Why I Quit Barefoot Shoes

Why I Quit Barefoot Shoes -I have been wearing barefoot shoes for over two years and often wonder what would happen if I started wearing regular shoes again. Well, that is exactly what we are going to find out. in today's video. Enjoy.
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[PeteOnPurpose]

I apologize for the ‘click-baity’ title I’m just trying to play the game.

[szaweu]

The hardest part about wearing barefoot shoes is not making YouTube/TikTok video's about it

[Hungry-Boot]

I am 33 and have had constant back pain for years. I just thought it was because I was flat footed. Had a couple guys at work tell me about barefoot shoes and how it helped them. I decided to try it and i have now been 6 months with zero back pain. It has absolutely changed my life. I can't stand to wear anything else now.

[LnDSuv]

Barefoot shoes make sense to me but holy shit most of their marketing sounds like that of a cult.

[tentimetex]

Im not disputing the benefit of walking ''barefoot'' occasionally, but the prices should reflect the shoe. They're basically selling you a piece of rubber for the same price as a regular pair of shoes which have double the materials. There are huge profit margins in this trend. Its not okay, they should be at least 20% cheaper than regular equivalent shoes.

[kjh]

I think the best middle ground is a zero drop, wide toe box, cushioned shoe like altras or topos if you’re walking on hard surfaces all day

[TheMeganExperience]

Barefoot shoes completely stopped my knee pain and foot pain and have helped me with stability not only during regular movement but also during weightlifting.

[carinacoup]

I started watching your videos about a year ago and fully transitioned into barefoot shoes. Literally changed my life. Unfortunately, I'm in the military which forces me to wear boots all day long, so it's a constant foot pain battle on my feet going back and forth from boots to my vivo's. I just wish I could get a barefoot military boot. It would make my life a million times better.

[adorablegodzilla]

I was walking up the stairs yesterday and thought, "Oh, yeah, I couldn't do this without pain before barefoot shoes." My body feels better now than 7 years ago.

[Alicenwndrlnd]

I did your experiment by accident. I used to walk in regular shoes my entire life...and was always suffering from knee pain and back pain..since even before i was 16..obviously there was "nothing wrong with me" from the doctors viewpoint besides having "partially flat feet" as one doctor said to me...anyway fast forward to age around 24 to 26, i began walking in flip flops...i even wore flip flops to work with a little back strap to have the excuse that they are "closed" shoe like sandals and not actually flip flops..i wore them at home and basically anywhere i went to..and also almost the entire year besides when rain season started..and after a few years i did that i started noticing that there is absolutely no shoe that i can wear that wont hurt me in some way..so i began researching and found out about "bare foot shoes" and i realize that essentially what i did is walk almost barefoot this whole time and my foot grew wider and healthier...i even thought that my knee and back pain went away because i have gone to a chiropract for a few meetings (which basically happened around the same time i started wearing flipflops) anyway now we fast forward to age 31 and i decided im gonna buy me some other shoes to wear in the hose..basically pink huge cushioned flip flop...and i wore them in the house for about a week...and you know what? my freaking knee pain hit me so hard i almost threw the shoes in the garbage. also any time i had to wear my boots to work in the winter i got the same knee and back pain. so yeah...that's my story about how i accidently discovered bare foot shoes and how regular shoes give me terrible knee and back pain.

[R-dt]

Ive been wearing barefoot shoes for almost 2 years now myself... and i live in a city and walk on a lot of concrete, when my feet feel overworked, i will temporarily switch from Vivo's or Xero, to my Lems bolder boots mids and Altra Escalante's in order to give them a break. This is what works for me I alternate between barefoot shoes and mildly cushioned minimalist shoes. I wear my 4-3 mm thin barefoot shoes 70 percent of the time and my mildly cushioned minimalist shoes 30 percent of time... or maybe more like 60/40 some weeks.

[naahhhhHHHHHHHHHH]

there's a theory floating around that the extra padding in non-barefoot shoes affects your joints negatively because you aren't walking in a way that supports your joints. when you wear barefoot shoes, walking on the ground incorrectly actually hurts so your body adjusts accordingly. when I switch to normal footwear, I notice back pain pretty quickly.

[misterbulger]

I used to size up... Now I size DOWN and wear a WIDE WIDTH. I don't think I realized I needed wide before years in barefoot style shoes, because I think my toes spread out. Just bought some New Balance 1540V3s yesterday. While extremely ugly, they are the very best shoes I've ever tried on. I went from Nike Airmaxes in Sz 12 standard width to Sz 10.5 wides. My hip pain instantly felt better. I also went wide width in my Keen work boots, and I have so much more energy at the end of the day now. I honestly want to keep those boots on even after a 12hr work day. I think barefoot shoes may be good for certain activities, but a properly fit conventional show is hard to beat, especially if you forget the style aspect.

[hervevazeilles]

When I was a kid, I use to wear cheap converse knockoffs. They were to wide and the soles were so thin you could feel every single little pebbles of the ground. And I love those shoes. I bought all the ones I could find until I was 20. I was a good sprinter, long jumper, hurdle runner, javelin and shot put thrower. Then I couldn't find those shoes anymore and struggled to find something remotly close. I tryed barefoot shoes 2 weeks aggo. I am 51 and I feel like I wasted 31 years of my life. I was instantly capable of running 5k again. To be fair I already spend most of my days in socks durring office hours or at home. So shoes were always a constraint. I had to buy 1 to 1.5 size bigger than my suggested size because my feet are wide. So I had shoes with 1 inch of empty space at the front just so I could fit my wide feets in. Zero drop wide toe boxes is the way to go If you already spend most of your time barefoot. Better balance, no more tibial and calf pain. If your body has already been deformed by fashion shoes then it's probably not for you.

[mungo]

I went through the exact same thing a few years back Pete. Not to repeat everyone else, but seriously you need to try Altra. Zero drop and a wide toe box, a lot of people wear Lone Peak's as a everyday shoe. I probably wear Merrell Trail gloves, Vibram's and Vivobarefoot like 80%-90% of the time and Altra's the rest.

[stephencshapiro]

I started to get knee pain on a recent trip to Europe when I was walking 7-10 miles a day in Lems Nine2Fives. I'm sure my technique could be better, and I could build up a bit more endurance at home, but I started to get a little skeptical about "barefoot" shoes. But ultimately, the things I like about barefoot shoes are the zero drop, flexible movement, and wide toe box. Changing any of these things feels like I'm walking in Wooden Clogs. I might want a bit more cushioning, especially when walking on pavement 99% of the time.

[taylormerriweather]

I switched to minimalist in 2011 and never looked back. 100% game changing life saver

[bradwjensen]

I work 8+ hours a day in a concrete floored warehouse, and I also hike trails, all in my VivoBarefoot shoes. LOVE IT! No pain. I only get pain when I wear my skateboarding shoes; which cramp my feet.

[hornsteinhof]

Interesting findings! I've been wearing barefoot shoes for about 15 years. For some works (am a farmer) I need to wear non barefoot safety shoes. The mix is nice and after hours in safety shoes my feet are longing for my barefoot shoes. During long runs I also wear cushioned and wide shoes, because o regularly make 20k+ steps a day and adding a 16 km run for like 36k steps a day is the point where a pillow made of air bubbles under my feet starts to make sense.

[bugbean]

Be aware that it gets harder and harder to get back to footwear with each step away from it. I experienced the same you talked about at the beginning of my barefoot transition when trying on a shoe with heel elevation again. I then used Altras for trailrunning and slowly transitioned to vibram fivefingers and later to a combination of barefoot sandals and bare feet whenever possible. I wanted to do some beautiful long runs in rough mountainous terrain and because my feet hurt a lot the first time due to the rocks and gravel I bought Altras again. I'm sure they're still fantastic shoes with zero drop and an anatomic toe box but I just felt so unstable and wobbly because of the cushioning I couldn't properly run in them. I instinctively started stomping in order to feel the ground better and I rolled my ankles several times which didn't happen in years. I really tried to make it work but no chance 😂