Shoes for squats and DLs

Gummy Panda · 15-04-2012 11:49AM #1

Anyone recommend some shoes for squating in and where to buy?

Currently using a flat pair of Bose runners I already owned as they were as flat as possible. They're starting to come apart.

Squat is only 160kg for reps so not exactly heavy but progressing steadily. Just want something good for long term.

Brian? · 15-04-2012 01:43PM

Converse for squats, check eBay. I got a pair from China for €10 which are clearly fake.

Deadlift in socks.

Hanley · 15-04-2012 03:01PM

Horses for courses IMO.

No reason you can't squat in cons, but a pair if oly shoes would be better. Adidas stuff is top notch. €100 investment and lasts for years. I got a pair of Adistars in 2006 for €200 and theyre still going strong. Best lifting related investment ever. Could realistically last a life time.

Cons for DLs or as an all purpose shoe. Or pull in socks.

jive · 15-04-2012 03:15PM

Honestly any shoes with a flat thin sole or just a hard sole like converse will do. If you have spare $$$ then I'd probably invest in a pair of lifting shoes like Hanley said. Don't have a pair myself but I'd imagine they'd last a fúcking eternity if you were only wearing them in the gym for a few hours each week!

Brian? · 15-04-2012 03:15PM

Hanley wrote: »

Horses for courses IMO.

No reason you can't squat in cons, but a pair if oly shoes would be better. Adidas stuff is top notch. €100 investment and lasts for years. I got a pair of Adistars in 2006 for €200 and theyre still going strong. Best lifting related investment ever. Could realistically last a life time.

Cons for DLs or as an all purpose shoe. Or pull in socks.

I've been tempted to invest in Adistars for a while now. My converse have served me for 3 years now though and have the added benefit of making me look hardcore

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Hanley · 15-04-2012 03:34PM

briankeating wrote: »

I've been tempted to invest in Adistars for a while now. My converse have served me for 3 years now though and have the added benefit of making me look hardcore .

THe new Adistar's are awesomely red/orange. I

them.

If you have the cash lying around, you will not regret it. I can't describe the feeling of rock solidness that occurs in a pair of adistars. You'll never want to squat any other way again.

Gummy Panda · 15-04-2012 03:41PM

I'm tempted to just get a pair of cons as I have a one 4 all voucher from the job I can use in lifestyle sports. Also I can try them on and make sure they fit.

Nervous Wreck · 15-04-2012 03:45PM

I love my power perfects. Feels amazingly secure lifting in them. That said, I squatted up to 150 in cons before I had them. Still wouldn't ever squat heavy in cons again though, much prefer my PPs.

roro1neil0 · 15-04-2012 03:47PM

Do people actually wear weightlifting shoes weightlifting and squatting and if they feel like doing deadlifts they take their shoes off. I think that's a big mingin

COH · 15-04-2012 03:56PM

roro1neil0 wrote: »

Do people actually wear weightlifting shoes weightlifting and squatting and if they feel like doing deadlifts they take their shoes off. I think that's a big mingin

Yes - Provided you're personal hygiene is good then whats the problem?

OP - I echo the adidas for squatting, socks for deads sentiment!

Hanley · 15-04-2012 04:02PM

roro1neil0 wrote: »

Do people actually wear weightlifting shoes weightlifting and squatting and if they feel like doing deadlifts they take their shoes off. I think that's a big mingin

Why?

Gummy Panda · 15-04-2012 04:04PM

Do you recommend any site to get a pair of adipowers?

COH · 15-04-2012 04:07PM

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Do you recommend any site to get a pair of adipowers?

I came across this site yesterday, its fantastic, and Irish

http://www.profitness-supplies.com/clothing-and-accessories/lifting-shoes.html

Brian? · 15-04-2012 04:34PM

roro1neil0 wrote: »

Do people actually wear weightlifting shoes weightlifting and squatting and if they feel like doing deadlifts they take their shoes off. I think that's a big mingin

You never walk around in socks?

roro1neil0 · 15-04-2012 05:24PM

COH wrote: »

Yes - Provided you're personal hygiene is good then whats the problem?!

My personal hygiene is very good, doesn't mean I'd squat in my underpants.

Hanley wrote: »

Why?

I question the personal hygiene of every other gym user and the hygiene of the gym itself. Even the cleanest gyms are filthy.

briankeating wrote: »

You never walk around in socks?

I do but not in public places if I can avoid it. How many of your sock lifters know for a fact you don't have any fungal infection?

Hanley · 15-04-2012 05:33PM

roro1neil0 wrote: »

My personal hygiene is very good, doesn't mean I'd squat in my underpants.

If you're squatting while free balling you need to be careful of chaffing.

I question the personal hygiene of every other gym user and the hygiene of the gym itself. Even the cleanest gyms are filthy.

I hope you're disinfecting your hands every time you touch the bar. And your phone if you touch that. Or your wallet. Or your locker key. And your water bottle.

I do but not in public places if I can avoid it. How many of your sock lifters know for a fact you don't have any fungal infection?

Dude... it's not like you're putting the sock on your big lad and smashing one out afterwards. Most people take their socks off after being in the gym, wash themselves and put a fresh pair on.

I hope for your sake that your runners don't go in your gym back, because by your logic you've contaminated everything in your bag if you've done that. And probably your keyboard too now, and every surface in your house

roro1neil0 · 15-04-2012 05:56PM

Hanley wrote: »

If you're squatting while free balling you need to be careful of chaffing.

Duly noted.

I hope you're disinfecting your hands every time you touch the bar. And your phone if you touch that. Or your wallet. Or your locker key. And your water bottle.

No, most harmful bacteria doesn't have a massive shelf life on metal and plastic objects. However, I do wash my hands before and after the gym and I try not to touch 'myself' as bad as that sounds. I also wear gloves and tights and underarmour in the gym. But the gloves are harder to wash.

Dude... it's not like you're putting the sock on your big lad and smashing one out afterwards. Most people take their socks off after being in the gym, wash themselves and put a fresh pair on.

Next time you're in the gym having a shower try and get an impression of how many people actually wash their feet and balls properly. It's fairly well accepted that people wash themselves less thoroughly in communal showers, and they usually walk back to their cloths barefoot. Thankfully more and more people are wearing flipflops in shower.

I hope for your sake that your runners don't go in your gym back, because by your logic you've contaminated everything in your bag if you've done that. And probably your keyboard too now, and every surface in your house

Listen I am not trying to sound like an idiot with OCPD. I'm just saying I try and cut down the likelihood of getting a staph or fungal infection from the gym by exposing as little as my body to surfaces and washing myself and my cloths properly afterwards.

I know other people don't do the same because some people are filthy.

COH · 15-04-2012 06:04PM

I generally like to levitate when I'm forced to train outside of my protective bubble... disinfecting the air under me is tough, but I cant risk catching the super aids

jive · 15-04-2012 06:08PM

The chances of you getting a staph or fungal infection by walking (in shoes) where someone has squatted or deadlifted (in socks) are 0.

Also wearing flip flops in the shower doesn't mean anything. The water will just run off their foot into the communal shower anyway therefore spreading any harmful microbes that might be present on their foot.

As long as you're not walking around with open wounds rubbing off surfaces then I think you'll manage to go infection free my friend. Wash yourself properly and you're good to go.

roro1neil0 · 15-04-2012 06:12PM

jive wrote: »

The chances of you getting a staph or fungal infection by walking (in shoes) where someone has squatted or deadlifted (in socks) are 0.

well what do people wear when they're foam rolling? they are hardly stretching on mats in their wooden clogs? It's also smelly. ARe you denying your shoes are smelly now as well?

Gummy Panda · 15-04-2012 06:13PM

If you are worried about fungal infections, just throw foot powder on after you dry off.

roro1neil0 · 15-04-2012 06:15PM

I'd love to sprinkle daktarin on everyone that comes within 2 metres of me

Paudee · 15-04-2012 06:19PM

Tuts my barrah.

Hanley · 15-04-2012 06:24PM

roro1neil0 wrote: »

well what do people wear when they're foam rolling? they are hardly stretching on mats in their wooden clogs? It's also smelly. ARe you denying your shoes are smelly now as well?

My 6 year old Adistars which have never been washed and have been worn up to 3x per week don't smell.

roro1neil0 · 15-04-2012 06:25PM

anosmic hanley

Brian? · 15-04-2012 06:31PM

roro1neil0 wrote: »

Duly noted.

No, most harmful bacteria doesn't have a massive shelf life on metal and plastic objects. However, I do wash my hands before and after the gym and I try not to touch 'myself' as bad as that sounds. I also wear gloves and tights and underarmour in the gym. But the gloves are harder to wash.

Next time you're in the gym having a shower try and get an impression of how many people actually wash their feet and balls properly. It's fairly well accepted that people wash themselves less thoroughly in communal showers, and they usually walk back to their cloths barefoot. Thankfully more and more people are wearing flipflops in shower.

Listen I am not trying to sound like an idiot with OCPD. I'm just saying I try and cut down the likelihood of getting a staph or fungal infection from the gym by exposing as little as my body to surfaces and washing myself and my cloths properly afterwards.

I know other people don't do the same because some people are filthy.

Edit, I'm actually moderating my own post. A classy move I feel.

Anyway, can we get back on topic: Shoes for squatting and leave the hygene discussion there for now.

Molly · 15-04-2012 07:02PM

Do you wear your gloves while olympic lifting?

roro1neil0 · 15-04-2012 07:16PM

i am forbidden to answer

are you not supposed to?

Gummy Panda · 15-04-2012 08:40PM

COH wrote: »

Gummy Panda wrote: »

Do you recommend any site to get a pair of adipowers?

I came across this site yesterday, its fantastic, and Irish

http://www.profitness-supplies.com/clothing-and-accessories/lifting-shoes.html

Gonna give these guys a shout tomorrow and see how returns work if they don't fit.

Da Za · 15-04-2012 08:49PM

You wear gloves??!

Please close thread

Gummy Panda · 15-04-2012 08:58PM

Da Za wrote: »

You wear gloves??!

Please close thread

Eh? I don't wear gloves

I use liquid chalk

Shoes for squats and DLs

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