Squatting barefoot - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

**hackskii** · 02-08-2006, 09:44 PM

Just did this for the first time today.
I heard many times that if you have problems with your knees to squat barefoot. The last gym I was in had diamond plating and there was no way I was going to squat on that.

The gym at work has a nice built in hard rubber and I squatted barefoot for the first time ever.
Man, I got to say it was awesome, better on the knees, easier to go deeper; it was easier and way more comfortable. I felt like I had a better leg workout.
From now on I am squatting barefoot.

Peg · 03-08-2006, 05:30 AM

Barefoot - THE way to train.
The human foot is amazing to me in the beauty of its function and mechanics.

I love being barefoot, period.
Shoes are a necessary evil... unless I'm putting on the ritz or other fun things requiring shoes.

I have the luxury of working out at home so I can wear less on hot sultry days.

Tatyana · 03-08-2006, 09:08 AM

I also like squatting in bare feet Scott. Well little socks sometimes as the floor can be a bit gross!

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DB · 03-08-2006, 09:31 AM

squattin barefoot is ok ffor me but i much prefer to squat in some supportive boots as i really feel my ankles when squattin barefoot

deadlifting barefoot is so much better tho

Tatyana · 03-08-2006, 10:07 AM

I do dead lifts in my socks as well!

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Timmy Smooth · 03-08-2006, 10:57 AM

In prefer Stilletos - they give cracking calf workout to boot and divert attention away from the lipstick I'm wearing.

Tatyana · 03-08-2006, 12:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Timmy Smooth

In prefer Stilletos - they give cracking calf workout to boot and divert attention away from the lipstick I'm wearing.

LOL!

Well they usually draw attention to the hot pants or bikini I am wearing

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**hackskii** · 03-08-2006, 03:31 PM

My legs feel like they were worked. Sore in a diffrent place than squatting with shoes.
Man, I really like the effects.

Deadlifting now that sounds good too, never gave that one any thought either. I am gonna have to do those too.

What is wierd is I hate to squat as I have to do so many warm-up sets to get the knees going.
This time I felt less on the knees and more on the legs, which is how it is supposed to be.
I also feel that squatting is the best for overall leg development.
Also going deeper seemed to hit the legs harder too.

Going to give the deads a bash barefoot, that should be interesting.

Oh, winger did the barefoot squatting too and his legs are hammered today, he said he felt it alot in his calves.
He went deeper than normal too.

I actually like squatting for the first time in my life.

DB · 03-08-2006, 03:33 PM

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Originally Posted by hackskii

Oh, winger did the barefoot squatting too and his legs are hammered today, he said he felt it alot in his calves..

Yeah fat people normally feel it in their calves

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**hackskii** · 03-08-2006, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DB

Yeah fat people normally feel it in their calves

:love:

Ouch, I will let the wingmeister know your kind comments:gun:

Man, I love the way me legs feel today, I was walking up the steps at work and the whole leg felt kind of achy, the whole leg feels like that. Wierd.

I got to get back on that diet, those beers every night again are ruining my body

Post cycle beer drinking for the record is not a good thing.

**big pete** · 04-08-2006, 12:44 PM

barefoot is the only way to go!!

BIG-UNC · 06-08-2006, 12:48 PM

never tried this but will have a bash tommorow!

**big pete** · 06-08-2006, 01:41 PM

its worth it, it realy is!

**hackskii** · 06-08-2006, 03:55 PM

I think I am going to try dead lifting barefood as it was so much better squatting that way.

Spangle1187 · 06-08-2006, 05:53 PM

Barefoot all the way just make sure there are no chumps near by to drop weights!!:crutch:

02-08-2006, 09:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,716	Squatting barefoot Just did this for the first time today. I heard many times that if you have problems with your knees to squat barefoot. The last gym I was in had diamond plating and there was no way I was going to squat on that. The gym at work has a nice built in hard rubber and I squatted barefoot for the first time ever. Man, I got to say it was awesome, better on the knees, easier to go deeper; it was easier and way more comfortable. I felt like I had a better leg workout. From now on I am squatting barefoot. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03-08-2006, 05:30 AM	#2 (permalink)
Peg Getting HUGE! Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,468	Barefoot - THE way to train. The human foot is amazing to me in the beauty of its function and mechanics. I love being barefoot, period. Shoes are a necessary evil... unless I'm putting on the ritz or other fun things requiring shoes. I have the luxury of working out at home so I can wear less on hot sultry days. __________________ "21st century man is not conquered by guns, nor by oppression, but by seduction." "Pride to the human heart is like lard to the pig." Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn "The best punch is the one that is both first, last, and ends the fight."

03-08-2006, 09:31 AM	#4 (permalink)
DB UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: SW London Posts: 11,439	squattin barefoot is ok ffor me but i much prefer to squat in some supportive boots as i really feel my ankles when squattin barefoot deadlifting barefoot is so much better tho __________________ DB To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. often imitated never duplicated To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. DB sleeps with a night light. Not because DB is afraid of the dark, but the dark is afraid of DB. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

03-08-2006, 03:31 PM	#8 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,716	My legs feel like they were worked. Sore in a diffrent place than squatting with shoes. Man, I really like the effects. Deadlifting now that sounds good too, never gave that one any thought either. I am gonna have to do those too. What is wierd is I hate to squat as I have to do so many warm-up sets to get the knees going. This time I felt less on the knees and more on the legs, which is how it is supposed to be. I also feel that squatting is the best for overall leg development. Also going deeper seemed to hit the legs harder too. Going to give the deads a bash barefoot, that should be interesting. Oh, winger did the barefoot squatting too and his legs are hammered today, he said he felt it alot in his calves. He went deeper than normal too. I actually like squatting for the first time in my life. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

04-08-2006, 12:44 PM	#11 (permalink)
big pete UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: south midlands Posts: 3,797	barefoot is the only way to go!! __________________ any questions?? feel free to email me on.... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 'there is greatness inside all of us, how deep are you willing to dig? '

03-08-2006, 09:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tatyana My name is EARL Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: On my bloody bike doing cardio Posts: 3,463	I also like squatting in bare feet Scott. Well little socks sometimes as the floor can be a bit gross! x x x T

03-08-2006, 10:07 AM	#5 (permalink)
Tatyana My name is EARL Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: On my bloody bike doing cardio Posts: 3,463	I do dead lifts in my socks as well! x x x T

03-08-2006, 10:57 AM	#6 (permalink)
Timmy Smooth Banned Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Camden, London, via Cardiff. Posts: 2,794	In prefer Stilletos - they give cracking calf workout to boot and divert attention away from the lipstick I'm wearing.

06-08-2006, 12:48 PM	#12 (permalink)
BIG-UNC IF YOU BUILD IT.....THEY WILL COME! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: middlesbrough Posts: 1,945	never tried this but will have a bash tommorow! __________________ UKM's Uncle Hackskii's buddy To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

06-08-2006, 01:41 PM	#13 (permalink)
big pete UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: south midlands Posts: 3,797	its worth it, it realy is! __________________ any questions?? feel free to email me on.... To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. 'there is greatness inside all of us, how deep are you willing to dig? '

06-08-2006, 03:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
hackskii UK-Muscle Moderator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Sunny Southern California U.S.A. Posts: 23,716	I think I am going to try dead lifting barefood as it was so much better squatting that way. __________________ "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." - George Carlin Scott To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

06-08-2006, 05:53 PM	#15 (permalink)
Spangle1187 Getting bigger Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Greenwich Posts: 387	Barefoot all the way just make sure there are no chumps near by to drop weights!!:crutch: __________________ Time to get down to business To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.