Training without shoes, day 2: feet are more stable, toes are taking more space, particularly the pinky toes (toespacers+++). Feels great for deadlifts and squats. Sumo squats feel amazing.

At the same time more range of motion at the base of the toes. Lunges and split squats feel different. I have to get used to these. Not used to my feet bending freely without the training shoes.

Heavy weights feel great for all of it. Better than with shoes.

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I'm gonna try this node! Thanks for posting about it again.

Great news!

I've been working out barefoot for so many years, that shoes feel very awkward to workout in.

Vibrams are the only way to go for me, if I have to wear shoes. I'm waiting for the day they make 5-finger dress shoes ๐Ÿ™. I'll wear them, I don't care what people think.

Ah cuban mentionned this also. What is vibram? The shoes where you can see the toes, as if your foot was palmed ?

https://www.vibram.com/

Yep, that's right.

You wear them all day? Or itโ€™s made for training/running. I see some runners with these outside

I think Im doing it wrong:

Nightmare fuel

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Imagine walking around with those. Intense pain with every step. ๐Ÿ˜‚

Chinese footbinding is wild.

Horrific practice ๐Ÿ˜ฌ

How to do the contrary of common sense

Memes are powerful. If we could just converge naturally on the common maxmimum good we'd already be there.

I wonder if memes transcend cultural differences like these. I guess they would need to be available there in the first place

This is why they turn the internet off in totalitarian regimes like Europe

Get some help, also congratulations, seriously

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Life is war against the self.

Are you winning? I think youโ€™re winning

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It depends. In the spring, summer & fall, I'll wear flip-flops everyday that I can. I spend my days in skates, so I like to wear open toe shoes if possible. When it's colder in the fall and spring, I wear vibrams. In the winter, I have to wear boots, unfortunately.

When I workout, since I have a home gym, I train barefoot. However, if I go somewhere that requires shoes, I'll put on vibrams.

Anytime I go hiking, unless it's in the winter, I put on vibrams as well.

Btw, altra lone peak has a wide toe box if it's cold or you need a shoe. Vibrams makes their soles

Iโ€™m getting a pair.

May be a good tennis shoe

Wide toe box is the way.

I'll check them out. Wide toe boxes are the way to go.

I do need a new pair of winter boots, if you have any recommendations. Thinking Sorel at the moment.