BAREFOOT RUNNING COACH

Generally, people cannot kick off their sneakers and run correctly in minimal shoes or barefoot. Running is a skill. Most kids have good running form until they start wearing modern athletic shoes (which tend to be motion controlled, high heeled, well cushioned and tight). Growing up and running in these shoes usually results in high impact heel striking. Research shows this puts more negative forces on the lower leg/foot than forefoot striking associated with barefoot running.

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I coach clients how to run in a comfortable, metabolically efficient natural barefoot gait (in minimal shoes and/or barefoot). Through a series of skilled-based exercises, you will learn how to run with negligible impact forces. Using research and techniques developed by anthropological and evolutionary observations in barefoot societies I can show you how to mitigate most running injuries.

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Some benefits of natural barefoot running:

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• Strengthens your foot’s arch

• Helps elongate one’s calf musculature and loosen the ankle complex

• Improves your foot’s dexterity

• Improves your lower leg and foot’s proprioception

• Most people improve running times and distances

• It burns more calories and likely increases your metabolic rate