Barefooting...

As many of you know, I do all of my workouts in my socks. I am not a runner by any means but have recently been playing around with treadmill sprints. I am in my socks for this as well. I continue to read Born To Run by Christopher McDougall and various research articles on running Barefoot. You can find many of these if you are following me on Twitter. With the knowledge I am finding through these articles and the results I am seeing in my own body, I cannot emphasize enough that you should give Barefoot exercising a try. If you, like me, are not a runner, I really encourage you to leave your sneakers in the locker room at your gym or in your car if you are working out here. Give the "barefoot" workout a chance. It is becoming boldy apparent to me that many of the foot, knee and hip injuries we are seeing come from our dependency on sneakers. I am not here (just yet anyway) to throw all of the facts and research back at you. If you are compelled, do the research yourself or simply follow me on Twitter to find the many links to articles I am reading. In the future however, I will compile all that I have found and present it to you in an easy to read article of my own. Most of the information out there is geared to runners. I, as your trusted fitness expert, can tell you that this translates into all areas of fitness. With extreme confidence I say, "Leave your sneakers at home and get your feet on the ground. Everything in your workouts will begin to change. Your squats, lunges, swings, getups, even your upper body exercises will all take on new effectiveness as your feet and all the intrinsic muscles in your feet finally touch ground!"

Michael Luongo
Master Trainer, recognized across the country, around the world and throughout the galaxy... ; )