Toning Shoes – Shape Up Sensation or Shameless “Celebritease”?
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Please just give us a rough ETA, Skechers – how long will it take before we have flawless butts and thighs like Kim Kardashian after we start wearing your Shape-up shoes?
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I just threw away mine. I love them but they gave me tendonitis in my achillis tendon and shin splints. After my doctor sugessted it was the shoes, I did some research and found many many complaints for the exact same injury and some worse. Buyer beware!!
actually, i love my sketcher’s shape-ups — i’m on my second pair.
i’m not going to say that they tone my ass at all… lol. not even remotely. and have they helped me lose weight? no ma’am, no they have not =P
BUT!!! they are super, super comfortable, and with all the problems i’ve had with my feet over the years (plantar fascitis and heel spurs), i’ll tell you, i don’t mind paying the $100
just saying, lol. i don’t think they should be marketed as “toning shoes” per se, but they have their good points
Those shoes crack me up. Especially on men. When my husband sees a guy in them he calls them ‘girly rockers’.
Note from Michelle:
As a devout ice hockey fan, I must admit that I write this entry with a broken heart:
Last night I saw a commercial with hockey’s greatest player – WAYNE GRETSKY – hawking toning shoes.
As he put up his leg on a locker room bench and displayed the massive footwear he said that he felt –
“Better than ever. Stronger in my core, my legs and my back….”
Ah, Wayne. And to think, my son wore 99 on his jersey for all those years to honor you…..
It’s OK, though.
I guess even “The Greatest” is not immune from the great hype.
MP
LOL
I am not much of a hockey fan, but I feel your pain.
I layed out over 100 bucks for those silly shoes and wore them on my lunch walks at work every day for months.
You could still add pineapple to the cottage cheese that covers my hips and thighs.
PT Barnum, I shouldv’e heeded your words.
When on earth are people going to stop looking for the quick and eazy fix and realize that there are no shortcuts to getting into shape? Great piece.
You mean I’m not going to get a but like the one in the picture with the shoes MY HUSBAND BOUGHT FOR ME? And they say we women are gullible! Huh!
bad enought the chicks go tippin in them but do they really expect dudes to wear those things? what a joke.