I’m looking at getting my first pair of Oly lifting shoes. After some looking around, it seems that the Rogue Do Wins from the Canadian site are a good place to start.
I’m not big into the olympic lifts yet. I have dabbled. I do however squat nearly every workout and am hoping to get more serious with the olympic lifts when I join my local university lifting club.
My current shoe is a flat soled new balance minimalist shoe. Before that I used vibrams.
As someone just getting started, should I go for the 1/2 inch heel? Or, is that not a big enough heel to realize any of the advantages of using oly shoes and instead opt for the 3/4 inch. Of course, if I should avoid these shoes altogether, I’m open to other recommendations.
84 views and no response? Is that because the difference between a 1/2 and 3/4 is negligible? I’ve never owned oly shoes, so if that’s the case just let me know.
3/4 heel is the standard, you could probably make 1/2 work if you have great flexibility but I would go with 3/4 heel oly shoes. Maxbarbell has some for cheap.
As already stated, 3/4" is the standard for very good reason. Pendlay has their red Dowins on sale for $99 and free shipping. They are very good shoes and will last 4-6 years minimum if you take decent care of them.
If you are in Canada you can sign up on Adidas’ website to get a 15% off code and use it to get Adipowers for 144$/free shipping. That’s what I did and it was well worth it.
[quote]StateOfPsychosis wrote:
If you are in Canada you can sign up on Adidas’ website to get a 15% off code and use it to get Adipowers for 144$/free shipping. That’s what I did and it was well worth it.[/quote]
[quote]StateOfPsychosis wrote:
If you are in Canada you can sign up on Adidas’ website to get a 15% off code and use it to get Adipowers for 144$/free shipping. That’s what I did and it was well worth it.[/quote]
Sweet, thanks! Hopefully my size is in soon![/quote]
Keep an eye on the site cause they do sell out quick. You can call them too, they usually have an idea when shipments come in.
