Your experience with WL shoes...deadlift

[b3astmode]

If you have long femurs relative to torso, you'll probably have better leverages with chucks or flat shoes. If you have short femurs relative to a long torso your leverages will probably be better with WL shoes.

Thank you! Whether or not you lift better in raised heels is going to be an anatomy issue. Short legged folks are already low and can actually get their backs more "upright" in the setup with a heel vs. a taller person who is already at a disposition due to long legs.

[KyleMask]

I'm short with a long torso and short legs and I prefer pulling in my socks. I don't see the point of adding another fucking inch to my ROM w/ lifting shoes. There's a reason people aren't as good at deficit deadlifts as deadlifts from the ground.

[Crockett]

I'm tallish (6'1") and I used to pull in Chuck's or barefoot; now I pull in oly shoes. For now, I prefer it, because, as someone else said, I think it brings the quads in more. I have relatively strong quads, so this helps me. I do think it's tougher to keep the bar against my legs, but I can usually stand up with anything I can break off the floor.

[grand666]

I've done a few workouts and don't really feel a difference. Only thing that scares me is I'm horizontal at the bottom whether I have the shoes on or not. I also don't want to compensate by lower my ass because Mark will get a heart attack. There should be a way we can take pictures and post somewhere so people can tell what type of limbs you have (short/long).

I know my forarms are long because I look like that guy in the book where eh compares short/long forarms in the press section. The bar is not nearly close to my delts so I have to hold it in the air.

[RobCor]

I've deadlifted in my Do-Wins since I got them. Unless you have a very non-average frame, or you're going for huge numbers/records, I don't think it'll make much of a difference.

[Bazza20]

Bare foot feels a lot more natural for me.

[mrflibble]

Took a little while to adjust from barefoot, but I definitely prefer shoes now.