This year’s fad that claims to tone your body without exercising is “toning shoes”. (In my teens they were called earth shoes.) Their claim is burning more calories and toning leg muscles while walking.
(Did You Know? The soreness some people feel after wearing these shoes probably comes from the different way they cause you to walk.)
So the American Council on Exercise studied these shoes by measuring muscle electrical activity through EMGs (electromyography). They found that the shoes caused no significant increase in muscle activation. Also, compared with running shoes, there were no significant differences in the rate of perceived exertion, oxygen consumption, or calories burned.
There are few, if any, shortcuts to lead a healthy lifestyle. Eat right and exercise, eat right and exercise, eat right and exercise…