shoes & muscles

I do most of my walking in Atlanta and I am currently loving
my latest pair of shoes. They are Asics Duomax Gels. The top
of the shoes are a tight mesh. Enough to keep feet from
being cold in winter, but when feet are hot the slightest
breeze goes through the shoe to cool. These do not have much
of an arch, which is good for me because I have flat feet.
No arch whatsoever. Since I do marathon walks, the comfort
of the shoe is critical.

I bought mine at Just Feet, but you should find them at any
large sport shoe dealer.

Sorry can't help you with the pain. Perhaps you should talk
to a doctor?

Erin-Joi Metro Atlanta

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Hi, I have just begun walking daily and I have two issues
which I would need help with:

1) could someone please recommend good reasonably-priced
walking shoes? I live in Florida so the weather is hot
most of the year so I would need them well aerated and
I have a small bone-spur so I would need them
soft/springy/cushioned. Since I have recently moved to
the USA I do not know local sport stores. Can anyone
please reccommend a shoe model and/or a store?

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arch, which is good for me because I have flat feet. No
arch whatsoever. Since I do marathon walks, the comfort of
the shoe is critical.

Hi,

Thanks for the info. I realized too late that I forgot to
mention something probably relevant to both the shoe and the
pain: I have *high* arching feet...

Do you know of models wich are good for high-arched feet or
do you know whom I could ask?

Thanks!

TW

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These do not have much of an

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arch, which is good for me because I have flat feet. No
arch whatsoever. Since I do marathon walks, the comfort
of the shoe is critical.

Hi,

Thanks for the info. I realized too late that I forgot to
mention something probably relevant to both the shoe and
the pain: I have *high* arching feet...

Do you know of models wich are good for high-arched feet
or do you know whom I could ask?

You need orthotics.. you are walking on your heal and fore
portion of the foot .. nothing touching inbetween..

lar

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The feeling is much worse at the begginning but if I
succeed in walking about one mile it get better and after
2-3 miles it almost disappears.

It's basically your muscles not being used to the
exercise. Give it time. Ive been walking lately, slowly
trying to get myself into running shape again. Every few
days I try to increase the pace just a lil bit more. What
I've noticed is that when I increase the pace the shins
start to burn, similar to what you mention, but after some
distance, goes away. I do throw in a slow day each week,
about the pace of where I was the week before and the
soreness is non-existant.

Give your muscles some time & they'll catch up to where you
want to be.

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Should I pick some special type of shoe or is there
anything else I could do to prevent this muscle problem?

I've been reading a lil on trying to aid in the prevention
of this... while it's mostly just symptoms of a beginner,
calf raises & other moves that work/stretch the calf have
been recommended to assist a lil
w/ the shin soreness.

Regarding the pain you feel, are you overweight at all? I
experience this same pain, plus bad back pain, when I start
up walking after gaining a bunch of weight. Once I struggle
through it and loose some weight, ALL of the pain gradually
fades until it's no longer a problem.

Hope this helps,

Robert

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Hi, I have just begun walking daily and I have two issues
which I would need help with:

1) could someone please recommend good reasonably-priced
walking shoes? I live in Florida so the weather is hot
most of the year so I would need them well aerated and
I have a small bone-spur so I would need them
soft/springy/cushioned. Since I have recently moved to
the USA I do not know local sport stores. Can anyone
please reccommend a shoe model and/or a store?

2) All my life when I walked I had a tendency to feel a
rather strong pain on the external part of my shin.
Here is where this pain is exactly located: looking
from above, facing forward, if one would see a cross-
section of my shin made about one third up from my
ankle to my knee it would be in the muscle which is
right below the skin at about "three o'clock" (or right
hand, external,side) on my right shin and "nine
o'clock" (or left hand, external, side) on my left
foot. The best I can tell is that this muscle might be
called the 'soleus' muscle. I also sometimes have this
feeling at the front of my shin (so it might be the
'tibialis anterior' muscle in this case).

It is somewhat worse on my right foot and it feel as if
this small muscle is a little too short or otherwise
inflamed.

The feeling is much worse at the begginning but if I
succeed in walking about one mile it get better and after
2-3 miles it almost disappears.

Should I pick some special type of shoe or is there
anything else I could do to prevent this muscle problem?

Thanks for everything!

TW

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Regarding the pain you feel, are you overweight at all? I
experience this same pain, plus bad back pain, when I
start up walking after gaining a bunch of weight. Once I
struggle through it and loose some weight, ALL of the pain
gradually fades until it's no longer a problem.

Hope this helps,

Robert

sure thing. my BMI= 29.7 (that's for a little over 6'2 at 40
years old but with a rather heavy muscular build). Add to
this very arched feet which give me blisters since all my
weight is either at ball or the heel of my foot. one last
thing. I got a Polar a5 heart monitor and took the walk self-
test and got a lousy VO2max score of 24 :-(

the good news is that the best I can tell is that my feet
are neither pronating nor supinating and that even though I
have started exercising for the first time in 10 years I can
quite comfortably spend one full hour at 72& of max. heart
rate and enjoy it (once the first painful mile is over). I
walk the mile in about 16 minutes now.

any advice about what I should aim for?

any ideas for shoes?

books to read?

thanks!

TW

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Hi, I have just begun walking daily and I have two issues
which I would need help with:

1) could someone please recommend good reasonably-priced
walking shoes? I live in Florida so the weather is hot
most of the year so I would need them well aerated and
I have a small bone-spur so I would need them
soft/springy/cushioned. Since I have recently moved to
the USA I do not know local sport stores. Can anyone
please reccommend a shoe model and/or a store?

I use New-Balance because they last and have several widths
to pick from. I pick up last years models at a Big-5 chain
store. I usually retire them after 1000 miles from my
regular walking but still wear them a lot.

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THE most important things about exercise shoes is that they
FIT RIGHT and have enough support for whatever exercise you
are doing.

Personally I've been comfy running in Saucony Grid Aura TR
shoes for the last couple of years. However, when shopping
for new shoes I don't assume that "the same" will still be
right for me -- not the same model & not even the same size.
I have walking shoes from a couple of years ago that just
don't "feel right" this spring -- so I need new walking
shoes; meanwhile I'm demoting old running shoes for walk-
days. I pay about $60 for a pair of my Sauconys, less any
discount or coupon I may have. But I am willing (& able) to
splurge on my feet, which are too important to me to skimp
on -- not only in a general sense but as a diabetic the
exercise is an essential part of my medical/control regime.

If you find a shoe that works for you, try to get another
pair right away, as the model you have may be
discontinued or changed -- athletic shoes are re-jiggered
all the time! bj

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1) could someone please recommend good reasonably-priced
walking shoes?

I use New-Balance because they last and have several
widths to pick from.