Peter Attia· MD
i call those shoes partial minimal shoes because some of them have a little bit of a heel to toe drop some of them have a little bit of arch support some of them have some cushioning and they have various degrees
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i call those shoes partial minimal shoes because some of them have a little bit of a heel to toe drop some of them have a little bit of arch support some of them have some cushioning and they have various degrees
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the problem with the minimal shoes are that the studies that have been done have demonstrated that when people run in a partial minimal shoe they run closer to running in a regular shoe than barefoot in which case it defeats the purpose because they're still heel striking but now they have less cushion exactly