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Super Trainers Compared

40 super trainers from 15 brands in the ATHLO+ Shoe Lab, lightest first, on published figures.

The newest category on this list, and the least well defined. A super trainer borrows the foam and usually the plate from a racing shoe but puts them in something durable enough to train in — 25 of these 40 carry a plate of some kind. They are heavier than racers and livelier than daily trainers, which is the whole point.

If you keep one shoe for workout days and another for easy miles, this is the shelf the workout shoe usually comes from.

  • Lightest193 gAsics Magic Speed 5
  • Median244 gacross 40 shoes with a published weight
  • Heaviest296 gOn Cloudboom Max
Weight distribution — how many shoes fall in each 20 g band. Manufacturer figures at the maker's sample size.
  1. 180–200 g1
  2. 200–220 g3
  3. 220–240 g12
  4. 240–260 g12
  5. 260–280 g6
  6. 280–300 g6

40 of 40 have a published weight. Lightest 193 g, heaviest 296 g.

Shoe Weight Stack (heel/fore) Drop Foam Plate Year Maker's stated use
Asics Magic Speed 5 193 g 37 / 30 mm 7 mm FF LEAP / FF Blast Plus Carbon 2026 Light carbon-plated speed trainer
Mizuno Hyperwarp Pro 201 g 39 / 33.5 mm 5.5 mm Enerzy XP (TPEE) Carbon-infused nylon 2026 Forgiving plated super trainer
Asics Magic Speed 4 218 g 36 / 29 mm 7 mm FF Blast+ / Turbo Carbon 2024 Budget carbon tempo + racer
New Balance SuperComp Rebel v1 218 g 40 / 36 mm 4 mm Infinion (TPEE) Pebax 2026 Light plated do-everything trainer
Asics Megablast 224 g 45 / 37 mm 8 mm FF Turbo² (A-TPU) None 2025 Max-stack plate-free super trainer
Kiprun KD900 225 g 36 / 30 mm 6 mm VFOAM Plus None 2024 Value tempo trainer
Adidas Adizero Evo SL 230 g 39 / 33 mm 6 mm Lightstrike Pro None 2025 Fast do-it-all trainer (Evo, no rods)
Saucony Endorphin Speed 4 230 g 36 / 28 mm 8 mm PWRRUN PB Nylon 2024 Tempo + uptempo daily
Hoka Mach 6 233 g 37 / 32 mm 5 mm Supercritical EVA None 2024 Uptempo daily, tempo
Adidas Adizero Boston 12 235 g 37 / 30 mm 7 mm Lightstrike Pro / 2.0 Rods 2023 Tempo, half-marathon training
Brooks Hyperion Max 2 235 g 38 / 30 mm 8 mm DNA Gold None 2024 Uptempo long-run trainer
Li-Ning Feidian Discipline 235 g 38 / 30 mm 8 mm Boom None 2024 Tempo + daily trainer
Mizuno Wave Rebellion Flash 2 235 g 38 / 30 mm 8 mm Enerzy Lite Nylon 2024 Uptempo trainer + racer
Xtep 260X 235 g 38 / 30 mm 8 mm PEBA Nylon 2024 Tempo trainer
Saucony Endorphin Speed 5 238 g 36 / 28 mm 8 mm PWRRUN PB (PEBA) Nylon 2025 Nylon-plated tempo all-rounder
Asics Superblast 3 239 g 46.5 / 38.5 mm 8 mm FF Leap + Blast+ None 2026 Long runs to tempo, do-it-all
Saucony Endorphin Azura 240 g 40 / 32 mm 8 mm PWRRUN PB None 2026 Plateless high-stack Endorphin
Mizuno Wave Rebellion Flash 3 244 g 37.5 / 34.5 mm 3 mm ENERZY NXT / ENERZY XP Nylon 2025 Low-drop plated tempo shoe
Nike Pegasus Plus 244 g 37 / 27 mm 10 mm ZoomX None 2024 Lively uptempo daily
On Cloudflow 4 244 g 35 / 29 mm 6 mm Helion HF None 2024 Lightweight tempo + daily
Skechers GoRun Razor Excess 2 244 g 34 / 30 mm 4 mm Hyper Burst None 2023 Bouncy tempo trainer
Hoka Mach X 2 248 g 39 / 34 mm 5 mm PEBA + EVA Pebax 2024 Plated tempo + daily
Asics Superblast 2 249 g 45 / 37 mm 8 mm FF Turbo+ / Blast+ None 2024 Long runs to tempo, do-it-all
On Cloudflow 5 249 g 37 / 31 mm 6 mm Helion HF (supercritical) Nylon 2026 Firm speed / tempo trainer
Puma Deviate Nitro 4 250 g 38 / 30 mm 8 mm NITROFOAM Carbon 2026 Plated uptempo trainer
Nike Zoom Fly 6 252 g 40 / 32 mm 8 mm ZoomX + SR-02 Carbon 2024 Plated tempo + long-run trainer
Adidas Adizero Boston 13 255 g 37 / 30 mm 7 mm Lightstrike Pro / Lightstrike Rods 2025 Rodded do-everything trainer
Topo Athletic Specter 2 255 g 33 / 28 mm 5 mm Pebax ZipFoam None 2024 High-stack uptempo trainer
Asics Sonicblast 261 g 46 / 38 mm 8 mm FF Turbo Plus Nylon 2025 Max-stack plated super trainer
Puma Deviate Nitro 3 264 g 40 / 32 mm 8 mm Nitro Foam Carbon 2024 Cushioned daily + tempo
Mizuno Neo Vista 3 266 g 44.5 / 36.5 mm 8 mm Enerzy NXT Nylon 2026 Bootie-upper super trainer
New Balance FuelCell SC Trainer v3 269 g 40 / 36 mm 4 mm FuelCell (PEBA) Carbon 2024 Long runs, marathon training
On Cloudmonster Hyper 272 g 44 / 38 mm 6 mm Helion HF None 2024 Plateless high-stack super trainer
Saucony Kinvara Pro 275 g 42 / 34 mm 8 mm PWRRUN PB / EVA Nylon 2023 High-stack tempo + long run
Brooks Hyperion Max 3 281 g 46 / 40 mm 6 mm DNA GOLD / DNA FLASH v2 Nylon 2025 Max-stack plated super trainer
Hoka Skyward X 2 283 g 44 / 39 mm 5 mm PEBA over supercritical EVA Carbon 2026 Max-stack plated super trainer
Hoka Mach X 3 289 g 46 / 41 mm 5 mm PEBA over EVA Pebax 2025 Plated super trainer / racer
Adidas Adizero Prime X3 Strung 290 g 50 / 43 mm 7 mm Lightstrike Pro Rods 2025 50mm non-race-legal super trainer
Hoka Clifton Pro 296 g 42 / 34 mm 8 mm Supercritical EVA None 2026 Performance-leaning Clifton
On Cloudboom Max 296 g 40 / 32 mm 8 mm Helion HF (PEBA/TPEE) Nylon 2026 Cushioned plated super trainer
How to read the numbers
  • Weight is the single figure that changes how a shoe feels most obviously, but it is quoted at one sample size — usually a men's US9. Your pair will weigh more or less.
  • Stack is the foam under the heel and the forefoot. Drop is the difference between them, and it changes where the load sits rather than how much of it there is.
  • Plate tells you what is embedded in the midsole. Carbon is the stiffest and the most common in racing shoes; nylon, Pebax and rods are progressively more forgiving; “None” is not a lesser shoe, just a different one.
  • Foam is the maker's own name for the midsole compound, reproduced as published. The names are marketing, the behaviour is not — PEBA-based foams are generally lighter and more resilient than EVA-based ones.

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Where these numbers come from

Every figure on this page is the manufacturer's published specification, compiled in the ATHLO+ Shoe Lab, which is powered by iRUN Singapore. These are specifications, not our own test results — we have not run in every shoe listed, and nothing here is ranked or recommended. Stack heights and weights are quoted at the manufacturer's sample size and will vary with your own size. Where a maker publishes no figure, the cell reads “—”.

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Hoka31Max cushion · Daily · Trail Asics30Race · Daily · Stability Nike27Race · Daily · Super trainer Saucony24Race · Daily · Trail Brooks23Daily · Stability · Trail Adidas22Race · Daily · Super trainer On22Daily · Race · Trail New Balance21Race · Daily · Super trainer Puma15Race · Daily · Super trainer Everyone else70Mizuno · Altra · Salomon · Topo Athletic · 15 more

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Carbon plate racers56Stiff plate, thick foam. Built for one hard effort. Daily trainers57The shoes most of your week happens in. Super trainers40Racing foam and a plate, durable enough to train in. Trail40Grip and protection for anything that isn't tarmac. Max cushion37Defined by one number: how much foam is under the heel. Stability32Geometry and firmer foam to limit how far the foot rolls in.

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