http://keyboardathletes.com/blog/2009/06/20/shoes-for-kettlebells/ Be Healthy. Rock Your Business. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://keyboardathletes.com/blog/2009/06/20/shoes-for-kettlebells/#comment-233 Jen Waak Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:15:44 +0000 http://keyboardathletes.com/?p=504#comment-233 Christine, that's really interesting. I'm sorry to hear about your hip replacement. Do you have any additional info about the strike pattern for women? I'd really like to read up some more about that, as I had never heard that. I'm not a huge fan of distance running on asphalt for either gender, but I'd really like follow up on the effects in women, particularly. Christine, that’s really interesting. I’m sorry to hear about your hip replacement. Do you have any additional info about the strike pattern for women? I’d really like to read up some more about that, as I had never heard that. I’m not a huge fan of distance running on asphalt for either gender, but I’d really like follow up on the effects in women, particularly.

]]> http://keyboardathletes.com/blog/2009/06/20/shoes-for-kettlebells/#comment-232 Christine Fri, 16 Sep 2011 20:05:12 +0000 http://keyboardathletes.com/?p=504#comment-232 For kettlebells and many other things, I'm a huge barefoot girl. But I also just had a total hip replacement at the tender age of 43 because I was a barefoot runner in the 80s (think Zola Budd and the Olympics: my hero at the time. Hint: she ran on grass.). Barefoot impact sports for adolescent females, esp those of us who run on asphalt, cement and even cinder tracks, are terribly dangerous and detrimental. The female pelvis creates a foot strike pattern that is not direct like the male foot strike pattern, creating more complicated forces on the femur, knees and hips. The hormone changes of adolescence set young women up for stress fractures such as the ones that began the premature degeneration of my hips. Word to the wise. Love your work getting the word about wellness out! For kettlebells and many other things, I’m a huge barefoot girl. But I also just had a total hip replacement at the tender age of 43 because I was a barefoot runner in the 80s (think Zola Budd and the Olympics: my hero at the time. Hint: she ran on grass.). Barefoot impact sports for adolescent females, esp those of us who run on asphalt, cement and even cinder tracks, are terribly dangerous and detrimental. The female pelvis creates a foot strike pattern that is not direct like the male foot strike pattern, creating more complicated forces on the femur, knees and hips. The hormone changes of adolescence set young women up for stress fractures such as the ones that began the premature degeneration of my hips. Word to the wise. Love your work getting the word about wellness out!

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