A PERSONAL trainer who claims walking barefoot has cured him of chronic knee pain wants to see the rest of world get over its addiction to shoes.
Aynsley Lynam from the UK is a vegan fitness trainer who swears by the benefits of barefoot exercise, claiming a host of positive health effects.
"Humans weren't born to wear shoes," Lynam said.
"The way in which you walk barefoot puts a lot less stress on the knees, ankles and quadriceps and lower back - it also causes you to become more aware of your current surroundings as you don't want to step on anything too sharp," he added.
Even if this turns out to have some scientific merit, surely the plunge in personal hygiene at the gym would be far too big a cost to pay, right? Sniff, sniff, errrgh!
EXERCISE app Strava looked at more than 685 million entries in the United States and found that 17 Jan is the day that Americans are most likely to give up their New Year's fitness resolution.
Perhaps the only way to avoid getting depressed about this collective lack of persistence is to start a new tradition, 17 Jan, the day we vow never again to set ourselves unrealistic health goals?
Too pessimistic?
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