<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/d05c47db-10ba-4418-b70c-36efc863fb6f/DA78ADA4-BE56-47C7-9168-8C2A1F92C7EB/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx" href="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx" style="font-size: 11px;">articles.mercola.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx"><DIV class="ArticleHeading"> Why Ditching Your Shoes for Exercise Might be Healthier </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx"><DIV class="CommonTextStyle">Barefoot ultrarunner Christopher McDougall describes his shoeless inspiration.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx"><P>The idea of running barefoot may sound shocking to some of you, but it is an activity that nearly all of us have done, admittedly usually as children. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx"><P>If you get the opportunity, watch an infant walking barefoot; they actually display the correct walking technique that we adults have lost touch with -- because they are still paying attention to the way their feet tell them to move.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx"><P>Your feet were actually brilliantly designed, and they work best without shoes. So when you surround your feet with the extra padding and protection that most athletic shoes offer, your foot muscles are not being used appropriately. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx"><P>Chris McDougall, who is featured in the video above and is the author of the very inspiring book <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0307266303/optimalwellnessc"><EM>Born to Run</EM></A>, put it well <A href="http://www.barefootrunner.com/2009/07/baring-your-sole/">when he said</A>: </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/10/27/Why-Ditching-Your-Shoes-for-Exercise-Might-be-Healthier.aspx">“The foot is the greatest disciplinarian. 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