Introducing the Reebok Nano Pro

You know carbon plates from running. They rewrote record books, changed how shoes are built, and introduced that now-familiar feeling of propulsion underfoot.
But a carbon-plated training shoe?
That’s a new one.

The Reebok Nano has over a decade of history behind it, built as a dependable, all-purpose training shoe designed to handle load, intensity, and the unpredictable rhythm of real sessions. It’s a staple because it’s consistent: stable, durable, and ready for whatever the day’s programming throws at it.

The Nano Pro is Reebok taking that legacy and pushing it forward. They’ve borrowed the thinking behind super shoes and asked a sharper question:
If carbon plates help runners produce force more efficiently, why wouldn’t that benefit athletes who train explosively?

What a Carbon Plate Actually Does

Technically: A carbon plate increases longitudinal bending stiffness, reducing energy lost through midsole deformation and improving the efficiency of force transfer during rapid plantarflexion, whether that force goes forward, upward, or sideways.

Translation:
You get more back every time you push off the ground.

In running, that return builds over thousands of strides.
In training, it shows up instantly in the take-off of a jump, the push out of a cut, the quick rebound in fast footwork. Same physics, different tempo.

How Reebok Built Around It

The Nano Pro’s plate sits inside a lightweight midsole that blends cushioning with control, paired with a decoupled outsole so the shoe stays natural under slower or loaded movement. The upper keeps the classic Nano feel: structured, breathable, and built to work.

Why It Works

You feel an immediate sharpness in movements that rely on fast force. Take-offs feel cleaner, transitions feel quicker, and plyometrics lose a little of that sinking sensation into the floor. The shoe still keeps the grounded, planted confidence that made the Nano a favourite in the first place.

It might have sounded like a gimmick, a carbon plate in a training shoe, but with the way performance footwear is evolving, it raises a genuine question: Is this where the category is heading next?