Reebok toning shoes

[johnreynolds]

Hi Rip, did you ever try out the Reebok toning shoes ? Reebok claims they strengthen your leg and buttock muscles. Would these interfere with doing heavy squats ?

Thanks,
John

[Mark Rippetoe]

I have decided not to be associated with Reebok. In any way. And if Reebok claims that a pair of shoes strengthens your buttocks, I have decided wisely.

[hamburgerfan]

I have decided not to be associated with Reebok. In any way. And if Reebok claims that a pair of shoes strengthens your buttocks, I have decided wisely.

Probably a good idea, considering that Reebok hates children.

[51M0n]

Lol, I assume these are the shoes which Reebok is now being forced to give a re-fund on due to false advertising claims about.

[mike_the_dyke]

As someone fascinated with charlatanry, I have to admire this level of scamming. It's audacious, it's simple and simply brilliant. It's reminiscent of the Frenchman who, in the 1790s, claimed to have developed a pair of rubber shoes that would allow him to walk across the Seine.

[Jonathon Sullivan]

The whole idea of these shoes is the "instability-producing balance pods" in the sole, which force you make corrections in your gate, strengthening and beautifying your warp core and posterior nacelles. Or something like that. Basically, it's a Bosu ball for each foot.

It sounds like the antimatter of weight lifting footwear to me.

[Roland Conde]

These toning shoes are great and the explanation for why they work makes total sense, as evidenced by the situation reebok is in here.

[DB5]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/busine...g4K_story.html

[Michael Wolf]

I just assumed this was a troll question, considering yesterday's news: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/29/bu...ines&emc=tha25

My favorite part is where Reebok claims these shoes "tone and strengthen a customer’s legs 11 percent better than regular walking shoes and sculpt bottoms 28 percent better." How, exactly, does one measure a 28% better sculpt?

This is the same company currently sponsoring Crossfit. Hmmmmmmmm.......

[Gunnhild Bruno]

Hi Rip, did you ever try out the Reebok toning shoes ? Reebok claims they strengthen your leg and buttock muscles. Would these interfere with doing heavy squats ?

Thanks,
John

Some of you really have it in for the WFAC orangutan, huh?