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In February, Nike released it’s epic React Flyknit running shoe. The sneaker is a sleek little number with a simple, knitted upper that sits atop a single layer of extra-thick “React” foam.Nike Air Force 1 Mujer In a trend sweeping the running-shoe industry, Nike is centering its attention and fanfare on the properties of this newfangled foam, rather than highlighting other parts of the shoe.“React is our most complete foam Adidas NMD Womens ever,” gushes Adidas ZX 750 Femme Ernest Kim, Director of Advanced Footwear at Nike Running. “You not only get great energy return—13 percent greater than Lunarlon—but a much softer experience as well.” For a runner who wants a shoe Nike Air Vapormax Womens that feels springy and light and can hold up through plenty of miles, Kim believes Nike nailed it with React. familiar? No doubt. Last September, Brooks revealed its DNA AMP foam, also touting a blend of Nike Roshe Run Mujer cushioning and energy return. In 2017, we also saw Altra design its first shoes with the cleverly named Altra Ego foam, which—you guessed it—distinguishes itself by its soft step-in feel and bouncy ride. There’s Adidas ZX 750 Womens also Under Armour’s new HOVR foam, Nike Air Max 2017 Mujer Reebok Floatride Foam, Saucony Everun, and New Balance Fresh Foam.

Seems like every major shoe company now makes its own hero foam. But the question is, does it really make for a better Nike Air Max 2017 Womens Nike Air Huarache Mujer run?In 2009, Christopher McDougall published a book called Born to Run, which challenged what was historically accepted about running shoes—namely, that perhaps we didn’t need so much shoe—and some Adidas Superstar Womens believe it launched the barefoot or minimalist movement. Propelled by new research touting the benefits of light, “barefoot-like” shoes, minimalism experienced a meteoric rise. But in 2012, a class-action lawsuit Nike Air VaporMax Mujer against Vibram FiveFingers for deceptive advertising was the loud thud that marked the end of the minimalist running movement. At that point, a majority of runners, sidelined with injuries, found minimalist shoes www.romuslus.fr to be untenable, and most Nike Air Max Tavas Mujer of the running community quickly returned to shoes with more padding.

But by then, the world had changed. The research that led the minimalist movement, proving that shoes didn’t work to prevent Nike Air Max 270 Mujer injury as we had once believed, didn’t just disappear. Throwing out running shoes altogether wasn’t the answer, but neither was returning to overbuilt, stiff, heavy, controlling shoes. One researcher, Adidas NMD FemmeBenno Nigg, professor emeritus of kinesiology and director of Human Performance Lab at the University of Calgary, suggested that your body knows best. His studies revealed that shoes chosen simply by which Nike Air Max 2017 Mujer felt the most comfortable were also the most efficient and best at reducing injury. Common runner knowledge shifted, and comfort usurped control as the basis for shoe selection. With companies no longer able to Nike Air Zoom Spiridon Mujer successfully market their multi-density soles with plastic posts, shanks, and trusses, the properties of the foam itself rose in importance—and runners were ready to pay attention.The term, while great for marketing, can be a bit deceptive. Let’s be clear, no shoe will defy the second law of thermodynamics and actually create energy that will do the running for you. The energy for your stride comes from you pushing www.rockstarbodies.co.uk against the ground. “