Transcript: But These Shoes! Finding the Right Workout Shoes for Low Impact Cardio, Zumba, and Everyday Wear

Like, oh my god, let's get some shows. What's

up you guys? Famous Ashley Grant here. Welcome

to More Movement Please, the podcast where I

hope to inspire you to move your body more. Today

we're talking about shows. Do you guys remember

that 2006 video with Liam Kyle Sullivan where

all he was talking about was shows? yeah that's

what's on my brain right now because i am trying

to find some new shows and yes forgive me for

every time the fact that i say shows i'm gonna

i'm gonna say it like that i just every time

i think about shopping for shows i think of that

stupid video and i just kind of crack up but

here's what's going on so basically i have been

using the same shows for a while and i'm really

hard on my foot gear i'm really really hard on

my my shows because I don't know if it's the

way my feet are or if it's because I'm still

overweight or what. Although, no, if I'm really

being honest, even as a kid, I feel like I went

through so many pairs of shoes. And is it just

me? Like, does everybody go through a lot of

shoes? Is it just me? Let me know. I really want

to know. Reach out to me, please, at famousashtagrant

.com backslash feedback. I really want to know.

Am I alone in the fact that even as a kid up

till now, I just go through shoes like crazy?

Like, what is going on? Please let me know. But

anyway, so several months back, I bought new

shoes for Zumba. And the reason that I bought

new shoes for Zumba is because there are moves

that we do that we slide a little bit. And one

particular song was an Adele song. When we would

do this certain move, I would almost fall and

face plant. Because we would lean forward and

my shoe would inevitably get hung on the floor.

And I would almost face plant every single time.

And so I went on this mission to find the perfect

shoes for Zumba. And I finally did. I was very

happy with them. But then the other shoes that

I was wearing for low impact, for Tabata, for

any other workout. And even every day where they

were starting to get holes in them. And so I

not just holes like on the on the side, but also

like the soles of the shoe. Just I guess I'm

just really, really hard on my shoes. And so

I've been on a journey to find the perfect shoes.

And I. I've been looking at a lot, y 'all. I've

been looking at so many reviews to the point

that I'm up to my eyeballs in shoes. And so I'm

curious as to what kind of shoes everybody uses

whenever they are working out. I know that a

couple people in my gym classes, they use HOKAs.

I think that's how you say it. H -O -K -A. And

then several people, including the instructor,

they wear RIKAs. And that's R -Y -K -A. And so

I've been looking at all the shoes. And I actually

bought some last night. I'm going to test them

today and see how I feel during low impact cardio.

But it's just kind of funny to me that you don't

really think about what's going on your feet

sometimes. And so I've been, that's just what

I wanted to talk about today is the fact that

I'm trying a bunch of new shoes. And the ones

that I bought are Brooks shoes. They were highly

recommended because they're allegedly built specifically

for active wear. In fact, the reason that I ultimately

ended up getting the Brooks shoes to try is inside

the box. It says from our lab to your feet, to

what moves you. And then it also says for us,

movement is the key to feeling more alive. So

whether you're heading to a finish line, a fresh

perspective or a feeling let's run there. Um,

I don't know something about all the elements

that combined and trying them on in the store.

I went ahead and got these. They're the most

expensive fricking pair of shoes I've ever purchased.

And so I kind of want to record this now before

I try these in class just to have like an idea

of how I'm feeling about them. And I'll report

back after class and let y 'all know what I think.

Okay. All right. Okay. So I'm back from. testing

the shoes in low impact cardio. And I was trying

the Brooks glycerin 23 run and walk plush cushion

shoes in case anybody's wondering. And I didn't

even make it through like. 20 minutes of the

class it's a it's usually a 45 minute class and

I couldn't even make it halfway through I had

to change the shoes they didn't feel right I

don't know if it's because of how my feet are

or if it's because I grabbed the wrong shoes

a couple of the girls that were in the class

actually were wearing brooks and so I was like

hopeful that this was going to be really good

but unfortunately it just didn't work out they

were not They were not what I was hoping for.

So the hunt continues and I will continue looking

for new shoes. And if I haven't found new shoes

by the time this episode goes live, well, even

if I have, even if I have found new shoes by

the time this episode goes live, I would love

to hear from y 'all. If you go to famousashleygrant

.com backslash feedback, there's a form there

where you can send me any comments or thoughts

that you have about anything that I do in this

show or any of my other shows. If you have any

comments that you want to share with me about.

this episode or anything related to fitness,

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pro and you want to share. some kind of tip about

weight loss or getting in shape or strength training

or whatever, I would love to hear from you too.

Famousastrogrant .com backslash fitness. That's

all I've got for you guys today. I told you all

I was going to be as transparent as possible

on this journey. And, and one of them, one of

the things that is related to this journey is

trying to make sure that I always have the right