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(Jess Reinhold has been a Wildfitness coach for 6 years and is currently working on location in Kenya). One of the perks of my job is that I get to meet and train a huge variety of people but the same questions seem to always crop up. Because of this I decided to try and tackle [...] July 14th, 2011 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, exercises, fitness, goals, human evolution, running | One comment
If you’ve been on a Wildfitness course or been following Wildfitness for a while you will know we are ardent advocates of barefoot running (read our post on why this is here). Given that we’ve been teaching barefoot running on our courses for 4 ½ years now, we at Wildfitness have tested a fair few [...] Just in case you haven’t seen it already here is a great video featuring Lee Saxby outlining the key skills you need for injury-free barefoot running. Those of you who have met Lee already will know what an awesome running coach he is… those who haven’t can get the chance to meet him below! Obviously [...] August 5th, 2010 | Category: 2. WILD MOVING, barefoot, exercises, fitness, running, videos | 2 comments
The press has been going crazy on barefoot running following the publication of research by Harvard professor Daniel Lieberman (watch the video summarising the research here, or read about it in The Times, The Express or Business Week). At last it is out, and now almost undisputed that running shoes hinder running, and that running [...] Double page spread in today’s UK Times T2 section about running – with the focus being on the mental benefits and the sheer joy of running. Given that, from an evolutionary point of view, running is probably our most fundamental movement pattern after walking, it only makes sense that running is key to human health. Peta [...] It’s the new year and with it comes the inevitable press and magazine coverage focused on helping advise people who want to shape up and jog off the “festive excess”. Refreshingly though there has been increasing coverage in the UK press on the phenemenon of barefoot running. Off the back of the success of Chris [...] “Everything you knew about muscle is wrong” is a fantastic article by Christopher McDougall in the October 09 issue of Men’s Health. It is lengthy and detailed but it explains clearly how your muscle fascia is responsible for much of the power (and sometimes pain) in your movement. Just reading the article will make you [...] If you’re not convinced by the idea of “barefoot running” and need a longer, slightly more nerdy explanation of what it’s all about, read this great article on barefoot running by Dylan Tweney in Wired… Wired Magazine |
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