I’ve examined a lot of the present crop of CrossFit footwear, and each time anybody asks for a high finances choice I level them within the path of the Puma Fuse 2.0. The shoe is exceptionally snug with a large, secure base for lifting, and a responsive midsole for all of your burpee and field bounce wants.
With an MSRP of $100 it’s already nice worth, however with as a lot as 52% off within the Amazon Large Spring Sale it’s a complete steal.
The ladies’s shoe might be picked up from $47.80, and you could find the lads’s shoe for as little as $58.06 (prices differ as Amazon’s convoluted shoe-selling system adjustments the value relying on the type and measurement you go for).
The Puma Fuse 2.0 was snug straight out the field. My first time sporting it was at a Puma occasion hosted by WIT Health in London, the place high CrossFit athletes Joshua Al-Chamaa and Chandler Smith subjected me to a pair of 15-minute AMRAPS.
After nonetheless many rounds of toes-to-bars, dumbbell clear and jerks, squats, push-ups, lunges and 400m runs, my ft felt remarkably contemporary—the remainder of my physique, not a lot.
The Fuse 2.0’s delicate higher feels extra like a sock than a shoe, molding to the form of my foot and offering a locked-in match across the heel.
It additionally has some nifty CrossFit-specific options akin to raised rubber guards across the midfoot for rope climbs, a handstand push-up-proof TPU bumper on the heel and a wider forefoot for added steadiness throughout Olympic lifts.
It’s brilliantly springy too. The midsole proved responsive throughout plyometric workout routines, serving to me really feel gentle on my ft throughout speedy metcons. A lot in order that my pair has now change into my go-to shoe for padel.
As with most footwear, there are a few areas for enchancment. There are higher footwear on the market for straight-up lifting: squats, deadlifts and cleans all felt good, though I skilled a little bit of compression within the heel when shifting weights of 220lb and up.
I used to be additionally involved concerning the shoe’s sturdiness at first. Inside a month of sporting them, the heel lining had worn by, nonetheless this hasn’t affected their efficiency and I’m nonetheless sporting them commonly one 12 months on.
General it is a actually easy-to-get-along-with CrossFit shoe at a really affordable value—much more so now it’s been knocked down within the Amazon Large Spring Sale.
