Product Description
The Skechers® Strength Shape Up women’s fitness shoes were put to the test in a six-week clinical trial, during which participants were instructed to wear the shoes during their normal activities and typical walking programs. At the end of six weeks, results indicated an average of 3.25 pounds lost, a 1.125% reduction in body fat, an average improvement of glutei strength by 41%, and an average improvement in lower back endurance of 37%.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #48 in Shoes
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- Color: *
- Brand: Skechers
- Model: SHAPE UPS – STRENGTH
- Fabric type: leather
- Dimensions: 4.50″ h x 10.30″ w x 10.60″ l, 2.50 pounds
Features
- Tones muscles
- Promotes healthy weight loss
- Increases strength and endurance
- Soft foam insole
- Dual-density midsole
Customer Reviews
these shoes rock
I’ve always had really high arches, and never the right shoes, so my feet have always hurt. Then, in May, I got ankle surgery to repair torn cartilage, and there was some nerve damage, so I’ve been in A LOT of pain.
Physical therapy was helping but when I went back to work (on my feet) I started reverting to my pre-PT state.
When I saw the TV add for these it caught my attention, so I read a bunch of reviews, all saying how wonderful they are. I had to see for myself.
I went to a bunch of shoe stores in my area looking, and couldn’t find them anywhere…but I kept searching. I finally found a Sketchers outlet about an hour from home and called them up, they just got them in for the first time that day! I headed out, and limped (cane in hand) around the outlet mall trying to find the store; by the time I got there I thought my leg was going to fall off. They pulled my size out of the shipment box, they hadn’t even made it to the shelf yet. I, surprised at how small and cute they looked compared to the pics I’d seen online, popped them on and went into shock. I put my cane down and walked across the store – no problem. I even bounced a little. I walked back to my car with them on – no cane! I’m in heaven, the reduction of impact when you step is mind blowing. I can not believe how good they feel. Totally worth the $110 I spent.
If you have foot pain, you MUST buy these shoes right now!!
I cannot say enough. I have bone spurs and plantar fasciitis, so my feet hurt all day, every day, no matter what I’m doing. I am a public school teacher and ordered these immediately when I got a Summer School job and discovered I’d have to be taking my second graders on three field trips to the zoo, museums, etc, in a period of three weeks. This is New York City, so we had to tromp around the subway to get to our destinations, and then walk around the entire day. In order words, there was no place to sit down for the entirety of the trips. I was terrified I wouldn’t even be able to make it and would have to quit the job altogether. The sole on these shoes looked so supportive that I ordered them and cannot adequately express my shock and gratitude for how they eliminated any hint of foot pain. I walked around like a person whose feet don’t hurt, which is something that hasn’t happened to me in years. I’ve already ordered the “Skechers Shape Ups for Work”. Seriously, if your feet hurt, buy these shoes. You need them.
-Jen
Shape-ups VS. MBT
I have worn the MBT shoes for a few years now – but never out in public, other than walking in the neighborhood. Why? Well, just look at them. The Skecher’s version are much “cuter”. I wore them with shorts over the summer, and received compliments simply on their looks! I find them to be just as effective as the MBT’s – perhaps more so, because I am willing to wear them more frequently. The difference between the two seems to be that on the MBT the “squishy” material is only under the heel, while on the Shape-ups it is under most of the foot. I notice my calves and upper legs getting a workout from the Shape-ups and my posture is greatly improved when I wear them – which means less back pain. Also, I noticed that the pain I usually feel in my heels at the end of the day doesn’t exist on the days I wear my Shape-ups! If you’re “thinking about it” DO IT!