March, 2009


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Mar 09

Lift Barefoot, Get Stronger

After weightlifting for some time in my crazy Vibram barefooting shoes, I’m finding that I’m hitting new peaks and busting through quite a few plateaus I’ve had for well over a year now.  I became convinced it was the shoes when I trained in sneakers a few times around a month ago, and found that my squat and deadlift were very unstable compared to how they are “barefoot”.

It looks like I’m not the only one that things so – check out this article on barefoot strength at  T-Nation.com.

The only negative with the Vibram’s is that they are unique, so you do need to be the kind of person who’s not afraid to differ a bit from the norm.