stephenhk23's Space http://stephenhk23.posterous.com Most recent posts at stephenhk23's Space posterous.com Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:38:29 -0800 Barefoot Running is Bad For You! http://stephenhk23.posterous.com/barefoot-running-is-bad-for-you http://stephenhk23.posterous.com/barefoot-running-is-bad-for-you Ever since Chris McDoguall's book, Born to Run, became popular (interestingly, long after it came out), the debate about barefoot running has become heated. There was no big argument when Zola Budd ran barefoot, or when Abebe Bikila won the marathon without shoes. But once "regular folk" started kicking off their kicks, it's become a rhetorical battlefield out there -- the converts touting the great benefits of barefoot running, and the critics assuring everyone that taking off your running shoes is akin to playing Russian Roulette. Then the Harvard study came... Read full post here

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Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:36:51 -0800 Barefoot Running Sandals - How to... http://stephenhk23.posterous.com/barefoot-running-sandals-how-to http://stephenhk23.posterous.com/barefoot-running-sandals-how-to It's easier for some people to see this video about making huaraches barefoot running sandals (similar to the ones worn by the Tarahumara). See the next barefoot running sandals video Read full post here

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Thu, 15 Dec 2011 20:37:07 -0800 Getting started with barefoot running http://stephenhk23.posterous.com/getting-started-with-barefoot-running http://stephenhk23.posterous.com/getting-started-with-barefoot-running Imagine that you haven't lifted weights in a while... or ever. And imagine that you got the idea that you wanted to bench press 500 pounds. Would you go to the gym, put 500 pounds on the bar, and just go for it? Of course not. There's no way you could budge 500 on day one. Would you go to the gym and put, say, 100 pounds on the bar and lift it, over and over, until you felt tired... and then do a few more reps until... Read full post here

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