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iaretyler
iaretyler g Tyler Dowling
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Hey everyone!

I'm thinking about buying new shoes for lifting. All I've ever used are old running shoes which suck for compounds like squatting, and old vans with a flat bottom which seem to be better for compounds. This would be my first pair of lifiting shoes, so I'm wondering if I should get shoes with a flat bottom like Chucks, or a raised heal like the olympic lifting shoes? I'm tall, 6'2" with long legs and a pretty high foot arch. 

 

Any reccomendations are appreciated, thanks!

Scott_Herman
Scott_Herman a Scott Herman
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Posted By: iaretyler

Hey everyone!

I'm thinking about buying new shoes for lifting. All I've ever used are old running shoes which suck for compounds like squatting, and old vans with a flat bottom which seem to be better for compounds. This would be my first pair of lifiting shoes, so I'm wondering if I should get shoes with a flat bottom like Chucks, or a raised heal like the olympic lifting shoes? I'm tall, 6'2" with long legs and a pretty high foot arch. 

 

Any reccomendations are appreciated, thanks!

@iaretyler If you want the best of the best, get some proper lifting shoes with a raised heel. They are actually really, really useful for squatting. But, if you don't want to spend that much money, and you're comfortable squatting on a flat surface, then go with something liek wrestling shoes, chucks, or just barefeet/socks haha.

 

Because you're quite tall, a proper lifting shoe will probably help you a lot in terms of getting deeper into your squat.

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iaretyler
iaretyler g Tyler Dowling
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17 Post(s) Gender: Male Goal: Gain Muscle Date Joined: June 6, 2018
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Posted By: Scott_Herman

@iaretyler If you want the best of the best, get some proper lifting shoes with a raised heel. They are actually really, really useful for squatting. But, if you don't want to spend that much money, and you're comfortable squatting on a flat surface, then go with something liek wrestling shoes, chucks, or just barefeet/socks haha.

 

Because you're quite tall, a proper lifting shoe will probably help you a lot in terms of getting deeper into your squat.

Cool! Thank you for the reply Scott!

Scott_Herman
Scott_Herman a Scott Herman
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Posted By: iaretyler

Cool! Thank you for the reply Scott!

@iaretyler Happy to help bro!

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