We tried the Nike shoes that look like boats and can squeeze and warm your tired and tired feet.

“So far it feels like it’s vibrating, almost like a massage, sort of.” These are the words of my colleague, CNET Senior Editor, Lisa Eadicicco, referring to the Nike x Hyperice shoes that we will try during CES 2025. Think of them as therapeutic recovery boots or high-tops, really. Shoes that you can adjust to tighten your feet and calves with more grip than a compression sock, and to soothe your tired muscles.

And here’s the kicker – you can walk into them as they attempt to work their recovery magic.
“You can definitely feel the heat here,” Eadicicco said as he walked through a demo room in Las Vegas. While the Nike x Hyperice shoes first debuted at the Paris Olympics last summer, we jumped at the chance to try them out for ourselves, as one more preview to come in the space where electronics help with active recovery and not just monitoring your vitals.

These battery-powered boots include compression and warmth for warm-ups and post-workout recovery. Nike says a “Normatec dual-air bladder system bonded to warming elements” spreads the heat evenly throughout the boots, with the aim of warming the muscle and tissue in your feet and ankles.

Look at this: The new Nike boots include Compression and Warmth for Post-Workout Recovery

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The Nike x Hyperice shoes have a few buttons that allow you to control three different levels of compression and warmth. It massages and compresses your ankles and feet, and from our shoe test, you can especially feel the warmth around your ankles.

It is difficult to say how effective the shoes will be as a training or recovery heating system without trying for more, but at first use, these characteristics are definitely noticeable.

The shoes have velcro straps, felt soft and comfortable to walk in and now come in a range of sizes rather than individual sizes – so men’s size 10-12 for example. Nike is working on a consumer version to go on sale, but there’s no word yet on when it will launch or how much it will cost.

Nike is also developing a compression and heat vest as part of the wearable line.

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