DON’T DO IT!
Annoying, Stupid or just comfortable?
And you forgot the worst part - Fashion Nightmare. Flip-flops are the white flag of fashion symbolizing the fact that you don’t give a fuck how you look.
I see the frat boys doing this all the time. I hope they drop a plate or dumbbell on their foot one day. Why would you wear flip flops or sandles to the gym? Oh, I get it! It’s because they don’t work legs.
Speaking of dumbbells falling on feet, I had a 15 fall on my big toe last week. Muthasucka hurt like beotch! Left me all black and blue and couldn’t finish my workout (farmer’s walks) because I couldn’t walk straight. It’s all good now. Just a bit black on top, but no more pain. And I squatted and deadlifted big weights since!
I’m actually wearing a pair of Teva flip flops right now.
My footwear of choice when the weather’s nice.
So…sticking tongue out blegh
I dropped a plate on my foot once with shoes on. I even lost big toe nail. Might have lost the toe if I was wearing flip flops.
I would think Patricia has nice toes. Black nail polish maybe?
You need to dress for the environment you’re in. If you’re in a gym, wearing proper footwear is important. This is a big problem in a lot of gyms I’ve been to.
Patricia, this one’s for you!
Teva’s are serious footwear…especially here on the left coast. They are not, however, gymwear.
Saw a guy wearing those fratboy black and white Nike flip flops the other day. They are generally nazis about that and I was suprised no one had jumped him over it.
WHO GIVES A RAT’S ASS?
Flip Flops I do not consider a bad fashion choice if you pull them off properly.
Flip-Flops or sandals with socks. Now this is possibly the worst crime known to the Metrosexual.
Oops, I put up the one picture where he actually had shoes on. Here is a different one.
I used to squat barefoot, but now don’t. Occaisonally I’ll lift in my jesus sandals when I forgot my shoes back at the apartment (i lift between classes at school, so i carry my smelly clothes around). Its actually quite comfortable on bench days, but then they smell really bad.
“Arnold used to squat barefoot”
And in capri pants and wool sweater. That’s pretty gay, (not that there’s anything wrong with that)
I wear flip flops regardless of the weather. My favorite footwear.
And your right I don’t care how I look.
Weather permitting, I wear flip flops to the gym all the time. In the summer, they’re my footwear of choice.
I wear them to workout whenever I’m not planning on doing cardio, for a lot of reasons.
I squat and deadlift barefoot, and flip flops are the easiest thing to kick off and get to it.
When I’m working upper body, it doesn’t much matter what I have on my feet, so I wear them because I like them.
If I ever dropped something on my foot–regardless of my footwear–I’d kick my own ass and fine myself a stupid tax of no less than 130 yen.
Besides, I have pretty feet.
i used to work at a commercial gym, and “the man” made us throw out anyone wearing flip-flops for safety purposes
I don’t understand how regular shoes are supposed to protect your feet from a falling weight. Maybe if they were steel toe. My gym doesn’t allow flip flops and I have never been able to understand it.
I don’t know how you guys can stand having that “thing” between your toes.It just feels wrong.
nate dogg,
damn bro 15lb farmers walks? dont lift to heavy dude, you might pull something.
anderson,
where do you get those pics?