It’s not all intuitive
They all have brands and distinct styles, though. And I’m not implying that there is or is not any performance difference in shoes; only that a lot of adults know which ones do and do not. Lotta people really into shoes. 🤷♂️
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theneverfox@pawb.social 1 day agoCome now, there are legitimately shoe designs that can give you 15+% speed increase.
It’s not all intuitive, there’s some pretty wild physics going on in some shoes
Kolanaki@pawb.social 1 day ago
theneverfox@pawb.social 21 hours ago
I guess that’s fair, I’m not into shoes but I could spot running shoes at a glance
kautau@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do you have a source on that?
Last I heard “super spikes” can increase performance in track runners by like 2% and that’s basically it. Most of the rest of running shoe designs are based on weight and comfort but competitive shoe brands aren’t really one upping each other on a 15% margin
umass.edu/…/new-umass-study-shows-super-spikes-ca…
Natanael@infosec.pub 21 hours ago
The best shoes don’t really increase your speed, but does reduce impact energy loss so you’re less strained and can run for longer. Sometimes it may allow you to run faster, mostly by reducing friction (depends on how you run and more)
runrepeat.com/…/energy-return-in-running-shoes