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macast

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anyone know anything about these new trainers that I keep seeing adverts about.... the ones that are supposed to 'tone' as you walk/run

just thinking about getting some.... but at ?70 I thought I would ask you lot first 😉
 
I was looking at them yesterday as well so will be interested to see what people have got to say about them 🙂
 
All I know is that they had to water down their claims significantly after the first set of adverts. Good walking/running shoes are essential, but this just sounds like a gimmick to me. The best trainers to get are last year's model - they are usually half the price of this year's model and were supposedly cutting edge when they came out!
 
Looking at the adverts it seems to suggest it works because the shape of the sole forcing you to rock as you walk..

Wonder if that is any good for the back?
 
What I've read about it is that they are shaped so that they put your body 'off-balance' so that your muscles need to work harder than usual. What was also said was that after a while, your body gets used to that position, as will your muscles so allegedly it will not have the same effect anymore then. 🙄
 
We had someone in at work selling them. People said after the first couple of weeks they were not so good. Someone did say they were no good if you had any kind of arthritic condition, but I'm not sure about that.
 
thanks everyone 🙂 I read on another forum that doctors are not happy about them as they apparently can cause leg and back problems. I tried some on yesterday and they felt really weird under-foot and they push you forwards..... that might be great if I was running a race. but on the other hand it might throw me off balance :( perhaps I'll just stick to the ones I already have 🙄 lol
 
macast said:
thanks everyone 🙂 I read on another forum that doctors are not happy about them as they apparently can cause leg and back problems. I tried some on yesterday and they felt really weird under-foot and they push you forwards..... that might be great if I was running a race. but on the other hand it might throw me off balance :( perhaps I'll just stick to the ones I already have 🙄 lol
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I think that's a wise decision. Trainers should, as far as possible, match normal physiology and should be there just to provide protection and cushioning. Anyone remember Zola Budd, the South African runner in the early 1980s? She used to run barefoot, which is actually the best way of all to run, but unfortunately not when running on modern roads.
 
The best trainers to get are last year's model - they are usually half the price of this year's model and were supposedly cutting edge when they came out
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And you really can get some good buys in the UK.
I got a new pair arrive in the post today, sent from the UK . It is last years model (ie colour)... I've been basically buying the equivalent model for the last 4 pairs, so I know they're fine. They cost ?54 (plus ?10 postage:( ).
This year's model in a major sports chain in the UK costs ?79.99, the price in the same chain here in France is 119E. That's about ?104. (and it's the same price everywhere else here)
 
HelenM said:
And you really can get some good buys in the UK.
I got a new pair arrive in the post today, sent from the UK . It is last years model (ie colour)... I've been basically buying the equivalent model for the last 4 pairs, so I know they're fine. They cost ?54 (plus ?10 postage:( ).
This year's model in a major sports chain in the UK costs ?79.99, the price in the same chain here in France is 119E. That's about ?104. (and it's the same price everywhere else here)
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I bought three pairs of 2007 vintage Asics trainers for half the price of the 2008 ones - I reckoned I had been completely happy with the 2007 ones when they came out so the new ones weren't going to be twice as good! I've still got an unused pair that will keep me going for another year 🙂
 
Northerner said:
I think that's a wise decision. Trainers should, as far as possible, match normal physiology and should be there just to provide protection and cushioning. Anyone remember Zola Budd, the South African runner in the early 1980s? She used to run barefoot, which is actually the best way of all to run, but unfortunately not when running on modern roads.
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Yes, I well remember Zola Budd - in fact, kids at a holiday camp where I taught archery in summer 1984 nick-nameded me Zola, because I had short brown hair and didn't always wear shoes. I wasn't much of a runner, an dwas much taller, though.

There are "foot gloves", confusingly called five fingers, with a separate section for each toe, which give some foot protection, while mimicing barefoot running.
 
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