SQUATTING IN HIGH HEELS IS DANGEROUS!

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  • Gallowmere1984
    Gallowmere1984 Posts: 6,626 Member
    I has to be just "posing" for some ad or something, not real.

    This. Christ, does everyone take everything that they see on the internet involving weights to be "serious training"? Dear god we have an impressionable lot around the world these days.
  • CallMeCupcakeDammit
    CallMeCupcakeDammit Posts: 9,377 Member
    A quick GIS came up with this picture http://i.imgur.com/Z4KdKai.jpg WHY?

    That's the one I saw!
  • __Di__
    __Di__ Posts: 1,660 Member
    A quick GIS came up with this picture http://i.imgur.com/Z4KdKai.jpg WHY?

    That is either just a gimmick photoshoot or somebody who does not take their training seriously but just likes to pose.
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Beach, please. People do it for show, not for exercise. For the record, I am like ridiculously stable squatting without weight in 6" heels...I wouldn't try it with 180lbs on my back though, that's for sure. Real workout squatting I do barefoot.
  • lorib75
    lorib75 Posts: 490 Member
    :noway:
    A quick GIS came up with this picture http://i.imgur.com/Z4KdKai.jpg WHY?

    all I can think of when looking at this is
    ATTENTION *kitten*!!! :grumble:
  • 1ConcreteGirl
    1ConcreteGirl Posts: 3,677 Member
    holy mother of batman why would you want to squat in high heals (other than to pee behind a dumpster when you're drunk)

    try some weight lifting shoes, some chucks, or even vibrams

    For a photoshoot.

    Also, Pinterest.
  • fbmandy55
    fbmandy55 Posts: 5,263 Member
    Okay who else thought of this movie?

    screen-shot-2012-05-11-at-1-14-02-pm.png

    I didn't. But I LOVE Romy and Michelle!
  • harlanJEN
    harlanJEN Posts: 1,089 Member
    What brought this on? Who would even consider doing weight training workouts in heeled shoes? That's some Darwin awards crap right there.

    Indeed. WTF! Flat shoes such as Chucks, barefoot shoes or even barefoot/socks are ideal
  • MoreBean13
    MoreBean13 Posts: 8,701 Member
    Squat in high heels if you want to.

    As long as you don't wear make up at the gym.

    Or look at someone else's machine while running.

    OMGGGGGG You HATE me!
  • Shanel0916
    Shanel0916 Posts: 586 Member
    bump
  • scottdeeby
    scottdeeby Posts: 95 Member
    Stop spreading misinformation and falsehoods. Men have been squatting in heels for centuries, you're just not comfortable with your body-image like I am, I'm not going to stop wearing heels just because you said. It's good for you balance, like a bosu ball. Bosu balls are for *kitten*, btw.
  • JanineHarrison
    JanineHarrison Posts: 164 Member
    I WILL DO ANYTHING IN HEELS
    ANYTHING.


    Haha! :wink:

    Squating in heels (or with your heels raised in some fashion, like with a roll mat under your heels) isn't that foreign of a concept.. it works slightly different groups of muscles. However, using heavy weight in combination with it does NOT sound very safe. If you want to squat in heels, stick to your body weight or light weights.
  • _Elemenopee_
    _Elemenopee_ Posts: 2,665 Member
    I ripped my knee up squatting in heels at my desk trying to throw out a cupcake wrapper...I blame the cupcake.
  • morningmud
    morningmud Posts: 477 Member
    I saw a pic of some ditz doing that. That is just terrifying! The thought of the heel of the shoe breaking is bad enough, but rolling the ankle... Yikes! I did that in flats getting out of my car in the rain and was in a boot for a month. I still get out of my car extra carefully.
  • DontStopB_Leakin
    DontStopB_Leakin Posts: 3,863 Member
    Golly gee! Thanks so much! I've been doing it wrong ALL this time.
  • Wickedbookworm1977
    Wickedbookworm1977 Posts: 162
    you mean like this?

    21lu90i.jpg

    Really? It looks like she's about to pitch forward if she loses focus. Who thought THIS ^^^^ was a good idea?
  • moustache_flavored_lube
    moustache_flavored_lube Posts: 849 Member
    high heals offer way to stable of a platform to get a good core workout. What you need to use is a swiss ball

    ball-squat.jpg
  • EvgeniZyntx
    EvgeniZyntx Posts: 24,208 Member
    Since no one else has posted it...

    beat me to it

    Me too. Sad panda.
  • deksgrl
    deksgrl Posts: 7,237 Member
    you mean like this?

    21lu90i.jpg

    I need someone to help me with my hair, so the ponytail lays nicely over the bar, instead of pinned under the bar making moving my head impossible.
  • jimmie65
    jimmie65 Posts: 655 Member
    I've never had any issues squatting in high heels.
  • odusgolp
    odusgolp Posts: 10,477 Member
    high heals offer way to stable of a platform to get a good core workout. What you need to use is a swiss ball

    ball-squat.jpg


    OMG, I just clenched every muscle in my body with fear...
  • ellesoul
    ellesoul Posts: 125 Member
    Do people really squat heavy in high heels? Really? I'm a fairly regular heel wearer, and I cannot imagine putting a bar loaded with weights onto my back and squatting in heels!

    Sadly, yes - I've seen pictures.

    I couldn't imagine it - honestly. I used to squat in regular fitness shoes (with extra padding in the heels) and found myself feeling unstable. So I got a pair of Chuck Taylor's and now feel great!

    The image of someone rolling their ankle's just made mine start aching. Great - thanks.

    I'm going to try this in my Chucks. I'm having a hard time keeping my balance on Bulgarian split squats.

    chucks work well for lifting! :love: i use my vibrams
  • GiddyupTim
    GiddyupTim Posts: 2,819 Member
    Thank god I read this. And, not a moment too soon !
  • OkieinMinny
    OkieinMinny Posts: 834 Member
    Okay who else thought of this movie?

    screen-shot-2012-05-11-at-1-14-02-pm.png

    I tried NOT to think of this movie ever again

    I dont even squat in shoes
  • ami5000psu
    ami5000psu Posts: 391 Member
    high heals offer way to stable of a platform to get a good core workout. What you need to use is a swiss ball

    ball-squat.jpg

    Now that's a quality fitness routine.
  • Crankstr
    Crankstr Posts: 3,958 Member
    OK THANK YOU.
  • yo_andi
    yo_andi Posts: 2,178 Member
    All I can imagine is a chick with 100+ lbs on the bar at the bottom of the squat and her rolling her ankle inward. BOOM PAIN! Oh god my palms are sweating just thinking about it.

    I just hyperventilated.

    No. Just no.
  • Midnight_Sunshine
    Midnight_Sunshine Posts: 369 Member
    high heals offer way to stable of a platform to get a good core workout. What you need to use is a swiss ball

    ball-squat.jpg

    Now that's a quality fitness routine.

    *chanting* POP! POP! POP!
  • laughingdani
    laughingdani Posts: 2,275 Member
    Half the time I'm not even fully dressed when I workout. (workout at home)
    So...I never wear shoes to workout in.
  • EjaneK11
    EjaneK11 Posts: 209 Member
    Why would anyone think that it is okay to squat in heels? Why would you even want too???

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