For weak noobs, no. Then again, unless he actually injures himself a rank noob is gonna have a hard time severely overtraining anyway. It's also my belief that 9/10 weak noobs don't eat enough, since they want to maintain their razor sharp abs/don't understand the necessity of a caloric surplus (let's not get into that though).

are we talking bare feet? I could see issues with slippage from sweaty feet.

Chalk.

Bare feet are significantly less slippery than socks when deadlifting on a platform imo

not a gym, but i think the sentiment applies: saw a guy on the bike path with aero bars on his mountain bike

Shoes are helpful if you kick anything I suppose. It might be a sanitary issue, people spreading athletes foot all around the gym or something.

But dropping a small weight on a shoed foot vs. a bare one is going to be a bigger difference than you think. I'm more thinking of dropping something when loading and unloading. I was unloading and accidentally dropped a 5 lb plate and nearly crushed by foot. It definitely wouldn't have felt good on a bare foot.

This is fine. But like Rip, my issue is not the safety of your feet, rather your AIDS-infested blood on my gym floor if you drop a weight on your bare ass gross feet.

Actually there is no risk of HIV exposure through dried blood on the floor. Hepatitis would be more likely, though still very little risk

ProphetofProfit-Tell him squatting then Dling rather than pressing in between is probably going to make that day suck.

Yes, I know. AIDS is a synonym for "gross diseases."

i bleed on bars all the time. ya, im that guy. pretty sure my shin will never heal. its been since feb.

Cut a panel out of 2-liters and make shinguards.

"sit there" and you'll break a sweat

/from/in texas

I don't know if floor wipers are legit or not, but they definitely rank high on the "imminent death?" scale.

Saw noobs doing them during "open gym" at my gym. (i.e. it wasn't something that was programmed.) Tired looking noobs holding a barbell over their head during a metcon seems like a bad idea... ya?

Seriously. I'm living in Austin now, and I'll still get a decent sweat going just standing around at a buddy's backyard BBQ. Never fun meeting cute girls while drenched in sweat. I'm starting to think I wasn't cut out for living in TX.

What part are you from?