What do you call shoes that you wear while working out?

[Anonymous]

Sneakers. CT.

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Anonymous wrote:Sneakers. CT.

But I will clarify that I have multiple pairs- my running sneakers, my walking sneakers, my gym sneakers, and my tennis sneakers. And a pair of house sneakers too that I wear only inside when I do an aerobics video instead of another workout due to weather conditions.

[Anonymous]

Sneakers. MD

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Sneakers, military brat; lived mostly in the mid west during school years.

[Anonymous]

Shoes. I don't have different shoes for different activities.

[Anonymous]

PNW
As a kid I had Tennis shoes, Boat shoes, and Dress shoes

[Anonymous]

Tennis shoes. TN

[Anonymous]

Any sort or gym or athletic shoe is a tennis shoe. Pittsburgh

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Anonymous wrote:Dont tennis players just wear "regular" sneakers/running shoes? They wear nikes and adidas and the like. Do people really differentiate between gym shoes and tennis shoes if they are just nikes?

I haven't played tennis is years and even I know you need a flat, thin sole for the shoes you play tennis in (so you can stop abruptly and turn without falling off them. The serious runners I know have a pair of shoes that they only use for running.

You can wear either of them as casual wear, but different sports call for different shoes.

Tiafoe has most recently been seen sporting Nike Air Zoom GP Turbo tennis shoes.
Fritz makes use of the various versions of the Nike Air Zoom Vapor Pro as his footwear for the 2023 season.
Yet another Nike athlete, Sinner currently uses the Nike Court Air Zoom Zero shoe.
In a testament to their range, Nike supply Rublev with his competition shoe, the Nike Vapor Pro 2.
The world No 1 currently wears the Nike Air Zoom Vapor Pro.

https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/what-shoes-do-the-atps-top-ten-players-play-in

So I ask my question again, do people actually differentiate between "tennis shoes" and "sneakers" when tennis shoes are just literally nikes?

Yes. My Asics tennis shoes are for tennis only. I wouldn’t want to run a mile in them, they’re meant to support lateral movement and and aren’t all that cushioned. I have a different pair of ASICS for running, they feel completely different and don’t give enough ankle support for tennis.

Agree! And I have even a designated pair for clay surface as well. Pretty sure I say ;tennis shoes" and for both unless I need to distinguish.

[Anonymous]

Sneakers - Long Island, NY

I have two close friends who grew up in Montgomery County. One comes from a gigantic family largely based in the Midwest, and she says tennis shoes. The other comes from a family originating in Philadelphia and she says sneakers. Go figure.

[Anonymous]

Tennis shoes - Richmond, VA.

Husband calls them Sneakers - Long Island, NY

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Anonymous wrote:Tennis shoes - Richmond, VA.

Husband calls them Sneakers - Long Island, NY

Me again. What we call them actually sounds more like "ten-uh-shoes."

[Anonymous]

Running shoes. Fairfax, Va

[Anonymous]

Sneakers. FL
Now, I call my running shoes my Hokas and my gym shoes my Ons

[Anonymous]

Tenners. Not sure where it came from, but I grew up in northern Minnesota and everyone called them that.