| The importance of proper aerobic shoes is often | | | | or tennis shoes. Basically, both of these aerobic shoes |
| underrated. People talk about doing the exercises right, | | | | are about the same thing - the modern version of the |
| planning out a routine, eating properly, hydrating | | | | gym shoe, with plenty of padding, but still a low top to |
| properly, and all manner of other workout tips, but they | | | | allow some flexibility and movement at the ankle. |
| seldom get to talk about good gym shoes. Of course, | | | | Of course, if you play basketball, you need bigger |
| if you are taking an aerobics class, then footwear | | | | sturdier aerobic shoes to adequately protect your |
| does not matter. You will do all of your aerobic | | | | ankle. These are called high tops, and they come up all |
| exercise on a padded mat, and wearing shoes will be | | | | the way to the top of the ankle. They are great for |
| discouraged, if not outright banned from the room for | | | | this sport, because you are repeatedly jumping high, |
| the sake of preserving the floor. But for many other | | | | bursting into sudden sprints in different directions, and |
| aerobic exercises (with swimming and a few other | | | | doing many other things that can wreak havoc on |
| excepted) proper aerobic shoes are a must. You just | | | | your ankle. They protect you from injuries much better |
| can not protect your feet without them. | | | | than any other kind of aerobic shoes, and you will see |
| The type of aerobic shoes depend on what you are | | | | almost all basketball players wearing them. They are |
| doing for your workout. If you are a serious runner, you | | | | not good for the kinds of sprints that you have in |
| need to get running shoes. These are lighter than other | | | | tennis, however, and so are rarely if ever worn by |
| kind of aerobic shoes, and concentrate padding for | | | | tennis players. Then again, if you are a cross country |
| where runners need it. They are no good for playing | | | | runner, you need different aerobic shoes altogether. |
| tennis, for example, as they provide very little lateral | | | | They will be sort of a combination between tennis |
| ankle support. For tennis, or most other exercises that | | | | shoes and light hiking boots, with a fairly light build and |
| involve more than just moving in a straight line, you | | | | plenty of traction on the bottom. But that is another |
| need a different kind of aerobic shoes: cross trainers | | | | story entirely. |