Episode 56Apr 6, 2026· 7:20
But These Shoes! Finding the Right Workout Shoes for Low Impact Cardio, Zumba, and Everyday Wear
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If you've ever screamed "I want those shoes!" at your screen, you already understand the energy of this episode. Ashley Grant is on a full-blown mission to find the perfect workout shoes for low impact cardio, Tabata, and everyday wear, and spoiler alert: the most expensive pair she's ever bought lasted exactly twenty minutes before she had to rip them off mid-class.
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Full transcript
00:00
Like, oh my god, let's get some shows. What's
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up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here. Welcome
00:11
to More Movement Please, the podcast where I
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hope to inspire you to move your body more. Today
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we're talking about shows. Do you guys remember
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that 2006 video with Liam Kyle Sullivan where
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all he was talking about was shows? yeah that's
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what's on my brain right now because i am trying
00:28
to find some new shows and yes forgive me for
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every time the fact that i say shows i'm gonna
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i'm gonna say it like that i just every time
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i think about shopping for shows i think of that
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stupid video and i just kind of crack up but
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here's what's going on so basically i have been
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using the same shows for a while and i'm really
00:49
hard on my foot gear i'm really really hard on
00:54
my my shows because I don't know if it's the
00:59
way my feet are or if it's because I'm still
01:01
overweight or what. Although, no, if I'm really
01:04
being honest, even as a kid, I feel like I went
01:07
through so many pairs of shoes. And is it just
01:12
me? Like, does everybody go through a lot of
01:14
shoes? Is it just me? Let me know. I really want
01:16
to know. Reach out to me, please, at famousashtagrant
01:19
.com backslash feedback. I really want to know.
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Am I alone in the fact that even as a kid up
01:25
till now, I just go through shoes like crazy?
01:28
Like, what is going on? Please let me know. But
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anyway, so several months back, I bought new
01:37
shoes for Zumba. And the reason that I bought
01:40
new shoes for Zumba is because there are moves
01:43
that we do that we slide a little bit. And one
01:48
particular song was an Adele song. When we would
01:53
do this certain move, I would almost fall and
01:56
face plant. Because we would lean forward and
01:59
my shoe would inevitably get hung on the floor.
02:02
And I would almost face plant every single time.
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And so I went on this mission to find the perfect
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shoes for Zumba. And I finally did. I was very
02:11
happy with them. But then the other shoes that
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I was wearing for low impact, for Tabata, for
02:16
any other workout. And even every day where they
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were starting to get holes in them. And so I
02:23
not just holes like on the on the side, but also
02:26
like the soles of the shoe. Just I guess I'm
02:30
just really, really hard on my shoes. And so
02:33
I've been on a journey to find the perfect shoes.
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And I. I've been looking at a lot, y 'all. I've
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been looking at so many reviews to the point
02:42
that I'm up to my eyeballs in shoes. And so I'm
02:45
curious as to what kind of shoes everybody uses
02:48
whenever they are working out. I know that a
02:51
couple people in my gym classes, they use HOKAs.
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I think that's how you say it. H -O -K -A. And
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then several people, including the instructor,
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they wear RIKAs. And that's R -Y -K -A. And so
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I've been looking at all the shoes. And I actually
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bought some last night. I'm going to test them
03:11
today and see how I feel during low impact cardio.
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But it's just kind of funny to me that you don't
03:17
really think about what's going on your feet
03:19
sometimes. And so I've been, that's just what
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I wanted to talk about today is the fact that
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I'm trying a bunch of new shoes. And the ones
03:26
that I bought are Brooks shoes. They were highly
03:29
recommended because they're allegedly built specifically
03:32
for active wear. In fact, the reason that I ultimately
03:36
ended up getting the Brooks shoes to try is inside
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the box. It says from our lab to your feet, to
03:44
what moves you. And then it also says for us,
03:46
movement is the key to feeling more alive. So
03:48
whether you're heading to a finish line, a fresh
03:50
perspective or a feeling let's run there. Um,
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I don't know something about all the elements
03:56
that combined and trying them on in the store.
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I went ahead and got these. They're the most
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expensive fricking pair of shoes I've ever purchased.
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And so I kind of want to record this now before
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I try these in class just to have like an idea
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of how I'm feeling about them. And I'll report
04:13
back after class and let y 'all know what I think.
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Okay. All right. Okay. So I'm back from. testing
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the shoes in low impact cardio. And I was trying
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the Brooks glycerin 23 run and walk plush cushion
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shoes in case anybody's wondering. And I didn't
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even make it through like. 20 minutes of the
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class it's a it's usually a 45 minute class and
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I couldn't even make it halfway through I had
04:41
to change the shoes they didn't feel right I
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don't know if it's because of how my feet are
04:45
or if it's because I grabbed the wrong shoes
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a couple of the girls that were in the class
04:49
actually were wearing brooks and so I was like
04:51
hopeful that this was going to be really good
04:53
but unfortunately it just didn't work out they
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were not They were not what I was hoping for.
04:59
So the hunt continues and I will continue looking
05:02
for new shoes. And if I haven't found new shoes
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by the time this episode goes live, well, even
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if I have, even if I have found new shoes by
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the time this episode goes live, I would love
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to hear from y 'all. If you go to famousashleygrant
05:15
.com backslash feedback, there's a form there
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where you can send me any comments or thoughts
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that you have about anything that I do in this
05:22
show or any of my other shows. If you have any
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comments that you want to share with me about.
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this episode or anything related to fitness,
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I would love to hear from you. And if you want
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to be featured on the show, I would love to hear
05:32
from you too. If you go to famousashtagrant .com
05:34
backslash fitness, you can leave a voice note
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and be featured on the show. Or if you're a fitness
05:38
pro and you want to share. some kind of tip about
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weight loss or getting in shape or strength training
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or whatever, I would love to hear from you too.
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Famousastrogrant .com backslash fitness. That's
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all I've got for you guys today. I told you all
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I was going to be as transparent as possible
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on this journey. And, and one of them, one of
05:56
the things that is related to this journey is
05:59
trying to make sure that I always have the right
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gear. And so that's, uh, that's why I was talking
06:04
about shows. So I hope you enjoyed this episode.
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And, uh, if you wear Brooks, I want to know like,
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what kind do you, do you wear? Maybe the problem
06:13
was I grabbed the wrong type of Brooks. Maybe,
06:15
maybe I should look for others. I don't know.
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And Hey Brooks, if you want to reach out to me
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as well, and we can talk about shows. I mean,
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awesome. Anybody who sells shoes, hit me up.
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I'm basically just looking for the right shoe
06:29
for doing low impact cardio and toning and looking
06:32
for Tabata shoes and even everyday wear. And
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I did find my Zumba shoes. I'm happy with those.
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I forget the brand of those, but they're just,
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they're simple shoes that I can slide around
06:43
on the floor with. So that's all I've got. Onwards
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and upwards, my friends. Have you worked out
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today?
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