This is an interesting one. With the wide diversity of running shoes on the market (minimalism –> maximalism and everything in between); the importance of injury prevention in the military during initial basic training; and the increased understanding of the individual needs during running shoe prescription;, it is interesting the US military (and I understand, most army’s) restricts the choice of running shoe so much: The push for official Army sneakers (from Army Times)
Runnning shoes for the US military
This is an interesting one. With the wide diversity of running shoes on the market (minimalism –> maximalism and everything in between); the importance of injury prevention in the military during initial basic training; and the increased understanding of the individual needs during running shoe prescription;, it is interesting the US military (and I understand, most army’s) restricts the choice of running shoe so much: The push for official Army sneakers (from Army Times)