they're as fake as a Great Wall ute with a Ferrari engine. Avoid wearing them even if offered for free or your feet will pay anyway!!!

[Footguy]

Can someone please direct me to any evidence that Vibrams increase muscle strength in the foot and if they do, why anyone looking at buying them thinks they need stronger feet?

[REXman]

I wonder if they make a Vibrams helmet. but not the gloves. they look silly.

[REXman]

I just read some more of this thread.. there is people actually buying them. wow.

[Footguy]

I prefer these personally....

[sabloke]

I just read some more of this thread.. there is people actually buying them. wow.

Well, some people buy some stupidly expensive hatch thinking that a visit at a suburban tuner turns them into the fastest cars in the world. Now that's a wow!

Seriously, if you like running barefooted, these are for you. They don't necessarily make your feet or anything else stronger but rather let your body walk and run the way it was designed to. Can't understand why people think they look funny. I mean, have you ever looked at your feet when you shower? Do they look odd with all those thumbs and stuff?!

[REXman]

Can't understand why people think they look funny.

Fair enough. To me they are the most ridiculous things I have ever seen in my life. These are beyond queer and scream things I don't want to repeat..

But then, if something like that is up your alley.. Fair enough.

[Footguy]

They look silly...IMO. But each to his own...I have no problem with people looking silly.

I also have no problem with them as a form of athletic footwear. If it works for you then great...Just can't stand the cult like quasi science that people go on about.... strengthening the foot and preventing injury based on their own experience after they tell you that they also happened to change their running technique too...

They don't necessarily make your feet or anything else stronger but rather let your body walk and run the way it was designed to.

Incorrect. They are still a shoe, and thus have an effect on foot function. To say we were designed to run on our forefoot, is also baseless. I'm not saying it's wrong, just that its not necessarily right. The simple counter argument to this is that shod running is faster. Why would you choose to run slower?

Yes, Abebe Bikila won a gold medal running barefoot in Rome 1960, but he wore shoes in 1964 and set a world record almsot 3 mins quicker.


See you in the clinic....I love treating stress fracutres...

[sabloke]

Got a pair of NB Minimus Trail runners today. They're fantastic! Next best thing after Fivefingers If you find the one with toes too extreme, give Minimus a try. They are so much better than my Nike Free is not funny... Hard to beat weight wise too at 213g!



$179.90 at Athelete's Foot or $140 delivered from fleabay.