There is a new kind of fitness shoe on the market. It is a weighted shoe. Shoes used for jogging weigh less than a pound. Weighted fitness shoes, depending on the size, weigh 2.2 to 4 pounds each. Weighted shoes are worn only for walking (they should not be worn for jogging or other kinds of high impact, vigorous exercise). Investigators have found, however, that moderate exercise — i.e., walking — is equally effective as vigorous exercise in preventing coronary heart disease and some cancers, and in averting, or treating, insulin resistance and Type 2 diabetes.1 Why the weight? Studies … Continue reading The Physiologic Benefits of Weighted Shoes