“When you’re standing barefoot, your heel and forefoot both make contact with the ground,” explains Ben Stark, an avid ultra-marathoner and performance marketing senior specialist at Merrell.

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A brand new offering from a barefoot-specialist brand, the Xero Scrambler Low has charged onto the market backed by quite a bit of hype, with Xero founder Steven Sashen proclaiming it to be the, ...

I've evaluated outdoor and fitness equipment for over five years. Humans have been walking barefoot for most of our existence, long before the invention of modern shoes. But in the past couple of ...

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Have you heard of ‘barefoot’ shoes? This minimalist movement advocates for walking and running without traditional shoes, ...