Breanne
hi. ok i finally found an exercise that i like to do, but my mom now says that i cant do that anymore because i am scuffing up her wood floors. this is my second day doing this (zumba) and the first day i did it without shoes on (just my bare feet with nothing on them) but when i got done i had blisters on my feet....so today i tried my tennis shoes. but now she says i cant do that again and i just cant go back to bare feet. that hurt sooooo much! please help me find someway i can still do zumba with my tennis shoes on. we had a clear mat on our floors, but when i would jump (or just any movement for that matter) the mat would slide and i nearly fell. sooo please help yall. any ideas (that are not smart alick) are totally welcomed and i would appreciate the help bigtime! thanks!
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Zumba is meant to be done barefoot, and it always hurts. Tennis shoes make it easier but you cannot do it properly. You can't use exercise mats as they are too slippy and soft for zumba. I was a zumba dancer and we had a contract in a shopping mall, we still did it barefoot on the concrete floor and often led to bleeding feet. Keep doing it barefoot it will get easier so don't worry!
Zumba is meant to be done barefoot, and it always hurts. Tennis shoes make it easier but you cannot do it properly. You can't use exercise mats as they are too slippy and soft for zumba. I was a zumba dancer and we had a contract in a shopping mall, we still did it barefoot on the concrete floor and often led to bleeding feet. Keep doing it barefoot it will get easier so don't worry!
I just recently started exercising and need a good shoe! I have a wide foot and high arch. Help!?
Karen
When I exercise my toes go numb. I have tried, Nike, reebok, nothing works. I don't want to keep spending money until I get suggestions from others with the same problems. I don't need running shoes, I mainly do Zumba, the elliptical, and stationary bike! Help!!!
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Your problem is very common for people with a high arch.
Unfortunately, the running community is self-selecting; the activity is easier for people with a low arch, and shoe manufacturers are happy to go with a majority requirement that makes production easier. Running shoes are more profitable if you don't have to invest in a large number of 'lasts' for different shapes of feet.
What you need to look for are 'cross-training' shoes. These are not made for running, and became popular in the 1980s when a lot of people with 'dancer's feet' (high arch, easy to point, and easy to train for strength in pointe work) started to take up the early styles of aerobic fitness classes. Some sports, such as Tennis, are more easily played in a shoe of this shape; the springy high-arched foot is good at changing direction rapidly, and these shoes support that type of movement.
As other types of more extreme class took over the market, the shoes became less important, but they are still made, often as a specialised 'wide-fit' commodity. In reality, they are NOT wide-fitting, but because your high arch produces a shortened footprint, your normal foot width seems overly wide for the shoe size that fits your length of foot.
Sometimes, a regular-shaped pair of shoes will adapt to the shape of a high-arched foot if the right shape of 'arch cookie' is fitted to the insole.
Try websearching 'wide-fitting shoes' or 'sport-specific tennis shoes'.
Your problem is very common for people with a high arch.
Unfortunately, the running community is self-selecting; the activity is easier for people with a low arch, and shoe manufacturers are happy to go with a majority requirement that makes production easier. Running shoes are more profitable if you don't have to invest in a large number of 'lasts' for different shapes of feet.
What you need to look for are 'cross-training' shoes. These are not made for running, and became popular in the 1980s when a lot of people with 'dancer's feet' (high arch, easy to point, and easy to train for strength in pointe work) started to take up the early styles of aerobic fitness classes. Some sports, such as Tennis, are more easily played in a shoe of this shape; the springy high-arched foot is good at changing direction rapidly, and these shoes support that type of movement.
As other types of more extreme class took over the market, the shoes became less important, but they are still made, often as a specialised 'wide-fit' commodity. In reality, they are NOT wide-fitting, but because your high arch produces a shortened footprint, your normal foot width seems overly wide for the shoe size that fits your length of foot.
Sometimes, a regular-shaped pair of shoes will adapt to the shape of a high-arched foot if the right shape of 'arch cookie' is fitted to the insole.
Try websearching 'wide-fitting shoes' or 'sport-specific tennis shoes'.
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