Favorite Lifting Shoes?

[NixLifter]

What kind of shoes are your favorite to train in. i have been through the phase with shox. they look great in the gym but don't feel to great once you start to go heavy on squats and doing calves in them doesn't feel right... i have been using adidas (goodyear) flats and they seem to be working pretty good. which ones do you like? i am looking for more options as well.

 

[jesse7159]

What kind of shoes are your favorite to train in. i have been through the phase with shox. they look great in the gym but don't feel to great once you start to go heavy on squats and doing calves in them doesn't feel right... i have been using adidas (goodyear) flats and they seem to be working pretty good. which ones do you like? i am looking for more options as well.

hey bro, on my leg and back day when I go heavy I wear my chuck taylors/old school converse (whatever they are calling them now). a lot of powerlifters wear them. totally flat bottom great for stability and they are a high top for ankle support. other days I wear puma running shoes they breathe really well. but check out the cons I was skeptical at first but I love em now.

 

[Matte220]

1 of my 4 pairs of Nike Shox! Agreed though that they are not the best for heavy squats.

 

[flexmaster]

if you are serious about training, you should really invest in a good pair of weightlifting shoes. here's why: when doing a squat you are exerting a force downwards which transfers to the surface your feet are on, then upwards to move your body and the weight. if you are wearing a running shoe, or shox for example, some of that force that you are exerting downwards gets absprbed by the shoes, then the leftover is transfered to movement. so say you are exerting 100N of force downwards, and 20N is absorbed by the shoe, now 80N is transfered to the wieght and your body...you are not being as efficient as you could be. the difference between weightlifting shoes and normal shoes is that the sole is made of solid rubber or wood, which compresses very little...thus none of the force you are exerting downwards is being absorbed and it is all transferred to the weight. this might not sound like a big deal but trust me, you are missing out on something that will drastically increase your performance! i have the adidas ironwork II. these shoes will also help if you find it difficult to squat deep. they have a slight heel, which allows you do go very deep. the ironworkII has the slightest (smallest) heel i believe, there are some others out there that are very high that i would never use because i am able to squat very deep without lifting shoes. this is a VERY good investment!

 

[AWN2004]

Nike Zoom +

Light and low to the ground. I can't get enough of this style. I'd have a pair in every color if I could afford it.

 

[The Wolf]

Basketball boots, car racing boots and boxer/wrestler boots seem to give me good ankle support.

 

[anabolicfan]

red wings

 

[Turk]

high ankle converses.

 

[champ00]

flat sole otomix shoes

 

[gearheadz]

OTOMIX or NIKE work best for me.

 

[debo22]

shox, air max, puma

 

[N_iraq]

Wrestling Shoes

thats what i like to train in, just hard to find size 15

 

[grumpy69]

Call me shallow but I refuse to workout in any sort of boots or weightlifting shoe. I think they look ugly. I stick with some Air Max's or Shox.