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May 14, 2012 (Updated February 15, 2023)

Reebok Part 2 – Shoes & Cardio Dance

by Anne Mauney, MPH, RD

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I’m back with part 2 of my Reebok adventures! If you missed part 1, check that out first. I share my first experience with CrossFit!

After our workout, we headed back in to the main Reebok headquarters.

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Back inside, we settled in for a little info session about some of Reebok’s products. I loved the table decorations. 😉

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In addition to learning more about their current shoes, we got a sneak peak of some of their upcoming summer and fall lines and let me tell you — they are awesome. In addition to the RealFlex Transition shoes we wore throughout the day for our workouts (and I wore to travel all week — SO comfy), we were also given a pair of their ZigNano Fly II shoes, which are part of their running line. 

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Aren’t they cute? I love the colors and the fun squiggly bottom — they have a minimalist type lower profile construction but with a supportive frame, and are very lightweight, flexible, and soft. I’m really excited to try them out and will report back soon with my thoughts.

After the product session, it was lunch time! They had a great spread for us — lots of healthy options, which I appreciated.

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I ended up with a big salad with all sorts of veggies plus a little roast beef, and a turkey sandwich on delicious hearty bread. Hit the spot!

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After lunch, we headed to another area of the Reebok Headquarters to learn about how their shoes are created! We first met with Bill McInnis, who is head of Reebok Advanced Innovations — he literally used to be a rocket scientist (he worked for NASA previously) so I’m pretty confident in his shoe designing abilities. 😉

He gave a really cool presentation showing all the different iterations it takes one line of shoes before they become the shoes that we see in stores. They have groups of testers that try the shoes for a certain amount of time, give feedback, and then they change the shoes and do it all over again until the majority of people are happy, both with the short term AND long term performance of the shoes. Quite the process!

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We also saw some of their cool software for designing shoes.

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And got a chance to see their 3D printer in action — with 3D printing, you literally make 3D solid objects from a digital file by printing successive layers of very thin material over and over again until a shape eventually starts to form! Apparently the technology was developed by MIT — no surprise there. The copy of the guy’s head in the photo below was created by the printer — how cool is that?! It was SO realistic!

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We also learned about Reebok’s new “U-Form” technology, which is a heat activated custom-fit technology built into the lining of some of their newer shoes. With U-Form, consumers use a hair dryer to heat their shoes for two minutes, which causes the shoes to soften; you then put on the shoes and wait a few minutes for them to harden perfectly molded to your feet! Cool, huh?

After our educational sessions, it was time for another workout! This time we did a cardio dance workout led by Ilyse Baker, who flew in from California just to teach the class. She’s got some serious moves — no surprise, since she’s worked with Rihanna, Access Hollywood, and a ton of other celebs/big media outlets.

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I’m not usually into dance workouts because I don’t like having to think and remember sequences when I work out, so I wasn’t expecting to like this class, but Ilyse is a pro and did an awesome job making it fun for us. Great music, too! We were ready for the club. 😉

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I was surprisingly sweaty afterward, too! Here we are breaking it down:

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And you can also check out this video, courtesy of Bex, of us dancing! You can’t see me in the video, which is probably for the best. 😉

Cardio Dance class with Ilyse Baker

But you CAN see me in this cool video that Kelly took of us all during the CrossFit workout earlier in the day! Right at the beginning you can see me and Tina busting out some pull ups with our backs to the camera. See us? 🙂 Until the video zooms out you can’t tell we’re using bands to assist us with the pull-ups — we just look hardcore. 😉

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This video of us all doing the 200m run portion of the CrossFit workout is fun, too! What a blast. 🙂 You can see me running in the second group!

CrossFit 200m run

 

I left for the airport on Friday exhausted but happy. What a wonderful day — thank you again to Reebok and FitFluential for this great opportunity!

- anne
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23 comments
  • Julie @ Peanut Butter Fingers
    May 14, 2012 · 11:35AM:
    anne! i had such a great time with you last week. :) i'm so glad we got to spend more time together in new york (womp, woooomp) and boston. you are so much fun!!! hope to see you again soon. good luck at your big race this week!
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    • Anne P
      May 14, 2012 · 11:39AM:
      Ditto! You rock. :) We must play again ASAP! Preferably involving purses with brass knuckles.
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  • Elizabeth
    May 14, 2012 · 11:39AM:
    It was so great seeing you Friday, safety goggles and all! :) And I get to see you this week, too?! Spoiled, I tell you.
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    • Anne P
      May 14, 2012 · 12:01PM:
      You too!! Can't wait for this weekend :)
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  • Katie Heddleston
    May 14, 2012 · 12:24PM:
    Love Reebok! I just started running in Realflex optimals and love themmmmm!
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  • Katie @ Peace Love & Oats
    May 14, 2012 · 12:38PM:
    I think that's so cool that you got to see how they make the shoes!
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  • Caitlin
    May 14, 2012 · 12:42PM:
    oh hey, i don't look TOO ridic in that dance photo! haha good job using the vids in your post, i plan to use some in mine too :) they came out great!
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    • Anne P
      May 14, 2012 · 12:57PM:
      They really did!
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  • Cat @ Breakfast to Bed
    May 14, 2012 · 12:44PM:
    On friday night it was soooo hard to keep my eyes open!! Great to meet you!!
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    • Anne P
      May 14, 2012 · 12:56PM:
      Great meeting you, too!
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  • Liz @ Southern Charm
    May 14, 2012 · 12:48PM:
    How fun! Um that technology for those shoes?? SO COOL!! Wow .. haha, that's all I can say :)
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  • Renie May 14, 2012 · 1:11PM:
    I thoroughly enjoyed your adventures, Anne.
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  • Cheryl May 14, 2012 · 1:59PM:
    Why not just get strong enough on one's own to do a pull up or two or ten-unassisted? The music is awful. I couldn't work out in that gym.
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    • Anne P
      May 14, 2012 · 3:46PM:
      The point of using the bands while doing the pull ups IS to get strong enough to do one on your own eventually! They have different size bands - the larger the band, the easier the pull up will be. So you can build up your strength by using smaller and smaller bands, until you are able to do them on your own! And sorry you didn't like the music - we did. :)
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  • Hunter May 14, 2012 · 2:43PM:
    Awesome videos!! I love the cardio dancing-- reminds me of Zumba!
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  • Jocelyn @ Peace Love Nutrition
    May 14, 2012 · 5:31PM:
    I love seeing the video of all you girls dancing. You guys worked it. How fun!
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  • Ro @ Eat Live Move
    May 14, 2012 · 5:39PM:
    Thanks for sharing. This looks like a lot of fun! You all are so beautiful too!
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  • Lauren K May 14, 2012 · 9:25PM:
    You look so baller doing those pull ups! Love it!
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  • Allison@commitcomplete
    May 14, 2012 · 10:27PM:
    I can't get over that printer!
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  • Heather @ For the Love of Kale
    May 15, 2012 · 5:18PM:
    It was SO nice meeting you last week, Anne! You should know that I deeply cherished our little bonding session over our mutual lack of affection for dance. We totally rocked it out, though!
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    • Anne P
      May 16, 2012 · 10:15AM:
      Wonderful meeting you too, Heather! And we totally did rock it. :)
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  • Jane September 21, 2012 · 6:41PM:
    What Reebok shoe line did the pro's say was best for cardio dance class?
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    • Anne P
      September 23, 2012 · 4:34PM:
      They had us wearing the RealFlex Transition for the dance workout! http://shop.reebok.com/us/product/women-realflex-transition-shoes/EG636?cid=J90199&breadcrumb=u3ZsvZ1z12r1bZ1z12rcl
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