Beginners Guide to Barefoot Hiking

[@ShoesOnTheTrail]

Great video! Thank you for sharing this info with others! I'm currently hiking the Appalachian Trail NOBO 100% barefoot. I'm 630 miles in. Two snow days so far. Lots of rocks. Loving every minute of it!

[@visionartstudio5330]

Epic!!

[@larrykoz4009]

As a 71 year old man new to going barefoot I appreciate your video. There needs to be more videos of men going barefoot explaining the benefits and joy. I have been going barefoot on my daily walks and now trail hikes for almost a year and I love it. My feet have toughened but they aren’t where I want them to be. Older or old doesn’t mean you can’t it just takes longer and you have to know and except your limitations.

[@KraftyUk]

i started bare feet walking about 3 weeks ago, I feel my foot muscles getting stronger but my feet still get sore from small stones. Every chance i get to go bare foot I take it, I've even walked 7 miles bare foot on one occasion which for me was a massive achievement and that was my very first barefoot hike. I feel my feet getting harder now which is a blessing its self.

[@bdmenne]

Its the newest human-animal hack towards rewilding. Wait till you do primarily raw meat diet.

[@JackFrost008]

Hows the barefoot walking goin?

[@barefootchris640]

Loved the video great bit of Information for those that are not going barefoot already. I've been going barefoot for 10 years now and looking to be 100% barefoot

[@bdmenne]

bro, I have been breaking in my feet with outdoor workouts and general walking, sometimes with a weighted backpack. Did my first 8 miler today with a weighted backpack 45kg and 10lbs in each hand. Wanting to get use to hunter gatherer strength. When I got home I felt strong ALL OVER head to toe. Amazing. And my feet were UP FOR THE CHALLENGE! So happy to have capable outdoor feet. So Fresh feeling.

[@plutoplatters]

why a heavy backpack and 10 lbs in each hand ? just walk.

[@marcelobarefoot3549]

I am a barefooter like you, and your videos about it ever teach me something new... I pray for you could live this way forever... dirty caliused feet is happy feet!!!

[@sbdreamin]

well, I did it! I went WAY farther than I expected for the first time, including over some terrain that I didn't expect I would be able to navigate. It was easier than I expected. I feel great. My feet feel like they had a peppermint footbath right now a couple hours later. I'm hooked! I'm 62 yrs old.

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

Music to my ears!!

[@dancan6622]

hey old man, 61 here slowly started going barefoot last summer. 3 brocken ribs and a heart attack 2 months ago but i

[@laurenterry1711]

Bro… you got it. Keep making videos! Keep thinking and sharing!

[@Dinu-desculţ]

Wonderful corner of the Paradise ... I like to go hiking in the mountains, since I was 2 years old (in 1963), but only ... without shoes - as a "barefoot hiker". Congratulation and all the best, with much health and happiness, in peace and love ! 🙏 Sincerely, Dinu, 62, from Romania.

[@ALoonwolf]

I went on my longest barefoot hike so far, through a variety of environments, doing a bit of tree climbing, etc. Despite the fact the tiny Stinging Nettles are now a bit bigger and more numerous I suffered ZERO NETTLE STINGS this time. I completely avoid stepping on virtually ALL plants now, unless they can handle it. Foot health still improving, foot numbness in cold less common, walking on railway track stones now bearable - but even while wearing boots this is uncomfortable.

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

Thanks for sharing!

[@OlMoldy]

Got bearfoot ursus shoes for workouts 2 years ago, then xero Alpine for this past winter@ -40s, then vivo magna this summer. Hiked up a mountain last weekend with the magnas, it was pretty brutal. Up through a canyon, mostly stream bed. Still feeling it!!

[@33primus]

Keep doing the video they are great and good energies vibes all the time with you

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

stick around!

[@SadasivayaMusic]

This is an amazing video!!! Greetings from boulder my friend, namasté, thank you for all of the information 🕉️

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

I too live in Boulder now, you may see these feet one day.

[@dogeapproved8987]

Thank you very much for this really informative video 👍 I will start by trying to walk barefoot in the park and getting a pair of barefoot shoes for the city!

[@omkarkibe]

Amazing Video and very great insights, Brother! Love from a transitioning barefoot runner from India 😍🙏

[@rodneyp9590]

Just found you searching to see if anyone else does this. Glad to see I'm not the only one. I broke a few toes this way, I'm not a runner though it sounds scary.

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

It is important to go slow and really tune in. One thing barefoot running has shown me is the importance of slowing down, literally watching your every step and being mindful.

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

Often times shod runners are not mindful of their stepping and get hurt.

[@rodneyp9590]

@@YOUENJOYLIFE I hear you there, I've done some Costa Rica jungles barefoot. It's always the up hill that gets my toes. I do it whenever I can so maybe eventually I'll quit kicking rocks

[@Hager_hamassien]

Bro this is amazing stuff, I always feel I am disconnected with earth and soil. Interesting!!

[@katanddawg]

I needed this video right now. Thank you!

[@OreMan]

Good advices, cool video! I also like hiking barefoot 👍

[@NickandRachel]

Nice video man! Thanks for sharing

[@diylife1688]

cool, what about rolled ankle? my mate said I would sprian my ankle unless in a supportive hiking boot.

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

If you take the time to strengthen your feet you don’t necessarily need anything

[@Savage1Living]

That is false. You are far more prone to rolling an ankle in boots. Its like walking with bricks tied to your feet. I "was" the king of rolling ankles. I switched to barefoot shoes or barefoot completely and I have not rolled an ankle in Years.

[@mrg2176]

Love you, man.

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

love you as well

[@CraftBeer4Life]

I'm curious if you're say... in the Northeast USA where ticks (lyme disease) are pretty bad, if barefoot hiking would be a bad idea?

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

I think regardless of where or how you hike, especially in an area with ticks, you need to watch yourself, I don’t think being barefoot makes it worse for ticks, I am much more aware of my feet and body so I’m always looking for things like that

[@Shozodi]

Hey, I walk barefoot since July 2020. And now since a month i'm serious training for barefoot running. I love it. My goal is walking 100 km barefoot in 24 hours in August. The only thing where i have problems with, is with burning soles after a long distance. So i need to make my soles thicker. Do you have tips for thicker soles?

[@catullusitm1405]

Ew

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

Honestly that sounds wild and awesome. I find that my feet toughen up over time, part physically and part mentally, i keep reminding myself to stay grounded, to allow my feet to keep growing in the ways they need and such.

[@myname-mz3lo]

youching a tree or a rock is just as grounding as feet on thye floor fyi. electricity doesnt need for it to be feet . even a stream of pee can ground you haha but the barefoot thing is also good psycologically . i walked barefoor years .

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

truth!

[@RC-qf3mp]

Lol… “I don’t need socks anymore!” And the guy who grounded his mom. ?!? Did he say “mom, go to your room! No dessert for you! You’re grounded!”

[@sbdreamin]

I’m going to start this. Do you set your foot down heel-toe, or does everything go down at once? Or does it depend? I’ve noticed, in the past, when walking barefoot on ouchy terrain, that I kinda put the toes down first, and the heel last in case of something really pokey in the heel. Thanks for an inspirational video. Today will be my first easy hike section.

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

I’m almost glad I didn’t respond until after you walked because it seems like, as I’ve come to experience, that you simply figured it out by being in the experience

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

And yes it does depend as every step is different

[@parkerjohnson5270]

Great video!

[@JayExcess1]

On my 7th year backpacking barefoot. I'll never go back.

[@myname-mz3lo]

grounding is verry real . of course hippies have taken the science and ran with it making all sorts of claims haha but the science of it is verry real .

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

so true.

[@Girlskate31]

In Hawaii we wear flip flops slippahs everywhere hiking beaches dancing I like walkng barefoot too 🙂🌸🌊

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

i hear it is amazing there.

[@newchannelymaid9203]

I lovee it!

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

sweet!

[@meelwalks]

Great vid. 👣👣

[@GaiaNaVi]

I fricking HATE shoes. But here, you can't go in shops to buy food if you're barefoot.

[@jackd1582]

Where?

[@philipp7382]

Not to sound like a weirdo, but you seem to have some reasonable views, the likes of which I associate with people who came in contact either with eastern spiritualism or psychedelic experience. I'm just wondering why I make that association

[@noname-bt9ky]

I am one of the most traditional human you have ever seen and I am #teambarefoot

[@philipp7382]

@@noname-bt9ky happy to hear it!

[@SOLDAT_NG]

I like feet I like put on giwlfrem body but she no like!!! wat do ??? Leeve? Why

[@esgee3829]

hookworms

[@James__123]

Bingo

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

we are taught to fear so much...

[@jeffthompson1869]

Long distance from Bothers Green to hiking barefoot. "communicating between the bottom of your feet and the ground"? I have been walking barefoot most of my life - but the reason you wear shoes has to do with accidental cuts and bruises . There isn't anything profound in doing this. All you are doing is hardening your feet by hiking barefoot.

[@YOUENJOYLIFE]

lol, yes from BG to hiking barefoot lol. I can't agree with this sentiment but I respect your perspective. We know what we know...

[@yissssss]

"There's a lot of science behind this" citations required. The idea that humans need to be grounded is utter nonsense. We're grounded all the time throughout the day. That's why you feel static shocks.

[@yissssss]

@@nsiebenmor It's because they think it'll feel good so it does.

[@visionartstudio5330]

Enjoy your static shocks.. haha 😆

[@yissssss]

@@visionartstudio5330 what does that even mean