My FiveFingers

We’ve chosen this Field Test video as the ‘Video of the Week’ because its pretty thorough and accurate.  They call attention to the easing in period, the benefits of barefoot running and the reasons behind it, and the improvements it will make to your gate.  A lot of the videos about FiveFingers that we see […]

It appears that Adidas is jumping on the minimalist shoe wave with their new Adipure Trainers. These will be available in November for around $90 for both men and women in four different colors. “Another FiveFingers knockoff? Oh great.” That’s the first thing you thought when you saw the newly announced Adidas Adipure Trainer, wasn’t […]

Today, I spent the day tromping around the Fundy Trail Parkway provincial park with a 29lb backpack on a fairly humid day.  I was out with my son, a cousin-in-law and some of her children to see how two things worked.  The first was to see how her backpack is with a full load and […]

Today’s featured video comes from Steven Sashen of InvisibleShoe.com.  If you’ve done research on handmaking running sandals or huaraches, you’ve probably run across Steven through his website or one of his many videos on YouTube.  He is one of the faces of Huarache information online. Today we’re featuring a video he posted comparing Vibram FiveFingers […]

About a year ago I started seeing commercials for wristbands that had amazing claims.  These simple bracelets that were either ’embedded with holograms’ or ‘imprinted at a frequency of 9Hz’ or ‘constructed with Negative Ions’ could do any/all of the following: Increase balance Improve flexibility Stimulate better circulation Give clarity of thought Boost stamina and […]

Looking at Brian’s face, I saw that he was digesting what I had just explained to him. “They did what now?” Explaining situations to Brian was sometimes a chore.  He was a Marine who did a tour in Iraq.  He liked things black and white.  He liked things clear.  To him, it either made sense […]

When I first saw Vibram Fivefingers about a year ago I wasn’t sure they would be for me. My husband got a pair and I just did not understand his high level of enthusiasm for them. He had been training for a half marathon all summer and right before he ran it he bought a […]

We’re starting a new feature here at MyFiveFingers.com – each week we are going to feature a funny/cool/controversial video that incorporates FiveFingers, minimalist running, or healthy living.  If you have a suggestion for a featured video, let us know in the comments of any blog posts. Today we are featuring a fun, lighthearted video put […]

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 […]

The title of this post may justify why my family members smile and nod politely whenever I tell them of my running affairs. The fact that I like blisters, or get excited about getting them may be unusual to a general populous, and maybe even to the running community. But to the even smaller sect […]