FitFlops Toning Footwear

Toning Shoes, Walkking Shoes - By Deila on Monday, December 20, 2010 - 00:11

Touted as the *footwear with the Gym Built In*, FitFlops have come in to the market in 2007 with sandals and have had 6 million pairs of their variety of shoes to sell since.  Although sandals were the first shoe created by FitFlop, they have also branched in to slippers, clogs, boots and shoes.

I stumbled across FitFlops only this year.  I am a HUGE sandal wearer yet never thought about sandals as something you’d really look into at a *shoe* store.  I always just bought whatever I ran across at the local super store when I was shopping.  Basically I could wear a sandal for about an hour before I had to remove them from discomfort and/or pain. The FitFlops were quite different.

• STYLE – FitFlops started off as sandals and have expanded in to clogs, mukluks, boots, tennis shoes and slippers.  I, personally, own a pair of the Oasis sandals they carry, in Chocolate.  FitFlops carry a varied amount of colors and styles of all their different types of footwear that I can almost guarantee you’ll find something in the type of shoe, style, color and price range you’re looking for.
• FIT – They seem to fit a smidge larger than what I am used to, but I believe it’s because they are a UK company and the sizes don’t translate well between metric and standard.  I still found them to fit quite well but weren’t as tight on my foot as I would have liked.
• QUALITY – The color was quite a deep shade of chocolate, which I found to be true to color.  The construction look very well made; the stitching very professional looking.  They wear well and feel like they will last for several, if not many, years to come.
• FEEL – I have had lower back pain since the birth of my daughter in 1994 and diagnosed with a heer spur earlier this year.  These sandals ROCK!  Within minutes of putting the sandals on my foot pain was almost completely gone and, walking around in the sandals for a few days has all but taken care of my lower back pain.  I don’t EVER want to take them off and find I spend more time on my feet than I did before.  Standing or walking had become SO painful for me and these sandals have been a miracle to me.
• DESIGN – FitFlops were originally designed to help you trim and firm up your thighs and bottom, giving you a workout while you walk.  I certainly did feel my thigh and bum muscles more than usual while I walked around in my sandals.  As for getting fitter and trimmer,I don’t know.  Personally I wouldn’t count on a shoe alone to make me into a super model, but the shoes design has certainly helped me manage my back and foot pain more so that I DO tend to walk more which, in turn, gives me a work out.  Hurrah for all!

My final thought is this.  Anything that is so comfortable to wear, nicely styled (although the Logo is a little gaudy and could be smaller), helps me get things done during the course of my day and helps to relieve body aches and pains is most definitely worth the money spent, even though you can find a lot of styles within anyone’s price range.  These are excellent shoes worthy of the name FITflop!