Opinions Needed on Working Out Barefoot Please

ehte_h

Opinions on barefoot (or at least in socks) training please? My small circuit training/boxing gym is having new floor/padding put in and requested everyone to not where there outdoor trainers there for a few days. (My gym shoes are Asics running shoes and have seen a lot of ware and tear out of the gym. I could carry another pair around with me but it's a pain in the *kitten* cause I cycle everywhere (For the extra calorie burn in between wherever I have to be). So discussed the possibility of barefoot training with the instructor who was all for it. However i'm not so sure, could do with some advice on people who have tried this out.

ehte_h

Anyone?

LavenderBouquet

If you usually wear supportive shoes you might want to take it a bit easy going barefoot at first as some of your supportive muscles in your foot/ankle may be weak. I always work out barefoot now, but I started wearing less and less supportive shoes and then went into full barefoot after a couple weeks.

amanda_danielle18

whenever i work out at home .. unless i'm on the treadmill, i usually workout barefoot. i live in an apartment, so i feel its better for the people who live underneath us, as our walls/floors/ceilings are badly insulated or built, cause you can hear everything!
and i've gotten so used to it that when i do exercise with shoes, it starts to hurt my feet a bit.
it hurt my feet at first, but it does take time getting used to it.

jaynalawayna

I'm a middle aged diabetic - so I never go anywhere without my shoes and socks - but for a healthy, non clumsy person I'm thinking bare feet would give you better traction than socks.

patsyacs

I am barefoot most of the time. I have trouble finding shoes that fit because my feet and legs are different in size. I don't go to a gym to exercise though.
Gymnasts workout in socks or slippers - same thing. I doubt the trainer would have suggested socks if it could hurt you.

fishgutzy

Never. Not safe. Too high a risk of injury.

squatsandlipgloss

If you don't have any joint issues, it is actually recommended to work out barefoot. I've been doing it for months and I love it. Every shoe will hurt my foot and numb my arches. People are designed to survive barefoot, conditioned to wear shoes all the time. It's definitely better than wearing running shoes for anything other than running!! That's a big no-no!

LavenderBouquet

Never. Not safe. Too high a risk of injury.

I don't think that's necessarily true...

Mr_Excitement

I workout barefoot a lot. I run barefoot as well.

With certain things, like squats, being barefoot is great-- and if you're not going barefoot, some flat shoe like Converse would be good.

Everything else is just whatever feels good to you. It's not like your average sneaker is going to protect your foot much from an errant dumbell anyway.

LiftAllThePizzas

I do my barbell workouts in socks or barefoot. One of the many many reasons I'm glad I can work out at home.

67Vert

Use a Minimal shoe: Almost like being barefooted and they're light weight, easy to pack. I use New Balance Minimus w/o socks.

Sabine_Stroehm

Never. Not safe. Too high a risk of injury.

Many of the folks in my gym lift in toe shoes. Some lift in converse. Neither of which would protect feet.
I run in socks (in the winter, inside) and lift in minimalist shoes.

maulop

do it, it is safe, think of people who do martial arts, they do it barefoot, and run, lift weights and do weird movements with their feet. just be careful to not drop a weight on your foot or kick the walls with the pinkie toe.

dixiewhiskey

I workout at home in my barefeet.. I don't have any equipment like treadmills here so it works for me. I would wear a shoe at the gym.. martial arts, going by e.g here, is one thing to be barefoot in but lifting weights, working out on surfaces that aren't padded without shoes is not advisable.

sunshinestater

I'm a Floridian so I'm in flip flops most of the time anyway. I do my DVD workouts barefoot on my carpet.

Emtabo01

I do NROL4W at home barefoot, videos barefoot and my elliptical in flip flops.

triggsta

I wear my vibram barefoot shoes (multisport type) to the gym now. I like them because they have no cushioning so I really feel sturdy when doing my exercises (especially squats and lunges and the sort).

Amy106Days

In my house and out of doors I love being barefoot. In a gym I would worry about catching athletes foot or toe stubbing. When I studied Muay Thai some of the other students wore ankle wrap socks with open toes they seemed happy enough.

cchamil1985

I got myself a pair of Adidas Adipure Trainers and I absolutely LOVE them. They allow your foot to move naturally and provide protection for the soles (and from having to walk around barefoot, too many germs on a gym floor for me). You can see them here:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009SOYKC8/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Warchortle

You can't make it a few days? It's actually better to have minimal shoes for squats and dead lifts because the arch sometimes make it harder to keep weight on your heels. I presume you're talking about cardio and not weight training...