News of super shoes have dominated running since Nike commanded the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro with its prototype Vaporfly 4% shoes — but gym shoes were left out of the conversation for almost a decade.
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That is, until Reebok took the tech that transformed race day shoes and applied it to its best-selling gym shoe.
The result is the Nano Pro Training Shoe, which integrates Reebok’s carbon-fiber Graphlite Plate into the midsole, resulting in increased stiffness and energy return, giving athletes more propulsion during short runs, box jumps, HIIT sessions, and explosive lifts.
Reebok paired the plate with its Lift and Chassis system to keep the shoe stable under heavy loads while still feeling responsive, and decoupled the outsole, which separates the forefoot and heel to allow more natural foot movement and smoother transitions during dynamic workouts.
