4 MONTHS IN VIVOBAREFOOT SHOES | An in depth review, and how they can help build your base. 

Do you wear them aswell like everyday shoes or just running? What brand is best for you over this 9 years?

Best shape of your life at 26?... yeah, that's kind of how it normally works 😅

@@frequentclearance9641 maybe the clown 🤡 meant 62

Thank you! Appreciate it and great to hear!

Great to hear man! Thank you!

How's your knee pain these days?

Dry terrain the whole way? I've the same footwear and I felt them hard on the feet in rocky terrain during a race I did.

@@dcarson89 i wore them on the La Cloche Silhouette Trail in Killarney, ON. All jagged quartzite ridges. I definitely felt the rock under my feet but I think I gradually became lighter on them as the trip went on.

Cheers Joseph, glad you enjoyed it!

Fred Sport thanks mate appreciate it!

Did they help with your plantar? I have flat arches and heel pain and want to try barefoot but am scared I'll have more pain

Great to hear!

Glad it helped!

I have the Vapor Gloves from Merrell and Altras too great shoes 👍

Are they true to size or did you have to order a size up?

That’s my favourite thing about them 😂 I’m sick of the small calf jokes 🙃

Apostrophes for all plural words! Lol

Will you get bigger calfs and ankles when wearing Them everyday?

@Douglass Hipwell yeah you’re right, no one gives a fuck

How long do the soles last on vivos?

Great to hear man!

Great to hear!

your back?

@@hanskazan7403 your body works in a kinetic chain. You don't run properly, your feet hurt, then your knees, then your lower back, etc... maybe the person had a bad back due to poor movement with conventional shoes and now that they switches to minimalist shoes they can get feedback on their running or training and see where the issue was. Now they may be pain free from the strengthening of a minimalistic shoe.

Not sure why you need cushioned shoes for other sports.

i jumped the gun on my comment! haha i hadnt finished watching the video so i think ill go for the primus lite :D

Thank you! Great to hear, and yes, I think the primus lites will be the ideal starting point 🙌🏼

Airaj Isaacs hey man! Thankyou, I use the Magna Trails then but to be honest almost any of the active of the active range would work well!

How's it coming along?

@@izzyh.3581 It is okay. I just use them for work. I had not been sleeping well as of late so have pains. When this first happened I thought it was the shoes but realize I was coming down with some thing. This time not coming down with a cold luckily so hard to tell. I do not run in them just walk around but do not walk properly as I hit my heel to hard so need to learn to walk again.

@@jmdennis1967 How's your progress coming along now?

@@Blobbyo25 I noticed pain in my legs at first but over all I am doing well. I did not transition into them as I just wore them. I will probably buy better shows next time as I just got cheap ones from Amazon. They are okay but want to try others in the future.

Good stuff! Remember to do it cautiously/slowly!

@@ferguscrawley95 definitely, thank you for the advice!

Notice any improvement

Quite honestly, I can't notice a huge difference. I should be continuing with ankle mobility exercises instead just relying on the shoes to extend my range of motion. What i will say is that I absolutely love the shoes and that I use them everytime I leave the house. They are grippy, warm, durable, comfortable and feel supportive. I have ran in them a few times even though they are not a specific running shoe and I've found them great to run in and I really love the feeling at the end of the run where my legs feel worked, in the right way because I've had to change up my running style to deal with the extra impact. Feels great. The shoes I must say have pretty poor grip in the mud and grime. I'm slipping all over the place, so much so that I bought a pair of Inov8s for my trail running needs. In the dry though, they'll be great. Hope this helps!

which did you choose and why

@@ummche14 Ended up ordering the magna trail and the black/orange michelin shoe, I now use the orange one

You’re welcome!

I think he said "toega" like toe yoga lol

They might help you, a transition is usually required. Definitely do foot strengthening exercises.

Nobody makes a work safe, safety certified boot yet that is zero drop, wide toe box, and somewhat thin but it's alright. spend all the time that you can outside of work either barefoot or in these minimalist shoes. Some benefit will still come about.

it's either the hassle of returning them or damaged knees overtime ;)

Magna for sure

Aren't we all!

Hi Jonathan! Great to hear, be sure to ease into it and listen to your body on it - thanks for the sub and do let me know how you get on in the shoes 🤙🏼

@@ferguscrawley95 UPDATE: I'm about 6 weeks in and am walking about 1km a day pain free in the boots. But that's definitely my limit at the moment. Plus I do about 30 mins of daily foot exercises 😊👍

@@My24hradventure and now? thanks

@@SagittAries Your timing is spooky. For the last 8 months or so it's been a slow but steady progress, albeit a few minor over-strains. My routine is to do the foot exercises + a 30 minute forest walk every other day (on the alternate days I do yoga). However yesterday was the first day I decided to kick off the boots and walk with the 5 Fingers instead. In the past when I'd tried this I'd have instant tingles in my foot joints and pain for several days. But now my feet felt strong and comfortable. I'm only doing 500 metres but I intend to build distance slowly. This is a very rewarding journey. Thank you for getting in touch and enquiring 👣😊👍

@@My24hradventure How about now?! Always great to hear people progressing!

Fergus Hamilton thanks man! You do a little yes, but if you view them as a tool rather than an alternative it won’t make you slower overall. So if you incorporate them alongside your standard running work then you can reap the rewards, plus, it takes a veryyyy long time to build up the resilience in ankles etc to do consistent speed work in them. For example, I do all my speed work in standard trainers at the moment, but will run in the hills in my vivos as that’s much slower and less solid ground. Anything in between I wear the altras for the time being, and I’ll ultimately be able to run longer distances in the Vivos’

Fergus unite

Try altra. They have 0 drop and a wide toe box but they have more options padding and terrain wise

Toughen up, give it 100000% then rest with just the basic movements needed. Always have a massage roller as it helps with inflamation reduction. Btw inflamation and soreness are the verry best things you can wish for, it is a direct sign your body is adapting. The only reason why you should slow down is if you can't do daily chores due to pain, that's a problem

Which one do you use for everyday? They are more barefoot than altra, more like waking with a socks no cushions at all

@@andrea07pr I wear Altra torin 4.5 Plush

I'm a year using the fg vivos, I'm here hoping for new updates. These shoes are great trail runners and every day wear but I will not run the roads with them. Yes it could be how I strike the ground but I honestly think it's just out feet are not designed to pound pavement with cushion. I done a mountain race in March and my footwear was 90 percent perfect but jesus I suffered on the harder rocky ground. I love the feel of these shoes but not for road running

*without cushion

@@dcarson89 , the issue is still with your running technique. Our feet did evolve to run on hard surface because if you look at the extremely dry compacted earth or flat rocks in Africa where we all come from, it is pretty much the same as running on pavement. I think that you should work on your technique so that you land on your foot the way you are supposed to. Working with a trainer could help. In this video, it was correctly explained that the transition period from cushioned shoes to barefoot ones is necessary for many people, and this can take several years. Yes, there will be some who are able to run on pavement even without shoes - actually bare foot - as soon as they take off their cushioned shoes, but the majority will need to get used to that feeling. It is sad to realise this but we begin to screw up our feet since the moment we are born when we are forced to wear cushioned shoes as babies. A lot of our feet muscles are almost never used which makes our foot a less flexible.

@@Flamdring I hear ya, I really do but I'm a long time wearing them every day bar when I'm in steel toes for work. I've plenty of back and neck injuries that very possibly affect my feet so I chalk it up to that. On a side note I also have the white vivos for every day use and they seem even more minimalist than my red trail ones, it is incredible how the sensory feedback works in your feet.

Quick question, do these shoes run big? For example I’m a 9 in Vans shoes, but I’m an 8 in converse. Iv been wanting to get some vivo shoes but scared that I might get a size to big or to small

@@hdgrimey You can measure your feet (cm) and look at their sizing table to see which size you need.

Search for 'Toega' 😉

It’s like 2000 dollars worth of vivos

@@franklinlucaslima that’s cheap. My piano cost 20,000

That’s the point, replace your whole shoe wardrobe with shoes healthy for your feet.