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Mountain Chang From Chronology

This week Mike and I welcome on Mountain Chang from Chronology. Mountain is the creator of the Primal Professional shoe. The Primal Professional fills the gap in professional minimalist footwear. Until Mountain Chang created it there wasn’t anything decent on the market. With a very ugly vibram being the only other zero drop minimal dress shoe.

I did a full review on them a few months ago Here. After a year of use they are still my favorite pair of shoes. I’ve used them outside of work for everyday shoes and walked around a ren fair all day in them.

We talk about Mountains decision to go paleo. We dig into his training routine . Mountain is using the Wendler 5/3/1 system. A very organized and analytical way to gain strength.

We round out the show by talking about gun. Mountain bought a mossberg 500 shotgun for self protection. He talks about the how he choose that model.

The Primal Professional — Barefoot Dress Shoe

Barefoot Dress Shoe

I originally talked about the Carets Barefoot Dress Shoe way back in December of 2012 when I interviewed the creator Mountain Chang. Hearing them on the Robb Wolf podcast. I immediately loved the idea of a minimal dress shoe. My work would flip out if I showed up to work in my Vibram Five Fingers. The retail management world just isn’t ready for them. My feet though could not handle the 12-hour days on concrete wearing traditional dress shoes. Someday’s I would come home limping from foot pain. I knew I needed something. Are the Carets Barefoot Dress Shoe the something I was looking for? Let’s find out.

Since I got these shoes for review, lots of exciting things have happened over at the Primal Professional. They’ve rebranded to Chronology. Their Resole and Restoration program, which gives your shoes a second life, is up and running.

They’ve joined 1% for the Planet, a network of businesses that pledge 1% of their sales to nonprofits that are protecting, restoring, and improving the planet we all live in (notable 1FTP members include Patagonia and Paleo Treats).

They’ve added some cool new features, like elastic laces that turn the shoes into functional slip-on shoes. They just received version 3 of their continuously improving shoes. They’re now taking preorders (save $50) for version 4 on Carets. They will be made by a new shoemaker, and include a new Oxblood color.

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