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The Re-emergence of the Minimal Running Shoe
Irene S. Davis, PT, PhD
Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, Ahead of Print

 

Here is my spin on that review: http://www.runresearchjunkie.com/the-re-emergence-of-the-minimal-running-shoe/

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If Irene had written an article titled, "The Sudden Death of the Minimalist Running Shoe", then it would have been more news appropriate.

Irene's article looks like it should have been written in 2010, not 2014!:confused::rolleyes:

 

Would someone please define 'partial minimal'? Could this mean 'in part maximal', or 'sort of minimal' or'slightly maximal' or 'minimal with maximal tendencies', or perhaps 'now for something completely different'.

Bill Liggins

 

I saw that Aldi are currently stocking " natural" trainers.

 

Since there is still, after 6 odd years, no sensible definition of "minimal", I would have thought it very difficult to define "partial-minimal"!

 

If you have pain or injury using minimal shoes, then you are doing something wrong!
This is my 8th year running totally barefoot, running more than 8 miles a day, all year long outside. If I have pains, then I have to adjust what I am doing. I also run many marathons every year, so I know running barefoot works.

 

Oh Oh.. I can't bare to watch..

 

Yep of course you are doing something wrong!; you should not be running barefoot or in minimal shoes! Minimalism/barefoot just load the tissues differently than traditional shod running; one is not better than the other, they just load different tissues differently

Why can't you adjust what you are doing while running in a shoe if you have pains?

Anecdotes are not evidence. What set of tissues are offloaded by one or the other may work fine for individual runners, but it 6 of one, half a dozen of the other. For every runner who is doing well with barfoot/minimlism, there is another it an epic fail.

All the formal systematic reviews of all the evidence by people from many different backgrounds have all reached the same conclusion: there are NO systematic benefits of barefoot/minimalism over traditional shod (I reviewed that evidence here).

The barefoot/minimalism fad has been declining since around mid 2012; runners have lost interest in it - it was an epic fail on being able to deliver on what the promises of the rhetoric and propaganda claimed. Sales of minimalist shoes have been declining consistently every month since then, down to now having only 3-5% of the market share.

The super cushioned Hoka One One, now outsell the entire minimalist category!

Runners have voted with their feet.

(BTW, I do 1/2 to 1/3 of my own runs in minimalist shoes - I just do not have the urge to evangelize that what works for me will work for everyone and I do not have to urge to lie about the research)

 

WHOOP TEE DOO FOR YOU, Chicago Barefoot Runner....your "8th year running totally barefoot, running more than 8 miles a day, all year long outside" comment means absolutely nothing...the plural of anecdotes is not evidence!