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Use Your Tax Rebate for MBTs

FitSugar — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 03:00:00 -0700

Have your spent your tax rebate yet? Well I encourage you to invest in the upkeep of your backside and buy some MBT shoes. They truly are the functional fitness shoe.

First, MBT stands for Masai Barefoot Technology. These shoes are made by a Swiss company that put a lot of research into creating a shoe that imitates what the foot does when it is not wearing a shoe. Twist your mind around that one. Anyway, I must say their research paid off (the shoes really do work) and they get paid handsomely for each pair of shoes – they retail at $245. Lucky for us, MBT changes their styles frequently which means old styles become discontinued and their price is reduced. Yay! These discontinued styles still provide all the benefits of full priced shoes, like – activating the back of the leg with every step and forcing the body into proper alignment.

You can find all the reduced price, discontinued styles at Walkers Warehouse for $139 to $189. Plus you can receive an extra $20 off by entering the coupon code FITSUGAR. Talk about some serious savings. Remember when shopping that this coupon code works only for the discontinued styles (at the bottom of the Walkers Warehouse web page).

Read more about what I think of MBTs here.

Happy walking!

You Asked: Do I Need an MBT Class?

FitSugar — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:45:00 -0800

You're asking and I'm answering . . .
Hey Fit,
I ordered some MBTs, love the extra discount. Thanks! O love the shoes too. But the info packet that came with the shoes says I need to take a class. Is that for real?
– MBT Mary

Good question. While I am usually all for checking out classes, finding MBT classes can be difficult outside of NYC, LA and San Francisco. Plus they are not all that necessary. You do, however, need to acclimate the shoes.

To see what discount Mary is talking about and to see what I usually do when clients come to a Pilates session with a new pair or MBTs,

Discontinued, Discounted MBTs Even Less With FitSugar Coupon

FitSugar — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:00:00 -0800

If you have some extra Christmas cash still burning a hole in your pocket and you would like to use it to burn up your backside, then you might just want to look into buying a pair of MBT shoes.

First, MBT stands for Masai Barefoot Technology. These shoes are made by a Swiss company that put a lot of research into creating a shoe that imitates what the foot does when it is not wearing a shoe. Twist your mind around that one. Anyway, I must say their research paid off (the shoes really do work) and they get paid handsomely for each pair of shoes – they retail at $245. Lucky for us, MBT changes their styles frequently which means old styles become discontinued and their price is reduced. These discontinued styles still provide all the benefits of full priced shoes, like – activating the back of the leg with every step and forcing the body into proper alignment.

You can find all the reduced price, discontinued styles at Walkers Warehouse for $159 to $189. Plus you can receive an extra $20 off by entering the coupon code FITSUGAR. Talk about some serious savings. Remember when shopping that this coupon code works only for the discontinued styles.

Read more about what I think of MBTs here.

Happy walking!

MBT shoes = A Toned Backside, No Lie

FitSugar — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:45:00 -0800

My backside feels almost dead after sitting on it all day. My favorite way to resuscitate it is walking in my MBTs.

MBT stands for Masai Barefoot Technology. A Swiss company put a lot of research into creating a shoe that imitates what the foot does when it is not wearing a shoe. Twist your mind around that one. I must say their research paid off and they get paid handsomely for each pair of shoes - they retail at $245.

If you can swallow the price the shoes are wonderful. They activate the back of the leg with every step and force the body into alignment. Plus they decrease the stress on your knee joint. As I move up years, further from 20 and closer to 40, my knees appreciate it.

You might have seen them in the Bliss catalog claiming to be the anti-cellulite shoe. But the Swiss makers of the shoes make no claim to this, but the shoes have been proven to increase muscular activity in the legs and glutes.

So the shoes might not be all that pretty to look at, but they turn any walk into a workout, especially if you are headed up an incline.

To learn how the shoes work and to see more styles just

I Heart My MBT's

FitSugar — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 02:50:00 -0800

I love my MBT's and I will tell you why. They make the backs of my legs work, and when they work they get toned. As we age, the hamstrings (muscles in the back of the thigh) and the glutes weaken and diminish. I've seen this in a lot of my older Pilates clients. But the MBT's activate the back of the leg with every step.

You might have seem them in the Bliss catalog claiming to be the anti-cellulite shoe. But the Swiss makers of the shoes make no claim to this, but the shoes have been proven to increase muscular activity in the legs, decrease the load on lower body joints, and thereby decrease pain.

They may not be the most attractive shoes, they may have a slightly colonialist name (Masai ?!? Barefoot Technology), and they're pricey (upwards from $230). But they do turn a regular walk into a work out, especially when going up hill.

To learn how the shoes work