Newton Natural Running Panel 2010
PB brought this series of videos to my attention, and I want to share them with you here.
Panel discussion on natural running with Dr. Irene Davis PhD, PT (Director of the Running Injury Lab, University of Delaware), Dr. Mark Cucuzzella MD (Associate Professor, University of West Virginia, elite masters runner), Danny Abshire (multisports.com form coach, co-founder Newton Running), Zola Budd Pieterse (Olympian, world champion and world record holder), Danny Dreyer (founder/author of Chi Running), Jay Dicharry, MPT, CSCS (Director of the SPEED Performance Clinic and the Motion Analysis Lab Coordinator at the University of Virginia). Moderated by Brian Metzler, managing editor Running Times Magazine.
(A nice shout out from Dr. Irene Davis on the BRS and our chapters is in the beginning part of Part 11.)
My personal opinion... I would like to thank Danny Abshire, co-founder of Newton Running for sponsoring this talk. It was a very important event for barefoot and minimalist running, no doubt. He says all the right things, but fails to recognize that the Newton is NOT a minimalist running shoe, and it does not 100% promote natural running; if it can't 100% promote natural running then it is not natural. Just like there is no such thing as a barefoot running shoe, there is no such thing as a natural running shoe. Shoes are not natural. They are binding and controlling. The Newtons are binding and controlling. There's only one attribute this shoe has that would "mimic" a natural gait (that's right, mimic), and that is the forepad in which it places the runner up on the forefoot for takeoff and promotes a landing on the fore to midfoot. I've run in the Newton. The forepad caused the tendon that runs along the outer fifth metatarsal to flex way too much and caused serious tendon pain for me. As soon as I took them off and began running barefoot, the tendon pain went away. As soon as I put them back on, the pain reappeared. I did this experiement several times. This flexing of the forefoot caused by the forepad is not natural at all. This shoe is big, bulky, heavy (although lighter than most boat anchors), and has way too many bells and whistles (padding, air chambers, etc.) to be considered natural. Most barefoot and minimalist runners do not even qualify this shoe as a Reduced Running Shoe (RRS) let alone a Minimalist Running Shoe (MRS) or a Natural Running Shoe (NRS). It is a Traditional Running Shoe (TRS) capitalizing on the barefoot and minimalist running market with bells and whistles the other guys don't have.
There's a lot of very good barefoot and minimalist running discussion in these videos. Each one is about under 10 minutes, so watch them when you have the time here and there.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re74q66xXv8&feature=related
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLckgN8Uvlc&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLBzhhwEgo&feature=related
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_-rXIi0tic&feature=related
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFAe7OzzgpA&feature=related
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I7Mg8HHPZg&feature=related
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkccXgiFxNU&feature=related
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM7PWMLranU&feature=related
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLpZlY-fv50&feature=related
Part 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw4RQVUgnMs&feature=related
Part 11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSuMC-nbbnk&feature=related
Part 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXL7VZ5MJyo&feature=related
PB brought this series of videos to my attention, and I want to share them with you here.
Panel discussion on natural running with Dr. Irene Davis PhD, PT (Director of the Running Injury Lab, University of Delaware), Dr. Mark Cucuzzella MD (Associate Professor, University of West Virginia, elite masters runner), Danny Abshire (multisports.com form coach, co-founder Newton Running), Zola Budd Pieterse (Olympian, world champion and world record holder), Danny Dreyer (founder/author of Chi Running), Jay Dicharry, MPT, CSCS (Director of the SPEED Performance Clinic and the Motion Analysis Lab Coordinator at the University of Virginia). Moderated by Brian Metzler, managing editor Running Times Magazine.
(A nice shout out from Dr. Irene Davis on the BRS and our chapters is in the beginning part of Part 11.)
My personal opinion... I would like to thank Danny Abshire, co-founder of Newton Running for sponsoring this talk. It was a very important event for barefoot and minimalist running, no doubt. He says all the right things, but fails to recognize that the Newton is NOT a minimalist running shoe, and it does not 100% promote natural running; if it can't 100% promote natural running then it is not natural. Just like there is no such thing as a barefoot running shoe, there is no such thing as a natural running shoe. Shoes are not natural. They are binding and controlling. The Newtons are binding and controlling. There's only one attribute this shoe has that would "mimic" a natural gait (that's right, mimic), and that is the forepad in which it places the runner up on the forefoot for takeoff and promotes a landing on the fore to midfoot. I've run in the Newton. The forepad caused the tendon that runs along the outer fifth metatarsal to flex way too much and caused serious tendon pain for me. As soon as I took them off and began running barefoot, the tendon pain went away. As soon as I put them back on, the pain reappeared. I did this experiement several times. This flexing of the forefoot caused by the forepad is not natural at all. This shoe is big, bulky, heavy (although lighter than most boat anchors), and has way too many bells and whistles (padding, air chambers, etc.) to be considered natural. Most barefoot and minimalist runners do not even qualify this shoe as a Reduced Running Shoe (RRS) let alone a Minimalist Running Shoe (MRS) or a Natural Running Shoe (NRS). It is a Traditional Running Shoe (TRS) capitalizing on the barefoot and minimalist running market with bells and whistles the other guys don't have.
There's a lot of very good barefoot and minimalist running discussion in these videos. Each one is about under 10 minutes, so watch them when you have the time here and there.
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re74q66xXv8&feature=related
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLckgN8Uvlc&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWLBzhhwEgo&feature=related
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_-rXIi0tic&feature=related
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFAe7OzzgpA&feature=related
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I7Mg8HHPZg&feature=related
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkccXgiFxNU&feature=related
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM7PWMLranU&feature=related
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLpZlY-fv50&feature=related
Part 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw4RQVUgnMs&feature=related
Part 11: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PSuMC-nbbnk&feature=related
Part 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXL7VZ5MJyo&feature=related