Right from my start from BA 49 I had Adidas, Adistar something.. (Running shoes), never had any problems with them. It were great shoes!!  I had saucony for a month, but I really didn't like them, I got pain in my anckels so I bought a new pair of the adistar collection, and again I really loved it, the first time i felt like I was flying through the attack class!

 

PaulaLM:

Just a question:  What shoes do you wear for BodyAttack? 

I thought I'd throw this out there to the masses after reading about stress fractures and shin splints. 

 

I wear Nike Airmax which are bulky but have excellent cushioning and lateral stability.  I find the bulk does not bother me for BA, but does for BS, for which I wear Shox.  But more important than which shoes by far, I find using properly designed orthotic insoles which correct my footstrike (perfect in very few individuals - just watch people walk, from behind, and you will see the grinding which must take place in hips and spine).  At 52, teaching aerobics for over 2 decades and still teaching 3x BS and 2x BA per week for 6 years with NO PROBS, I would recommend anyone to be tested, and experiment with, orthotics.  Experiment, because it can take time to get right, but worth it. 12 years ago I gave up high impact due to neck and low back pain; after reading about and trying orthotics I am teaching more intense classes than ever before and have thrown out the glucosamine I used to rely on!  Much cheaper and more effective than chiropractic, massage etc, which only temporarily mask the problem.

Re shin splints etc, a well-respected presenter told me years ago that those with a smaller calf muscle require more stretching to remain injury-free than those blessed with the more bulbous gastrocnemius (eg our prog director). 

I was wondering if anyone has tried Vibram Five Fingers for attack?

I understand that there is a transition period required for changing to this type of shoe but I find during the split the room track, my feet push out sideways and eventual distort my shoes (asic gel 140tr) even though they are a good fit.

Before last week I used some very good Adidas Running Shoes (A3) for Attack but I felt that when moving sideways and making all those Attack moves that they weren't the best choice (I only do Attack for about a month and half). I guess I can confirm some of the previous posts about Running Shoes not being the best choice for BA.

I just bought me some Adidas Megabounce Shoes and what a difference a new Shoe can make! The Shoe has a much better cushioning, it's more stable and it really supports me. Also while I didn't have pain before I think recovery time after BA is shorter than with my old shoes (but maybe that's only my imagination).

So I can only recommend Adidas Bounce (with full bounce sole)... of course that's only my opinion.

ok so have any of you US instructors have tried this shoes...

http://www.spirafootwear.com

I emailed them and asked if they had a recommendation for high impact excercise, lots of lateral moves, jumps and what not...

and they recommend me the Spira Elite... so if any one has check this shoes out.. let me know... right now i am out ot teaching BA... tibial stress fracture..... argh!!!!!!!!! 

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I'm also curious about the Vibram 5 fingers, they look freaky but I have some runner friends who swear by them. I use Brooks Adrenaline for Attack at the moment. Tried Saucony but they didn't work me. Top of the range New Balance are also good, but often a bit heavy.

I agree nike shox are great! also nike pegusus (but they don't make you jump as high) ;)

Thanks for the advice of Nike Shox. Mine is old, I need to change...

5 fingers for BODY ATTACK??? I use them for Balance. They´re great to grab the foor on the warriors. But either tey´ve made some with gel or someting or I´ll never use them for a hi impact class.

i wear street-dance shoes (Sansha - skazz) i usually bought in dance studios for BJ & BC... XD (i know..)

i have not try out BA... tonight will be my 1st BA class, i got no other shoes to wear, wish me luck...i think it should be fine... ^^

Have a good BA with your street dance shoes, Cristabel

am fine with those shoes... but my ranking of awesome-awesome is...

1.BC

2.BJ

3.BA

NIKE AIR SPAN 6 ................... VERY VERY soft and comfortuble shoe!!!!!!!

Does anyone do Attack in any of the Adidas Supernova range? I'm not having much luck with my Brooks trainers in Attack lately and I think I need to change before I injure myself. I use Nike Free's in Combat and they are awesome,  but I'm worried that the higher impact Attack and Nike Free's are just not a good combination.

minxymia:

I've tried every thing from cross trainers to running shoes, and have been told tennis shoes are the best. I would love to know a good brand of shoe to buy as shin splint hell is nasty.

I've heard only good things about PUMA shoe-less running shoes.  I would love to try shoes like Puma L.I.F.T. or Puma SpeedCat.  They are supposed to prevent shin splints, but they don't even come close to a Size 16 US Mens, so I'll never know... 

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