Barefoot Running Step by Step Quotes

“Ironically, more impact may result from more cushioning because, to regain balance, the pillowish pile encourages the foot to plow into the ground like a bull in a china shop. A study Robbins published in 1997 found that runners tend to land harder on soft surfaces to improve stability. He concluded that sports shoes are too soft and thick and recommended they be redesigned to protect the wearer. Most”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“try thinking of yourself “floating” slightly above the ground, pulling your feet up, and just “letting” your feet touch the ground. (Don’t forget to bend your knees.) See”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“You can’t take quick steps while you’re waiting for your body to crash back into the earth!”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“I’ve found that if I focus on a foot lift, not a foot push, it is easy to keep my cadence higher. Here’s why: when you try to push your foot into the ground, you are actually launching or pushing your body up into the air, fighting against gravity’s accelerating force (which is trying to pull you back down). The”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“Let the hips and torso lead the way. This should feel a bit like falling forward; you’ll need to move the feet quickly under your hips to catch yourself, with each foot landing below—and not ahead of—your vertical body. (A”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“rather than trying to force a certain foot landing, we should let our feet land and try to feel whether they are landing comfortably without strain or tension. Instead”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“When people focus on how the foot should land, they try to impose a forefoot landing without changing their overall running technique. But to land correctly, you actually first have to move up the body and relax your calves, which will then alter the way the foot lands. Often,”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“the natural barefoot form immediately and instinctively trains you to let your body lead the way and keep your feet back”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“Just as the eyes are the windows of the soul, the soles are the windows of the barefoot runner.”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique

“Calf pain is not a rite of passage; it is mostly a wrong of technique. If you bend the knees more and learn to allow a heel touch after the ball-of-the-foot landing, you should not suffer much, if any, calf pain. Those who say, “Barefooters must suffer while strengthening their calves”—either through pain on the road or hitting the weight room—are wrong;”
― Ken Bob Saxton, Barefoot Running Step by Step: Barefoot Ken Bob, The Guru of Shoeless Running, Shares His Personal Technique