My FiveFingers – Vibram, FiveFingers, Toe Shoes, Minimalist Shoes

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After running five half marathons – three in Vibram Sprints – I wanted a bit more of a full-body challenge. I wanted a race that required more than just strong legs and good lungs. I wanted something I’d be proud to finish. Props to Brian Jones, James Schreiner, Michael Wills and Michael Yarnall for running [...]

The Bible of Barefoot that sparked interest in FiveFingers, barefoot running, and the return to a more natural way of running in the interest of health made it’s way into my fingers about two weeks ago, after my father had finished turning the last page. He welcomed McDougall’s strong use of “word pictures” and I [...]

It is hard to deny that the human body is anything less than an ancient and modern marvel. The multiple systems that must cohesively work together to perform thousands of functions is baffling.  This is especially true when you consider how hard cells must work to regenerate or how white blood cells act as a [...]

This page will soon contain Guides on what FiveFingers are all about, why minimalist shoes, selecting your model, and more. In the meantime, below are some of our more popular guides from the blog: How To Remove the Straps on KSOs How to Get Started with the Paleo Diet How to Repair a Hole in [...]

I’ve talked a fair bit about wearing my VFFs and most of the posts here have been from or for the adult perspective.  Dan previously wrote an earlier article about kids and FiveFingers which focused primarily on the costs and readers commented and tweeted in with their opinion. Today I’d like to give my take on [...]

I am an unashamed Beatle fan. I’m talking a huge Beatle aficionado!  I’m sure you’ve met someone like me before.  We go by names such as Beatle Geek, Beatle Dork, Fan boy, etc.  We know everything to know about them.  Birthdays, major events, lifestyles, the story of their conquest of America, are facts that we [...]

I’m not sure about other runners out there, but I know that when you start to do something for long enough, you start to refine your tastes regarding your craft, or develop habits that are personally unique. These quirks exist  inour daily rituals: and while they seem strange to others, it is hard to go [...]

You know how you ­should eat, you know how you should exercise, but like everything in this world, nobody and nothing is perfect. This segment is about imperfection and how to embrace it and change that word into something very useful: versatility. Lean meats, veggies, fruit, no dressing, low fat or no fat, and exercise [...]

The title may seem to be a strange question for most bipeds reading these articles looking for advice and rhetoric on shoes made for homo sapiens, but what I mean relates more to the style of VFF you the reader goes for. Are you the kind that uses the shoes as a means of peacocking; [...]