The Best Footwear for Walking Advice From your Expert

Have you any recommendations for shoes or inserts that are good for protecting your back while walking or standing all day on super hard “warehouse” type floors? Like a Costco? By day’s end, my lower back & ankles are NUCLEAR!!!! (Super Ouch). Thanks!

I have an average looking foot width, but in my mind if the shoes don’t come in at least a size 2E you can forget about them…that’s the problem with brands like adidas & nike..that is why is always choose New Balance. I once also said to salesperson in a large sports shop that I bet many men especially the heavier & larger guys are jamming their feet into shoes that are too narrow for them, & the salesperson agreed with me & said “no doubt”..the salesperson also said most of the top brands do not come in wider fittings as they sell plenty of shoes in the standard size…I also feel that 2E should be the standard width for men, as not really that wide eh…I rest my case!!

Thank you! Got exactly what I was looking for. I have wide feet and wondered if there’s any rocket science to it. Glad it only took you 10 seconds to explain. God speed!

Im sure this isn’t the first time they have been sticking fingers into each other’s crevices. ��

Jokes aside, great video guys.

I have plantar fasciitis I have to wear a lady’s running shoe. I don’t run. I walk around town for hours, I’m a goth girl I hate the ugly rainbow brute clown colors�� is there any other style in black that will work as well? I bought a pair of Brooks they are so ugly I feel embarrassed to wear them out. They don’t go with my clothes or style. They are gray, white, metallic turquoise. Please help.��

Lol he should learn to correct his accent before doing conference

Hey I saw a stress test on the knees and nothing they tested was better than barefoot. I don’t know the source does someone else?

when you look inside a palm that means you gonna fist someone

Great information here in this video for fitting different types of feet in various categories of supportive footwear. I’ve been in the comfort shoe business for about 6 years and this is exactly what I educate people on.

A very helpful one guys! Thanks a lot. I have broad toe, what kind of high heels should I wear? I couldn’t find a suitable one.

“World champion public speaker”.

So there’s a world championship for public speaking? Ok I guess.

My Physio isn’t as amusing as Bob & Brad. I’ll have to refer them to him.:-)

it looks like i have a normal / medium arch. I am looking for a shoe I can walk in 5 to 6 miles 5 days a week. any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. thank you

Fourth year medical student here! I love your videos and so happy I found you two. You guys share valuable information that I don’t get in medical school! Thank you for sharing!!!!

You didn’t mention the importance of choosing a shoe with a wide toe box to enable your toes to splay out properly as you run or walk. Most athletic shoes we’ve grown up with, unfortunately, are designed like dress shoes and are pointy at the toes, and they tend to have toe spring (toe end of the shoe points upwards, which leads to all sorts of problems with our feet down the road.

No offense but I don’t consider this exactly good “public speaking”. He isn’t providing any information in his speech, there is no information being convoy besides words that “sound good”. All he does is talk in circles about the same idea while “acting” confidently in front of an audience that will eat up anything he says. Go take a good look at those business conference speakers or technology conference speakers. They might not be the most confidence “public speaker” but their speeches provide substance

“Whatever you do, don’t touch the podium.”
Me: okay
proceeds to fly over podium

This is a great session,  but maybe it would be helpful to have other people with you on this one to show exactly what a low arch and a high arch look like compared to the average or normal arch.

Dear Bob and Brad,

I really enjoy your videos. I have flat feet and have started getting serious about changing the way I choose my shoes and just overall general wellness of my health from proper footing to fitness.

I have a co-worker friend of mine who was a HS track and field star. I told him how I excited I was about doing gait analysis and finding the right shoes for my flat feet.

He basically told me, “Oh that’s BS, they’ll get you in and then try to sell you ASICS.” And then said it was a gimmick or a pitch sale. It was so pessimistic and negative/toxic. But, he was the star athlete. So he’s using his authority to persuade me not to go through with it.

Will I look dumb for getting gait analysis anyway?

What are your opinions on zero drop minimalist shoes. I’ve been wearing them for some time and my plantar fasciitis is gone and my ankles and feet feel stronger but I injured my knee over a year ago and have noticed if I wear a more cushioned sneaker my knee pain subsides. Any thoughts?

Here is my presentation, “In search of Voice” about my evolution as a beginning singer at age 66:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7JrXElAOFY&feature=youtu.be  I welcome your comments indeed! I am available to do educationals on this topic, BTW.

I do a French version of this called “concours” I am nervous because I have my presentation in a few days.

I’m 367.0 lbs trying to loose weight and flat footed. I have very bad knee arthritis after 28 years in oilfield. I have Brooks that are very heavy soled on the inside causing my foot to roll to outside. So I determined this may be adding to my pain in my knees. Looking for suggestions in weight / flat footed range.

Oh wow, I like these guys. I wish more YouTube channels had TWO experts bantering and whatnot.

Thank you for your videos. They have been extremely informative and appreciated! Based off of this video and your other videos related to this topic, I have medium arches. I just started running long distance and thought I was an underpronator, but it seems that my left foot pronates much more than my right. Is this possible that the two sides don’t match in biomechanics? If so, hypothetically what would you recommend? Neutral shoes with arch support insoles or just get stability shoes? or arch exercises? Thank you for your help.

I never heard this before the first time I watched this video. I have been to a podiatrist as well as a shoe specialty store. Thank you for educating me. I have motion control shoes now and the completely stabilize me feet and ankles. Doctors, physical therapists and nurse practitioners told me NOTHING.

Proof there is a ‘championship’ for everything. Now, in 2019, I am the November 8th 2019 YouTube Comment Champion good for 8 to 10 seconds. Feel free to claim your own World Championship.

I dont run, i have had several severe ankle sprains and have found out it mostly happens with shoes that have flared and thick chunky rubber on the heals. In The thinner more flexible soled shoes i am able to feel the divots or places on the ground i am stepping. In the chunky bottomed shoes i cant feel the ground, step in a divet, or crack in sidewalk and roll my ankles. However i have flat feet and plantar fasciitis and find the thinner shoes make my feet hurt. But id rather have sore feet than sprained ankles.

i pronate and have high arches, which type of shoe should I use?

If ur a world champion public speaker… ur not that good of a public speaker… people pay real money for shills.

Hello
I am looking shoes for daily wear and I also want to use them to play badminton on the wooden floor twice a week (one pair of shoes for both the uses) please suggest NIKE shoe types, which I should select and I shortlist 4 (four) Nike Training shoes of my choice, You please give your choice and suggesting in the order.

1) Nike Free Trainer V7
2) Nike CK Racer
3) NIKE FLEX CONTROL II
4) Nike Lunar Prime Iron II

People lived longer and healthier, before shoes. Nice explanation though

Great info!! Having all those choices always confused me. NOw I know what to look for.

I wear the Brooks shoe with the gray insole because I have totally flat feet and bad knee pain. I put a $20 arch support in it and it is the only shoe I can wear if I do. Up here walking. Just sayin!

I can’t believe that a World Champion of Public Speaking (Toastmasters International top honor) suggests that we, as speakers, keep our hands off of the podium. That’s almost automatic unless you speak while lying or sitting on the stage. You see, the podium is what we walk upon while delivering our speech; a platform used to raise something to a short distance above its surroundings The lectern is what we might be tempted to place our hands upon. A lectern is the slant-topped high desk that you as the speaker stand behind and use when reading your presentation notes. To remember lectern, think the desk that holds your lecture notes. A podium is a raised platform on which a speaker stands during a presentation. To remember podium think podiatrist – which is a foot doctor. Dananjaya Hettiarachchi, you’re a great speaker…good enough to win the WCPS. I admire that. You fall short when you show you don’t know the difference between a podium and a lectern. I haven’t won the WCPS, so I defer to you on that. I have made a nice living speaking and coaching emerging speakers, and I happen to know the difference. (And I teach that difference to my students.) Now (if you even come around to see this message) you know the difference too.

Thus guy give some useful tips on hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acON-4f6XYY&t=4s

Make a video on shoes for this monsoon! That would be helpful!

Get sized… I have a wide foot so shoe vendors like Nike don’t work for me

Oh my god, none of this matters, go watch some TEd Talks. You’ll see some people nervous, and who are not the best speakers or body language users. There are many ways to be effective or even entertaining. The idea that there is a World Champion for this is laughable. What an ego driven title to award yourself, who came up with this anyway? I spoke at Amway World Headquarters as a 21 year old kid. I didn’t get a trophy, or any world champion title. I did it because my upline asked me to and I was effective because I told the truth about how hard my journey was building an Amway business back in the late 90’s. My honesty is what sold people, not my hands being open, not my body language, it was plain old honesty that won the day. I hate industries that try to make themselves more important than they aren’t. World Champion Speaker, according to what rules?….Gary Vaynerchuk says “Fuckers” and “Shit” in every speech he does. He’s more successful than any of these so called World Champion speakers and he does things you are told “NOT TO” on stage but yet he crushes it in life……go figure!

Plzz make a vedio on where to buy 10 size shoes….
I’m facing a very big problem in buying shoes….
The shop keepers say we have ladies shoes only till size 8….
Even in common online stores I’m not able to find the ideal shoes for me………
Plz tell some online stores which have 9 or 10 sized shoes plzzzzz….

You guys usually do a good job, but this time you rambled and made it confusing.

Altra shoes have a wide toe box and zero drop. So anyone looking for a great shoe then Altra Esscelante are brilliant.

When I think of people putting their hand on podiums, I can only think of authoritarian, dictator type figures.

Most of these I’m good at, but the podium thing nailed me. He SO right. Once I get my hands on the podium, it’s never flat on the ground again! It feels like confidence, but has to be very distracting and limiting!

The best shoe for running is…. no shoes. Barefoot is the most fun and will change your life. I highly suggest it.

For a millisecond I thought he was holding two lightsabers in the thumbnail

humans evolved to walk toe-heel. look at babies or folks who have never worn european/western style shoes. it is the hard sole which prompted/forced folks to walk heel-toe and this causes all kinds of problems. my kids are all flat-footed and i tried fir years, spent a ot if money on shoes, inserts, braces, etc till i heard an old man, amazon native, talk about bare feet versus shies and i had an epiphany. i encouraged my kids to walk toe-heel and it did take a few years but the younger ones dont have the same knee problems as the older. if you look at mediaeval art, you will note folks are in leather shoes and walk toe-heel. no soles on their shoes, just a piece of leather

I have found barefoot running shoes to be immensely helpful for knee pain, because of the gait adjustment and forefoot running style. It’s not for everyone, but if transitioned into slowly, barefoot/minimal shoes I have found to be wonderful. It’s hard going back to chunky running shoes.

This man looks like the perfect definition of “Other” when you fill out your race on forms.

Enough of this pseudo science.
You be you my friend.
The most important thing is your content, if that’s solid none of this shit is really important.
You can mesmerize people by speaking on DOGSHIT, if you know how to sell it.

Speaker: Meatbags often cover their prescious organ sacs when confronted with danger.
Me: You sure this guy aint a synth?

The background noises make it hard to hear or understand what he said…so sad that his voice is not loud enough.

and do you need a supposed “world champion” to tell you these basic and obvious things?

If you depend on need of others likes you will have nervose not to get dislikes in public. Is that right?

So to become a “World Champion” public speaker is there a playoff system or something?? How does one get tickets for such an event?

I am looking for a (running) shoe for standing all day (work). Are running shoes a good option and which general principles should I follow in making a choice? I liked the New Balance u showed in the video, which model are they? Thank you
Ps I need a wide shoe accomodating for a slight overpronation

I don’t care if you do this, since the day u were born. I don’t believe & trust you. Do you have any idea how much uncertainty you have in your voice? Exactly!

Wth is a world champion speaker? Lol not hating just never knew

First thing I noticed in this video is that his hands movement looked wierd

I don’t know about the best PT’s on the Intent; certainly the most entertaining. Great informative video. Keep up the good work; a little less plugging though, please.