Fitness shoe/flip-flops

By Lonneke | May 4, 2008

It’s almost flipflop time again wiihoe. Not only because I love summer time but I am a real shoe- and flipflop addict I can say that I own dozens of pairs of shoes and flip-flops. There is a big chance that when you walk into my room, that you stumble over a few shoes of mine. If it were up to me I’d walk on flip-flops the whole year thru. But unfortunately the weather in Holland do not permit this )

Today I saw an advertisement about healthy flipflops, called Fitflops. Marcia Kilgore (personal trainer) came with the idea to make a shoe that burns your fat, take care for a better posture, ánd strengthens your muscles.(developed by Darren James and Dr David Cook at London South Bank University) This wonderful and definitely great idea came reality and are now the UK’s hottest fitness shoe’s.

I saw this flipflops today (03 may 2008) just for the first time but they already exist since 2007. ;-). Meanwhile already in various variants and color to obtain and now also for men!
This evening I told about these fitness shoes against my boyfriend, maybe he can write about it on his own blog if he like.

Note: I have not tried the shoes yet, but all I have read about is very positive and I think to buy some pair of them.

But one important thing: you must not OVERUSE them because this can damage your health. Doctor Barry Francis says “people wear flip flops all the time they are constantly scrunching their toes up into a claw. ‘That can cause problems such as tendonitis and even shin splints. People go to work in them and stand in them all day. They are also extremely unstable so you are more likely to trip over and hurt yourself. “

But for summer periods it’s ok to wear flipflops, fitflops or flat shoes. Make sure you save them for the beach and replaced with shoes with backs or proper straps to hold the foot in place.

So, if you are too busy? Is there no time to go to the fitness but do you really want to sports daily? Then these FitFlops are perhaps something for you!

Why wearing FITFLOPS?

FitFlops give you a workout while you walk.
They challenge hard to reach muscles more.
Every step you take in your FitFlops helps tone and trim your legs
FitFlops work your bum muscles more. FitFlops have been clinically proven to increase the amount of time that the gluteus maximus muscle is ‘activated’ during every single step.
FitFlops have been shown to have a significant effect on the toning muscles of your thighs: The rectus femoris muscle (one of the large muscles in the group of muscles in your thigh) is activated for a longer period of time while walking in FitFlops than while normally shod or barefoot.
Walking in FitFlops is like walking barefoot, but a little bit better
FitFlops make it easier to stay in shape.