If you look around you when you are walking in the park, or going for a jog, you will notice that there are an increasing number of people choosing to wear the latest fitness footwear fashion shoes on their feet. The cool styles, excellent color schemes and funky designs make you stand out from the crowd, however many of the shoes you now see are not actually standard sneakers, but are toning shoes. The days of the ultra thick soles appear to be numbered, as new designs with a low profile look, are becoming the norm.

What toning shoes do is to tone the muscles of your buttocks and legs faster than in standard sneakers. They allow you to burn a lot more calories, just by walking with the latest versions being suitable for the gym and for jogging too. According to research conducted by the manufacturers of the shoes, you can ge up to 30% more muscle activation when wearing the shoes, and increase calorie burning up to 4 times (with Earth shoes) and by 10% with New balance toning shoes. The shoes help to get you working harder thanks to the imbalance triggered by the spongy midsoles and rounded soles. With the unstable base, and a host of sneaker technologies, the instabilities change the balance of the body, and the body responds by firing more muscles and activating them for longer. Whilst it may sound dangerous, the shoes are actually quite stable; with toning shoes manufacturers making sure that their shoes offer good stability, in spite of the small instabilities they create.

Toning shoes experts suggest that the shoes do not impact the knee and joints with much stress, with the MBT Anti shoe the most tested. Independent studies have demonstrated clearly that the shoes greatly reduce the stress on the knees, something which anyone with cartilage problems who has worn the shoes will attest to. The shoes help to improve posture, which makes your body better able to deal with the forces from moving over hard ground, and they even make you stand taller, straighter which improves your image and make you look more confident and attractive.

Toning shoes also allow you to improve your abs, with the posture change and muscle activation bringing the stomach muscle into play more. If youre on a quest to get a six pack, these shoes are a great way to help you along the way. Although it has to be said that you will have to walk a hell of a long way first, but every little helps! The shoes have been reported to help reduce body fat, improve blood circulation and get your body into much better condition.