Features :
- Includes suede leather upper and stitching details
- Shape Ups design technology
Shape-ups from SKECHERS are designed to: Promote weight loss, Tone muscles, and Improve posture. This athletic lace-up fitness walking shoe features the Shape-ups kinetic wedge technology that helps you shape up while you walk. I
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| Shape Ups from SKECHERS are designed to get you fit while you walk, work, shop, and more. Shape Ups have as much a place in your life as your boots, sandals, and dress casuals, and can retrain your muscles, helping you walk with a positive impact. Used properly, Shape Ups change the way you approach your daily activities. Used regularly, Shape Ups will enhance the way you feel and look; muscles get toned, calories are burned and your posture improves.
Three Reasons You Need Shape Ups: 1. Stronger You 2. Healthier You 3. Easy Exercise Routine Three Reasons You Want Them: 1. In Style 2. Portable Power 3. A Brand You Trust |
The design technology behind Shape Ups changes the way you walk.
As we move through our lives, we typically walk on hard surfaces, which places stress on our knee joints and lower back. People who are required to stand for their jobs feel the impact on their bodies the most, and don’t gain the benefits that come with all that activity.
The goal with Shape Ups was to simulate walking on soft ground. SKECHERS has turned hard surfaces into comfortable ground through revolutionary technology designed into the framework of the shoe. The core of this technology is in the dynamic rolling bottom, the soft foam insert under the heel, and the dual-density midsole. These three elements work together to give you the feeling of walking on sand or luxurious pile carpet--regardless of the actual surface. Walking on softer, uneven surfaces forces you to engage muscles not normally used when walking on hard ground. Not only does this strengthen your muscles, but it also increases blood flow and reduces the impact on your joints and lower back.
Designed to improve your life by changing the way you walk, Shape Ups feature a unique soft kinetic wedge insert and dynamic rolling bottom to simulate walking barefoot on a giving surface that gives such as sand. With the comfort of Shape Ups, you will feel your heel sink to the ground as you step, roll forward as your weight shifts to its center, and push off with your toes. This movement will result in stronger leg, buttock, back and abdominal muscles as you stabilize your steps.
Barefoot walking simulation on soft ground
- The heel sinks comfortably into the soft ground as you step
- You naturally roll forward as your weight shifts to the center and your balance is centered
- Easily push off with your toe pads
Get in the Routine
1. Kick Back: Stand upright and place feet parallel and hip distance apart, balance centered. Roll your weight onto the back of the soft foam heel â€" hold for a count of five and then back to the center. Do not lock knees or tip backward. Stretches calf and hamstrings. Repeat 5 to 10 times.
2. Rock and Roll: Stand upright and place feet parallel and hip distance apart, balance centered. Roll your weight forward so you are balancing on the underside of your toes â€" hold for a count of two, then slowly rock back to the soft heel â€" hold for a count of two, and then back to your center of balance. Do not lock knees or tip backward. Stretches calf and hamstrings, warms up Achilles and ankles. Repeat 5 to 10 times.
3. Roll and Rock and Roll: Follow the Rock and Roll stretch, but alternate feet so one is rolling to the toes and one is rocking back. Repeat 5 to 6 times.
4. The Lean: Place your hands on a wall, parallel and slightly above your head. With one leg in front of the other and your arms forward, press with your palms as if you were leaning on the wall. Keep your back leg straight and your front foot on the floor, then bend the front leg and lean forward by moving your hips toward the wall. Hold for a count of five, then repeat on the other side. Stretches calf and Achilles. Repeat 5 to 6 times.
- Upper: Superior quality, well padded uppers of durable leather and breathable mesh designed to provide needed support and supreme comfort.
shock absorption to protect the body while exercising core muscles.
biomechanical motion vital to a natural walking state by propelling the wearer into their next step.
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Amazon.com Product Description
This sneaker from Skechers is designed to help you tone muscles and lose weight just by walking in it! It features a signature rolling sole that makes you feel like you're walking barefoot in sand. The technology forces you to push off with your toes, so all of your leg muscles are engaged to strengthen and elongate. Now you can truly exercise on the go.
Customer Reviews
TWENTY STARS!! (2010-06-14)
These shoes really work! I purchased mine at the Shoe Dept. I fell last year and was left with horrible neck, back, and hip pain. I purchased these shoes hoping that the alignment benefits would help and it DID. Sure...I've been called a dork but WHO CARES? If you get relief that's all that matters!! Plus you are maxamizing every step...great for nurses! These are a little cheaper here than in stores...i've seen $99 to $120. By the time s/h added on from here it would probably even out. I will be purchasing more of these.
ONLY one word of caution--BECAREFUL ABOUT UNEVEN SURFACES...grassy areas etc. Easier to twist your ankle if you're not watching where you're going. These shoes are not for playing volleyball. :)
My Shape ups (2010-05-31)
This is the third pair I have bought. I love them. I swear my legs are in better shape. As for my butt, well that would take a miracle. Anyway, I love these shoes. My feet no longer burn or ache after being on them 10 to 12 hours or longer. They don't feel like regular shoes, so there is some getting use to, but they are the best!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best shoes I have purchased for work! (2010-05-23)
I love my Sketchers. I am on my feet all day long. I wake up the next day feeling great and my legs and feet don't hurt. I have excercised in them also. It takes awhile to get used to the "tippy" feel that you get when wearing them. I still choose to excercise with my old shoes, but the Sketchers I like for all day on my feet at work!
Man OH MAN!! GEESH (2010-05-20)
I am 100% sold on this shoe. Let me tell you it took alot of self conviencing for me to even buy these but let me tell you it is worth it after all the reviews about them i caved in and got a pair this past monday. Today is the first day I wore them (i wanted to make sure i didn't want to give them back) i like to walk after work and on my lunch break while at work in my regualar scrub shoe i can walk a total of a mile in 30ish mins BUT TODAY!! i could only make it on the backside of the hospital and i had to cut through the parking lot because the shoe works.
I thought it was a joke about all the hype so i tried to walk fast like i would normally do in the scrub shoe NOT IN THESE if you are a some what of a beginner walker. I felt my calves and hamstring i have never felt that before not even when i am walking in my nikes after work i felt the cavles working and shifting and tighting and releasing and my hamstring in my left leg i felt it all the way dont my thigh i was like like WHOA i need to slow down but i knew if i walked slow i would be late from lunch so i had to cut across the parking lot to make sure i was back on time. I WILL BE TAKING THESE TO MY TRACK AFTER WORK THESE ARE AWESOME!!
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