Episode 60Apr 20, 2026· 9:54
The Shoe Update: Why I Went With Asics (And Why I'm Still Looking)
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If you've been waiting for an update on my shoe saga, this is the episode for you. I finally landed on the ASICS Women's NOVABLAST 5 shoes after a mad dash to replace a pair that was falling apart, and I'm spilling all the details on why I made that call fast, and why I'm not done shopping yet.
Turns out being incredibly hard on footwear means you need a plan before urgency takes the wheel. I'm breaking down what I…
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00:00
Well, Ashley, what shoes did you go with? What's
00:08
up, you guys? Famous Ashley Gert here. Welcome
00:10
to More Movement, Please, the podcast where I
00:11
hope to inspire you to move your body more. So
00:14
recently, I shared an episode that I was looking
00:16
for new shoes. And if you missed that episode,
00:20
there'll be a link in the show notes that you
00:21
can check it out. But basically, I was on a quest
00:24
to find the perfect shoes to try. I ended up
00:30
going with the Asics Nova Blast 5s. Since then,
00:34
I have seen a lot of articles that basically
00:37
I tried the wrong Brooks shoes or I tried the
00:43
wrong insert shoe here. And I did have one particular
00:47
person who was like, you should have gotten Rikers
00:49
and said that they were created for women. So
00:53
I wanted to explain why I went with Asics and...
00:57
that I'm still basically hunting for new shoes.
01:00
And here's what's going on. So the shoes that
01:04
I bought, the reason I needed them so urgently,
01:06
rather than giving myself time to do what I normally
01:09
like to do, which is research and thoroughly
01:10
review shoes before I commit to them, is like
01:14
I had mentioned in the previous episode, I started
01:16
getting holes in the other shoes that I had.
01:18
And so now that I've at least taken care of the
01:21
urgency factor of the fact that I needed new
01:24
shoes so badly. Now I intend to like thoroughly
01:28
research and review and see what my next pair
01:30
of shoes will be, because I don't remember if
01:33
I said it in the last episode, but I'm incredibly
01:35
hard on footwear. Like I'm I'm very hard on footwear.
01:39
I don't know if it's because of my arches or
01:42
or my my balls on my feet or what it is. It always
01:45
seems like the holes happen in the balls of my
01:47
feet on my shoes. I've never been to a podiatrist
01:51
about this to my knowledge. I mean, my mom is
01:54
a listener of this show and she'll probably correct
01:56
me if I'm wrong. But to my knowledge, I've never
01:59
really seen a podiatrist about my feet. I was
02:02
basically realizing like I needed to find a good
02:05
enough pair as quickly as possible. And I was
02:08
already wearing Asics. I had gotten a coupon
02:10
and I bought a pair of 50 % off at. I can't believe
02:15
I'm about to say this, at my local grocery store.
02:17
And so I went with Asics. And the reason I chose
02:21
the Asics Nova Blast is because my husband actually
02:24
wears Nova Blast 5s. And he was like, well, if
02:27
they have a female version of this, you should
02:29
try it. And so we went to Dick's and I tried
02:33
them and loved them. And of course, they didn't
02:36
have the color and the size I wanted. So we ordered
02:40
some. They came pretty quickly. And I... tried
02:43
them out for a little while to make sure that
02:45
I was going to be happy with these shoes. And
02:48
I've tried it out for several workouts and I've
02:51
been very happy with them so far. But now that
02:54
I've settled the urgency issue, I can't help
02:56
but wonder if maybe there is even a better shoe.
02:59
Since the time that I mentioned that I tried
03:03
the Brooks shoes and hated them, I have found
03:06
out that there are several other types of Brooks
03:08
shoes that are apparently much better. people
03:12
that are very active. Uh, I've been told to try
03:15
the, let's see, what were they? The Brooks ghosts
03:18
and the Brooks adrenaline. And what's interesting
03:21
is I just happened to find an article recently,
03:23
um, saying that those two shoes were considered
03:27
like the best walking shoes of ever. And so I'm
03:31
still looking because I still want to know more
03:34
about shoes. It might sound silly to someone
03:37
who's hearing this being like, well, You already
03:39
got your shoes. Why do you still want to be shopping?
03:42
And like I said, the thing is, since I am so
03:44
hard on my shoes and I know I will need to replace
03:46
these again, I don't want the urgency factor
03:48
to hit me next time like it did this time and
03:51
me just make a choice based on the fact that
03:53
I really, really need shoes. So I want to start
03:57
looking now before this. issue comes up again
04:00
and so basically I want to hear your recommendations
04:03
if you go to famousashleygrant .com backslash
04:06
feedback I want to know what kind of shoes you
04:08
wear and tell me why and you know I mentioned
04:11
in the last episode like hey if your companies
04:13
hit me up I would love to to talk to you and
04:17
try out all the different shoes like if you think
04:20
that your shoe is the best and you want me to
04:22
try it I would love to do a whole review series
04:25
on the different shoes that are available and
04:27
I'm totally willing to be a guinea pig and try
04:30
out all the things because I want to know the
04:33
truth like I want to know like is it all marketing
04:35
hype or are the shoes that I'm looking for like
04:38
really the best of the best I think it'd be fun
04:41
to to just try out a bunch of different shoes
04:43
and and see now that I don't have like a clock
04:46
on it really give myself time to really investigate
04:49
and find out what the best shoes are. And hell,
04:52
I'm even going to try the Rikas. So I'm going
04:54
to I'm going to just purchase a bunch of shoes
04:56
or like I said, footwear companies, if you are
04:59
interested in helping me with this project of
05:01
reviewing the best shoes, I would love to chat
05:05
with you. So I think it'd be fun. I think it'd
05:08
be a good time. And in other news this summer,
05:10
I will be going to Gen Con and I'm stupid excited
05:13
about it. I just wanted to. share about that
05:16
because there will be some interesting fitness
05:18
content coming to this podcast as a result and
05:22
so I just wanted to tell you guys about it in
05:24
case you don't know Gen Con is the largest tabletop
05:27
game convention in North America and it's held
05:31
in Indianapolis, Indiana and I will be heading
05:33
there at the end of July. My husband and I are
05:36
celebrating 20 years and it's our wedding anniversary
05:40
and so we were talking about all the things that
05:43
we could do and And we actually chose to do a
05:46
board game convention for our 20th wedding anniversary
05:48
because, y 'all, it is so us -coded. We are,
05:52
we're some of the biggest nerds you could meet.
05:54
We love, like, Star Trek. We love Stargate. We
05:57
love board games. Now, our favorite board game
06:01
together is Firefly. For those of you who don't
06:04
know, I'm obsessed with Firefly, the series.
06:07
Brown Coats for life. And, yeah, and screw the
06:11
Alliance. So we found Firefly the board game
06:15
and we actually have a habit of when we play
06:18
the game, we actually also have the series running
06:20
in the background. And so it just adds to the
06:23
extra layer of fun. We absolutely love board
06:25
games and we love card games too. And like my
06:28
favorite card game of all is Cards Against Humanity.
06:31
My second favorite is Exploding Kittens, if you
06:34
know, you know. And I just get an absolute kick
06:37
out of the fact that you can pay. one fee and
06:40
you can have hours upon hours of fun and then
06:43
you get to play it again and again and again
06:45
and again. I love games. I love to have fun.
06:48
I love getting together with people and just
06:51
goofing off and having a good time because I'm
06:54
a huge advocate of having as much fun in life
06:56
as you possibly can. I think that we only get
07:00
this one life. We need to squeeze every ounce
07:02
of fun out of it that we possibly can. Board
07:05
games is just one of those things that just brings
07:08
me an immense amount of joy. And so that's why
07:11
we're going to Gen Con. And the reason I bring
07:13
that up is because over the next few episodes,
07:15
you may hear me talking about my game plan for
07:18
how I intend to continue doing the fitness stuff.
07:22
In fact, I have quite a bit of travel coming
07:24
up this summer. And so I will be sharing how
07:26
I intend to keep working out on the road because
07:29
y 'all know I love my group fitness classes.
07:31
I'm going to miss them so much. I'm addicted
07:33
to them. But I've already been talking to my
07:36
instructor, Rhonda, about, you know, the fact
07:38
that I still want to be able to work out. And
07:40
so I actually asked her if she would put together
07:43
a custom fitness plan for me for while I'm gone.
07:46
And yeah, I'm anxious to hear what she comes
07:50
up with. She's already told me that it's going
07:52
to hurt and I believe her. So yeah, in the coming
07:55
days, you'll hear episodes related to the fact
07:57
that I will be going to Gen Con. And I can't
08:00
wait to share all of it with you because I...
08:03
intend to keep going with my workouts and I want
08:06
to share all the things that I will be doing
08:07
because I believe that just because I'm going
08:10
out of town doesn't mean I should let my fitness
08:12
fall to the wayside and I don't want you to either
08:15
so if you too are going to be traveling at all
08:18
this summer maybe these will inspire you maybe
08:20
these episodes will inspire you and maybe you'll
08:22
come up with some fun ideas that that you can
08:25
use to to continue working out on the road So
08:28
I'm excited for the things that are coming. But
08:31
yeah, I ended up with the Asics Nova Blast 5s.
08:34
That's the update on my shoes quest. And as I
08:37
find out about other shoes, and honestly, you
08:41
know what? I'm willing to be a guinea pig for
08:43
anything. So go to famousashtagrant .com backslash
08:46
fitness. And if you would like to participate
08:48
in the show, be on the show, I would love to
08:50
hear from you. And yeah, I think it'd be a lot
08:54
of fun to try all the things. Like if you're
08:57
a brand that does footwear or if you're a brand
09:00
that, hell, if you do snacks, like, I mean, I
09:02
want to try all the things. So famousaftergrant
09:05
.com backslash fitness. You will find the forms
09:07
there to either leave me a voice note to be on
09:09
the show or if you want to leave me some feedback,
09:11
there's a link there that you can leave feedback
09:14
about what you would like to hear, what you want
09:17
to know, all the things. But until next time,
09:19
onwards and upwards, my friends. Have you worked
09:21
out today?
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