Outdoor enthusiasts have long considered Mephisto walking shoes to be some of the best shoes on the market, and they are some of the best-selling walking shoe brands in France, Switzerland, and Austria. Handcrafted construction, top-quality materials, and innovative designs make them some of the toughest, most comfortable walking shoes on the market. While hugely popular across Europe with hill and mountain walkers, their latest range of footwear is aimed at urban walkers looking to increase the value they get from their time spent exercising.

Sano by Mephisto toning shoes help improve posture and relieve stress on joints and muscles for an efficient workout. The upright posture they promote relaxes the muscles, relieving tension in the back, neck and shoulders, while preparing the body for a good healthy workout. Shoes stimulate blood circulation, helping to return blood to the core, and in doing so, help prevent the formation of varicose and thread veins. The sole design encourages you to pick up your pace naturally for a more energetic walk and improves the cardiovascular value of the workout while creating instabilities so your muscles work harder. In fact, the shoes help you get 30% more muscle activity with every step.

With the body working efficiently and the muscles working harder, the time spent exercising is greatly improved, making you fitter and healthier in the fastest time scale. Shoes are a great motivator, helping you get out there and notice the difference by offering a much quicker reward for your effort. Improved toning is achieved with a redesign of a classic 1970s muscle-enhancing design, the negative heel, which corrects posture by changing weight distribution.

Sano Mephisto Power Stimulator technology offers excellent shock absorption, with the heel strike perfectly cushioned to absorb shock waves when walking on hard urban surfaces. The body is forced back onto the heels to correct posture, while the foot is rolled in a full arc, activating more muscles and stretching the plantar fascia. Shoes help bare feet to walk on soft sand, which is one of the most efficient, healthy, and beneficial ways of walking.

The Power Stimulator also stores the energy of the striking force and, like a spring, releases the energy to propel the foot forward, promoting a faster walking speed. Located under the forefoot is a multi-vibration system, adding more micro-instabilities to work your muscles harder, and also engaging a broader range of core muscle groups. In combination with the Power Stimulator, the shoes can increase muscle activity in the lower body by up to 30%.