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Anonymous
hello /fit/

i present you with the vibram fivefingers sprints

these are the best shoes ever made.
they increase your foot and leg strength
and they make you run the way your body was made too.
anyone have some
i love mine
>> Anonymous
Enjoy looking like a total dick
>> Anonymous
What kind of fag
>> Anonymous
i have 'em and can't run in regular running shoes anymore. it's like going from a porche to a regular ol accord.

oddly enough, im not the only one at my university to have 'em. color me surprised.
>> Anonymous
how is that the way my body was made too by seperating my toes? seriously wtf op?
>> Anonymous
>>474634
the more important point is they are super flexible and do not raise the heels
>> Anonymous
Theres a gay guy who wears those to a class I take.
>> Anonymous
Have problems with flat feet and require decent arch support for anything beyond short distance running.

Do these support your arches?
Do you own a pair, or are you preaching from a internet blog?

They look ugly, but if you can run in them and use them for martial arts crap I'd buy a pair.
>> Anonymous
on a side note, am interested in starting running, anything u guys recommend bar these, fuck ill get knocked out if people seen.
>> Anonymous
>>474649
Buy a good, solid pair of brand name running shoes.
Try them on, take you time, make sure they fit really nice, jump in them, and spend in the realm of $100 dollars.

Shitty equipment is a gamble on your body.
>> Anonymous
OP here

instead of having a raised heel like regular shoes do, thes have like this little cup thing for your heel

since its not raised it forces you run in a more "natural" way... which is pretty unnatural for like 2 weeks, due to our 18th century sho design.

and the spreading of the toes allows you to use your toes for balance dipshit.

yes you can use them for martial arts. capoeira enthusiast love these

i personally use them for bouldering and trekking.
the only thing that sucks is that sometimes a rock will get in my shoe... bugs the fuck outta me
>> Anonymous
>>474641
if you do get some of these take it easy.. youre gonna be sore

but i know an old lady whose podiatrist prescribed these to her for her flat feet and back pain. she says she doesnt have either anymore.
>> Anonymous
>>474668
Thanks, That stuff wasn't in the sales blurb on their site.
>> Anonymous
>>474671
and thank you.
>> Anonymous
>>474668

Bouldering on anything other than sport climbing slippers is idiocy. Enjoy your V0-
>> Anonymous
i was gonna buy a pair but im sure about spending £70 on them... are they really that good?
>> Anonymous
>>474682

after you get use to them, yes
i have a black pair for work as well as OP pic
>> Anonymous
I'd rather get a pair of Nike Frees and not look like a douche bag.
>> Anonymous
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which colour i cant decide?
>> Anonymous
Humans weren't designed to walk on hard concrete all day. They also didn't evolve to run everywhere. Sorry to shatter your wet dreams of caveman marathoners, runnerfags. We're designed to walk everywhere on soft dirt. That's why we designed cushioned running shoes, and that's why they're superior to this barefoot running shoes crap.
>> Anonymous
In the science journal Nature, research by Professor Daniel Lieberman and Dennis Bramble reveals that natural selection favored running in the anatomical sense. The conventional theory states that running was the byproduct of man's ability to walk upright on two legs. The authors of this study conclude that it is running, not walking, that transformed the hominid body. Running is what made man human. Humans evolved when man needed to travel long distances and compete for food. It is the tendons, ligaments and well-defined buttocks that stabilizes man's body and makes the anatomy well-suited for running.
>> Anonymous
eat it whore
>> faggot !kzxLmJyzX.
I can't imagine these absorb much shock from hard running, leading to joint problems. Perhaps im wrong though. The only use i see for these is running on sand, beach sports and combat sports. Also possibly trail running, but i don't know how these would handle.
>> Anonymous
>>474858
makes sense.
there are some lizards that run on their hind legs when in danger --> dinosaurs --> all hail raptor jesus
>> Anonymous
If I see anyone wearing these I will make it my goal to stomp on their feet.
>> Anonymous
who the fuck runs on concrete anyway
>> Anonymous
>>474903
anyone not on a treadmill
>> Anonymous
>>474897
If I see you stomping on anyone's feet, let alone douches wearing these shoes, I will make it my goal to reverse the direction that your knees point. Gobble Gobble.
>> Anonymous
>>474914

learn 2 grass.

>>474883

when you adapt to a midstrike you won't have as much shock going to your knees it will be absorbed by your calves, achilles, other muscles.

the heel strike forced upon us by shoes is what forces all the energy into the knees and fucks them up.
>> Anonymous
>>474858
>In the science journal Nature, research by Professor Daniel Lieberman and Dennis Bramble speculates that natural selection favored running in the anatomical sense.

fixed for academic honesty
>> Anonymous
I also have some. My feet are still healing.
>> Anonymous
>>475106
Give it a few runs. Once it heals, enjoy your new-found calve muscles shooting out from your ankles.

That was the first thing I noticed with these, anyways. And anything that reveals previously unknown muscle is a-okay in my book.
>> Anonymous
>>474940

Switching to a midstride gait alleviates the force on the knees, only to transfer it to the tibiocalcaneal area of the deltoid ligament (its in your ankle). Any form of excessive running is going to fuck up your legs. The question is, which problem would you like to have? If you go with typical running shoes, you get knee problems. If you go with barefoot-style running shoes, you get ankle problems.
>> Anonymous
I'd prefer to run bareback, and I do, faggot
>> Anonymous
>>475134
In any case, HIIT sprinting is the only way to go, sidestepping the running in excess issue. And if you're going to be trying to run as fast as fuckpossible, these barefoot running style shoes are the best for it.
>> Anonymous
I'm starting to buy into this, but don't know if viral marketing...
>> Anonymous
>>475162

Or you can just get track shoes
>> Anonymous
Hey aren't these the things all the Olympic runners wear?

OH WAIT, NO THEY FUCKING ARE NOT. WHY? BECAUSE THEY ARE GAAAAAAAAAAAAAY AND POINTLESS.
>> Anonymous
>>475169
>>475192
Track shoes work the same way, except they don't separate the toes. Consider the benefits.
>> Anonymous
>>474638
So you'll be gay if you wear them?
You realize being that insecure, you are a total closet fag.
Also why the fuck do any of you care how you look. Wear whats comfortable, whatever that may be, and no matter what it looks like.
>> Anonymous
>>475192
olympians have spikes on their shoes