The newest trend in walking shoes and where you can find them.

According to Rebecca Kotch, vice president of marketing for MBT shoes, the company has never had a huge advertising budget, so its success is based mainly on word of mouth.

MBT trainers seem like an unlikely item of footwear to catch the imagination of the young and trendy. With their thick, curved sole and sensible wide straps, they look like the sort of thing you ...

MBT trainers seem like an unlikely item of footwear to catch the imagination of the young and trendy. With their thick, curved sole and sensible wide straps, they look like the sort of thing you ...

As Marie Haxby talks to a co-worker at Scheels All Sports, she rocks back and forth on her feet.

MBT, which stands for Masai Barefoot Technology, pioneered “natural instability.” MBT shoes are the most researched; at least nine of the 39 studies have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

A few friends swear by lunch-break walks in those ugly MBT sneakers (they claim to tone you up because the specially shaped soles make muscles more active). So I splurged on the new MBT sandals.