June 12, 2006

Every Step You Take

Shape ’Em Up Shoes

Somewhere between low-carb and low-cal, you stopped getting so darn high on life.

So here’s a little something to raise your spirits — and maybe your metabolic rate. Shape ’Em Ups by Orthotebb are brilliant new shoes designed to work your lower half while you wear them throughout the day.

Slip them on (don’t panic, now; trying not to teeter is what makes them work) and concentrate on keeping your weight on the soft, flat platform supporting the front two-thirds of each shoe.

Every step incites vein-pumping action, the likes of which you’ve never seen. Before you know it, you’re using as many muscles in your legs, hips, tummy, and tuccous as you normally would sweating away on a StairMaster.

With long-term use, they address grave maladies like saggy knees, saddle bags, and the ever-dreaded cankle. Word on the street is that Pilates studios all over town are snatching them up for fall.

We’d point out that you had nothing to lose.

But for most of us, that’s just not the case.

Available online at shapeupshoes.com.