Why the Toning Shoe Marketers Got Busted

Toning shoes are considered to be shoes that are deliberately made unstable with design features like a rocker bottom shoe. The purpose of this instability is to create a balance problem so that the muscles have to work harder to compensate. As a result it is claimed that this give and extra workout or ‘tone up’ when wearing the shoes. That is how the name ‘toning’ was applied to this class of exercise footwear. The sector of the market was originally made popular by the MBT (Masai

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