Comments on: Vibram FiveFingers http://trentwalton.com/2009/05/28/recommendation-number-three/ Trent Walton's Web Site Wed, 28 Jul 2010 23:15:44 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Ricki http://trentwalton.com/2009/05/28/recommendation-number-three/#comment-660 Ricki Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:04:36 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=551#comment-660 I saw somebody in a waiting room with a pair of "fives" some months ago and the penny dropped immediately - footwear that allowed our feet to be what they evolved to be. What a great idea! It was obvious to me straight away that shoes - those rigid boxes which make our feet dysfunctional were a 5,000 year old fail. I tracked down a pair of fives and haven't worn anything else on my feet since. The first few days even my abs got a workout! Supremely comfortable, great for walking on streets or bush trails, running, Tai Chi and great too for my work with shorebirds, which gets me onto rocky headlands nearly every day. I saw somebody in a waiting room with a pair of “fives” some months ago and the penny dropped immediately – footwear that allowed our feet to be what they evolved to be. What a great idea! It was obvious to me straight away that shoes – those rigid boxes which make our feet dysfunctional were a 5,000 year old fail.

I tracked down a pair of fives and haven’t worn anything else on my feet since. The first few days even my abs got a workout! Supremely comfortable, great for walking on streets or bush trails, running, Tai Chi and great too for my work with shorebirds, which gets me onto rocky headlands nearly every day.

]]> By: Trent http://trentwalton.com/2009/05/28/recommendation-number-three/#comment-405 Trent Wed, 26 Aug 2009 23:18:16 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=551#comment-405 Recently I saw an interview with Christopher McDougall on his book "Born to Run" about a mexican tribe of barefoot long distance runners. Kind of sold me on the barefoot deal even more: ttp://bit.ly/XQ3AM Recently I saw an interview with Christopher McDougall on his book “Born to Run” about a mexican tribe of barefoot long distance runners. Kind of sold me on the barefoot deal even more: ttp://bit.ly/XQ3AM

]]> By: Grasshopper http://trentwalton.com/2009/05/28/recommendation-number-three/#comment-182 Grasshopper Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:34:04 +0000 http://trentwalton.com/?p=551#comment-182 Nice article Trent. Glad to see some more people spreading praise about these 'shoes', I originally got mine for martial arts training (a modern alternative to Japanese Tabi boots) and have since started wearing them whenever I do any exercise, they've changed the way I move for the better. I'd wear them to work if I could, unfortunately they're not quite "business casual". Nice article Trent.

Glad to see some more people spreading praise about these ‘shoes’, I originally got mine for martial arts training (a modern alternative to Japanese Tabi boots) and have since started wearing them whenever I do any exercise, they’ve changed the way I move for the better. I’d wear them to work if I could, unfortunately they’re not quite “business casual”.

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