Writer and photographer Polly Irungu shares what it's like to watch elite runner Faith Kipyegon attempt to break the 4-minute ...

Barefoot training helps you build strength from the ground up,” says certified personal trainer Amanda Dvorak. “Your feet ...

The argument behind barefoot training is that it can help you activate and strengthen the muscles of the feet better compared ...

People in cultures where going barefoot is the norm may excel at running without shoes, but that’s because, Dr. Makarovskiy says, their feet are structurally different from those in shoe-centric ...

Exercising barefoot can feel liberating and some people are embracing the barefoot lifestyle. Foot doctors explain whether it's healthy to go shoeless. It can be tempting to walk or run without shoes.

For as long as human beings have been upright, we have run. The exact date at which we began doing the ol’ left-right-left is impossible to say, but evolutionary biologists suggest it to be between 2 ...

The barefoot boom. Speaking of which, the barefoot running boom of the early 21st century can be traced, to some extent, to the publishing of Chris McDougall’s Born To Run.Released in 2009, the ...

Barefoot running has the greatest chance of taking hold if you take it slowly and listen to your body. Xero Shoes. Even experienced runners will need to take it slowly. “Most runners aren’t strong ...

People have won marathons at the Olympics while running barefoot, and the reason for the deep research into this subject is to find out more about the physiological make-up of human feet.

Barefoot running seems to be rising in popularity, ... Some people have also used newspapers on the ground to walk on to help with this process,” says Gohil.