Do Reebok Easytone shoes work?
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There’s a lot of hype surrounding the new Reebok Easytone shoes, which boast that they can help firm up your gluteus maximus. Reebok Easytone shoes retail for $99 to $109, so the hundred-dollar question is: Are Reebok Easytone shoes worth it?
With the holidays so close, it’d be silly to go out and get an instant cash loan so you can buy them right away. You should probably ask for them as a gift instead. However, before you do that or go spend your own hard-earned money on Reebok Easytone shoes, make sure you know what you’re getting into.
Pros: science points to effectiveness
The basic gist of how Reebok Easytone shoes work is that they are constructed for creating instability or making it harder than usual for the wearer to maintain balance. It’s pretty well-known that maintaining balance requires muscle tension and thus creates more developed muscles.
So the idea behind the Reebok Easytone shoes checks out; it appears logically sound and feasible. However, it’s not a quick fix. These shoes won’t help you suddenly shed pounds and develop a perfect posterior. Walking is walking, and until the walker develops more muscle — which will take awhile, even with the shoes — calories won’t burn much faster than walking alone. So, Reebok Easytones shoes are step up from regular walking on the fitness scale, but not a huge step.
Cons: One-trick pony
While the instability-creating soles of Reebok Easytone shoes are the key to power walking, the Reebok web site cautions buyers against playing sports or basically doing anything other than walking or running in them. This is because being off-balance is a very bad thing if you’re jumping or moving side-to-side in a fast-paced game such as tennis or basketball.
So, while Reebok Easytone shoes cost the same as high-end cross-trainers, they can’t be used for the same purposes. If you are considering getting Reebok Easytone shoes to replace your regular athletic shoes and you often participate in sports, I say don’t do it. Stick to regular shoes and be comforted in the fact that if you’re regularly participating in sports, you’re way ahead of most of us in the calorie burning department.
If you plan to use your Reebok Easytone shoes for walking only, it’s just a matter of cost versus result. Understand that results will be gradual and only slightly superior to regular walking. So if $100 is small potatoes to you, it might be worth it.
I absolutely LOVE the easy tone shoes. I am on my second pair and about to purchase a third pair. I have Plantar fasciitis to the point of limping. I tried these shoes and withing one week, the pain was gone! I work out 4 times a week and play tennis 2 and 3 times a week in these shoes. I have never had a problem w/ side to side motion. Just the opposite. they work wonders for my feet. I will purchase them over and over again unless the pain in my foot comes back. I recommend trying them.
Valerie you are out of your mind, the only reason you lost the weight is, theres a thing called mind over matter and as long as you think that then you can loose 5 more inches with 10 dollar no name shoes
Its people like you these companies thrive on
you don't if they don't work until you try them so stop wining about it and try em to see if they really work cause all your doing is wasting time talking about it when we really don't care what you have to say about them. Maybe this product really works… I sure think they do i lost 5 inches in my butt since i bought them and I don't walk anymore then I did before so there.
ummm- When companies such as Rebook use pseudo-science and mix it with targeted marketing exploiting women's insecurities about their body image- (by the way guys want to have buns of steel too
you get Easytone shoes. While I know they are going to make a ton of money with it, this product is a dud… Kuudos however for coming up with it. From a business point its brillant.
Here is my beef – The fact that your article post states that science points to their effectiveness suggest a lack of intellectual rigor on your part. I am cool with bs from Rebok as they are selling the product but let's not perpetuate the PR myth. Science has nothing to do with their claim…
There is no causal links demonstrated empirically that supports any gains using this product. All you have is a concept. Its a gimmick promising vague outcomes (better tone for your butt) that is at best (all variables considered) minimally related to your use of these shoes.
(it so happens t to design and sell new products I would
I smell rip-off.(and target women) – What about men who want butt of steel
I have buns of steel