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Great Asses = Great Runners

Mar 26, 2012 | 15 Comments

In usual fashion, The Maple Grove Barefoot Guy inspired this post.  Christian writes about the need for strong hips/ass as a prerequisite to good running form.  I couldn’t agree more.

I’m a huge fan of strength training for runners as a form of crosstraining.  I have an entire section of my book dedicated to weight training, I routinely recommend programs like Kemme Fitness and Crossfit, and I even support Christian’s seemingly Read More...

The Legality of Being Barefoot in Public: How I Deal With Stupid Laws

Mar 22, 2012 | 15 Comments

I was mindlessly perusing Facebook this morning and I came across Christian’s post about Ohio’s law banning barefootedness in Federal buildings. I’m not going to go into the back story, so read his post to learn more.  Since he’s a prosecutor, I was curious about his legal interpretation of the decision.  I’m vaguely familiar with the Constitutionality of the decision based on my experiences as a government teacher, so his analysis wasn’t a surprise.

So our Read More...

You Don’t Run Enough Bro…

Feb 5, 2012 | 18 Comments

It’s a slow news week, I’m suffering from writer’s block with the Squirrel Wipe project, and I’m sick of discussing Susan G. Komen.  What am I to do?  Disagree with Christian!

In his latest blog post, The Maple Grove barefoot Guy discussed the need to run often.  His conclusion- we run too much.

As evidence, he points to the latest Lieberman study and something like 75% of the participants getting injured as evidence.  The problem- the study was conducted on Read More...