Vibram Men's V Running Shoes

Product Information

Redesigned with a softer upper and perforated to maximize breathability, the V-RUN is now even more comfortable. This is an ideal running shoe for those making the transition from traditional to minimalist shoe. The thinner sole lets you feel your run, connecting you to the true barefoot running experience.

Everyone loves to chat about them and there are few things I wear that makes me as many friends. I guess you could call me a weirdo convert, but I prefer to be known as an enlightened adventurer and runner. In Ecuador, the high-altitude páramo was like walking on a cold, wet sponge. We would have been miserable hiking without our waterproof hiking boots. We recently set out on a section hike through the White Mountains in New Hampshire — a notoriously knee-busting scramble. Ryan and I wore our warm, waterproof, and clunky hiking boots. You can find research both supporting and opposing minimalist shoes. Yet, consider the gigantic red flag in all of these studies: they’re all too small.Work out in your FiveFingers for 10% of your overall routine every other day. If you normally run 5 miles, do 1/2 mile in your toe shoes. Weeks 5-12 From here, you’re the best judge. Increase the number of workouts or the intensity as you feel appropriate. Always remember to listen to your body. Until college, we cross-trained with running etc. they required shoes…and that is when my knee started to cause me issues.

Many of the HIIT moves we do like skater jumps shouldn’t be done in a normal running sneaker but instead in court shoes that allow stable pivots and balance without slipping and sliding. Plus, have you ever tried doing a balance routine in sneakers?! It’s like trying to stand on one leg on a fluffy marshmallow. However, apart from yoga class, barefoot exercise is not acceptable in the gym and if you’re at home shoes are still useful to prevent blisters. You’ll enjoy feeling connected to the ground and the shoes also start a lot of new conversations. If you’re wondering, we have never been injured stepping on sharp objects or stubbing our toes — and we live in a big, dirty city. The vast majority of injuries with Vibram FiveFingers happen during the transition.

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Again, every pair of VFF shoes is handmade. The defect on your shoes is not right so I hope you got them returned successfully. Even without the defect, though, it sounds like you prefer the toe flexibility in the KSOs. If you change your mind about FiveFingers, get the KSOs. Alex has a pair of pre-2014 KSOs and color aside they are identical (fit, quality, design, durability) to the pair she bought in 2020. Reply For years, we worked out barefoot. But once we started lifting weights and incorporating resistance bands, we needed shoes to protect our feet. However, not every sneaker is a smart choice. We hope that you have found our Vibram shoes review helpful. The experience in the toe shoes is like no other, and in our opinion, they train you to walk, run, hike, and move more naturally.

Vibram has published studies that claim their shoes are as close to barefoot running as you can get without the dangers of stepping on the bad stuff. For us, with the rubber grip on the soles, nothing works better than FiveFingers. We keep a pair in our gym as our indoor workout shoes.

Like so many, Ryan and I were first introduced to minimalist running by reading the wildly popular 2009 best-selling book, Born to Run by Chris McDougall. A few weeks later and rehabilitated, we hit the trail where we left off. This time, we left our hiking boots behind and brought two pairs of FiveFingers each, the KMD Sport and the V-Trek. The difference was immense.