Best Zumba Shoes for Men
Despite being created by a genius man, Beto Perez, Zumba classes are overwhelmingly women. The token males in my Zumba classes are absolutely adored.
That is all I thought about men regarding Zumba until this week when a reader, Dan, posted a comment on my post Where to Buy Dance Shoes. Dan asked:
can you recommend a zumba shoe for men?
What a great question and in fact, yes I can recommend some shoes for men for Zumba!
One of the most well-known brands of dance shoe is Capezio. My college dance team used Capezio dance sneakers as part of the team uniform and several of my Zumba regulars where Capezio dance sneakers to class.
Capezio offers several varieties of men’s and unisex athletic dance shoes for men that would no doubt work well for men doing Zumba. My personal favorites are the Capezio Rockit and the Capezio Toggle. The main difference is that Capezio Rockit has laces and the Capezio Toggle doesn’t. Reviews for both models are excellent and some reviews actually list Zumba as the main reason the person bought the shoe. Online shoe stores like Zappos and Discount Dance Supply carry Capezio dance sneakers in men’s sizes.
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Just wanted to say thank you for the excelent advice. Being male and doing zumba makes for finding advice on such things as shoes a bit of a challenge, and while I’m imensley fond of the running shoes I have been wearing. The grip has been a bit too much to actualy do much more than jump on the spot in alot of moves.
So once again. Thanks for the excelent advice.
My pleasure! Slipping and sticking can be issues in Zumba and I think you’ll enjoy getting the “full experience” sliding across the studio floor in athletic dance shoes. I wish more men would do Zumba and I’m happy to offer any info I can.
Mm. Although I can understand the lack of men in zumba classes. At first blush the movements definitely aren’t aimed at a male build. Some of the hip movements in particular still boggle my mind. Thoroughly enjoyable though. The shoes should be here by the next session so I’ll let you know how in get on with them.
Thanks for the male Zumba participant point of view, Owen! Please let us know what you think of your dance shoes when you get a chance to try them out.