Shop flooring

Soccer shoes in the cold shop Grant? I thought you were all college smart and stuff.........

I had some hiking boots but they fit like shit.
I have trouble finding shoes that are comfortable. I was all about skate shoes but I feel like quality has plummeted in recent years as everyone cuts costs to stay competitive with Dumb Cunt Shoes.
We play soccer and juggle balls around pretty regularly at the shop for little breaks and to get body activated and ready for working.

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Grant Hughes

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NoCoast
I had some hiking boots but they fit like shit.
I have trouble finding shoes that are comfortable. I was all about skate shoes but I feel like quality has plummeted in recent years as everyone cuts costs to stay competitive with Dumb Cunt Shoes.
We play soccer and juggle balls around pretty regularly at the shop for little breaks and to get body activated and ready for working.

I think I've figured out the problem. You no longer drink warm PBR at the shop during your breaks. Warm beer keeps you warmer than cold beer, and beer makes you forget about all those aches and pains much better than kicking a ball around.

Dave

Seriously, the mats will work some if your standing in one spot all day long at a machine or bench Grant, but unless you put on some good quality footwear they won't stop the pain. And the soccer shoes won't block the cold from the cement floor. I stand on my feet 12-14 hours a day and live in my work boots, have for last 25 yrs. I prefer to wear them over anything else. I own a pair of tennis shoes but rarely use them. The mats aren't going to do you alot of good. Take the time to change your shoes if want to play or just learn to kick the ball in steel toe's.( Will add a good 30-45 ft to your distance).

If your boots don't fit right then you have the wrong one's. I have really high arch's and have to be carefull on which boots I buy. Carolina makes a nice safety work boot for under $150. Try some shoe inserts too. Have always said if my feet are cold or hurt I am done working.

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Brent Dacres
Cincinnati,Oh

On the other side of the coin, I wear Avia 'sneakers' and have for years. They are work rated with non-skid soles. Leather uppers so the welding sparks aren't a big issue. My shop is heated but still cement and long days. Even cold days don't seem to be an issue with normal old socks.

Also consider there may be something wrong with you ( there's an obvious statement ) back wise or posture wise causing the ankle pain. You may need inserts to correct something wrong in that department.

Here's the thing: there are shoes for walking, and there's shoes for standing on concrete all day...Those wooden shoes are the hot ticket for standing on concrete. They're not the hot thing for hiking...
The wood is nice for not transmitting cold, they're orthopedically correct, there's room for wool socks and they're what I wore when I had to stand and work 10-12 hour days for 30 years...
They're not squishy so you're not continually doing subtle little corrections as you lean and move and the foam mushes down making you more unbalanced..I think its safe to say that I've injured severely my legs and knees 10 times more than anybody here---just fractured my right tibia on 1 Janurary of this year and have spent over 6 years in wheelchairs or on crutches....I have had to think about how to work long hours on injured legs.
Good wooden shoes is the way bitchinest thing for standing and working..
The second version I posted is steel toe version we all wore in heavy industry.
Nobody wore the clunky, expensive American style "work boots" from the Atlantic to the Urals.

Get 2 pairs and kick off the work ones when you walk in the house and put on the in house pair, less housework.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

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The real problem is none of you guys have ever seen Grant's feet...I haven't either but from the merkweird vids from a few years back, I'm guessing this is what they look like:

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DaveK
The real problem is none of you guys have ever seen Grant's feet...I haven't either but from the merkweird vids from a few years back, I'm guessing this is what they look like:

Whaddya expect from a hip urban metrosexual like Grant? Probably a result of riding scooters and swillin PBR.

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John Vanlandingham
Sleezattle, WA, USA

Vive le Prole-le-ralliat

www.rallyrace.net/jvab
CALL +1 206 431-9696
Remember! Pacific Standard Time
is 3 hours behind Eastern Standard Time.

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NoCoast
...it's nice that someone finally answered the question asked though the boots discussion is appreciated, the mats also help with warmth due to the aforementioned coldness and heat suck from the cement floors.

If you have to kneel or lay down, yes. If all you are doing is standing the majority of the time the boots aren't too shabby for keeping the toes warm.

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NoCoast
I wear indoor soccer shoes all the time.
Yeah, I need some decent work boots someday.

Nothing like seeing a fellow lover of self inflicted pain. I hope like hell that this is one of your smartass moments and not the stupidity stubbornness inexperience of youth. Get the pads for when you have to get horizontal (cue 70's synth'ed porno music) but get the boots. I mean, we re-valve shocks right? Do you really want to have to get a re-valve knee replacement?

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Kirk Coughlin
Woodbury, MN and River Falls, WI

Quemadmodum gladius neminem occidit, occidentis telum est.

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NoCoast
I had some hiking boots but they fit like shit.
I have trouble finding shoes that are comfortable. I was all about skate shoes but I feel like quality has plummeted in recent years as everyone cuts costs to stay competitive with Dumb Cunt Shoes.
We play soccer and juggle balls around pretty regularly at the shop for little breaks and to get body activated and ready for working.

I bought a pair of DC's, I blew the sole out in in 3 weeks. I have been wearing nothing but Globe skate shoes for 5 years now. They are the only shoes I don't blow out in 2 months.

At work I do wear nice fitting work shoes. Go to the redwing store and try some on. The new boots the snapon guy has are really nice also for 1/2 the cost of the Redwings

Indoor soccer shoes are designed for lightweight and traction on that surface. Nothing else matters.

I wore sambas to the first few days of of summer finish carpentry gig. Then I bought a pair of "day hiking" shoes (beefed up running/walking shoes mainly). They worked alright for that, and since I've been back working at the sheet metal shop, I've been wearing them as well.

Then I got tasked with painting a room. I didn't want to get them covered in paint, so I wore an "old" pair of sketchers sneakers I bought when selling gutters (homeowner yards are WRECKS). Holy shit, SO comfortable to walk around on cement ALL day. I dunno what the sole is, but its flexible and strong, and super comfy. They're lightweight, not super heavy, don't look like clogs/uggs/crocs/woodenshoes, and dont mush around underneath you. I've been wearing them since then, even through the remodel Im doing. (We're adding a kitchen, I'm building it). So far, they've been great. They were like 30 bucks, I'm thinking of getting a new pair to replace these, as they're pretty clapped out.

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Welcome to the cult of JVL drink the koolaid or be banned.

If you can't easily get a horse mat, just buy a recycled rubber truck bed mat and cut to whatever size you want.

A rubber mat won't provide much insulation from your cold concrete floor though. If you're looking for insulating property, buy a couple of 2" thick pieces (24"X96" ) of ridgid styrofoam and sandwich them between 2 sheets of plywood. Use adhesive and/or counter sunk through bolts. The plywood doesn't need to be thick, keep it light. You could even have smaller dimensions than 4'X8', using them in a modular way as needed. Just keep them stacked somewhere. It's an easy and inexpensive solution to getting insulation between your body and the slab.

Should please JVL too because it has clog like properties!

For footwear... have your feet properly measured and find footwear to fit. As mentioned in this thread Redwing does that. New balance stores also do, and they have an assortment of footwear beyond atheletic. I always had trouble finding comfortable footwear because of my high arch. Then the first time I had my foot measured as an adult, I discovered my foot is a 4E (width). Now buying footwear is a breeze. Most shoes are D, then 2E, 4E, 6E.



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DaveK
The real problem is none of you guys have ever seen Grant's feet...I haven't either but from the merkweird vids from a few years back, I'm guessing this is what they look like:

Thanks for the laugh. Ironically I was watching a bunch of your videos, like Temple 2010 and thinking the exact same thing, just yesterday.

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Grant Hughes

I want the mats for the area around the work bench where I stand to profile and cut gussets and such.
I'll get some good work boots also.
John, you can't post a picture without a link to where one could buy such a cute little clog.

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Grant Hughes