Comments on: Fitness Shoes Full of Hype?

By: April

April — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 05:09:39 +0000

I agree, advertising really has a lot of crap. Just to make more money, they tend to disillusion the public by getting down to health benefits and using that as key to selling the product, even if it’s not beneficial to the body at all.(Sigh!)

By: WeightLossTips

WeightLossTips — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 20:46:28 +0000

I going to have to go with Todd’s earlier reply. As a personal trainer myself I’m going to have to go with HYPE more than anything else. Yes, the shoes may stress a few more muscles in the lower extremities, but as for really making you lose weight, i don’t know about that…….You could not be burning that many more calories wearing these shoes than just a regular pair of walking or running shoes…… But hey, if it works for you, or at least you think it does, then stick with them…The whole fitness, weight loss thing is about 90% mental anyway…

By: Muscle building

Muscle building — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:26:09 +0000

Hype! That’s definitely that marketing strategy.

By: Jennifer Gardener

Jennifer Gardener — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:23:49 +0000

I’ve wondered whether these things work… I feel like I could wear uncomfortable wedges and achieve a similar result, lol. When paired with a healthy diet and exercise program, I do feel like they could provide good results though.

Jennifer Gardener
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By: Patrick Kallie

Patrick Kallie — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:30:03 +0000

Cliff, I have to agree with you on that one!

By: Cliff

Cliff — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:47:17 +0000

These shoes may prove to be a good supplement to proper eating and exercise. Unfortunately, I think people are going to use these shoes as a short cut to getting healthier. You can’t eat a bucket of fried chicken, wear these shoes and expect to get in shape. It just doesn’t work like that.

By: Rahim

Rahim — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:32:18 +0000

While I haven’t actually purchased any of the shoes that you’re talking about, I have to admit that the marketing power of these products has me curious. My mother purchased a pair of sketchers that claim to work the legs while you walk. She says they’re comfortable, but she hasn’t mentioned anything about a significant increase in walking resistance.

By: Joey

Joey — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 14:03:03 +0000

I’m always really cautious about doctor claims today unless they have significant research done on the matter.

Sadly even with research sometimes the results are not that conclusive anyways so it takes doing some extra research I’ve found to really find out the truth. These magical boots are a waste of money, and the docs probably charge ridic amounts of $$$.

By: GymAddix

GymAddix — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:09:14 +0000

My mom has one of these!
As a personal trainer for 8+ years i was skeptical about what a shoe can do and i criticized my mom for buying a pair of shoes for 130$.

Boy i was wrong. first few days my mom complained about soreness all over her body. so i visited her. I’ve noticed two things different about her. one, better posture, two, she didnt complained “this is too much walking”.

on my way home, i stopped by the shoe store and got my self a pair.
ive immediately noticed posture improvements. the round bottom forces you to keep a proper posture for even weight distribution, any slouching will make you fall forward.
as soon as i started walking, there were more Glute/quad/calf activation compared to reg. walking.

my thoughts, something that you can incorporate with daily life style with out changing a thing other than your shoes… Thumbs up to the inventor

By: Patrick Kallie

Patrick Kallie — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 04:33:19 +0000

Pretty soon they will come out with a shoe that will do the workout for you. LOL