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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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Or go barefoot, which kind of defeats the purpose of keeping the floors clean. |
I'm not sure it defeats the purpose but it is the best way to lift weights. Wear cheap, light sandals from station to station, take them off to lift. Problem solved. |
On a few lifts, being barefoot, or better, just wearing flat-soled sneakers, is certainly an advantage.
But "station to station," I don't see how it's the best way to lift. Then there's the matter of safety. |
What matter of safety? From station to station, means if you deadlift at one spot and then want to bench, put on your sandals for the walk.
I don't think converse would be better than bare feet to be honest although there might not be much difference. The advantage of bare feet is that you don't carry sneakers. |
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KimchiNinja
Joined: 01 May 2012
Location: Gangnam
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 3:18 pm Post subject: |
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I tried socks-only one day at my gym, they said don't do that.
Need to wake up and go hit the bench press, too much sake last night... |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 5:48 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
Or go barefoot, which kind of defeats the purpose of keeping the floors clean. |
I'm not sure it defeats the purpose but it is the best way to lift weights. Wear cheap, light sandals from station to station, take them off to lift. Problem solved. |
On a few lifts, being barefoot, or better, just wearing flat-soled sneakers, is certainly an advantage.
But "station to station," I don't see how it's the best way to lift. Then there's the matter of safety. |
What matter of safety? From station to station, means if you deadlift at one spot and then want to bench, put on your sandals for the walk.
I don't think converse would be better than bare feet to be honest although there might not be much difference. The advantage of bare feet is that you don't carry sneakers. |
Safety would be somebody dropping a plate on your foot (some protection is better than none) or not stubbing your toe on the weights that where I work out are usually strewn all over the floor, not getting or spreading athlete's foot, not slipping.
You post that the advantage comes down to convenience. Convenience IMO is often just laziness. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Fri Oct 24, 2014 8:32 pm Post subject: |
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| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
Or go barefoot, which kind of defeats the purpose of keeping the floors clean. |
I'm not sure it defeats the purpose but it is the best way to lift weights. Wear cheap, light sandals from station to station, take them off to lift. Problem solved. |
On a few lifts, being barefoot, or better, just wearing flat-soled sneakers, is certainly an advantage.
But "station to station," I don't see how it's the best way to lift. Then there's the matter of safety. |
What matter of safety? From station to station, means if you deadlift at one spot and then want to bench, put on your sandals for the walk.
I don't think converse would be better than bare feet to be honest although there might not be much difference. The advantage of bare feet is that you don't carry sneakers. |
Safety would be somebody dropping a plate on your foot (some protection is better than none) or not stubbing your toe on the weights that where I work out are usually strewn all over the floor, not getting or spreading athlete's foot, not slipping.
You post that the advantage comes down to convenience. Convenience IMO is often just laziness. |
Stubbing your toe I will give you although I stub my toe at home seemingly every day and have never done so at the gym. The others are not a concern for me. I'm more vigilant with plates and I wear my sandals at all times I am not lifting.
My personal preference is bare feet. I feel more connected to the floor.
I'm not sure if converse or lifting shoes are as good but bare feet is definitely more convenient.
Will is finite. I prefer to remove as many obstacles between me and doing something as I can. Carrying sandals is a smaller obstacle than carrying sneakers which helps me miss the gym less. I also can just always keep them in my bag, which makes me miss the gym less. That is the goal. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
Or go barefoot, which kind of defeats the purpose of keeping the floors clean. |
I'm not sure it defeats the purpose but it is the best way to lift weights. Wear cheap, light sandals from station to station, take them off to lift. Problem solved. |
On a few lifts, being barefoot, or better, just wearing flat-soled sneakers, is certainly an advantage.
But "station to station," I don't see how it's the best way to lift. Then there's the matter of safety. |
What matter of safety? From station to station, means if you deadlift at one spot and then want to bench, put on your sandals for the walk.
I don't think converse would be better than bare feet to be honest although there might not be much difference. The advantage of bare feet is that you don't carry sneakers. |
Safety would be somebody dropping a plate on your foot (some protection is better than none) or not stubbing your toe on the weights that where I work out are usually strewn all over the floor, not getting or spreading athlete's foot, not slipping.
You post that the advantage comes down to convenience. Convenience IMO is often just laziness. |
Stubbing your toe I will give you although I stub my toe at home seemingly every day and have never done so at the gym. The others are not a concern for me. I'm more vigilant with plates and I wear my sandals at all times I am not lifting.
My personal preference is bare feet. I feel more connected to the floor.
I'm not sure if converse or lifting shoes are as good but bare feet is definitely more convenient.
Will is finite. I prefer to remove as many obstacles between me and doing something as I can. Carrying sandals is a smaller obstacle than carrying sneakers which helps me miss the gym less. I also can just always keep them in my bag, which makes me miss the gym less. That is the goal. |
Carrying the sneakers would expand your will, making it more useful. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 2:12 am Post subject: |
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| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
Or go barefoot, which kind of defeats the purpose of keeping the floors clean. |
I'm not sure it defeats the purpose but it is the best way to lift weights. Wear cheap, light sandals from station to station, take them off to lift. Problem solved. |
On a few lifts, being barefoot, or better, just wearing flat-soled sneakers, is certainly an advantage.
But "station to station," I don't see how it's the best way to lift. Then there's the matter of safety. |
What matter of safety? From station to station, means if you deadlift at one spot and then want to bench, put on your sandals for the walk.
I don't think converse would be better than bare feet to be honest although there might not be much difference. The advantage of bare feet is that you don't carry sneakers. |
Safety would be somebody dropping a plate on your foot (some protection is better than none) or not stubbing your toe on the weights that where I work out are usually strewn all over the floor, not getting or spreading athlete's foot, not slipping.
You post that the advantage comes down to convenience. Convenience IMO is often just laziness. |
Stubbing your toe I will give you although I stub my toe at home seemingly every day and have never done so at the gym. The others are not a concern for me. I'm more vigilant with plates and I wear my sandals at all times I am not lifting.
My personal preference is bare feet. I feel more connected to the floor.
I'm not sure if converse or lifting shoes are as good but bare feet is definitely more convenient.
Will is finite. I prefer to remove as many obstacles between me and doing something as I can. Carrying sandals is a smaller obstacle than carrying sneakers which helps me miss the gym less. I also can just always keep them in my bag, which makes me miss the gym less. That is the goal. |
Carrying the sneakers would expand your will, making it more useful. |
Depends what you believe about will power I guess.
I'd say carrying sneakers uses a little more willpower than sandals and that will power depletes. Since I also prefer the second option, its a nobrainer for me. |
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atwood
Joined: 26 Dec 2009
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
| JMO wrote: |
| atwood wrote: |
Or go barefoot, which kind of defeats the purpose of keeping the floors clean. |
I'm not sure it defeats the purpose but it is the best way to lift weights. Wear cheap, light sandals from station to station, take them off to lift. Problem solved. |
On a few lifts, being barefoot, or better, just wearing flat-soled sneakers, is certainly an advantage.
But "station to station," I don't see how it's the best way to lift. Then there's the matter of safety. |
What matter of safety? From station to station, means if you deadlift at one spot and then want to bench, put on your sandals for the walk.
I don't think converse would be better than bare feet to be honest although there might not be much difference. The advantage of bare feet is that you don't carry sneakers. |
Safety would be somebody dropping a plate on your foot (some protection is better than none) or not stubbing your toe on the weights that where I work out are usually strewn all over the floor, not getting or spreading athlete's foot, not slipping.
You post that the advantage comes down to convenience. Convenience IMO is often just laziness. |
Stubbing your toe I will give you although I stub my toe at home seemingly every day and have never done so at the gym. The others are not a concern for me. I'm more vigilant with plates and I wear my sandals at all times I am not lifting.
My personal preference is bare feet. I feel more connected to the floor.
I'm not sure if converse or lifting shoes are as good but bare feet is definitely more convenient.
Will is finite. I prefer to remove as many obstacles between me and doing something as I can. Carrying sandals is a smaller obstacle than carrying sneakers which helps me miss the gym less. I also can just always keep them in my bag, which makes me miss the gym less. That is the goal. |
Carrying the sneakers would expand your will, making it more useful. |
Depends what you believe about will power I guess.
I'd say carrying sneakers uses a little more willpower than sandals and that will power depletes. Since I also prefer the second option, its a nobrainer for me. |
You might re-examine your "thoughts" on will power:
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In the past three years alone, Spencer, an attending physician at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center, had been to Rwanda to work on an emergency care teaching curriculum, volunteered at a health clinic in Burundi, helped investigate an infectious parasitic disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo and traveled to 32 villages in Indonesia to do a public health survey.
"He was never afraid of getting his hands dirty or his feet dirty," said Dr. Deogratias Niyizonkiza, founder of Village Health Works, the aid group that brought him to Burundi for four months in 2012.
In between it all, Spencer ran the ING New York City Marathon in 2013, finishing with a respectable amateur time of 3 hours, 43 minutes. |
A lot can be done with a bit of will. |
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JMO
Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 7:49 pm Post subject: |
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"He was never afraid of getting his hands dirty or his feet dirty," said Dr. Deogratias Niyizonkiza, founder of Village Health Works, the aid group that brought him to Burundi for four months in 2012.
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cdninkorea
Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Sun Oct 26, 2014 3:06 am Post subject: |
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| A lot of gyms in Korea have a 'no outdoor shoes' rule. Funny thing is, you aren't expected to take your 'indoor' shoes off when you go to the bathroom. Considering the state of the area around the urinals in this country (seriously, can no one aim?), that seems like a strange inconsistency. |
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thurst
Joined: 08 Apr 2009
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 12:54 am Post subject: |
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| If you drop a plate on your foot, it doesn't matter much if you have a shoe on or not. My gym has a shoe policy and I usually lift barefoot since it's generally better, the only time when I wear shoes is when I squat very heavy, in which case i use some old Converses. |
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nicwr2002
Joined: 17 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Tue Oct 28, 2014 1:10 am Post subject: |
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| I just wear the same shoes by pretending I'm taking them off and putting them in my locker. Nobody really looks down to see what kind of shoes you are wearing. |
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zombiedog
Joined: 03 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2014 6:58 am Post subject: |
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This might be the most ridiculous thread I've read here in a long time. Any gym worth its salt in Korea or America, or anywhere else, should require you to have "gym shoes" for the gym that are not your outside shoes. I've been a member of 6 gyms during my time here, and they've all wanted their customers to wear gym shoes.
Quit being a cheapskate, get a pair of inexpensive shoes. |
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ThisDude
Joined: 19 Aug 2011
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| Posted: Fri Oct 31, 2014 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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This might be the most ridiculous thread I've read here in a long time. Any gym worth its salt in Korea or America, or anywhere else, should require you to have "gym shoes" for the gym that are not your outside shoes. I've been a member of 6 gyms during my time here, and they've all wanted their customers to wear gym shoes.
Quit being a cheapskate, get a pair of inexpensive shoes. |
lol are you upset or something? i dont have a problem wearing my current exercise shoes to the gym or buying a new pair. the question i had was whether or not gyms in seoul usually want me to buy another pair of shoes because the one i have is too dirty and what not. |
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