WOW! So often the commercials just can't be trusted but not in this case.
I have fibromyalgia (lots of pain in my muscles) and arthritis, especially in my right hip when I walk any big store like a walmart. If an electric cart is available, I will use it. But being in Florida (and now with the snowbirds down for the season), finding one is difficult.
The shape-ups intrigued me, not for the claims of helping you lose weight or increasing your fitness level dramatically, but for the fact that they are so cushioned. I used to walk on in indoor track in Ohio (finding one of those in Florida is impossible). Because of the give of the track, I could walk without pain. So I was hoping that these shoes would emulate that type of track.
They do!!!!! I bought them yesterday, so my hip was already hurting from the drive to the store (about 80 minutes roundtrip), walking to get to the Skechers store in a mall, walking in Target to get footies to wear with the new shoes. My last stop was one of the new, fairly large Bealls stores...I wore the new shoes there...my hip was hurting from before but I walked without a limp!!! I can't wait to try them out in Walmart.
They aren't cheap (anywhere from 89 to 110, depending on the style), they aren't pretty (I got the Mary Janes...hate tied shoes)...but if I can walk with less pain, it's worth it. I might even be able to walk for fitness for the first time in years.
By the way, they're the only pair of shoes that come with its own CD, lol. You have to build up your time on them. At first they feel very funny because of the rocker-style sole but it doesn't take any time to get used to them.
I recommend them to anyone who has trouble walking.
I have fibromyalgia (lots of pain in my muscles) and arthritis, especially in my right hip when I walk any big store like a walmart. If an electric cart is available, I will use it. But being in Florida (and now with the snowbirds down for the season), finding one is difficult.
The shape-ups intrigued me, not for the claims of helping you lose weight or increasing your fitness level dramatically, but for the fact that they are so cushioned. I used to walk on in indoor track in Ohio (finding one of those in Florida is impossible). Because of the give of the track, I could walk without pain. So I was hoping that these shoes would emulate that type of track.
They do!!!!! I bought them yesterday, so my hip was already hurting from the drive to the store (about 80 minutes roundtrip), walking to get to the Skechers store in a mall, walking in Target to get footies to wear with the new shoes. My last stop was one of the new, fairly large Bealls stores...I wore the new shoes there...my hip was hurting from before but I walked without a limp!!! I can't wait to try them out in Walmart.
They aren't cheap (anywhere from 89 to 110, depending on the style), they aren't pretty (I got the Mary Janes...hate tied shoes)...but if I can walk with less pain, it's worth it. I might even be able to walk for fitness for the first time in years.
By the way, they're the only pair of shoes that come with its own CD, lol. You have to build up your time on them. At first they feel very funny because of the rocker-style sole but it doesn't take any time to get used to them.
I recommend them to anyone who has trouble walking.
