Just stumbled upon this:
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/is-there-one-right-way-to-run/
What confused me here is that they article claims that they have come to the conclusion those tribe men are being heel strikers by using a pressure-sensing pad, which certainly is nothing I would consider to be able to do anything than measuring pressure, no matter if I touch it with my toes, fingers, butt, or whatever. So checking out the actual research article ( http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0052548) it seems the conclusion was made from just two pictures, one of them showing a foot in heel strike position indeed...three or four inches above ground. Uhmmm....
What bothers me most is that they had the perfect testing objects, people who have never worn shoes before, in their natural environment. And just two pictures to prove all barefoot runners wrong? I admit I haven't gone trough the actual study yet, besides the pictures, so chances are the article is just messed up.
Edit: Just noticed that I opened this in the wrong forum, send a message to have this corrected
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/01/23/is-there-one-right-way-to-run/
What confused me here is that they article claims that they have come to the conclusion those tribe men are being heel strikers by using a pressure-sensing pad, which certainly is nothing I would consider to be able to do anything than measuring pressure, no matter if I touch it with my toes, fingers, butt, or whatever. So checking out the actual research article ( http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0052548) it seems the conclusion was made from just two pictures, one of them showing a foot in heel strike position indeed...three or four inches above ground. Uhmmm....
What bothers me most is that they had the perfect testing objects, people who have never worn shoes before, in their natural environment. And just two pictures to prove all barefoot runners wrong? I admit I haven't gone trough the actual study yet, besides the pictures, so chances are the article is just messed up.
Edit: Just noticed that I opened this in the wrong forum, send a message to have this corrected