The evening before last I posted an article on different shoe types and how to select them, well frankly in retrospect, I committed a blunder.
As I was re reading it, I stumbled onto the fact, that in all likelihood, I might have pulled the trigger on it to early... and should have released this little essay first. One of the main problems, I discuses within said article, is the fact that each foot has a type. Each time you plant your self on the ground, your weight and height is distributed differently, as such sport companies have come up with different apparels that helps us with this situation.
Pronation, Overpronation, Supination… truthfully if you haven’t the foggiest clue as to what they are, I might as well be speaking in tongues… When you hear them for the first time, it sounds almost, as if I’m shouting the name’s of different Transformer types.
In reality this are the 3 classifications in which science and medicine has determined are foot strike fits. Depending on which category you fit in, you might be prone to injury during your training sessions.
There are a great deal of methods to find out were you fit in all this Mombo Jumbo… An orthopedic doctor can easily determine your foot type and prescribe different soles to help you on you’re way. A sport doctor can also do the former and go one more step, and give you advice on which shoe to buy… or you might like the more futuristic choice and have a machine, especially design for this purpose, figure it out (Most can be found in special sport stores).
Now if you are like me and simple do not have the time, nor inclination to go through al does ordeals. There is: THE WET TEST.
It simple really, wet your feet in a tub, or a retainer of some sort (bucket, pan, pond, etc)… and take a simple step on a thick blank piece of paper. Wait a second, and quickly step off and look down.
Now take a gander at this little chart I have constructed (if you want to pick a shoe, find yourself on this other chart… simple right:
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