I used to run about 5+ miles daily to supplement my other high school sports. In college I tried to keep this up but started to have some knee pain.
I forget where I heard it from, but I got the idea to try out the Vibrams to encourage running on my toes vs heels. The difference was noticeable from the first day.
During and after the run I had zero pain in my knees. And haven't had any since then. However I was an idiot and did not heed the warnings about only running a a few hundred meters to maybe a kilometer on the first day. I had some sore calves for the next few days.
I had also seen people calling for a class action lawsuit against the company.
https://www.fivefingerssettlement.com/
From what I remember it was a bunch of people crying because they didn't get some kind of magic from wearing the shoe.
I also want to mention, that in general I run faster with these shoes on. The few times buddies want to go running/jogging with my my natural slow pace is one that makes them push their own speed a little. These aren't overweight/out of shape dudes either.
Not to mention, just seeing people run by heel striking now just looks painful. I can't imagine how I could have ran those hundreds or thousands of miles with the heelstrike method before.
I forget where I heard it from, but I got the idea to try out the Vibrams to encourage running on my toes vs heels. The difference was noticeable from the first day.
During and after the run I had zero pain in my knees. And haven't had any since then. However I was an idiot and did not heed the warnings about only running a a few hundred meters to maybe a kilometer on the first day. I had some sore calves for the next few days.
I had also seen people calling for a class action lawsuit against the company.
https://www.fivefingerssettlement.com/
From what I remember it was a bunch of people crying because they didn't get some kind of magic from wearing the shoe.
I also want to mention, that in general I run faster with these shoes on. The few times buddies want to go running/jogging with my my natural slow pace is one that makes them push their own speed a little. These aren't overweight/out of shape dudes either.
Not to mention, just seeing people run by heel striking now just looks painful. I can't imagine how I could have ran those hundreds or thousands of miles with the heelstrike method before.