Can anyone run barefoot? A. If you believe barefoot running is our evolutionary heritage, it certainly follows that anyone can. Or almost anyone. “Certain neuropathies, such as diabetes, makes it inadvisable,” says Daniel Lieberman. If you

Getting Started: Exercises“You need to take a few steps back from where you are now,” says Lee Saxby. “As a baby has to learn to walk, so you need to acquire – or regain – new motor skills before you are ready to run barefoot.” Here’s how...1

presents reasons why barefoot advocates, such as author Christopher McDougall, believe that the best way to learn good running form is to be completely unshod, letting your feet and legs feel the subtle changes in impact so you can adjust your body

The barefoot movement is gathering pace, promising closer connection to the terrain and our evolutionary heritage. But is the key to better running really what you wear – or don’t wear – on your feet?As we buy into the seductive promise

The barefoot movement is gathering pace, promising closer connection to the terrain and our evolutionary heritage. But is the key to better running really what you wear – or don’t wear – on your feet?As we buy into the seductive promise

barefoot advocates, such as author Christopher McDougall, believe that the best way to learn good running form is to be completely unshod, letting your feet and legs feel the subtle changes in impact so you can adjust your body to lessen that impact

Unless you’ve been doing your running on the more remote trails of Mars recently, chances are you’ve heard something of the barefoot buzz. What you need to know is that Merrell’s footwear pedigree now means you can experience everything running

and cushioning scores are compared with the average range of cushioning and flexibility scores for the running shoes we typically test. (Note: the average running shoe weighs 340g and has a heel height of 36mm.)Picture credit: Kevin Irby/ Getty Images

VO2 max - the measure of how much oxygen your body can get to your muscles - has tended to  grab all the headlines when it comes to evaluating endurance running performance. After all, it's relatively straightforward to measure, gives quantifiable

, the premise of the shoe is still to offer runners a barefoot experience whilst helping to improve the natural running motion, strengthen foot muscles, increase foot flexibility and improve balance. And this shoe does achieve this, though it