Many of us are constantly searching for an easy way that we can stay in shape. Whilst eating sensibly and regularly getting exercise works for most people some of us simply don’t have the time or means to keep it up. Thankfully a number of sports shoe manufacturers have launched trainer and flip flop ranges that they claim will help improve posture and tone your calf, thigh and buttock muscles. It all sounds great but do these shoes really work, are they comfortable and are they stylish?
Fitflops launched their Fitflop sandals in to the UK footwear marketplace first with great success. The Fit Flop sandals have a chunky base to them that contains something called a Microwobbleboard. This basically means that the sole of the Fitflop has a variable density. The heel is high density to reduce impact, the toe is mid density while the middle is low density. The mix of densities creates an unstable effect that forces your legs and feet to work harder to stabalise yourself. The same principle is used in the newer range of Fitflop boots that are similar to sheepskin boots. This means you can benefit from the effects of the Microwobbleboard when the weather isn’t suitable for wearing your Fitflop sandals. Fitflops are great for people who enjoy wearing flip flops on a regular basis and the range of styles available is beginning to increase making them a healthy alternative.
Reebok have recently launched their Easytone trainers. These trainers contain balance pods that cause instability when you move. This then forces your muscles to work harder to balance, which leads to increased muscle toning below the waist. Reebok Easytone trainers are only available for women at present and this can be seen throughout their marketing campaign. If you are a fan of Reebok trainers you will be pleased to know that the Easytone range incorporates many of the looks and styles associated with the brand making them a very fashionable looking everyday trainer.
US footwear giant Skechers have released range of footwear designed to tone legs called Shape Ups. Skechers Shape Ups have a broad range of styles including trainers, shoes, boots and sandals to suit all styles and many are very fashionable. Every pair of Skechers Shape Ups have a kinetic wedge inserted into the heel that creates an effect similar to walking on soft sand. This causes your heel to sink into the heel of the shoe providing a cushioned support that then forces the rest of your foot to compensate and roll forward. The effect is one that causes your muscles to work to support your body more and therefore helps to develop a more toned and strengthened leg. The other benefits include reducing body fat, improved posture as well as relieving muscle and joint pain.
Most of these sport shoe brands have targeted women with their marketing by letting them know the shoes can help to improve their figures. Most of the shoe companies have carried out independent tests and case studies to show the advantages to wearing their footwear and all of them do help to improve posture and balance. However they aren’t a replacement for healthy eating and exercise but they would make a good accompaniment.
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Here’s what I’ve learned from personally wearing a pair of Sketcher’s Lace Up’s for men for about four months.
The question about if it hurts your feet to wear Sketchers, depends on the person’s weight, and method of walking.
Important to note that, I’m a heavy set man. Noting that. I’ll begin by saying, that when I first put on my Sketchers, I noticed immidately the soft and cushionay feel when you walk on them. Great shoe, was my immidate response. However. This proves to be a deception, by means of comfort. If you examine the shoe, you’ll notice a dense layer of a foam type rubbery sole. This gives the shoe the cusionay feel. This however proves to give the shoe a multi-axel method of displacing weight on them. And because of this, the comfort of softness, is endangering the wearer, because of possible unintended shifts in ankel alingnment. Instead of just allowing a forward displacement, it could possibly give displacement to its left or right, which could harm the ankel. A scenario, would be walking on a pitched sidewalk, that pitches down to the walkers left or right. They exist everywhere. Including some homes. An unaware user of the shoe may be walking without paying attention to the pavement, and could possibly bend their ankel by way of the shoe giving very little weight support to prevent the ankel from bending left or right. So I can see, why some people are calling the shoe a dangerous source of foot protection. As for me, I’m always aware of things like this, and as a norm, always playing calculative games that enrich my mathamatecial skills. (as you can see, I should focus on my spelling. LOL) The wearer’s weight has much to do with the danger factor. And walking as recommended by the manfacturer of the shoe, also plays a factor. Some people report hip displacement as a result of wearing the shoe. But no study has been made as to how these people walk. We all walk differently. Some drag their feet, others has a march stride, while others walk in many different ways. No one shoe can possibly be perfect for all. The shoe is designed to build up the calm, and butt mussels, so, it must be used by people who use those particular mussels in their walking stride. A drag type walker, wont use either, while a marching stride walker might use the Thigh, calf and butt mussles, and so on. The recommended method of walking on the accompanying DVD, when one buys the shoe, is by extending the whole leg, then bringing down the foot on the ball of the heel, then rolling the foot (like a tire on paveement), and eventally ending the first portion of the stride, with the toes pushing off the pavement. While the next leg, begins the exact process for the second half of the stride. Only in this way, can you benefit from using the shoe. Assuming the pavement is straight and flat, and wont pitch either way. All bets are off, when the pavement pitches or has hills, and valleys that the foot must compensate for.
So thats my evaluation, its unscientific, but obvious and logical. So, as for me, I’ll continue wearing the shoes, I love them. And probably will get another pair, when these begin to wear down. And yes, I’ve bent my ankel a bunch of times already, with these shoes. More than any other shoe I have. But the comfort outweights the dangers for now. I think of it like a cigarette for my comfort craving feet. We know its dangerous, but they feel so good, so I use them.
David Sepulveda
San Antonio, TX
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