Sep 032008
Just a quick update. I posted a few weeks back in my first Monkey Feet article that I had been wearing my Vibram Fivefingers (or “My Frodo Feet” as my family calls them) for a while and loved them.
Forlogos, a guy who likes Boarding, BJJ and another “B” that escapes me now, but I’m sure could include Babes…. Anyway, he posted a link to a fascinating article on the health benefits of allowing our feet to, as we said in the military, function as designed.
What grabbed me about the article is that it answers the questions I immediately had when I started reading about barefooting and the benefits of not wearing shoes. On the first page, the author writes the following:
I know what you’re thinking: If shoes are so bad for me, what’s my alternative?
Simple. Walk barefoot.Okay, now I know what you’re thinking: What’s my other alternative?
EXACTLY! That’s the question I had and what led me to these shoes. Walking around barefoot just isn’t in the cards for me. Check out the article, and thanks to Forlogos for pointing me to it.
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Yes, but can you still swing from branch to branch with the “Monkey Feet” shoes on?!? Totally why I never wear gloves on my hands…
Linda D. in Seattle
Babes – oh yeah!
And you should add “Barefooting with shoes” to the list, at least when I get my pair of Fivefingers!
I typed in stevebjj.com in my browser and I landed on a GoDaddy parked page – - thought you lost you’re website. Adding the ‘www.’ led me straight to your blog
I like the idea of wearing random shoes that make me look like a frog, but I’m a buy-one-pair-of-shoes-then-wear-them-for-everything-til-they-fall-to-pieces kind of guy.
While my walking boots are ok for work, I don’t think frog feet would fly in the office. Or when meeting my academic supervisor. Or going out in the university bar. Well, maybe that last one…
Great idea! I’m glad that you found an answer to your problem, and that you are happy with the results.