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Vivo Barefoot vs. Xero Shoes (Which Brand is Best? Function, Form and More)
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Xero shoes and vivo barefoot. Which brand is best? I have about 3 or 4 pairs of vivo barefoot and I have about 5 or 6 pairs of Xero shoes over the last five or six years. I was first drawn to vivo barefoot because I liked their designs more, they looked cooler. However, over the past 1-2 years Xero shoes has stepped up their designs and I believe based on the multiple pairs of Vivo & Xero shoes that Xero shoes offer true barefoot minimalist shoes whereas Vivo barefoot is halfway there. I like both brands, but I prefer Xero shoes every time now.
0:00: Xero Shoes vs. Vivo Barefoot
01:00: Xero Sheos Benefits
02:00: Vivo Barefoot Benefits
03:00: Price comparison
04:00: Shoe Form & Function
05:00: Xero Shoes Takes The Cake
06:00: Vivo Barefoot Review
07:00 Xero Shoes Review
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what's up ladies and gentlemen this is
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David Benjamin from Rockstar reviews
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today I'm going to be reviewing the
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difference between Vivo Barefoot and
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zero shoes and the reason that this
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review is so important is because I have
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used Barefoot Minimalist Shoes for
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probably a decade now maybe even
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actually maybe 12 years I was very early
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with the first Vibrams and I've been
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utilizing Barefoot minimal shoes for a
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long time and I've utilized multiple
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different brands and I will say that
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zero shoes and V Barefoot are probably
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my two favorite Brands overall but there
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are some things you need to know about
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these Brands individually so I've had
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first and foremost I was a huge sneaker
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head as a kid I played basketball I
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would get Jordans Nikes and any other
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brand that was hot and trendy and I was
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very familiar with having multiple pairs
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of shoes for the same purpose
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essentially whether it's Athletics or
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walking or whatever it may be and I
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recognized that the quality of the shoes
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was one thing the design was another so
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you got form function or function form
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and then obviously you have the price
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that plays a role in that as well so my
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first job after high school was at a
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shoe store I sold shoes and it was a
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huge it was actually a Shoe Warehouse so
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it had multiple brands from like I think
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like 10 or 15 different shoe companies
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so I got very familiar with different
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shoe brands and understanding sort of
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the ergonomics of the shoes the design
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the form the function uh how it felt on
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the foot how it felt walking um you know
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if it was more aesthetically uh pleasing
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or for more for design or more for you
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know functional use so on and so forth
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so I had a lot of experience with this
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and then my first two jobs out of high
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school I was walking for miles a day so
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I was a meter reader and then I did door
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too sales so I was on my feet for quite
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literally Miles and Miles every single
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day and that taught me a lot about
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Footwear between having the first job at
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the Shoe Store just being into shoes in
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general and then walking for three four
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5 miles a day sometimes for the first 2
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years of my adult life I have a lot of
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steps in and what I learned from that
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time was that it's very important to get
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Barefoot minimal is shoes because
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Barefoot minimal is shoes improve your
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posture and make life easier because
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what happens is it helps to balance your
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hips it creates hip alignment and it
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makes uh you stand back further as
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opposed to sort of standing forward uh
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which is what shoes that from these big
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Brands like Nike and Adidas do they
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cause you to lean forward because they
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tilt forward the shoes actually do so
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going back to Vivo and zero um you know
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I've had multiple brands or excuse me
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I've had multiple Barefoot minimalist
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Brands Beyond zero and bare zero and
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Vivo Barefoot and I've experienced a lot
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of different brands so I want to share
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from that experience but then also share
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with you why I like Vivo and zero the
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most and then break down which brand I
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like the most I've had multiple pairs
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from Vivo Barefoot I've had a few of
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their boots and one of their walking
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shoes and I've had multiple brands from
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zero I've had a few of their boots uh a
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few walking shoes and then a few pairs
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of one or two pairs of sandals now as
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well so I've had at least three pairs
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from each brand to test from either
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company Vivo and zero and the first
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thing I noticed when I started getting
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into sort of barefoot minimal shoes was
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that uh zero and Vivo were a little bit
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different in their design style and I
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thought that was interesting so Vivo uh
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looked more sleek and was more sleek and
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was more aesthetically pleasing their
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designs were just simply better I
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couldn't you know there's no other way
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to chop it up their designs were simply
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better uh they looked cooler um they had
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better you know they just looked better
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right and this this boot is a little old
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now as you can see but uh they just
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simply looked better and then zero they
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were more kind of wider more boxier
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shoes um their design wasn't as refined
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as it is now back then and I was just
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more drawn to Vivo Barefoot because I
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like their designs more I thought they
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had better designs and as I wore both of
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these shoe brands I started to recognize
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that uh the Vio barefoot shoes are
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Barefoot minimalist but they're not true
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Barefoot minimalist like zero shoes are
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and I'll explain why first and foremost
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the toe box on a VI shoe like this is
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their boot here is wider than a regular
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shoe however it is still more narrow and
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on that third or fourth toe it cuts in a
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little bit earlier than the zero shoe as
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you can see side to side back to back
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whereas on the Zero shoe that third or
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fourth toe in is further out that way in
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other words the toe box and this is just
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a simple design thing you'll see with
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all zero shoes now as compared to Vivo
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shoes the toe box on the Zero shoes is
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wider why is that valuable well first
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and foremost Comfort it's more
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comfortable your toes have more room
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your toes get to spread out further they
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have more surface area and then when
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your toes get to spread without further
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just like a tripod or a a chair or
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something like that you have more
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surface area to lean on and to stand on
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and that means that you can balance
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better so the zero shoes while not as
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aesthetically pleasing as Vivo Barefoot
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their shoes are much more uh as far as
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the toe we're just talking about the toe
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box right now the toebox is wider so
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your toes feel more comfortable in zero
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shoes and you're also going to have
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better balance especially as you age
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this is important because as you age
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this becomes more challenging your
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balance diminishes and you when you when
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your balance diminishes your lower body
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weakens you fall you break your hips you
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die sooner that's literally what happens
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so I like that the Zero have a wider
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toebox than the Vivo Barefoot the Vivo
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Barefoot just cuts in a little bit
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sooner and I noticed because I'm uh
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hiking in the mountains every day
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currently in Vermont and I've been
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wearing the Vivo Barefoot because the
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water is running down from the mountains
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the snow melting all that and I just
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noticed you know they seem okay but then
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now that the snow is more melted I
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switched to the zero shoes these shoes
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and I could tell instantly when I put
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them on and I started walking I was like
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this is a world of difference like
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literally my feet feel so much more free
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in zero shoes than they do in barefoot
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shoes and that's because I believe
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mainly the toe box and just the overall
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design although not this design at least
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is not as aesthetically appealing as
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most of Vivo barefoot models are it's
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more functional and it feels better so I
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don't really care because the older I
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get the more the less I care what people
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think and the more I care how my feet
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feel and how my posture is ideally right
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so that's the first thing is that the
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water toe box is a big difference um the
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second thing is that I noticed that they
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wear differently so as you'll see this
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shoe it doesn't look fully flat does it
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it looks like it has a little heel
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elevation and then it kind of Curves up
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this way see that rounded
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aspect now let's look at this zero shoe
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by
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comparison very flat a little curve at
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the end but that's because I've worn it
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for a couple years but the
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difference
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is that's a big deal so why is this
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important well this is what you need to
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understand if you want to get into
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Barefoot Minimalist Shoes an elevated
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heel in the back what that does is that
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tilts you forward like this right so
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when you're standing and your heel is
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elevated it pushes you forward like this
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it literally causes you to lean forward
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more which causes your neck to lean
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forward like this your shoulders to lean
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forward your posture then goes this way
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which you don't want it to do so while I
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love Vivo Barefoot for their designs and
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I think their designs are fantastic and
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they have cool like I think this is made
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of like camel hide or something their
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boots have like camel hide in them which
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is pretty awesome um they're not true
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Barefoot Minimalist Shoes like zero
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shoes are so uh and I will say so
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starting out Vivo Barefoot had the best
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designs and their designs are still
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great I love their designs I still think
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they're probably a little bit better in
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the design Department however because
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their toe box isn't is wide and because
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they're not truly flat on the bottom or
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at least it doesn't feel that way when I
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walk because these shoes round in more
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over time than the zeros do um you're
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not benefiting your posture as much so
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your balance left to right isn't as good
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because you don't your toes don't have
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as much room in the front and then
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because the heel is elevated in the back
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you're slightly leaning forward which is
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pushes your head and your neck forward
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and causes your posture to go like this
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and the reason I am so passionate about
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zero Barefoot Minimalist Shoes as being
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the number one company on the market and
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Vivo Barefoot is still great for the
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designs maybe if you're going out for a
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night and you're not on your feet as
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much you know Vivo is great for that
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because you know they look great but the
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thing I like about zero is they started
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with function zero shoes as a company
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started with their function they cared
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most about the function of their shoes
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the design principles by which makes
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something Barefoot and minimalist then
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they added form to function so they
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started with function they got the
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function down pat they have the best
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most functional Barefoot minimal shoes
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on the market period I guarantee it I've
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had barefoot mdim shoes for longer than
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most people have even known what they
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are and I've not found any brand that
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has better function as far as Barefoot
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minimalist design wide toebox flat so
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very functional movement patterns right
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so you strengthen your ankles your toes
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have room to breathe and spread out you
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think tars and feet as opposed to ballet
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feet you want that for movement patterns
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left to right for your agility your
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Mobility your flexibility and your
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strength your ankle strength and just
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your posture in general so I recommend
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zero shoes over Vivo Barefoot like I
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said I've had I think three brand three
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pairs of Vivo Barefoot and then I've had
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like five or six of zero shoes um so
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zero shoes has just one out over the
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years they just have done a better job
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and their quality is superior they just
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work better so that's my review these
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are the top two Brands I believe though
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I will say LMS is also a good brand so
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my top three would be zero shoes number
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one and then LMS in Vivo number two and
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three in no particular order but I don't
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even really look at lims or Vivo
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Barefoot now because I know zero shoes
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has the best function and their designs
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have gotten better over time so they
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started with the right principles in
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mind design and function of of the shoes
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and now the form is following suit and
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they're looking cooler and they're
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looking more fresh so I appreciate that
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I appreciate the principles upon which
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zero shoes is founded and they just work
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for me so anyways check them out I'll
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put links to Zer shoes I'll put a link
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to Vivo Barefoot I'll put a link to all
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these Brands below and if you're into
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functional movement patterns Fitness
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Nutrition Health all this kind of stuff
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as I'm sure you are if you're watching
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this video check out the link below I
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put to Healthy fre.com Shop that's going
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to list more than 20 Brands health and
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wellness brands with some of which have
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discount codes uh nutrition superfoods
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Products uh mini trampolines vibration
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plates all this kind of stuff with
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discount codes and so much more so check
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that out below if you're into health and
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fitness and I'll see you in the next
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video have a great day and enjoy your
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zero shoes cheers
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