Thursday, September 9, 2010

The Pretty good Problem

In today's day and age, remarkable is a word that is carefully reserved by some and carelessly tossed around by others. Because of the latter, it can sometimes be hard to tell what is truly remarkable. Personally with constant advancing technlogy and culture, I believe that it would be quite difficult to find something that would be considered remarkable by a large group of people.

Personally I feel the last remarkable thing that I bought was a pair of shoes called "five fingered shoes". The reason why they are so remarkable lies in the fact of how simplistic they are. The shoe itself is essentially an extra thick rubber sock that isolates each toe from the rest. the shoe also has little padding what so ever, but just enough to walk comfortably across common day terrain. But its not the look the simplicity that truly remarkable, its what they do for your body.

The shoes cause the wearer to act as if they are walking bear foot. This feeling help instill a sense of balance back into the body as well as restoring some of the body's natural design such as walking patterns and the arches in your feet. However it is the way that cause you to move which is truly remarkable. The shoe makes the wearer walk more with there toes first instead of heel first. This process take stresses of the ankle and knee and puts more focus on the stabilizing muscles of the leg.

After wearing these shoes for a short while you'll notice you move more carefully and agile. You're aware of what your legs are doing and how your moving. And finally you'll find your legs in terrific shape and stronger then before, which to me is truly amazing.

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