Urban Grandstand Digital Issue 8 | Page 5

TRAINING FITNESS TIP: BUY NEW RUNNING SHOES 1 If you have been hitting the gym (and the treadmill), all winter, chances are, you are due for a new pair. Most running shoes last somewhere between 300 and 400 miles—but if you use them to walk around or do other parts of your gym routine, that wear and tear counts, too. Go to a running specialty store to be properly fitted, and have them look at your gait/pronation to find the best shoe for you. TRAINING FITNESS TIP: CLEAN OUT YOUR PANTRY 2 Still have that tin of popcorn from the holidays or a box of chocolates from Valentine’s Day? Get rid of them. And while you’re at it, throw away other foods low in nutritional value, like chips, pretzels, sugary cereals, white bread and, yes, even those 100 calorie snack packs (a cookies still a cookie, even if you squash it flat and drop five in a bag).