Cellulite affects all women everywhere; from the Big Beautiful Women (BBWs) to the swizzle stick nymphs gracing the runways. No one is safe. Womankind has tried almost everything to stay as smooth as Barry White's sultry voice. There were the sea salt and apple cider vinegar baths, and how lovely you smelled after that. You may have tried the pills and endless counters of creams and ointments with little success.
You may have shelled out a few or more bones on different procedures, including a particular type of deep tissue massage called endermologie. This was originally developed in France to soothe and aid physical therapy patients. Smoother skin quickly became the most obvious side affect, and soon spas everywhere were adding endermologie to their roster.
Bone Diggity Sneaks
One of the more recent crazes to hit the fitness market are the newly dubbed "anti- cellulite sneakers." Bliss Spa mogul Marcia Kilgore is credited with bringing these snazzy shoes across the Atlantic from the United Kingdom. So who made the cellulite sneakers? They were created by Swiss engineer Karl Muller and originally known as Masai Barefoot Technology sneakers. The "cellulite sneaker" name was added some time later.
How does it work? You may not be walking like an Egyptian, but you will walk like the barefoot ancestors that were herding cattle all over modern-day Kenya before the pyramids were built. The shoes were designed to improve posture and work the little used intrinsic foot muscles. Apparently those babies cause more of a work out for your abs and butt.
The anti-cellulite sneaker will run you in the somewhat unfamiliar athletic shoe neighborhood of $250.00 a pair. But, if they do what many are claiming, will be much cheaper than cosmetic surgery. One particular study coming out of Great Britain claimed one woman saw her cottage cheese decrease by as much as fifty percent in about one month.
Do not be too surprised when you see these beauties; because that is just what they are not, and rather ironic that a shoe loved and coveted by so many for reasons of vanity would be so unattractive. Jeans and workout clothes may be okay, but do not expect to match your cellulite sneakers with wool pants or a black cocktail dress. You may end feeling more comfortable just wearing your old painter sweats and an oversized t-shirt.
