Barefoot Shoes for Outdoor Adventures
Barefoot shoes have recently become highly demanded in the UAE, with increased awareness about their benefits and comfort for daily lifestyles or adventures. The UAE has a diverse landscape, including mountains, deserts, seas, beaches, gardens, and urban areas, offering people the chance to try several activities. Many adventure seekers have recently switched to barefoot shoes due to their comfort, flexibility, and health impact.
What Are Barefoot Shoes?
Barefoot shoes are minimalistic shoes with minimum support, thin soles, and wide-toe boxes designed to mimic the natural foot shape and sustain healthy walking. Barefoot shoes allow feet to move naturally, strengthen foot muscles, prevent common foot issues, and improve body balance and posture. Belenka started a new concept of barefoot shoes, by introducing several trendy models for different ages so with Belenka there is no need to compromise style and fashion for health.
Barefoot shoes are a good choice for outdoor adventures, with anti-slip, zero-drop soles, flexible breathable materials, and wide-toe boxes. Main benefits of barefoot shoes in outdoor adventures:
- Natural Foot Movement: The minimum support offered by barefoot shoes, with the wide toe box mimicking natural foot movement allows your feet to move easily and comfortably with no restrictions.
- Posture and body balance: The zero-drop sole improves body balance and encourages an upright posture.
- Connection with Nature: Barefoot shoes allow you to connect with nature, by feeling the ground beneath your feet.
Choosing the right barefoot shoes
Some factors must be taken into consideration while choosing your barefoot shoes:
- Foot Type: Know your foot type, there are several foot types including Roman, German, Egyptian, and Greek. Each type features certain toes and foot shapes.
- Type of Activity: Take into consideration the activities you are involved in, and choose your barefoot shoes based on that.
- Sole: Choose sole thickness based on the activity, where it offers a good grip. There are several sole types suitable for several surfaces.
- Flexibility: Check the toe box and sole flexibility, as more flexible it is easier to move on different terrains.
- Durability: Outdoor activities may be rough on footwear, so make sure to choose barefoot shoes made of durable wear-and-tear materials that can be cleaned easily.
- The activity: Take into consideration that the perfect shoe for a certain activity may be not suitable for another. Choose the shoe design, flexibility, materials, and sole print based on the activity itself in addition to your foot type.
- Shoe Size: Fit is a crucial factor in ensuring comfort, note that barefoot shoe size might differ from traditional shoes. Check the Belenka size guide, and make sure to order the right size.
Belenka Barefoot Shoes for Outdoor Adventures
Belenka’s added value is combining style, comfort, and functionality in one pair. Let’s take a look at some of the suitable barefoot choices for outdoor adventures:
- Belenka Rebound: A retro vibe, stylish and lightweight barefoot shoes, available in denim dark blue, all white, black and white, denim light blue, and red and white. The flexible and lightweight design ensures daily comfort, while the breathable textile and microfibre ensure feet stay cool. Suitable for casual exploration and everyday wear.
- Belenka Cityscape: A classic simple design perfect for lightweight hiking, walking, daily activities, work, or shopping. Available in white color, all-black, and salted caramel brown color.
- Barebarics Revive X Sea Shepherd-Orca: A special edition model introduced in collaboration between Barebarics and Sea Shepherd. Suitable for multi-terrain adventures, its anatomic shape respects feet’ natural shapes and gives them space to move easily and comfortably. The soft synthetic rubber with high wear-and-tear resistance ensures stability on several types of surfaces.
All Belenka shoes are made of high-quality durable vegan materials, with a removable insole and high wear-and-tear resistance.
How to transfer into barefoot shoes
If you are new to barefoot shoes, there are certain instructions to follow:
- Start gradually: Try to wear barefoot shoes on soft surfaces indoors, before starting to wear them to outside adventures. Once you become familiar with walking barefoot on soft surfaces for long periods, then try wearing them for outdoor adventures.
- Exercise your feet: Try to exercise your feet to strengthen your feet muscles, and to be familiar with the change.
- Watch your body feedback: Nobody is like the other, and there is no one rule to follow. So listen to your body, and watch the input. If you experience any pain, soreness, or issues slow down the transitioning process and increase wearing barefoot gradually.
- Choose the right shoes: Start with a transitioning model with more arch support than pure barefoot shoes and gradually transition to models with less support.
Finally, barefoot shoes are perfect for active adventurous people, they allow your feet to move naturally on various surfaces, and provide a better connection with the ground. In the above blog, several barefoot shoe options are mentioned as suitable for outdoor activities. Check the wider collection available on the Belenka website.
