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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 ...

The best barefoot shoes have thin soles, wide toe boxes and a zero-drop design to help your feet walk more naturally. But do they actually help your feet? Are they even all that comfortable? To find ...

The closest you can get to walking around actually barefoot without exposing your toes to concrete is walking around in barefoot shoes. Barefoot shoes are, well, pretty much exactly what they sound ...

'Barefoot' fitness sandals could be bad for the muscles, joints and bones, scientists have warned. And even the indigenous tribes, whose footwear that they are based on, suffer as a result of wearing ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Barefoot shoes, designed to emulate the feel and benefits of walking (and running) barefoot, have gone from ...

Get stronger feet when you sprint and stroll as if you were barefoot, in zero-drop shoes We regularly wear sports shoes that pinch our toes and restrict the natural movement of our soles. Half the ...

Don't fear those calluses, though. New research has revealed that foot calluses — thickened skin that forms naturally when one walks barefoot — have evolved to protect the feet and provide for ...

“Barefoot” Ted McDonald played a lively and central role in Christopher McDougall’s breakout book, Born to Run, with a simple but revolutionary message: “Some of the best technology you’ll ever own ...