https://runblogger.com/2010/12/review-of-barefoot-book-by-daniel.html Running Shoes, Gear Reviews, and Posts on the Science of the Sport Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:16:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.11 https://runblogger.com/2010/12/review-of-barefoot-book-by-daniel.html#comment-115323930 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=531#comment-115323930 I just finished this book. Nice easy read. The subtitle, “50 great reasons…”, is a bit misleading. the 50 reasons are interspersed as sidebars throughout the book and don’t define the structure of the book. The book is well structured as a broad discussion of going barefoot: how our feet work, how shoes impact our feet & bodies, the various social & logistical issues related to going through life barefoot: at home, at work, in stores & restaurants, driving, etc. I learned a lot.

]]> https://runblogger.com/2010/12/review-of-barefoot-book-by-daniel.html#comment-108449319 Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://localhost/runblogger/wordpress/?p=531#comment-108449319 Well, I’ve been a full time barefooter ever since I started to research on my own, the detrimental effects shoes have on our bodies over four years ago. I started barefooting to help ease some lower back pain as well as knee problems and found that after just a few months without shoes, the problems vanished, as well as gaining healthier feet in areas that I was not expecting. I read Dr. Daniel Howells book to see what he had to say and found that his book pretty much validated all the benefits that I experienced by loosing the shoes.
I remain barefoot 98% of the time wearing them only when some one makes me and I will continue to do so in order to enjoy the benefits and comfort of being barefoot. I highly recommend this read if you enjoy barefooting at any level at all.

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