I have EXTREMELY flat feet (I basically have a pair of 2x4’s for feet) and as a result my connective chain is completely out of line. This has lead to a whole slew of problems over the past 3 years as I’ve become very passionate about strength training. I decided to purchase a pair of Reebok legacy lifters and it “fixed” my squat and mobility issues, even with the raised heel I still have some difficulty sitting back and down into a squat without my pelvis rotating, compromising my spinal neutrality. Coming across your videos has remphazied the importance of dedicating a lot of time to strengthening my feet, ankle, and shin muscles. Training bar foot on my upper body days is a start; I never thought about how much simply walking around bar foot strengths the foot. In short I really appreciate the free content, it is very informative and useful given my circumstances and I intent to implement a lot of the things you say into my routine. Thank you sir!!!
I’m the exact same. And I’ve been trying to wear barefoot shoes for a long time. It’s not worked for me because I’ve not put the effort in to build up my foot strength. I’m looking at getting a tighter shoe like those reebok. So would you say the shoes did help to restore squat?
@@Lewie2013 yes they were a great investment for me. Stretching my glutes and hamstrings nightly for 10-15 mins has also helped open up my hips. Also if you have weak abductors/glute medius make sure to strengthen those. Overall the shoes with the nightly stretching has done wonders.
@@17mjankowski mind if I ask what you tend to wear as an everyday shoe? I’m in need to buy a whole new set of shoes for training and everyday use. I currently mainly own VIVOBAREFOOT BUT my physio has not recommended I wear these just now as I have really really weak ankles and it’s causing all kinds of problems. It seems my best step is to get weightlifting or supporting shoes, to help with my alignment, to then get strong in a straight position and fix my pelvis rotation when I squat. I’m also doing Kelly starlets 14 day ankle mobility routine. It seems like I need to spend time barefoot to strengthen my feet but also to use support shoes as a tool to get into the correct position? What do you wear besides the weightlifting shoes? And do you also have issues with your everyday walking because of your feet?
@@Lewie2013 honestly I'm a poor college student so my shoe game is pretty lacking. For general everyday use I wear your basic athletic/running shoes and casual more fashionable shoes. I try to walk around barefoot whenever I can. For me personally whenever I am out and about I try and walk on the outside of my foot to create an arch. If I was you I would definitely get a pair of heeled weightlifting shoes for training, but then when you arent squatting try and go barefoot at the gym. Also, what is Kelly's 14 day ankle mobility routine?
I also feel like narrow toe box hinders the ability to strengthen feet and also hinders balance. These fashion influenced bunion-creating training shoes makes for the feet to adapt or manipulate it's shape. Luckily our bodies are capable of getting stronger despite these hurdles. But for someone like myself who kept the natural feet shape, I can't use anything other than shoes with wide toe box for training especially. So there Nano, Vivobarefoot, upsized Metcons and Altra running shoes all work well for me.
@@gregors00 I had the Metcons 3 and they were decently wide. Metcons 4 is much narrower in my opinion. I can feel that it's much tighter all around and in the toebox. I think the Metcons 5 is the same. I sized up half a size on both Metcon 4 and 5 so it doesn't squish my toes together.
Awesome video Kelly! 😃👍🏻 I always believed in X-trainers but I never really knew why…just wore them. This is a video for specific delivery in training as well as performance task based shoes. Thank you for sharing. 👍🏻😃 lots of great wisdom and knowledge.
I'll tell you I bought a pair of Vivo's and in my knee rehab I can see a big difference in the dexterity of my feet. That being said they take a while to break in and also I find that long distance runs aren't prime because of blistering.
I wear Vivo's and so are my children. They've only ever worn Vivo's. My right knee pain of 17 years vanished once going barefoot in a week. Prior I had to exercise regularly to avoid that pain.
checkout this shoe company called ALTRA . This brand sells shoes that are all zero drop and shaped like human feet. It is my all time favorite shoe rn and it’s a healthier chose because it is shaped like feet which gives good toe space and because it’s zero drop it’s better for posture and avoiding heel striking.
Heel raise or not to heel raise. I have achellis tendonosis. I've got heels to slip into my Vivo's. (Knocked right knee caused slow break down of left tendon as foot slightly rolls in plus it the more torquie leg) Thoughts please?
What's your opinion on barefoot running shoes like vivo barefoot, any advantage/disadvantage? I wear these to run and also in the gym, would be good to know your thoughts.
You can't get any better durometer than Vivo's. So they are excellent at immediate transfer of force. They are as stable a platform as the floor you are standing on. But... You need to have strong lateral stability from yourself, as the shoe won't provide you any, like the lifting shoes do. So it depends on why you are lifting. If you lift to work on function. You can lift less heavy so you leave room so you can correct yourself and work on your own body's stable platform without fear for injury. I you lift to impress (or to win an Olympic medal) and the number of the weight is all you care about, then go with the lifting shoes. At least that's my guess. But I'm no supple leopard.
The optimal shoe for everyday use is no shoe. Barefoot is the most natural, promotes the best mobility, and strengthens the foot. As he states at the start of the video, this isn't always possible. So need a shoe but a "barefoot" shoes. The problem is that whilst they may look fairly flat, the Nanos are actually quite far from a barefoot show. They still have 3-5mm drop and support laterally. A barefoot shoe like vivos are very thin, the heel to toe drop is 0 and they offer little to no support for your ankle really. Hope this helps!
I have EXTREMELY flat feet (I basically have a pair of 2x4’s for feet) and as a result my connective chain is completely out of line. This has lead to a whole slew of problems over the past 3 years as I’ve become very passionate about strength training. I decided to purchase a pair of Reebok legacy lifters and it “fixed” my squat and mobility issues, even with the raised heel I still have some difficulty sitting back and down into a squat without my pelvis rotating, compromising my spinal neutrality. Coming across your videos has remphazied the importance of dedicating a lot of time to strengthening my feet, ankle, and shin muscles. Training bar foot on my upper body days is a start; I never thought about how much simply walking around bar foot strengths the foot. In short I really appreciate the free content, it is very informative and useful given my circumstances and I intent to implement a lot of the things you say into my routine. Thank you sir!!!
I’m the exact same. And I’ve been trying to wear barefoot shoes for a long time. It’s not worked for me because I’ve not put the effort in to build up my foot strength. I’m looking at getting a tighter shoe like those reebok. So would you say the shoes did help to restore squat?
@@Lewie2013 yes they were a great investment for me. Stretching my glutes and hamstrings nightly for 10-15 mins has also helped open up my hips. Also if you have weak abductors/glute medius make sure to strengthen those. Overall the shoes with the nightly stretching has done wonders.
@@17mjankowski mind if I ask what you tend to wear as an everyday shoe? I’m in need to buy a whole new set of shoes for training and everyday use. I currently mainly own VIVOBAREFOOT BUT my physio has not recommended I wear these just now as I have really really weak ankles and it’s causing all kinds of problems. It seems my best step is to get weightlifting or supporting shoes, to help with my alignment, to then get strong in a straight position and fix my pelvis rotation when I squat. I’m also doing Kelly starlets 14 day ankle mobility routine. It seems like I need to spend time barefoot to strengthen my feet but also to use support shoes as a tool to get into the correct position? What do you wear besides the weightlifting shoes? And do you also have issues with your everyday walking because of your feet?
@@Lewie2013 honestly I'm a poor college student so my shoe game is pretty lacking. For general everyday use I wear your basic athletic/running shoes and casual more fashionable shoes. I try to walk around barefoot whenever I can. For me personally whenever I am out and about I try and walk on the outside of my foot to create an arch. If I was you I would definitely get a pair of heeled weightlifting shoes for training, but then when you arent squatting try and go barefoot at the gym. Also, what is Kelly's 14 day ankle mobility routine?
When an athlete's ankle goes, the career is not far behind. You are only as old as your feet. Two great takeaways.
I also feel like narrow toe box hinders the ability to strengthen feet and also hinders balance. These fashion influenced bunion-creating training shoes makes for the feet to adapt or manipulate it's shape. Luckily our bodies are capable of getting stronger despite these hurdles. But for someone like myself who kept the natural feet shape, I can't use anything other than shoes with wide toe box for training especially. So there Nano, Vivobarefoot, upsized Metcons and Altra running shoes all work well for me.
Do you feel the newer Metcons have a narrower toe box? I don’t know if I’m imagining it or not.
@@gregors00 I had the Metcons 3 and they were decently wide. Metcons 4 is much narrower in my opinion. I can feel that it's much tighter all around and in the toebox. I think the Metcons 5 is the same. I sized up half a size on both Metcon 4 and 5 so it doesn't squish my toes together.
Awesome video Kelly! 😃👍🏻 I always believed in X-trainers but I never really knew why…just wore them. This is a video for specific delivery in training as well as performance task based shoes. Thank you for sharing. 👍🏻😃 lots of great wisdom and knowledge.
True, the Nice Romaleo 2 and Do Win are essentially the same shoe.
surprisingly none of them have a large toe box. I found that its critical for developing your balance and having healthy feet.
"My Chinese shoe weight lifting history may be off" Legend!
Whats your view on using barefoot shoes, like Vibrum 5 fingers for Vivo barefoot etc?
I'll tell you I bought a pair of Vivo's and in my knee rehab I can see a big difference in the dexterity of my feet. That being said they take a while to break in and also I find that long distance runs aren't prime because of blistering.
I wear Vivo's and so are my children. They've only ever worn Vivo's. My right knee pain of 17 years vanished once going barefoot in a week. Prior I had to exercise regularly to avoid that pain.
Evidently ‘Special’ military people are wearing them now.
@@oliverallen5324 There are the Belleville TR102 boots for military with vibram sole.
Hey Kelly can you do information on feiyues? Definitely a good shoe for the price
What about running shoes ? Most important
I liked your angle on fitness so l subscribed!
Talk about vivobarefoot shoes
They simulate barefoot but you can actually use them like normal shoes
When I started lifting my feet got bigger from the muscle growth
Hi - What do think about the shoes that are flat and have toe sockets like the Vibram range?
checkout this shoe company called ALTRA . This brand sells shoes that are all zero drop and shaped like human feet. It is my all time favorite shoe rn and it’s a healthier chose because it is shaped like feet which gives good toe space and because it’s zero drop it’s better for posture and avoiding heel striking.
I really like mine as my daily walker.
Kelly, what about xero shoes?
Vivo barefoot shoes are a game-changer. Go barefoot if you can. Develop your foot muscles!
Great vid ... thanks .. any thoughts on wrestling shoes next to bare foot walking?
Heel raise or not to heel raise. I have achellis tendonosis. I've got heels to slip into my Vivo's. (Knocked right knee caused slow break down of left tendon as foot slightly rolls in plus it the more torquie leg) Thoughts please?
What are those slip on shoes?
What's your opinion on barefoot running shoes like vivo barefoot, any advantage/disadvantage? I wear these to run and also in the gym, would be good to know your thoughts.
Great comment! I'd also like to know cause I have a pair as well.
You can't get any better durometer than Vivo's. So they are excellent at immediate transfer of force. They are as stable a platform as the floor you are standing on. But... You need to have strong lateral stability from yourself, as the shoe won't provide you any, like the lifting shoes do.
So it depends on why you are lifting. If you lift to work on function. You can lift less heavy so you leave room so you can correct yourself and work on your own body's stable platform without fear for injury. I you lift to impress (or to win an Olympic medal) and the number of the weight is all you care about, then go with the lifting shoes.
At least that's my guess. But I'm no supple leopard.
Vivobarefoot are awesome for training. Nice flat, thin sole, and wide toe box.
@@charstringetje So, if someone want to squat for function and to improve the body's stability, would it be better to squat/lunge totally barefoot?
@@imip.1252 that’s my approach
Why would the Reebok Nano be a bad option for general everyday use? What shoe would be preferable?
The optimal shoe for everyday use is no shoe. Barefoot is the most natural, promotes the best mobility, and strengthens the foot. As he states at the start of the video, this isn't always possible. So need a shoe but a "barefoot" shoes. The problem is that whilst they may look fairly flat, the Nanos are actually quite far from a barefoot show. They still have 3-5mm drop and support laterally. A barefoot shoe like vivos are very thin, the heel to toe drop is 0 and they offer little to no support for your ankle really. Hope this helps!
James Clifford thanks James!
Not Hokys
Converse hightops baby.
When people say full snatch it makes me think they might think that a power squat is a thing
The best shoe is an oxymoron. Barefoot is best for optimal health, especially on the ground or a natural floor.