I’m going to shift gears today and cover a topic that I’ve had a number of discussions on recently with clients – it’s one of those subtle things I pick up on now that I’m coaching more…
TRAINING SHOES (or go straight-up barefoot…not gonna get in that rabbit hole in this email…some other time…maybe 😉
Believe it or not, your training shoes are the most important piece of exercise equipment you could ever buy. Heck, I can take you through an amazing workout that requires no other equipment – all bodyweight only exercises, but the shoes you wear will be a difference maker in your performance.
Think about this…
- You wear running shoes to run.
- You wear basketball shoes to play basketball.
- You wear soccer shoes to play soccer.
- You wear training shoes to train.
I see this all the time. New clients come in to train with us, and they’re wearing a pair of old beat up shoes they picked up back in the day because they were on sale or something. Or, on the flip side, they’re excited about their new kicks (HOKA’s) they picked up over the weekend to start working out in – except they’re these thick soled cushy shoes that felt great in the store and were pretty cool looking, too,. ;-b
Then, when the workout starts they struggle with balance, have difficulty with good form, and/or get sore feet.
I need to do a better job of educating clients BEFORE they get started with us.
It’s something that’s easily forgotten about, and I suppose I worry about sending a person out to the store to drop $100 – $150 on a new pair of shoes when they just got done making an investment in their training program…
Well, the fact is, a good pair of training shoes will make their workout experience (and results) better…
Now, I’m no shoe expert, but I’ve been training for over 4 decades, and I’ve tried just about everything out there…And, now that training is more mainstream there’s much more focus on proper gear and there are more options than ever before.
Of course, to pick the right shoe you need to determine the type of training you’re going to do. Yes, it’s that specific and the options are now available…
So, for the sake of this newsletter, I’m just going to share what I’ve found to be the best for the type of training we do at TheLIFTGym…
Right now, my favorite training shoe is the
The downside to the VIVOBAREFOOT is the price. Yes, you do get what you pay for, but you’re also paying for the name…
Look for VIVO’s on sale – you can almost always find an unpopular color for a lower price. OR…go to their popular option refurbished site…REVIVO… and save some $.
For my more budget conscious friends, I recommend Innov8 F-lite 250s. These are actually the shoes I trained in for a while (and still do at times) before I discovered VIVOs.
Try to get in the habit of wearing your training shoes in the gym only. That will help you get a long wear time out of them… potentially YEARS! 🙂
Bottom Line: If you’re serious about your training program and making a long-term commitment to building a strong…healthy body, then you need to get serious about the training shoes you wear.
