Does the latest craze in athletic shoes — rocker soles — really have a health effect?
Want to trim and tone your shape or supplement your usual workout while performing your day-to-day tasks? Another fitness tool is on the market that may make that wish a reality.Funky-looking, rocker-soled shoes that manufacturers claim will help you burn calories and tone muscles are turning up everywhere, including several major retailers. Many online outlets carry a version of the shoe, and Avon is selling a low-cost version for Curves.With the bottomless sea of fitness equipment on the market, skepticism is a standard reaction to new exercise aids.Darleen Mostellar, mother of two, a local runner, founding member of the Pocono Area Running Club and 17-time marathon finisher, said, “I sell Avon and they sell the Curves rocker shoes, so I ordered them. The first time I wore them I thought, ‘No way, they’re going back!’ They were just so different. I’m used to a running shoe — the stability, the balance.”But she gave it another shot. “The next day I tried again. I put them on and walke
