Five Fingers Shoes

Here’s your delicious A-list of Five Fingers shoes. Remember going barefoot as a child? It’s the way you first discovered and conquered your world—without the constraint of shoes. Or the sense of duty you acquired later on.

Five Fingers footwear connects you to the earth and your surroundings in a way that is simply not possible in conventional shoes. It puts you in touch with the earth beneath your feet and liberates you to move in a more natural, healthy way.

Five Fingers stimulate the muscles in your feet and lower legs to build strength and improve range of motion. It helps to increase sense of balance, greater agility, and visibly improved posture. Discover a level of performance and a connection to your environment that is positively without peer.

Five Fingers Shoes

There are a variety of designs to cover the wide range of activities you would rather do barefoot. Everything from fitness training and yoga, to running and trekking, to kayaking and sailing.

Water sports. Five Fingers was originally conceived as performance footwear for a variety of outdoor sports. It is quickly becoming the preferred choice of kayakers, canoeists, surfers, boarders, sailors, and flats fisherman who appreciate its grip, performance and control. Now that we’ve expanded our collection, Five Fingers footwear covers an even broader range of water pursuits. The Sprint and KSO have adjustable straps for a secure, comfortable fit needed for more aggressive activities. And the Flow offers a 1.2mm neoprene upper to keep feet warmer in cold, fast-moving water. With Five Fingers shoes, you’re free to enjoy the exhilarating experience of kayaking, surfing, windsurfing and sailing with confidence.
Trekking or traveling. Five Fingers footwear is for those who understand that the whole point of travel is to embrace the experience. To connect with people, with nature, and with the environment. Five Fingers footwear is the trek and travel shoe that offers you a deeper connection with your surroundings—no matter where you go. It acts as conduit between your body’s sensory system and the earth, delivering subtle signals that energize your body and lift your spirit. As the muscles and joints in your feet and legs adapt to the sensation of wearing Five Fingers, you discover a smoother, more natural walking motion. With an average weight of around 6 ounces, it’s no wonder so many of our customers look to lightweight, packable Five Fingers as their go-to footwear for trekking, travel, and everyday wear.
Yoga. Although yoga is traditionally practiced barefoot, instructors and practitioners of Bikram, Power, or hot yoga will enjoy the traction provided by Five Fingers as you flow freely from one asana to the next with sure footedness on a slippery studio floor or mat. Those who desire a hygienic alternative to being barefoot in the studio will love the coverage of the thin, flexible sole, which allows optimum flexibility and range of motion while keeping your bare foot protected. Want to take your yoga practice on the road? Now you can leave your mat at home and still have the traction you need on a variety of surfaces. Whether you at a campsite or in your hotel room, now you can practice with or without your mat. Not only do Five Fingers offer practical advantages for yoga, but they promote a more healthy and natural way of walking and moving in your everyday life. Imagine being able to capture the grounding and connectedness that you experience during your yoga practice, and carry it with you throughout your day. Five Fingers can help you do this by giving you the feeling of being barefoot with the grip and protection of a thin sole. By gently separating the toes, stimulating the small muscles in the feet, and bringing you closer to the earth, Five Fingers will arouse the senses and awaken your spirit as you move throughout your world in a more meaningful way.
Fitness. Why wear a cast on your foot when fitness training? Wearing Five Fingers during strength and fitness conditioning can increase your comfort, balance, performance and overall sense of control. That’s because many of the poses and exercises you perform during strength and fitness training rely on flexible yet stable support from your feet and legs. Five Fingers footwear not only provides a sure-footed grip to enhance torque during power moves, it’s untrathin sole enhances feedback and lowers your center of gravity to improve balance and agility. Five Fingers will allow your foot to move naturally, flexing easily with every move you make. Its five individual toe slots lets your toes to separate gently, allowing you to use them as your natural stabilizers and providing unrivaled balance and increased muscle stimulation to your feet, ankles, and lower legs. Whether you are cardio training on a stairmaster or powering through a CrossFit routine, Five Fingers will help you get the most out of your workout and your body.

Vibram Five Fingers Shoes

No footwear comes closer to recreating the experience and natural sensation of running barefoot than Vibram Five Fingers shoes. Now you can experience that same physical and visceral sensation in Vibram Five Fingers, the only footwear to offer the exhilarating joy of going barefoot with the protection and sure, footed grip of a Vibram sole. When Vibram founder Vitale Bramani invented the first rubber soles for mountaineering boots in 1935, it was the beginning of a revolution. More than 70 years later, Vibram is still known around the world as the undisputed leader in soling technology for a wide range of quality performance footwear. Today, Vibram manufactures more than 34 million soles annually for more than 1,000 premium footwear brands worldwide.

Five Fingers is the latest example of our relentless commitment to research and product innovation at Vibram. Industrial Designer Robert Fliri first proposed the idea of Five Fingers footwear to Marco Bramani, grandson of Vibram founder Vitale Bramani, who immediately embraced the concept. Soon, Fliri joined Vibram and began working with a team of footwear professionals and product engineers who helped him to refine and realize his vision. That original concept has evolved into a premium collection of barefoot performance footwear known simply as Five Fingers. Vibram Five Fingers is a radically new paradigm that could only come from a company with our dedication to product innovation, integrity, and genuine performance. When you go barefoot, your movements become the movements of a child—playful and sensitive, yet purposeful and confident. You experience the unbound joy of stepping, hopping, and running across any surface on earth, simply to get from here to there.

Vibram Five Fingers allow you to relive that sensation. Unlike conventional shoes that insulate you from your surroundings, Five Fingers footwear deepens your connection to the earth and your surroundings. FiveFingers enhance your sense of touch and feel, while improving foot strength, balance, agility, and range of motion. Because wearing Vibram Five Fingers is so close to going barefoot, you’ll enjoy the health and performance benefits of barefooting without some of the risks. Outdoor enthusiasts have found Five Fingers to be the ideal crossover shoe for multiple sports and activities-from ChiRunning and bouldering to kayaking and windsurfing. Fitness enthusiasts use Five Fingers for core strength training, yoga and Pilates. Vibram customers continually discover new and creative uses for alternative performance footwear.

Key Reasons to Wear or Train in Vibram Five Fingers shoes:

Strengthens Muscles in the Feet and Lower Legs. Wearing FiveFingers will stimulate and strengthen muscles in the feet and lower legs, improving general foot health and reducing the risk of injury.
Improves Range of Motion in Ankles, Feet and Toes. No longer ‘cast’ in a shoe, the foot and toes move more naturally.
Stimulates Neural Function Important to Balance and Agility. When wearing Vibram FiveFingers, thousands of neurological receptors in the feet send valuable information to the brain, improving balance and agility.
Improves Proprioception and Body Awareness. Those same neurological receptors heighten body awareness, sending messages about body mechanics, form, and movement.
Eliminates Heel Lift to Align the Spine and Improve Posture. By lowering the heel, our bodyweight becomes evenly distributed across the footbed, promoting proper posture and spine alignment.
Allows the Foot and Body to Move Naturally, Which Just FEELS GOOD.

Many people after switching from traditional athletic shoes to Vibram Five Fingers have reported an increase in sense of balance, improved agility, relief from past running injuries, and an improvement in overall posture. MBT shoes or Skechers Shape Ups shoes also have the same concept as Five Fingers or barefoot shoes: A revolutionary shoe that lets your feet move naturally. A shoe that awakens the foot’s sensors. Feet become stronger, more flexible. And ultimately perform better. Read more in Barefoot Running shoes.