Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
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Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
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Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#2Proponents of these shoes love to make the argument that we were made to run without shoes... but they never seem to mention that we weren't made to run on asphalt and pavement either.
Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#3Proponents of these shoes love to make the argument that we were made to run without shoes... but they never seem to mention that we weren't made to run on asphalt and pavement either.
I can't really say anything about the shoes, I never tried them, I am not a physician and I am not a medical professional.
That being said though, a good friend of mine is a runner on the track team at one of the University's here and he wears them for time to time(I don't think he runs in them all the time) and he says they are incredible.
Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#4I own a pair of these, and I can attest to what the author wrote: when you run in Vibrams (I own the KSOs), you can run faster and longer than in anything else.
He doesn't mention, though, that your muscles will (initially) hate you for it the day after a run. I'm in my early 20s, and for the couple of days following my first "long" run in my Vibrams, I was walking like I was in my late 60s or 70s.
That said, the pain is worth it -- I'm now walking with a better posture and with more natural-feeling movements, even in my socially accepted shoes.
Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#5as a 27-year old with incredibly flat & wide feet, relatively good shape (170 lbs at 5'10" and pretty strong), I always had some flab cause I couldn't really run due to my bad knees/feet/ankles.
While these shoes aren't saviours, they are easily worth it IMO. First couple of weeks made my ankles and calves hate me, but afterwards I've always felt great.
Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#6Proponents of these shoes love to make the argument that we were made to run without shoes... but they never seem to mention that we weren't made to run on asphalt and pavement either.
The Tarahumara tribe runs on rocky terrain, not cushy grass.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1170253/The-...
Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#7I completely adore these shoes, which allowed me to take my barefoot running off of the rubber track and onto any surface I desired. Fantastic sensitivity, forced my running technique into shape, and they disturbed anyone who saw them.
Unfortunately, they also provide little to no toe protection, so when I smacked my 2nd toe against a wooden ridge, the nifty independent-toe design happily allowed that one toe to hyperflex, which chipped my metatarsal and ruined the joint space permanently.
Great shoes, but make sure to have a little more vigilance than usual. To be honest, I can't wait to get back into them once my surgeried joint heals up.
Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#8I own a pair of these, and I can attest to what the author wrote: when you run in Vibrams (I own the KSOs), you can run faster and longer than in anything else. He doesn't mention, though, that your muscles will (initially) hate you for it the day after a run. I'm in my early 20s, and for the couple of days following my first "long" run in my Vibrams, I was walking like I was in my late 60s or 70s. That said, the pai…
If you want some socially acceptable looking shoes that aren't padded, I have some Vivo Barefoot shoes and they are expensive and lovely. All they have is a few millimeters of puncture-resistant rubber between your foot and the ground.
All I wear now is Vibrams and Vivos, and I don't even run... >.> I used to hate shoes and wear flip-flops at every opportunity, but now even flip-flops feel clunky.
Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#9I own a pair of these, and I can attest to what the author wrote: when you run in Vibrams (I own the KSOs), you can run faster and longer than in anything else. He doesn't mention, though, that your muscles will (initially) hate you for it the day after a run. I'm in my early 20s, and for the couple of days following my first "long" run in my Vibrams, I was walking like I was in my late 60s or 70s. That said, the pai…
All agreed. I have the Sprints, and running in them takes some intense getting used to (muscles and blisters). Now that I'm used to them, though, I feel like a ninja.
Re: Review: Vibram Five Fingers Classic
#10After I'd seen a bunch of people with these who wholly recommended them I kept meaning to buy some. Last week I did.
One thing I think is interesting, is that Vibram seem to be getting a lot of grass-roots evangelism but the company itself has done a terrible job of encouraging that. Someone I know who's had Vibram's for way over least a year (to my knowledge) asked them repeatedly if he could sell them somehow, since everyone always asks about his shoes. Vibram said that unless he wanted really large distributor amounts, then no.
It seems to me like they could make a great story by enabling people wearing the shoes to refer people to their online store with a small discount in return for a buck or two. If you wear these shoes people will stop and ask you about them, and this would be a great model to encourage Vibram owners to upsell them.