I'm thinking of getting into this because I can't find comfortable shoes, but I'm concerned about keeping my feet healthy and disease-free. What regular self-care habits do you do to keep your feet healthy?
I just enjoy the dirty look in them, it means progress somehow lol and also I do like when they turn a bit cleaner when stepping into a puddle and much cleaner when walking on wet grass
Does going in socks count? not into barefoot as much as others but like wearing just socks out wondering if i can join the club.
Aren't y'all worried about like fungal stuff when going barefoot and similar things? Just curious, never done it myself unless around the house.
Edit: Very quickly I learned it was a very stupid question, and I'm thinking of it the opposite way. Good to know, just remember all that stuff talked about gyms and pools and that's why I'm asking. Thank you for the answers.
I just shared that as I was entering Whole Foods, a girl leaving the grocery store said to me as she passed, “I love that you’re barefoot.” For some reason this post and all responses got deleted. I don’t know what rule it violated, but it was just a compliment. Geez.
I went to my mother in laws house for a party yesterday. I decided to show up barefoot. No one said anything — not even “hey where are your shoes?” or something banal like that — and I spent five hours hanging out, making and eating sandwiches from a buffet and watching golf. Didn’t even have shoes with me. I’ve never gone barefoot in front of my in-laws family before, but I wonder why now since no one seemed to bat an eye, even though they had to notice as it was a fairly enclosed space.
Just saw this on 'What's New' on barefooters.org.
His size 20 feet makes finding shoes impossible, so he explores his volcano barefoot - hence the winning photo. I love the clash between his 'modern' volcano suit and the sheer necessity of his body plus the ruggedness and conditioning he's trained himself to endure.
I'd love to see his soles - to see what volcano/lava rock conditioning does. I've walked on lava rock myself and it's like an eternal field of pumice pads. I imagine his callous to be quite fine, due to the constant excising of unnecessary dead skin. Perhaps the size of the foot gives him advantage as well. They must be pretty strong!
I guess a lot of it is mental conditioning. I wonder if it's a 'Seri Boot' situation? Still, it's inspiring to see, even if it is driven by necessity.
So we tried an experiment recently, my wife and I (me M60, her F63). We went into Barnes & Noble wearing footwear over bare feet (sandals really). We both grabbed a book/magazine, sat in a comfy chair, then kicked them off. After that, any time we got up to browse, we left them next to the chair.
We were there for two hours. Only one employee indicated I couldn't be barefoot in the store. I gestured towards my footwear, chuckled and apologized. She smiled, didn't say anything else. I actually made eye contact with her a few more times while barefoot. Their carpet feels great on your soles!
Simply carrying footwear makes going barefoot way acceptable.
Okay, let me add, my beautiful wife was wearing dual anklets and five toe rings, with a bright "look at my feet!' pedicure. And nobody said anything to her. She even went into the cafe, with the tile floor, barefoot, no footwear visible.
Anyway, have footwear nearby so you can say, "Oh I just kicked them off, they're over there." It seems to work well.
Since the 90’s, I’ve always worn flip flops to all the theme parks. Most of the larger coasters required me to remove my flip flops and ride barefoot. I must say there is nothing like riding these with your feet dangling while you fly down the track! Anyone else do this?
I’ve developed blisters where I point in the image. I imagine it’s normal since I walked almost a mile on this type of cobblestone. What I don’t know is whether it’s due to friction from the cobblestones or because the stones were quite hot from the sun and I may have burned myself.
Still, I absolutely loved it. Next time I’ll walk less distance barefoot.
Questions:
If it’s friction calluses, do they eventually become more resistant over time so I’ll be able to walk barefoot for longer? Does the skin actually become tougher?
I used to go walking with barefoot shoes, but it’s not the same — you don’t feel the temperature of the ground or the thousands of other nuances. The problem is that it’s already starting to get very hot at this time of year, and the pavement will be even hotter in the coming weeks.
I remember growing up going down my great grandmother owns some bungalows right on Clearwater Beach all the stores around the beach would allow you to walk in with being barefoot so it was great. I mean we would go there and none of us we wear our shoes we’d be barefoot like almost the whole time unless we were going to like a nice place to eat, but even like if we went to someplace to eat on the beach, they can they let you go in there barefoot cause a lot of times you would go in right from the beach. It was incredible you know, especially for someone who likes to be barefoot then like and then I think as time went on cause I’m talking about probably the late 80s early 90s you know they probably a lot of places changed laws because they also used to let you go in
