{"id":298,"date":"2010-07-11T16:11:48","date_gmt":"2010-07-11T23:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterfever.com\/blog\/?p=298"},"modified":"2010-07-11T16:11:48","modified_gmt":"2010-07-11T23:11:48","slug":"monkey-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.peterfever.com\/index.php\/2010\/07\/11\/monkey-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Feet"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Squats<\/a>
Squats (Taken from www.PetePhysique.com Exercise Pictorial Book)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This all started in January 2010 when I wore my Vibram<\/a> shoes – the five finger shoes – to the gym every day. Yes, they look weird and funny; people sometimes call me \u2018big bear\u2019 or \u2018monkey feet\u2019 because they look so odd, but they work. I consistently get asked, what is the benefit from wearing those shoes?<\/p>\n

Well, the problem with wearing traditional shoes is that after 500 miles or around 4 months, your feet naturally supinate<\/a>. Supination is outward roll of the foot during normal motion like walking or running, which causes stress on your muscles and tendons. This stress makes many people I know avoid squat exercises\u00a0because they blame it on their weak knees. The real problem is the height of the heel. Think about it, the higher your heel is to the front of your toes the more stress it puts on your knees.<\/p>\n

With some of my clients at the gym who refuse to do any squat exercises, I simply have them remove their shoes and as a result no knee problems. That is it! I solved the knee problem crisis at the gym.<\/p>\n

Fast forward 6 months, I noticed three other gym members today doing squats and dead lift exercises without shoes. I was nervous when I had my clients walk to another superset station without their shoes, because I was afraid that the gym owner might say something about it. Nevertheless, it works great.<\/p>\n

Try it yourself and comment back. Either do squats or dead lifts without shoes or use the Vibram<\/a> shoes to increase your muscle mass and train your calve muscles at the same time.<\/p>\n

\"Vibram<\/p>\n

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