Training Shoes

[mermaid]

What shoes do you wear for workouts? Do you wear different shoes for weights and for cardio?

I've got Nike Shox, two pairs, one is 2 years old which I finally dumped this weekend and the other pair almost a year. Still getting shin splints and lower back pain after running - had advice (thanks Jens) that the shoes are the issue. How often should you change them out?

The fit is a personal thing I know, but just interested to know what you like.

 

[8x271]

I have a friend who is a runner and she changes out her shoes about every 3-4 months. she runs about 5 -10 miles a day. as for me, i'm not a long distance runner so my shoes last a little longer.

As for me, I have two pair that i rotate depending on what i'm doing at the gym. my asics are for upperbody and cardio days and my otomix i use for leg and back day. I get shin splints and lower back pain from running also so I don't mind changing out my asics every 6-8mths. I've tried a lot of shoes and for me asics seem to give me the best support and allow me to run w/o getting bad shinsplints etc.

the otomix, well, those are kinda for my ego. when i first started working out all these guys would have their otomix shoes on lifting all these heavy weights. in the back of my mind i said that someday i would be lifting heavy weights and wearing my weightlifting shoes just like them. now i'm all grown up lifting heavy weights and wearing my weightlifting shoes!!yay!

 

[aandd]

I am lusting after a pair of custom SHOX. You can design your own here: http://niketown.nike.com/niketown/catalog/category.jsp?categoryId=53595

They even stitch in your name if you want!

 

[musclemom]

New Balance 450s for everything except deadlifts; I have an old pair of hiking shoes that are really flat for those.

I had a miserable time finding comfortable sneakers until I found new balance, I've given up trying on anything that's interesting or cool looking, I'm tired of being disappointed.

 

[Miss24k]

http://www.elitefitness.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=27142&cat=500&page=1

there's a pic of me , in my favorite running shoes

 

[vachelle72]

I wear New Balance for everything except my kickboxing classes , which I then wear my very cool pair of fire engine red sparring high tops. I love those shoe's they make me feel like a "bad ass" in class and I get ton of compliments on them from the "real" boxing guys in the class

 

[MsBeverlyHills]

What shoes do you wear for workouts? Do you wear different shoes for weights and for cardio?

I've got Nike Shox, two pairs, one is 2 years old which I finally dumped this weekend and the other pair almost a year. Still getting shin splints and lower back pain after running - had advice (thanks Jens) that the shoes are the issue. How often should you change them out?

The fit is a personal thing I know, but just interested to know what you like.

for workouts (squats/leg day) I wear these-
http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/products/shoesFR.html

for running/cardio- i wear Asics gel nimbus & repalce them every 6 months or so. For weight-training (upper body) I wear Otomix & for deadlifts I wear socks!! LOL

 

[jenscats5]

I wear whatever my current sneakers are at the time - usually I have 2 pair that are new-ish & I alternate them. My older sneaks I wear if I'm just doing lifting.....

Nothing special.

 

[mermaid]

Thanks for the replies - love the photos

I have heard that asics are good if you have splints/back pain issues.

I'm going shopping this weekend.......

 

[Sassy69]

I rotate through several diff pairs of shoes - I had bunion surgery several years ago & have a custom set of orthodics that need to fit into whatever shoes I have. I use Otomix for heavy squat days. I currently am in love w/ a pair of Rykka shoes cuz they fit my orthodics well and will rotate in a pair of SHOXX but they are a bit narrow and that starts to take its toll. I think the most important thing is that 1) your shoes fit, 2) you update them when they start to lose their cushion.