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A Kinesiologist’s 5 Compelling Reasons To Work Out Barefooted
Don’t let shoes get in the way of your true potential!
The simple act of taking off your shoes can powerfully transform your fitness. From athletic performance to balance and stability, moving around barefoot can impact virtually every aspect of your lower-body health. While it seems counterintuitive to take away your state-of-the-art trainers, sometimes you’ve got to bring things back to the basics and restore the innate strength you’ve had all along.
As a kinesiologist, I’m constantly encouraging my clients to follow this training method, and I’m constantly met with mixed responses. While I totally get that this one is a little ‘out there’, I promise the benefits deserve some serious attention. To help with the buy-in process, here are 5 transformational ways that barefoot training can help your fitness and overall functionality.
“Going barefoot is the gentlest way of walking and can symbolize a way of living — being authentic, vulnerable, sensitive to our surroundings.” Adele Coombs
One of the Best Kept Secrets in Fitness
Before we dive in, it’s important to note that you don’t have to go zero to one hundred for this training method to be effective. What do I mean by this…
