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TOPIC: Shoes or no shoes??

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September 21, 2012 10:02
I am just wondering if you are working out at home do you wear shoes?? Sometimes I do sometimes I dont..
  10059595
September 21, 2012 10:04
Unless it's yoga, I prefer to wear shoes. makes my ankles feel better :)
  2127102
September 21, 2012 10:04
Yep. I have awful feet (plantar fasciitis and a cyst in the marrow of one of my heels), so I go for as much cushion and support as possible at all times.
  22001998
September 21, 2012 10:06
No shoes at home for me - pretty much all the time but definitely when I'm working out. We have a rug in the living room which is the only place with a tv and DVD player (gasp, shocking!) and it's too much friction with shoes on so I end up having bad form and feel like I'm going to trip myself. As long as you're not experiencing any pain or balance problems, barefoot should be fine.
  5367199
September 21, 2012 10:07
I was all barefoot until I got shin splints, now I wear shoes unless I'm doing Yoga. I really want to give those barefoot sneakers a try. I wish I never had to wear shoes grumble
  24178166
September 21, 2012 10:23
Depends on the exercises you're doing. For example, I find that some exercises like push-ups and planks are more comfortable in shoes. However, other ones are easier w/o shoes.
  8808327
September 21, 2012 10:25
No shoes for me! I workout barefoot.

And honestly, one of the reasons I prefer working out at home is because it cuts down on laundry!! I'm usually just in a sports bra and underwear at home; if I were going to the gym, I'd have to actually put shorts and a shirt on.
September 21, 2012 10:26
shoes.
  7244422
September 21, 2012 10:26
I like to lift barefoot but the gym won't allow it, so I wear Chuck Taylors to lift, and minimalist sneakers to run. Unless I'm running on grass, in which case I like to run barefoot.
  4927667
September 21, 2012 10:27
Barefoot when I work out at home.
  14037059
September 21, 2012 10:27
i always seem to wear shoes!
  29566697
September 21, 2012 10:28
The only time i do no wear shoes is when i am doing ab workouts. Even wearing shoes that are too flat bothers me... =/
September 21, 2012 10:28
No shoes unless I'm on the Gazelle.
  2333559
September 21, 2012 10:28
I usually wear shoes. It's hard to do my planks in socks because I slide around.
September 21, 2012 10:31
QUOTE:

Depends on the exercises you're doing. For example, I find that some exercises like push-ups and planks are more comfortable in shoes. However, other ones are easier w/o shoes.


Yea those are the two that I like to wear shoes for.. otherwise I cant get a good form
  10059595
September 21, 2012 10:31
Shoes yes, pants/shorts no, shirt yes.
  24569541
September 21, 2012 10:33
No shoes...barefoot or those ballet foot protectors that cover the ball of your foot only...
September 21, 2012 10:33
When I lived in a house with a cement floor, it was shoes. Too hard on the joints. But in a house with a wood floor, there is more give, so no shoes. That was when I did Sweatin' to the Oldies videos or stationary bike.
September 21, 2012 10:33
Depends on the workout. If there is any sort of impact, my knees feel better with shoes.
  5078525
September 21, 2012 10:34
Shoes ...

And I feel awful saying this, but it makes me feel so much better that people who appear to be smaller than me are having foot problems. I was feeling so very self conscious about my plantars faciitis.
September 21, 2012 10:34
I wear Nike Free's for all indoor exercising. When I'm doing a yoga dvd, I don't wear shoes. That's the only time I go barefoot.
  15004194
September 21, 2012 10:34
WEAR SHOES!!!!!! Seriously, I didn't wear them and did exercise videos when I was visiting my parents for FOUR DAYS in January. On day 4 I tore a tendon in my foot and couldn't work out or do any sport for FOUR MONTHS. It was the most painful thing I've ever done and it still aches now.
  13588542
September 21, 2012 10:35
Shoe for me, only because past foot problems. Not worth going there again!
  17645816
September 21, 2012 10:35
i have Plantar Fasciitis and Plantar Fibromatosis in both feet so unless i am in bed sleeping for the night, i have to wear some form of shoes all the time. but...yes for working out at home, when i do that, i always wear my shoes.
  29333457
September 21, 2012 10:38
hardly wear shoes but the main reason is I like to do fun workouts and slide across the floor like tom cruise
  136054

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