What's the advantage of lifting weights while barefoot?
It may seem counter-intuitive to go shoeless after all that time you spend in your sneakers, but there are a number of benefits to going bare. “When you are barefoot, your core, or centre of power, is more, DPM, a podiatrist based in New York, USA, and author of But it's not just muscular strength that matters. “Our feet and core are connected through fasciae and neuromuscular pathways, which is a fancy way of saying when we engage our feet we engage our deep core muscles”, adds Splichal. “Since our feet are the only contact point between the body and the ground, going barefoot to lift makes us better connected to the core”.
