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Archives for March 2012

Vibram shoes named in lawsuit: The danger of barefoot running

Ross · 31 Mar 2012 ·

I received this link from a reader yesterday, which explains how Vibram USA Inc and Vibram FiveFingers LLC are part of a lawsuit where it is being alleged that they made “deceptive and misleading statements about the benefits of barefoot running”. It is alleged that the company, which makes the now famous Five-Finger shoe (pic […]

10,000 hours vs training debate

Ross · 01 Mar 2012 ·

A debate between Ross and Anders Ericsson, father of the deliberate practice theory, and genetic influence denialist

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