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At the gym this morning doing squats, I was having some back pain. I attributed it to bad form with my deadlifts this week and went light. When I changed exercises, I took my shoes off and my back pain disappeared immediately!

I've been intermittently going barefoot this winter when I can stand it with the cold, but I am now looking to take a much more aggressive approach. It's crazy to me how much of a difference I didn't realize it was making.

graycat 1y ago 💬 2

What shoes were you wearing?

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Lockesmith 1y ago 💬 1

I wear Crocs at the gym currently, if I'm wearing shoes.

My goal with that is to:

- avoid ankle support in favor of letting this muscles and tendons develop.

- provide a wide open platform to allow my feet to sprawl naturally

- avoid arch support to allow my natural arch to do it's job

I'm assuming that my problem is that I'm getting an inverse effect of arch support and that's throwing my posture off.

MoldyTangerine 🍊 1y ago

You ever try barefoot/minimalist shoes?

Lockesmith 1y ago

I used to have a pair of vibrams but I wore them out. I think I'll end up with another pair of those.