Interesting. Do you feel like your weight is shifting forward or something? I don't really see any other way weightlifting shoes could cause a problem. How high is the heel on your weightlifting shoes?
Interesting. Do you feel like your weight is shifting forward or something? I don't really see any other way weightlifting shoes could cause a problem. How high is the heel on your weightlifting shoes?
yes that is a huge part of the problem. .75. they are the rogue do wins
and i just feel like i cant get the drive because of it when im pressing
I also wear Rogue Do-Wins and I press and bench press in them. As a matter of fact, I set a PR for my press today while wearing them.
If you don't like it, then don't do it. I deadlift in my socks because I'm not comfortable doing them in heels. Although I do wear them when doing my deloads, and notice a huge difference.
I love pressing in my do-wins, it makes a huge difference for me. If it doesn't work for you, do what does. Maybe post a form check video here first though.
Your thread caught my attention because I just recently switched from lifting in Chucks to a pair of the newer/cheaper Adidas shoes, to help with my squats (which they have). Mine only have a .6" heel rise if I remember correctly. It never occurred to me that they could interfere with pressing, but I have struggled a bit with that lift in my last few workouts, so this is something I'll be paying attention to the next time I press.
I bought the VS shoes (there's another thread on them) for $50 shipped back in March. I use them for pressing, squatting, and cleans.
For pressing, the biggest difference they make is in the push press where I can get more hip drive as opposed to just bending the knees which happened when I wore the Chuck Ts. I recently strict pressed an easy 5 lbs under my PR weight in sneakers w/out a belt so perhaps they have more of a placebo effect there.
FWIW I found they help the most for squatting, but I prefer a high bar position, more akin to an "olympic squat" if that means anything. The absolute biggest difference they made for me was on the atlas stones.