The Shoe Debate Continues, But Are We Missing the Point?
The “great running shoe debate” continues concerning whether or not running barefoot is better for you than running while wearing shoes.
To Shoe, Or Not To Shoe? That is the Question
I originally wrote this post back in 2013, and things really haven’t change much in the last 2.5 years.
A review published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine does little to help steer the shoe debate one way or the other.
The research fails to draw any definitive conclusions about the risks of running barefoot as opposed to running while wearing shoes.
However, many have hailed this review as a good starting point to begin taking a more evidenced based approach to answering the question, as opposed to the subjective running shoe debate that continues to be had between the two camps with little progress being made one way or the other. Read more