[Barefoot Leg Day] How many of you go barefoot on leg training days? What’s your thoughts on training barefoot? Are the barefoot shoes a good alternative/helpful?

[image] burt128: Xeros I just “discovered” these, they’re great. There’s a claim that wearing shoes that are the equivalent of bare feet helps with back issues; I don’t have back issues, so I can’t confirm or deny. For you old people (I’m 62), keep in mind that falling is the bane of old fo…

[image] I wear a flat bottom gym boot (like these) for both squatting a deadlifting. For strongman movement events like sandbags or farmers I just wear a regular pair of runners (sneakers if you are from over the pond). 50 this year but lucky enough to have no issues with mobility and can hit a …

[image] simo74: A lot of gyms down here (Oz) don’t like you training in bare feet Liability issues. Allowing no shoes implicitly says that the management believes foot injuries are of no concern.

you could be right, but given we have plates in the gym that are 50kg (110 lbs) I am not sure a light gym shoe is going to help much if you drop it on your foot. LOL

[image] simo74: we have plates in the gym that are 50kg (110 lbs) I am not sure a light gym shoe is going to help much if you drop it on your foot. What I have experienced is hurriedly pulling off a 45lb plate without noticing that there was a 10lb plate outside the 45lb plate. That 10lb plat…

Yes I have done this too, its amazing how quickly you can pull you foot back with a little motivation

I’ve had a couple of close calls dropping plates when fatigued, but still choose to live dangerously.

[image] RT_Nomad: That 10lb plate just missed my foot. When I was a trainer I had clients hold the 2.5 lb weight plates in their armpits while doing curls to prevent cheating so they didn’t do ego lifting. So of course someone had to try to show off, one plate slipped out, and the client frac…

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Friedrich July 17, 2024, 1:24am 29

I wear Hobibear shoes. They are a “barefoot” style shoe. They have a wide toe box. I first started with toe shoes. Not a fan. I wear shoes when I leg press. But that is all usually.

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