Mark Bell's Power Project - Power Bite || Tips For Running Barefoot ft. Anya Jensen

Starting point is 00:00:00 You were mentioning earlier like running barefoot. Are you actually running barefoot or are you running in barefoot shoes? I actually run barefoot. Oh, on what? On the pavement. On the pavement? Yeah. You are risky. Damn.

Starting point is 00:00:12 Wow. Monster. But you did say that now the skin on the bottom of your feet is just like hulkish, right? That's wild. How long have you been doing that? For about a year and a half. But of course, I live in Iowa, so the time that I can do that is, you know, like six months or less a year. Cannot do it year round. But I started that way for the purposes of gait training. Because you can't run poorly if you're barefoot on concrete.

Starting point is 00:00:43 You know, that ground is going to teach you if you're landing wrong. So I would do really short distances and it was because I didn't feel confident. I wasn't a runner before. And after my whole thing with not even being able to walk, it was like, I don't even know how to run. So being in shoes felt – it was like blinding my nerves. I felt like I wasn't as confident. So I was like I'm just going to try it barefoot and I liked it so much. So I just slowly increased the time and never really stopped. Do you have a route that's like not that hard to run on or is it just you're in your neighborhood?

Starting point is 00:01:26 Yeah, my neighborhood is – fortunately, I don't have to worry about too much crap on the actual pavement. I tend to avoid the grass just because of dog shit. Yeah. So that's kind of – I would sometimes want to run on the grass, but I'm a little nervous too. But trail running too is something that I've been wanting to get into barefoot, which is like feels a little bit like next level because of the ankle, you know, all that. Aren't there like little rocks on trails too though? Yeah. And when you say barefoot, you mean barefoot, barefoot, no socks, no barefoot shoes.

Starting point is 00:02:04 Barefoot, barefoot. Yeah socks, no barefoot shoes. Barefoot, barefoot. Yeah, there's all kinds of shit on a trail. I'm just thinking like even when I was running the other day and I was in my Vibrams, like just the road that I was on is just pretty beat up. It's like it was near the ocean and it's just like the ground is just jacked up and there's a lot of like little pebbles like gravel on there so i'm like i'm running and i'm like ow ow ow there's like like pebbles and then now because it's been so dry like branches like just like shards and they're just like super sharp and i was like oh that would suck to take one to the foot you know like that shit concerns me but that kind of and you said you've been you've been experimenting with this for the past year or a little longer.

Starting point is 00:02:48 Well, so I've been barefoot walking, which, you know, walk before you run. Oh, yeah. So I've been barefoot walking for now six years. Okay. Walking. And so the running has been more for just a year and a half. I'm really feeling very inferior over here. Oh, absolutely.

Starting point is 00:03:02 Are you guys feeling that? Oh, good. But this is exciting. You know, Encima and his hand things over here. Oh, absolutely. Are you guys feeling that? Oh, good. But this is exciting. You know, Encima and his hand things over there. It's intimidating me. No, but this is actually really exciting. The fact that you're out there on concrete running barefoot and on trails and your feet are doing just fine. You know, like I found it kind of surprising how kind of easy it was to run in this.

Starting point is 00:03:24 Like I'll run on concrete with this and then there's like some we have like rocky trails around the area too and i'll run what's that called again these are earth runners i really want to these are really good i really dig these as barefoot sandals she on on his website she has a whole list of like the best barefoot sandals and i think those were number one and these were number two so i'm really interested in trying the shamans um but these zero ones they're uh yeah these are um but you know it's really cool that you can like you can actually run in those sandals like i those are like my daily driver i've been using these all the time i can run i jump rope i can run

Starting point is 00:04:04 them um and yeah i guess the next step is just doing it with nothing on the bottom of my feet Those are like my daily driver. I've been using these all the time. Jumping rope and everything. I jump rope. I can run them. And yeah, I guess the next step is just doing it with nothing on the bottom of my feet. Look at this flex though. Yo, dude. Is there an issue with socks sometimes as well? Yeah. Good question. I get that question a lot. So there are toe socks, which everybody loves toe socks, right?

Starting point is 00:04:25 Yeah, yeah. I avoided them for a long time. I was like, I'm just not going to wear socks because I'm not wearing those toe socks. They're just too ugly for you? Yeah. No, I know. It's surprising. Too ugly for me when, you know.

Starting point is 00:04:38 But finally, it was wintertime, and I just could not convince, I just couldn't keep the regular socks, quote-unquote regular socks on. You know, they're symmetrical. They're shaped kind of like shoes are. I would put those on and then take them off. I just couldn't do it. So I finally got some toe socks, and fortunately, they are not all like rainbow-colored like I grew up with. They've got plain, solid-colored ones, and you can wear them with your dress shoes and

Starting point is 00:05:05 whatnot. And I also experimented with things like leg warmers. So it's basically like a sock, but with the top cut off. Those look funny. It's like, oh, okay. But the point is you have some, well, for me at least, it's usually warmth. Sometimes it's for like protection from blisters from the shoe or if people don't want to get their shoes stinky power project family how's it going now on this podcast mark andrew and i we talk about fasting a lot talk about the ketogenic diet and a lot of different types of diets but bub's naturals has a product they have the collagen protein which is amazing they have these apple cider vinegar gummies which are like crack but they have they are these yeah they have these MCT oil powder packets that I've never used to do this.

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Starting point is 00:06:22 20% off. Links to them down in the description as well as the podcast show notes. So toe socks for sure are great. Leg warmers are another good option. And then they have anatomical socks, a few, that have a left and a right. So they've got a foot shape to them with the right big toe and the left big toe so that they're not squishing them together. I still prefer the toe socks because when you put your foot in a shoe, it kind of pulls on the sock a little bit and I find that that still restricts my toes. So toe socks is just kind of my preference or no socks.

Starting point is 00:06:59 I wear a lot of my shoes. Why do we need socks? Isn't it weird? Smell my earth runners. Yeah. No, it's a weird. Go for it. It's a weird thing though, you know?

Starting point is 00:07:09 Like, it's just strange. Well, it's like tank tops too, right? Like sometimes you can get really ripe just wearing a tank top, but a shirt, you're okay. Yeah. Because you need like something to filter it all out, I guess. But how do you handle it? Because you said you don't wear socks sometimes, right? Most of the time.

Starting point is 00:07:24 I don't wear socks. So most of the time so do you just not have like sweaty feet because my shit used to it because i can go without socks sometimes too and it's not a huge problem depends on the shoe depends on the shoe i don't i'd my feet sweat but i don't normally get stinky shoes i will wash them though if they get kind of rank and my kids shoes do so i will wash their shoes. Just in the washer? Mm-hmm. Washer, dryer? Yeah.

Starting point is 00:07:47 You know, some shoes maybe not. Like if they're nicer and I want them to not change shape at all. But I wash a lot of shoes that get dirty because, I mean, they're shoes. Kids' shoes get real bad. They're shoes. Like they're on the ground. Yeah. You know, like they're not going to stay perfect and pristine.

Starting point is 00:08:03 Mm-hmm. And washing them has worked out pretty well for me. I do believe that healthier feet are less prone to bacteria, but I don't think that that's a rule. I think that some people just have – are more prone to it. Yeah, there's a lot of sweat glands in your feet, right? And so your feet get sweaty. And some shoes are less breathable. So if you wear those, like Vivos, I love the brand, but some of those sneakers, they make my kids' feet smell so bad. You mean the casual ones, right?

Starting point is 00:08:33 Yeah, they're not. The weather-resistant ones can get pretty enclosed. The ones that are recycled plastic. Oh, really? They're pretty sweaty. So Power Project family, I hope you enjoyed this clip. We are on Discord and Reddit. We're trying to talk to you guys and build a community down there.

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Mark Bell's Power Project - Power Bite || Tips For Running Barefoot ft. Anya Jensen

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