I believe that the minimal shoe movement allowed/gave us permission to try different things to see what actually works for me, instead of being “locked” into a very narrow niche every time we walked into the local running store.
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There is way too much “gotcha” going on in the minimalist, maximalist, traditionalist camps that just get old and tired. Personally, I don’t care Adidas Pharrell Williams Tennis Hu Damen what you call the shoes that I wear, I just care whether they are working for me or not. I have found that many of the shoes you like also work well for me (though not always ?? ), so we are all an experiment of one and we Nike Air Zoom Pegasus 34 Femme need to remember that.Not sure any side of any debate has a monopoly on the use of anecdote as a substitute for universal claims about the world(Those obsessed with pronation are just as annoying as the barefoot true believers). Sadly Adidas Superstar Damen Schwarz this approach to the world seems to be on the upswing in regards to lots of topics far more important than running shoes(see the latest national geographic). As long as science has existed many groups in society have tried to use it to sanction things that are “beyond debate” this has ranged from politics to gender roles and of course shoes. Sadly many misunderstand that science Nike Air Max 90 Mujer has nothing to do with being “right” and everything to do with an unyielding commitment to go where repeatable transparent experiments take you(along with healthy skepticism). Shoes represent the intersection of a highly Adidas NMD Hombre profitable consumer product, fashion trends, and mainly industry funded “science”(I am referring to all styles of shoe minimal or traditional)…pretty sure that environment will always produce questionable results. As a result unless Nike Air Max Tavas Womens you suffer from some specific foot trauma that requires a particular shoe you might as well use anecdote in selecting what you wear on your feet. AS expecting some consensus to form I seriously doubt it will happen as the internet combined with confirmation bias and the dunning-krueger effect has basically eroded any source of authority to appeal to too form some sort of consensus. Nike Air Vapormax Femme Just think the entire anti-vax movement is based off one discredited/redacted article from 1998 and that is starting to have public health consequences but their are still lots of recalcitrant folks out there. Running like Nike Air Max 270 Femme anything else will continue to be subject to an endless flow of controversies because that is what people find “interesting”. A measured response to new things may appeal to academics but “clicks” or page views are not driven by Adidas NMD Womens measured responses. But hey at least we have your blog!