I have not been wearing the proper shoes for the cross-training workouts I've been doing; the ones I was wearing were horrible for lateral movement: my feet slipped around inside the shoes; my ankles felt unsupported. Bad me. So I tried these on in a store and loved them: my feet feel very secure in these and there is a nice thick cushion cradling my heel. Returned them to the store and rebought on amazon because the price difference was so huge--about $40 savings by buying on amazon. I'm able to move properly in my workouts now. It also doesn't hurt that they're very nice looking shoes.