Sunday, March 25, 2012

Barefoot Running Less Efficient : Discovery News

Barefoot Running Less Efficient : Discovery News: "Researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder analyzed 12 barefoot runners on a treadmill wearing lightweight shoes or nothing but lead strips taped to their bare feet. The results surprised them: Running barefoot provided no physiological benefit in efficiency. In fact, runners used 4 percent more energy per step when running barefoot."

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