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As oxymorons go, “barefoot shoes” takes some beating. Otherwise referred to as “minimalist footwear”, these are shoes designed to mimic the experience of not wearing shoes. Evangelists include Joe ...

Going back to basics may be the smartest move in modern fitness. Barefoot running is gaining popularity across the U.S. for ...

Modern running shoes deliver speed and comfort via carbon fiber plates and towering midsoles. When you strip all that away, you’re left with almost nothing separating your feet from the ground—a.k.a.

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 ...