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    Stupid question...for those that do at home workouts...

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    • Posts: 89 Member
      yes when I first started I did not and the one I do is Jillian Micheals and all that jumping hurt my feet. Guess it depends what you do but for me YES.....
    • Posts: 301
      I hate shoes. LOATHE THEM. I always workout barefoot. Doesn't matter if its weightlifting, hoop dancing or cardio.
    • Posts: 42
      Yoga, no. Everything else, yes, because I need to wear inserts in my shoes....trying to recover from plantar fasctia :-|
    • Posts: 801 Member
      I'll do strength training without shoes, but anything that requires a lot of moving around or jumping I'll put on shoes for.
    • Posts: 3,942 Member
      I only wear trainers for the gym bike. For moving around the room even for HIIT stuff, I wear socks on the carpet. I'm hoping to reduce my electricity bill with the amount of static I'm generating. :o)
    • Posts: 2,876 Member
      Watersocks!! Seriously. It's a bit of grip without the bulk.
    • Posts: 106 Member
      i use to do it with shoes but then i stopped now i;m all bare baby
    • Posts: 117
      <~~ barefoot!
    • Posts: 437 Member
      This is NOT a stupid question. I have always wondered the same. lol.. Some early am if I workout I dont feel like putting on shoes..
    • Posts: 294 Member
      Barefoot and in my undies! :tongue:

      This ^^^
    • Posts: 18,343 Member
      Mostly barefoot, but I occasionally wear my Vibram Five Fingers (which are the next best thing to being barefoot).
    • Posts: 192 Member
      I do wear my shoes for my at home workouts. The people on the videos do, so I do what they do. I have a pair just for this.

      Except yoga. No shoes in yoga. Even at home.
    • Posts: 10
      I do workout videos and strength exercises at home and I always do them barefoot because better grip
    • Posts: 564 Member
      Barefoot and in my undies! :tongue:
      ^This. But I do low-to-no impact stuff at home, like the elliptical or yoga. If I ran, I'd wear shoes; I like the support and cushion.

      *ETA: Plus, my morning sessions consist of my hitting my alarm and stumbling out of bed to the elliptical machine -- the fewer steps involved (I.e., putting on socks & shoes), the better!
    • Posts: 38
      I think it totally depends on how much support you personally need. I lift weights & do core/strength calisthenics barefoot but I hate doing cardio barefoot.
    • Posts: 68 Member
      I wear shoes on machines, but I do yoga and general stuff barefoot.
    • Posts: 1,296 Member
      I put on shoes for the 30DS. I think it would just feel weird if I didn't
    • Posts: 417 Member
      I wear shoes unless I'm doing yoga. I recall reading that lifting weights in bare feet is okay (or may even be better than wearing shoes) but I haven't tried it ... and doubt I will. I rate it with running bare foot; it sounds okay, just not for me.
    • Posts: 889 Member
      I'm barefoot. It's up to you!
    • Posts: 105 Member
      i always do
    • Posts: 3 Member
      I agree with the others who say some higher-impact aerobic-type stuff with shoes and Pilates or low-impact barefoot.
    • Posts: 522 Member
      Depends on what I'm doing.
      I hate wearing shoes.
      I'm a weird case, I have flat feet, but I feel better when I don't have on shoes.
    • Posts: 256 Member
      For cardio I do not wear shoes. For lifting I generally wear my husbands flip flops unless I'm going to the trail afterward and then I'll wear sneaks. It doesn't hurt my feet or ankles at all.

      Edited to change where to wear. Geesh.
    • Posts: 3
      Hi your question is not stupid but I wear sneakers cause I'm doing insanity it's to much pressure and jumping to be bare footed but u should do whatever makes u comfortable :)
    • Posts: 443 Member
      depends on what workout you do i guess... Pilates and yoga... no... but not for my Insanity or JM workouts... i have horrible ankles from volleyball...
    • Posts: 349
      I only wear shoes when I leave the house to go running/walking and that's only because I have to wear shoes because the streets aren't barefoot friendly.

      everything I do at home - yoga, bodyweight exercises, crossfit, strength training, whether its high intensity, low intensity, short sprints etc in my back yard - they are all done barefoot. I prefer it whether I am on the concrete, grass, carpet or exercise mat.

      I did try shoes but it just didn't work for me and I injure myself pretty easily in shoes.
    • Posts: 244 Member
      I almost always workout in a gym, so I wear Vibrams for treadmill/ elliptical/ weight lifting/ outdoor workouts. For yoga and pilates classes at the gym, I am barefoot (though I wear my Vibrams when I do yoga at home to keep me from sliding around. Hee!).

      I feel like our bodies were made to operate without all that padding and whatnot, so why mess with perfection? ;)
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