Fitness Confidential With Vinnie Tortorich

Episode 580 : Lee Saxby joins Vinnie in this 1 on 1 edition of the Celebrity Fitness trainer podcast to discuss the art of injury-free barefoot running, and how everyone is born to run. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS Pure Vitamin Club Villa Cappelli Squatty Potty LEE SAXBY The Godfather of Barefoot Running Check out his website here Pursues injury free, barefoot running BAREFOOT RUNNING Jogging book from the 70s Jogging is the same thing as race-walking When you are barefoot, your brain KNOWS when to break into a run due to force When you have rubber (heel) under your foot, your body doesn't know when to run vs. jog, which can hurt you Lee's epiphany came in the year 2000, in Kenya He saw lots of kids running barefoot and he saw how everyone had the same running technique Biomechanically, running barefoot forced them to Lower impact for them! The best runners come out of East Africa, so there Lee saw a correlation Lee saw that there was a definite difference in running depending on where they ran (endurance runn