Barefoot Transformation! Time lapse sequence shows foot changes after years of barefoot running..

Remarkable!  I love this

Remarkable! I love this evidence. I will share this with Dr. Mike. He was asking for this data a while back on "that other forum we don't mention here." ;-)

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It's not a taboo topic at all

It's not a taboo topic at all really. We just joke about it here, because I kinda started that forum "over there" and then this one, and now I am being accused of murdering the first one with the second one, when in fact, the first one will always be my first home. :love:http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb001_ZRYYYYYYYYUS It's just an on-going silly joke, that's all. Board likes to rub my nose in it most of all.

P.S. If you're interested, please check out the BRS's newsletter Run Free for more history.
 
Wow! Nice transformation My

Wow! Nice transformation :) My feet are wider too, mostly in the toe box area and they seem to be flatter too. Viva la barefoot!
 
A right-click > copy or

A right-click > copy or highlight > copy >paste will work in this case. If it's already out there on another site, you don't have to "upload" it.
 
are there any posts from

are there any posts from BF runners here about their personal feet transformations?

I am curious how many blisters -> turned callouses -> turned nice smooth feet, if any.

I see a lot of "look at my feet after the race" pictres and the feet are always good-to-go... but how beat-up looking did feet get during the transition?
 
pictures are OK but i'm

pictures are OK but i'm curious about stories or even statements to the question: "Do your feet go transform? How?"

I don't want to post pictures of my feet. I feel I'm in the middle of transforming. I am getting hot spots at times, skin is reforming and getting tough... blood blisters and caluses that heal eventually.

Does this happen to everyone or am I doing something wrong? BF runs tend NOT to hurt (except that hot pavement time... heh) and I keep them short (4 miles max) but it just seems the skin on my feet is shredding and re-forming. When will it stop. Does it stop?
 
I can say that after a year

I can say that after a year and a half of BFR (now almost two years), my feet did develop a large thickened pad that covered the ball of my foot. And my toes were thicker as well. After being inactive for nearly most of the last three months from having cryosurgery, I am having to recondition that area all over again.

Yes, Seret, I think your feet will eventually get to where you won't notice these changes so much. I have seen both Rick's and Ken Bob's soles, and I can tell you, the plantar skin on their feet is incredibly thick. But think about how often they run barefoot and the distances they run barefoot, the number of marathons and ultras they've run barefoot. I doubt I will ever be able to match them; therefore, I doubt I will ever have soles as conditioned as theirs.

Now if you are talking about my no longer having flat feet and no longer pronating to the degree I once did, then that's another type of foot transformation and another story.
 
I find I break down my soles

I find I break down my soles and get callousing and "toughskin" when I wear my minimlist shoes to run, not so much barefoot. I deliberately waitied until evening so I could run on pavement bare last night, because didn't want the breakdown and callousing I get with my water shoes. Don't know if that's helpful, but if you wear shoes to run in, it might be that and not the BFR. I never got bruising and blood blisters but chip and seal is the worst surface I ever run on.
 
On  barefoot and feet getting

On barefoot and feet getting bigger, I grew up barefoot and danced barefoot. When I stopped dancing my feet shrunk by a size and a half. I had my most unhealthy decade the decade I wore shoes the most. My feet are starting to return to the old size.
 
Having children made my shoe

Having children made my shoe size go up one whole size.
 
There's a physiological basis

There's a physiological basis for that. When a woman is pregnant, hormonal changes take place that allow the pelvis to expand more allowing more width for delivery. It works by changing the cartilage to be more expandable.

Carrying the extra weight of the baby on the feet that now have the same temporarily expandable cartilage allows for a size up-grade.

Does'nt happen to all moms-to-be, but to a great number of them.