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Masia-style trainer

Masia-style trainer
The ladies of Portsmouth get the feel of Africa beneath their feet as Gillian McKeith gets them to try out a trainer specially designed to imitate the way the Masai walk.
Masia-style trainer
Research has shown that the Masai tribes have good muscle tone due to walking bare foot.
Masia-style trainer
The foot moves differently when bare to when wearing a shoe, so these trainers copy the bare foot style and exercise more muscles than normal which should improve muscle tone and posture.
Masia-style trainer
The recommended method is to start by wearing the trainer until you can feel it work and build up to wearing it all the time.
Masia-style trainer
Result
The ladies of Portsmouth lost a total of 19.5 inches with an average loss of 1.77 inches.

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