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shoes or no shoes while working out at home?

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  • blonde71
    blonde71 Posts: 955 Member
    No shoes, particularly when lifting weights. I find my feet grip the bare floor better, if that makes sense.
  • marylynn85
    marylynn85 Posts: 496 Member
    No shoes. I do sometimes wear them on the stationary bike though.
  • Abbdul
    Abbdul Posts: 103 Member
    shoes are must, they stabilize you when your doing exercise , especially when your doing dead lift and squats
  • BarbBlue
    BarbBlue Posts: 251
    I don't wear shoes when I work out at home. I am more comfortable that way.
  • prettyblack69
    prettyblack69 Posts: 22
    thanx for all the responses guys, its nice to get others point of view.
  • nessa786
    nessa786 Posts: 107 Member
    No shoes for me. Even with 30 DS and an exercise bike at home
  • AmyRhubarb
    AmyRhubarb Posts: 6,890 Member
    Only workouts I've done shoeless is yoga and TaeBo back in the day. I do find that balance is better without the shoes. But most of my current workouts, other than yoga, have enough jumping and higher impact moves in them that I prefer to wear shoes.
  • Bubbas12
    Bubbas12 Posts: 79 Member
    I have been working out on and off for years at home and I have never worn shoes. At first it was because my feet felt too heavy with gym shoes. Now, it's just the way I have to do it.
  • sjohnny
    sjohnny Posts: 56,142 Member
    I don't like shoes and don't usually wear them if I don't have to. If I'm not at work I'm usually either barefoot or wearing flip flops. When I was doing workout videos I always did them barefoot (P90X and Insanity and a few others). I was wearing regular running shoes for running but I'm transitioning to Vibram Five Fingers now. I do Stronglifts 5x5 at home and I wear my VFFs because I do it on my back porch which is wood and I don't want to get a splinter in the bottom of my foot.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    No shoes. I find that I do better with no shoes on. Plus I'm trying to stay quiet for the sake of my neighbors downstairs. Sometimes I wish no one lived beneath me. =)

    This is the same for me. I'm too worried about bothering the neighbors with my big stompy shoes! Barefoot unless I'm outside.
  • JediMaster_intraining
    JediMaster_intraining Posts: 903 Member
    no shoes for me! i wake up and put on some shorts or just exercise in a sports bra and undies (i don't have a gym membership so it's all good in my own apartment). i barely wear shoes/socks unless i'm out of my home. socks bother me even when it's cold. :ohwell:
  • Ariberri9
    Ariberri9 Posts: 206 Member
    No shoes. My house is quite old, so the floors and walls are thin. Footsteps feel like earthquakes; but without shoes, it's not so bad.
  • Huggybearz75
    Huggybearz75 Posts: 28 Member
    I've been doing the 30 Day Shred and tried wearing shoes. It was a no go. For me, I believe barefoot is best. It feels better and shoes just made my feet slip. I only wear shoes when I am on the treadmill. However, I will wear shoes when I start lifting heavy weights. :)
  • fmbomzo
    fmbomzo Posts: 382 Member
    Shoes unless I'm doing yoga. I need the traction and support. I've had some scary slips when I'm moving really fast on my carpet. Plus I started having issues with my achilles tendon when i was doing any type of plyometric moves without sneakers. I wasn't landing solid with jump lunges and that almost took me out of circulation for awhile.
  • cowsanddogsarecute
    cowsanddogsarecute Posts: 156 Member
    I don't like wearing shoes in general so I definitely don't wear them while working out. I workout at home so it doesn't really matter if
    I'm barefoot.
  • Empressmee
    Empressmee Posts: 92 Member
    I don't wear my shoes when I'm working out at home. I feel more comfortable without them on and I find that it's easier to move.
  • debzeppelin
    debzeppelin Posts: 8
    No shoes. Better balance, plus less risk of injury from misstep.

    Even at the gym I wear VFFs.

    Stupid shoe culture.

    Naked feet unite!



    VFFs?
  • starla5881
    starla5881 Posts: 190 Member
    Nope. I hate shoes. I've actually started a barefoot revolution in my Zumba class. :-)
    ETA: To clarify, I LOVE shoes. I just hate actually wearing them. :-)
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