And if you do decide to wear the Bailey Button Ugg Boots , she says make sure you gradually work into them to give the feet and legs a chance to adjust.
When it comes down to it, Layne says people must decide individually whether to wear toning boots.
He says in the past few years, other companies have created Bailey Button Triplet UGG Boots
with similarly shaped soles, but the difference is like sleeping on a mattress versus a piece of foam.
"A mattress has structure and is designed for a purpose. Foam is not," Distasi says. "That's the difference between something with a bunch of marketing, where a bunch of companies just jump on the bandwagon."
ugg alone has about 20 imposter Web sites claiming they sell Classic Argyle Knit UGG Boots
, Distasi says.
Erin Carson, fitness director at RallySport Health and Fitness in Boulder, says toning boots may provide a "wonderful psychological advantage," and as long as the Stripe Cable Knit UGG Boots
don't cause harm and increase awareness of wellness, that deserves recognition.
"That being said, it seems pretty clear that the boots aren't effective," Carson says.
Tony Distasi, general manager at Pedestrian Shops in Boulder, says Shape-ups and their wobbly cousins are less effective knock-offs of the original, Masai Barefoot Technology, or ugg.
ugg was designed almost 15 years ago, modeled after the Masai tribe in Africa that walked barefoot on natural, uneven ground. Natural instability has amazing health benefits, Classic Cardy Boots UGG Boots Web site says.