There is nothing more irritating then sliding all over the place, when we're trying to do our Yoga, Pilates, Barre or Ballet workouts.
I was tired of sliding all over the place as I did my downward facing dog, or planks. One day as I was reading my Yoga magazine they had an ad for The Nike Studio Pack.
(I knew if it came from Nike, it had to be good.)
I immediately went to their website and saw a video from the creator/inventor of the Studio Wrap Shoe. She explained how and why she came about creating the Shoe.
I went to the Nike store at the Outlet mall and they were selling for $79. I wanted it them so bad, (Me and another lady were looking at them) but the price was steep.
I went back two weeks later and they were on SALE! I got them for $37 including tax!
(They do sell the Shoe Wrap by itself at the outlet mall for about that price.)
Amazon sells them for $55
NIKE Women's Studio Wrap Training Shoes, Atomic Red/Arctic Green/Atomic Pink
The wrap comes with a well constructed slipper. It is made of sturdy spandex or what seems to be neoprene. It reminds me of what a diver might wear or the black shorts people wear to lose excess water.
When you slip on the shoe wrap, it hugs your foot very nicely, giving you a nice compression.
There is nice padding on the side of the big toe, where the bone meets the foot. I love that because a lot of the times shoes are snug there. The back of the shoe wraps nicely on the achilles heel. They are very, very comfortable.
There is also cushioning on the heel.
The bottom of the shoe has a non-slip-grip. When I do my poses, I'm not sliding all over the place and my foot isn't sliding on the inside! Love that.
Because the back of the wrap sits high on the heel/ankle, I'm also able to wrap my foot around the barre, and able to put my heel, ankle portion on the barre to do the stretches without having my bone feeling the barre.
The ballet slippers that come with the Studio Pack are very well constructed. There is padding on the heel and the back of the shoe, the achilles section sits high, and nicely snug, (It does not cut or irritate the back of the ankle.) The material of that section of the shoe feels very soft like faux suede.
Overall I love this shoe wrap, it really helps me. It gives me nice support along with a nice compression on and around my foot. I have flat feet and broke my arch, so this helps make a lot of the poses tolerable. (I'm not saying that it will alleviate it 100%, but it makes me tolerate the poses, which is something I wasn't able to do before. I would have to roll tennis balls under my feet as soon as I was done with Pilates or any Barre workouts. Now, I don't have to.)
Fitting: I went up half a size. I'm a 9 and bought a 9.5.
I'm in no ways associated with Nike, and this is my own personal opinion, and my review on this product.
So Nike if you read this, "Please make something for the hands!"
You may purchase the Nike Studio Wrap on their website, store, Ebay or Amazon.
Amazon has them for about $100.
