Logan's Logic
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What Grounding is and How it Works
Grounding, while often overlooked, can play a large role in improving recovery. This method has long been used in the Tour de France to help increase the biker's rate of recovery after grueling days of biking 100 miles. Several studies have been done on grounding and even some books are written boasting about its benefits such as improving sleep, reducing inflammation, improving cardiovascular disease, reducing muscle damage, and can even improve mood. However, most of the evidence is either anecdotal or small studies. While there is still a lot of research to be done on grounding, the results we do have are very exciting.
By Logan's Logic2 years ago in Longevity
Why I Go Barefoot
Walking barefoot has become an increasingly popular trend in the past years, however, there is more to it than what originally meets the eye. At first, it might seem crazy, dangerous, and bad for your feet. But what if I told you, it’s the exact opposite. All throughout history, humans have gone either barefoot or worn “minimalist” shoes. It wasn’t until recently that humans decided to start sporting thick and heavily cushioned and supportive shoes and despite common belief, the heavily cushioned and supportive shoes are not based on research. While some may look at minimalist shoes and call them a fad, I’d argue the opposite, in my opinion heavily cushioned and supportive shoes are a fad, and it’s time for them to go. Our feet are strong and meant for use, our shoes do everything for our feet and as a result, we have weak feet. Heavily supportive shoes cause our feet muscles to atrophy and that is how we develop flat feet and bunions for example. There’s a reason arches are used to build bridges and other buildings that require strength, arches are strong structures. Why do we desire arch support in shoes when the arch is such a strong formation? Our shoes have weakened our feet to the point where we are now dependent on them and it’s time to break that dependence.
By Logan's Logic2 years ago in Longevity