Originally Posted by
clink83
All you people advocating VFF or barefoot for a beginner runner are idiots. Besides the fact that they limit most people to extremely slow running speeds, if you don't have the mileage base already built up, and strong feet those shoes are a good way to get stress fractures or other injuries.
It's all about technique, not the type of shoes you wear. Having a flat heel and less padding is nice, but you can run with good technique in any shoes. Most minimalist shoes are scams anyways, they are lightweight shoes because all of the rubber has been removed from the soles, and they wear rapidly.
So it's all about technique? So if a beginner learns proper barefoot form then they should be fine, right? And you should start a minimal/barefoot journey with low mileage and build up, but a beginner runner would be doing that anyway. As for them being a scam, how often is it suggested that you replace your Nikes? Six months of regular running, something like that? Two pairs of $90 shoes a year? Who's getting scammed?