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Skechers Women's Shape Ups - Sleek Fit Fitness Mary Jane Sneaker
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| List Price: | $99.95 |
| Price: | $74.90 - $99.99 |
Price as of Thu 29th Jul,2010 10:21 pm CDT
Average customer review:
Product Description
Shape Ups 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.
SKECHERS Shape Ups fitness shoes:
1. Tone your muscles
2. Promote healthy weight loss
3. Make it easy to get in shape!
Lace up sneaker.
Shape Ups are designed to:
Promote weight loss
Strengthen the back
Firm calf and buttock muscles
Reduce cellulite and tone your thighs
Increase cardiovascular health
Improve posture
Reduce stress on knee and ankle joints
Shape Ups men's design specifically designed for male physiology
Simulates walking barefoot on a yielding surface such as sand
Smooth leather or soft nubuck leather upper
Durable synthetic toe bumper
Stitching and overlay accents
Scuff resistant leather front and side panels
Lace up front
Padded collar and tongue
Fabric shoe lining
Cushioned insole
Firm polyurethane frame supports and stabilizes the foot
Kinetic Wedge super soft foam midsole designed to absorb shock and provide exercising effect
1 3/4 inch midsole height at highest point in center
Specially sculpted rubber outsole for natural propulsion
Use a heel to toe rolling gait when walking
Running in Shape Ups is not recommended
Comes with a detailed exercise guide to get the most out of your Shape-Ups!
Costs less than comparable exercise footwear brands
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #21 in Shoes
- Size: One Size Fits All
- Color: Stone and Silver
- Brand: Skechers
- Model: SHAPE UPS - SLEEK Fit
- Fabric type: leather
- Dimensions: 3.00 pounds
Features
- Get in shape without setting foot in a gym
- Improves posture
- Reduces cellulite and tones thighs
- Shape ups are the first stylish shoes that actually promote better health. And you'll feel the benefits almost immediately. A stronger you, building and toning muscles from your back and abdomen to your thighs and calves.
Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com Review
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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 – 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 – hold for a count of two, then slowly rock back to the soft heel – 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.
- Sockliner: Soft EVA insole designed to protect the foot.
- Midsole: Firm polyurethane frame designed to support and stabilize the foot.
- Kinetic Wedge: Super soft foam designed for maximum
shock absorption to protect the body while exercising core muscles. - Outsole: Long-lasting rubber outsole designed to contribute to
biomechanical motion vital to a natural walking state by propelling the wearer into their next step.
Amazon.com Product Description
Skechers' Sleek fit sneaker was--believe it or not-- designed to help you tone muscles and lose weight just by walking in them! The shoe features a signature rolling bottom on its wedge heel that feels like you're walking barefoot or in sand. Since it forces you to push off with your toes, it uses all of your muscles for strength and lengthens them into shape. Now you'll never have to step foot in the gym again.
From the Manufacturer
Skechers is an award-winning global leader in the lifestyle footwear industry that designs, develops, and markets lifestyle footwear that appeals to trend-savvy men, women and children. The company's success stems from it's high quality, diversified, and affordable product line that meets consumers' various lifestyle needs. Since it's inception in 1992, the Skechers diverse product offering has grown from utility style boots to include seven Skechers brands and five uniquely branded fashion lines for men and women.
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Customer Reviews
Super comfy
This shoe is super comfy and seems to be giving my legs a workout. While I can't really see any results yet (I've had for less than a month), I can feel my legs working out. Feels like walking on air. I like the mary jane style...pretty cute and very easy to put on and take off. While they may be a little weird looking because of the semi-circular bottom, you hardly notice it and it also makes you taller :). If I order another pair though, I might go up 1/2 size. Only drawback is they seem to be just a little small (and I have narrow feet). Overall glad I purchased.
Dissapointing
I am an MBT user and was really hoping that the Skechers Shape Ups would work because I like the appearance and price of the Skechers. I am a dancer and doc so I am very aware of how shoes are made and whether they can help or cause health problems.
However, while they may look similar on the outside (ie. chunky sole), this Skechers model is functionally very different that MBTs: when I wear the Skechers, the way the soft sole is constructed just makes my feet/ankle role inward (very bad if you have normal or flat feet). Also the Skechers bottom isn't as squishy/angled as MBT's so it doesn't have the MBT wobbly effect that forces my thighs/butt to tense up to "work out" while standing or walking.
In summary, the Skechers Shape Ups feels just like a regular sneaker with an extra-large cushioned sole, and doesn't have have the right amount/location of instabilty to match the effects of MBT. If you have very forgiving feet and just want a cute walking shoe, this might be right for you. But it definitely isn't going to give you the type of "workout" that MBT's do, and it can cause injuries in anyone with feet or knee problems.
(BTW: If you've never used MBT before, imagine yourself trying to balance on one leg while standing on a soft couch or mattress -- all sorts of muscles have to spring into action. A major difference with MBT's is despite the intentional instability effect that it is trying to create, my flat feet feel very well supported and doesn't cause my arches/ankles from sinking like with the Skechers.
There are lots of MBT styles online that aren't sold in stores. For example, if you search for the "MBT Lami" it looks very similar to this Skecher shoe. Check out zappos dot com or swissmasaius dot com for all the options.
Great shoes
I absolutely LOVE my new Skecher's Shape Up lace up sneaker. I saw them on display and just had to check them out wondering if they would help with my chronic lower back, leg and foot pain. At 56 I suffer from sever progressive osteoarthritis. This bone disease has created a wider and sore foot so that finding a shoe to fit and be comfortable a major event. The Shape-Up shoes fit nicely due to a good design and amazing inner padding. As soon as you put them on, you will see that they makes standing and walking seem like you are on marshmellow and gliding along. They actually make me feel like I am able to move like I did when I was 20 years younger. I even caught myself wondering if I can still skip again? The thick, cushy, roll fashion sole, is the genius behind this great shoe. Let me tell you. Exercise never felt so good. My Rheumatologist told me, keeping active and doing gentle exercise is essential to keeping my joints and muscles healthy. I can see that these shoes are going to be crucial part in my exercise regime. For all the money I have spent on pain relief medications, muscle pain rubs, supplements and gadgets; this is one of the few things that actually works. They are worth every penny I spent on them. Until now I have found it very difficult to walk or stand on my feet for very long. This has created a lack of activity on my part and increased weight-gain, which only makes matters worse. IN chronic pain I was missing out on a lot, not doing necessary tasks or doing fun things. Now I feel like I have tapped into a new line of energy and pain releif. These shoes not only help my over all posture, but put less stress and strain on my joints. Today I was able to get my whole house clean with out the pain, stiffness, and fatigue I would normally experience. After a long, busy, good day of work, I am not in agonizing pain, or dead tired. My husband said they are a bit bulky, but who cares with these kind of benefits. If they help tone and strengthen my legs, glutes, and core muscles, that will be an added plus. I never expected the features I have found in these cute, chunky, little sneakers. Thank you so much Skechers!
