Women's Fitness

The benefits of BAREFOOT SHOES

‘Distribution of weight becomes more instinctive and natural, allowing for a more planted feel’

In recent years, there has been a rise in the popularity of barefoot running and walking, with the accepted theory that humans were designed to move unshod, the muscles of the feet working together with those of the legs to propel the body in an efficient way. Many different running and walking shoe styles have been designed over the past decade using the principle of the zero-drop or minimalist outsole, making for a barefoot-style gait. The one thing they all have in common is a flexible upper, flattened sole and little in the way

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