Customer Reviews New Balance Minimus 40 Trainer

I suffer from plantar fasciitis and needed a good shoe for the gym and for general walking around in NYC where I live. I tried cross trainers from Nike, Reebok and Puma, and far and away these New Balance sneakers were the best fit and feel. Highly recommended!

This shoe is a little narrower than most sneakers marked "wide width" (this has been noted in many other reviews), but they still accommodated my feet and my full-length orthotic inserts. They are a little hard to skip on quickly because the body of the shoe has a sock-like design. I have to loosen up all the laces in order to get my foot to skip in. My big complaint, though, is about the laces. They untie a lot on me. I live in NYC and am always walking around. These are the only lace-up sneakers that I have yet to figure out how to tie without them untying while walking around. I can tie them intentionally tight knowing they like to come undone, and they still will untie at some point. I could double tie them, but then they look extra stupid because the laces are already kind of bulky.

The fit on this shoe was true to size. I do interval training at OrangeTheory Fitness and these work great from rowing to treadmill. I got the wide as I need a wide foot bed due to a neuroma in my toe and they feel great. I have gotten tons of compliments on the look of these shoes and they neutral enough to wear with everything.

I wanted to like these sneakers, but they didn't seem to fit my foot right. I typically am a 7.5 in shoes, but usually wear an 8 in sneakers. The 7.5 was too small, but the 8 was too big!

Wanted to like this shoe as it has the structure and support needed for the gym. Unfortunately, I normally take a 9W and these 9D were just too small and too narrow. I actually checked the box to see if I received the wrong size by mistake, as I have never had a problem with New Balance before. Nope, these must just run small. Nice shoe, but sizing isn’t accurate.

I didn't feel like my foot was well seated and the back of the ankle did not narrow like women's ankles can do. This resulted in too much looseness for use in my exercise class. I do like the little nubs on the show laces which should result in a secure knot.

Too long and not as wide as other NB sneaks that I own...

This shoe has a lot of potential in terms of being a good pick for lateral movement and shock absorption for combat, FIT, etc classes. However, if you have a narrow foot, it’s wide in the front and there’s a lot of heel slipping in back. I even wear a full length custom orthotic and that wasn’t enough to help take up extra room. Back to the drawing board for a slim cross trainer.