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Video of the Week: Vibram FiveFingers Field Test

by Brian Patterson » on Aug 29, 2011 4

We’ve chosen this Field Test video as the ‘Video of the Week’ because its pretty thorough and accurate.  They call attention to the easing in period, the benefits of barefoot running and the reasons behind it, and the improvements it will make to your gate.  A lot of the videos about FiveFingers that we see online are pretty innacurate or incomplete (we’ll post some of these in the coming weeks), but we liked this one for its simplicity, visual appeal, and fairness.

What do you think?  Let us know in the comments!

Submitted Comments

  1. Dan says:

    Utah is filled with great places for trail runs.. and they start on a track.. sad. :)

  2. Kevin says:

    Not once did they show running on pavement – and I am happy to see that. I almost sustained a metatarsal injury from running in VFFs on pavement, but luckily I realized they weren’t made for that.

    Trail running is where it’s at when it comes to VFFs!!!

  3. kev says:

    i love my kso’o and wear them all the time they have helped my posture and solve a knee problem and have worn them hiking and over much the same terrain as in the video,great shoes ,would love to get hold of a pair of surge boots

  4. Dave says:

    aside from the crap about reflexology and pressure points, a pretty good video.

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