The Starting Strength Weightlifting Boot

[Mark Rippetoe]

In prototype right now. Here's a preview:



Note that this prototype is black, while the finished product will be only offered in Natural Brown.

[VincePIC]

These look great. Do you have an estimate on when they'll be released to the market?

[Drewcar]

They’re nice. Knowing White’s pricing I’m sure they around $400-450.

[Scaldrew]

Ooooooooo

What are the plans for these? (Spec, testing, adjustments, ...)

[cshadyp]

Looks sexy. I could wear these on a night out.

[MAD9692]

Hideous....but I'll end up buying them anyway. What is the heel height?

[Mark Rippetoe]

Made in Spokane WA by premium bootmaker White's Boots for The Sterkur Company, continuing a legacy of handcrafted bootmaking since 1853. Sewn-down vamp/Goodyear welt, handcrafted all-leather construction, stacked-leather heel, 5/8" net heel, proprietary Vibram neoprene sole, infinitely resoleable, Velcro metatarsal strap. Final version will be natural brown. Hideously expensive, probably $450. Not your first weightlifting shoe, but definitely your last.

[jameswmccue]

These look great. Do you have an estimate on when they'll be released to the market?

We are targeting delivery of 100 pairs of boots in 2019. We will likely begin shipping boots sometime in the fall of this year.

They’re nice. Knowing White’s pricing I’m sure they around $400-450.

These will be on par with everything else our good friends at White's produce and will be priced accordingly. We are focusing very intently on getting the design right and will narrow our focus on pricing later this year. Your expectations are accurate, though you may see an initial price tag slightly above the figures you offered.

Net effective heel height of 5/8" as specified by Rip himself.

[Erik Y]

I’m sure this is coming when the product is actually out, but I would love a run-down on the reasoning behind design decisions (heel height, strap design, all leather). It must have been very well thought-out.

[slhuckstead]

Those are nice. Good to see White's making them. A legendary fixture in the PNW, all the firefighters, farmers, hunters, and loggers swore by them where I grew up in Idaho. They drove 20 year old trucks and wore 20 year old White's.