A question for the laydees...and for certain men too I suppose

Sued0nim
Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Do you think that wearing heels helps you with your core? (in a kind of Pilates way)

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  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    no, you should hold good posture regardless if your footwear.

    Heels do give me a much better wiggle though :laugh:
  • h7463
    h7463 Posts: 626 Member
    Hahahaha.....no, I don't think so.... Strength training (body weight and otherwise) will help with core strength. I've got a few dozen pairs of heels, and none of them helped to make me stronger.. As a matter of fact, they don't even see much daylight anymore, compared to the gym shoes...lol.
    BUT I agree with the previous poster about that 'wiggle'.... :)
  • JaneECS
    JaneECS Posts: 71 Member
    I don't care whether it helps with my core - if I wear heels, sooner or later I will end up with a broken neck!
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    No.
  • kittenful
    kittenful Posts: 318 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    no, you should hold good posture regardless if your footwear.

    Heels do give me a much better wiggle though :laugh:

    ^This. ^_^
  • Beploveshomer
    Beploveshomer Posts: 283 Member
    I don't notice the core so much as my butt is always contracted and my legs from top to bottom are contracted and working much harder! :)
  • ink_b1tch
    ink_b1tch Posts: 101
    No, but they do tend to help you "hold" your core in but will not improve it.
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    they make my calves wicked sore, but man they look joocy!
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    TavistockToad wrote: »
    no, you should hold good posture regardless if your footwear.

    Heels do give me a much better wiggle though :laugh:

    Surely da wiggle increases your calorie burn :wink:
  • katherine_startrek_fan
    katherine_startrek_fan Posts: 425 Member
    Wearing high heels contracts the muscles in your calves, which make your legs look great for awhile, but will negatively affect your muscle mass over time.
  • segacs
    segacs Posts: 4,599 Member
    High heels do all kinds of terrible things to our bones, muscles, posture, feet and health.

    On the other hand, I'm 5'1" and I will continue to wear 'em anyway, 'cause I love the extra few inches of height! I do stash them at the office and change when I get here, so I'm mostly commuting in flats, mind you.
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    I never noticed them helping my "core", but they did do unpleasant things to my feet.

    The podiatrist even said, "You ladies do this to yourselves!" He's not wrong, lol. We do.

    I've reached the age of more sensible shoes. :)
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Whispers: my OP wasn't serious :wink:
  • randomtai
    randomtai Posts: 9,003 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Whispers: my OP wasn't serious :wink:

    *whispers* It wasn't funny either. :p
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  • happysquidmuffin
    happysquidmuffin Posts: 651 Member
    I think the inventor of high heels must have been a man... who wanted to punish women.
  • ithrowconfetti
    ithrowconfetti Posts: 451 Member
    happysquidmuffin wrote: »
    I think the inventor of high heels must have been a man... who wanted to punish women.

    I'm pretty sure it was invented by a woman... to strengthen her core.
  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
    Heels were invented by Persian horsemen because their feet kept slipping out when they rode. Then that billionaire (almost trillionaire) Italian banking Medici family from the 1500's had one of their kids wear high heels at a wedding then every girl in the world decided to wear them.

    So warriors first wore them, then billionaires, now you.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    This thread totally made me think of this.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tBRTPIl1mw
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Whispers: my OP wasn't serious :wink:
    Was it supposed to be funny?

    Not seeing the humor.
  • Sued0nim
    Sued0nim Posts: 17,456 Member
    Oh dear, never mind ... it amused me...as did a number of the responses :smile:

    <job done>
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    rabbitjb wrote: »
    Oh dear, never mind ... it amused me...as did a number of the responses :smile:

    <job done>

    Good trolling, well done.
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