Where can I buy some lifting shoes?

Posts 4 and 6 should answer your questions.

some sort of synthetic polymer, its the same stuff used for some handgun grips. Heel is about 1.25 inches I think. Theyre not the best you can buy, but for only £90 I think they're a damn good entry level lifting shoe

Thank you ladies and gentlemen.

Regarding the heel height, I mean the effective height, as in the distance between the top of the heel and the toe. I know with my Ironworks it is 1", with the total heel of 1.25". Could you measure them again please? Thanks.

Also, anyone know where to get Nike Romaleos from?

R.e. the Nikes, my weightlifting coach just bought some and he HATES them because he thinks the heel is too high compared to Adidas. He reckons they push him forwards onto his toes, making him lose his balance. He wants me to buy him some Adidas ones from the UK and he's going to sell the Nikes.

R.e. the Nikes, my weightlifting coach just bought some and he HATES them because he thinks the heel is too high compared to Adidas. He reckons they push him forwards onto his toes, making him lose his balance. He wants me to buy him some Adidas ones from the UK and he's going to sell the Nikes.

That's odd, I'd heard that the heel height on the Nikes are 3/4" - which is lower than current Adidas shoes, and in fact the lowest of any current commercially available shoe!

Thanks for the heads up though. Maybe he uses old, old Adidas ones. There's an old weightlifter in my gym who's got a pair and their heels seem very low.

If he's used to a smaller heel and has performed thousands of squats, snatches and cleans etc in a smaller heeled shoe, then his body will be used to those shoes and his cerebellar motor engram will be for that heel height. He could stick with the romaeloes but it would take hundreds of reps to reset the motor engram.

Fair point. His last 2 pairs were the model Adidas designed for Athens 2004 so it's probably that. He did also say that the Nikes are really narrow at the toe.

Just wondering where he got his nike shoes from?? Were they imported/how much were they (in £).

What size is he/has he sold em yet?

He bought them from the US...I have no idea how much! He's not sold them yet. He's still "checking to see if hates them enough"...I just bought him some Adistar 08s so maybe he'll finally put the Nikes up for sale after Christmas. I reckon he'll be looking for a sale in Norwegian Kroner rather than pounds though...He's a UK 9 though if you're that interested

Haha, lifting shoes, now I've heard everything. What happened to just working out? Now people are pussies and they need weight lifting belts, gloves and now special shoes? Hahahahaha.

Yeah what a pussy...

I can do 200kg x 5 without any of that stuff. No one that I know uses equipment like that. It isn't necessary and just confirms our consumerist culture.

Squat I should say, I thought that was what we were talking about anyway.

I can do 200kg x 5 without any of that stuff. No one that I know uses equipment like that. It isn't necessary and just confirms our consumerist culture.

Some people want shoes to squat, all weightlifters use them. Having shoes allows you to properly train a wider variety of (extremely technical) lifts than just squats. Pretty sure Klokov could do 200x5 without a belt or shoes as well.

Shoes just came in. A bit tight around the middle but otherwise fine. Will see how well they do tomorrow.