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joshofalltrades
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Every 6 months my wife wants new shoes. She's a fitness instructor at the local gym and her reasoning is that if she doesn't get the absolute top-of-the-line Nike/Puma/whatever cross-trainers that her knees will need to be replaced in 10 years.
Personally, I buy $50 exercise shoes and replace them 6 years later or whenever they're unwearable.
Am I weird for thinking she should try to make the shoes last a little longer? Maybe it's my frugal personality. Will her knees really go bad if she doesn't buy $80-$100 shoes biannually? Should I be buying better shoes more often?
Personally, I buy $50 exercise shoes and replace them 6 years later or whenever they're unwearable.
Am I weird for thinking she should try to make the shoes last a little longer? Maybe it's my frugal personality. Will her knees really go bad if she doesn't buy $80-$100 shoes biannually? Should I be buying better shoes more often?
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Good shoes do help the ergonomics of exercise. Typically, fitness/running shoes have a specific padding or whatever that wears out with use. It doesn't have to be exactly 6 months, but it depends on how often they're used. I think decent running shoes have about 450 miles before they go "flat". Personal anecdotes consist of people saying that quality sport-specific shoes help their game out immensely.
To answer your question: the rate of shoe procurement should be a bit less often than your wife's schedule, but more often than your schedule.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
so long as they are supportive and such they are fine
I have shit knees, and don't go buying new shoes that often
maybe yearly, if you really fuck them up
I solved my knee problems by buying good shoes and keeping them in good condition. They would last me about 6 months on my schedule, so I'd say your wife is doing fine.
I wouldn't go that far, I just get a little suspicious that she is using it as an excuse to get nice shoes. Frankly, she's entitled to them even if the health thing is bogus.
It seems more like she's keeping up with the Joneses, in that if a fitness instructor doesn't have the newest shoes on she might not seem like the best trainer (it's the same thing with execs and the car they drive)
What you should do is take a look at one of the pairs of shoes she's done with -- look at the bottoms of the shoes, then next time you go out you can find that brand of shoe and compare. If the shoes are worn out you'll be able to tell just by looking at them.
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/tipsandtricks/a/replaceshoes.htm
Actually, here's an article about when and why you should replace your shoes.
Runners are supposed to replace their shoes with shoes that range from $120-140 every 4-6 months, depending on how often they run.
Your wife has an $15/month business expense, hardly seems excessive in those terms does it?
My 'walking' shoes only last a year or two at most before they feel worn out, 6 years seems pretty excessive, especially for cheap shoes.
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Six months is pretty much the useful life of athletic shoes when you're actually using them daily for sports. The cushioning goes downhill real fast. As a point of comparison, most recommendations for running shoes say to replace them every 300-400 miles OR six months.
To the OP, this is your wife's job, right? If you were a carpenter, you'd want the best hammer you could buy, right?
Yep. I've heard this from everyone who knows a damn thing about running and/or fitness training. If she is doing this for her job she's doing it all day and yes, she'll wear them out very fast.
It's the same in dancing. Shoes may *look* fine long after they lose some of the support that is so important, and the actual point of buying the shoe. Once they start to soften they're no longer useful for it.