Just wanted to chime in. I hate running. For 5 years, my job made me wake up at the crack of dawn and run. I'm pretty good at it, but I hate it.
I love running in my five fingers, but that's not why I got'em.
Arnold and many other body builders used to train barefoot or in very flat shoes such as Chuck Taylors. If you LIFT weights....and I mean REALLY throw around free weights you owe it to yourself to check out some five fingers.
Running shoes and cross trainers have elevated heel pads engineered for forward momentum and designed to cushion the heavy heel strikes of your average jogger's stride. Doing heavy deadlifts or squats with an elevated heel is setting yourself up for failure and injury. I don't think there is any more stable shoe than Vibrams, and after you become a convert, typical running shoes feel like stilts. For me, it's Vibrams, Clarks, or Berks.
Also, i like guns.
I love running in my five fingers, but that's not why I got'em.
Arnold and many other body builders used to train barefoot or in very flat shoes such as Chuck Taylors. If you LIFT weights....and I mean REALLY throw around free weights you owe it to yourself to check out some five fingers.
Running shoes and cross trainers have elevated heel pads engineered for forward momentum and designed to cushion the heavy heel strikes of your average jogger's stride. Doing heavy deadlifts or squats with an elevated heel is setting yourself up for failure and injury. I don't think there is any more stable shoe than Vibrams, and after you become a convert, typical running shoes feel like stilts. For me, it's Vibrams, Clarks, or Berks.
Also, i like guns.