I have used my Vivobarefoot Ultra shoes for six weeks now, it’s about three weeks to go before my 10k race and I am getting more and more confident. The distance is no issue, I do easily do the double in modern running shoes (heel wedge and cushioning), but maintaining good natural running technique to have […]
Eastern philosophy speak of consciousness as a higher state of mind, a state where you experience things as they truly are and not through a lens of past experiences or future expectations, free from judgement and manipulation. In theist philosophies, such as Christianity, Islam and Judaism, reaching a state of consciousness is linked to accepting […]
A few days ago an article in the Swedish tabloid newspaper got me firing on all four cylinders. It’s about a young obese boy being sent to a health camp by his obese parents and in the article the mother says: “I hope he gets a kick-start to an active life style!” #$$%#*& #&!@#$!! It’s […]
Hey, it’s been a while. Part 3 of this series was posted back in Sept 2009 and although I have not been blogging about my barefoot running since then I have kept at it. Slowly but surely making progress and I have decided to put my barefoot running skills to the test at the 10k Nike Prague Run […]
“People seem to be turned off, not conscious of a lot of things. You go to work, you do your robot-bit for the day. You come home, you turn the TV on and you hypnotize yourself for 4, 5, 6 hours and you go to bed and get up and do the same thing. It’s […]
A few months into barefoot running I have two major learnings: 1, It’s so smooth, effortless and joyful compared to conventional running, IF you get the technique right. 2, It’s very hard work and takes a lot of patience to reset the muscles, calves in particular, to tune into barefoot running technique. I have searched […]
It’s is a one of those moves that you impress people with and as a bonus it is an outstanding movement for building lower body strength, mobility and overall balance. To start from the beginning, a pistol is a one-legged squat, one legged raised in front of you, parallel to the floor, while slowly sitting down with […]
barefoot running you will know that the barefoot running technique is different from the technique wearing modern running shoes . In essence: No heel strikes, light landing on the ball of your foot and your calves act as springs to absorb the impact of the landing and pushing you forward into the next step. Check […]
Being interested in MovNat I came across Barefoot Ted and had an eureka moment realizing that I have taken the completely wrong approach to running. I’ve taken the approach the $20 billion running shoe industry wants me to. For the past 15 years or so I have weighed in at around 85-95 kg (14 stones) […]
Wonder if Axl Rose had the same kind of fun’n’games in mind that Erwan Le Core or Greg Glassman had in mind when they designed their respective fitness concepts? I dare to call myself fit. Spent my late teens in the gym, Muscle & Fitness was my bible and Arnold Schwarzenegger my God. My early […]
