Any women using Adidas PowerLift shoe? (Feedback / Sizing help)

[kessg]

Are any women using Adidas PowerLift shoe? These sound like a good compromise of price & functionality for a beginner/casual (non-competitive) lifter.

From what I could find these are not available in stores (the Adidas store tells me that they are available "exclusively online"). Their web site's size chart states 8 men's equivalent is 9 women's; another web site says to order 1.5 size smaller. The store says it's typically 1.5 size difference as well.

Any feedback on the shoe itself, and how they fit? Thanks!

[Mr_Rogers]

My wife uses a pair of the Powerlifts, but she could use a slightly higher heel. I've been thinking of snagging some Wei-Rui's for her from Max Barbell. $70 shipped for the Bombshell shoe.

My wife usually wears a 9.5, but depending on brand can either be a 9 or 10. She wears an 8.5 in the shoe you're curious about and they have a nice, snug fit. I believe most Adidas sizing is consistent, so if you try on an Adidas runner or training shoe you'd get an idea about sizing. For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure I wear a 9.5 (mens) in most shoes, but I tried on a pair of 9 Adidas shoes and they had a snug fit. That's the size I went with for my Adipowers (ie the one with the snug fit).

[kessg]

Thanks for the feedback! I might have to try on men's Adidas running shoes. In any case, I was surprised that the Powerlift -- being a "crossfit shoe" -- is not sold in stores, with all the crossfit gyms around here.

[Dastardly]

the powerlift is not a crossfit shoe. The reebok one is.

[hbriem]

I'm not a woman but I have used the Adidas powerlift shoe for 2 years. They perform well and still look and feel brand-new. I ordered them online and the sizes seem too snug so mine are a little too small. I don't run in them so that doesn't matter. The heel feels good for both powerlifting and the little Olympic lifting I do occasionally.

[Tamara Reynolds]

I wear the 2008 adistars, and I wear a men's 8, which is the same size I wear in men's running shoes. I wear a women's 9.5.

Another affordable option for women is the IronEve shoe. They are $95 and they run sales fairly often: http://www.ironeve.com/index.php/shop2/

[kessg]

Thanks for the advice, Tamara and Mr Rogers.

I wear women's 8.5 in running shoes. I tried 7 and 7.5 in Adidas runners, and 7.5 was a better fit, although the difference seemed extremely small. So I ended up ordering 7.5 in the Powerlift shoe. (Early Xmas present for me!)

[kessg]

By way of an update, I now have two pairs of Adidas Powerlift (men's 7.5 and 7) and they are both too big! Ugh!

I first got 7.5 and decided that they were too big; got 7. They fit better, but I can still stick my fingers in the back. I feel like I'm sliding forward in them when I squat. For a woman's foot, they feel quite wide.

I guess I could wear them with thick hiking socks, but would that not defy the purpose of a squat shoe to have all this cushioning?

So for any women out there considering the Powerlift shoes, order 1.5 size smaller, and err on the side of a smaller size.

[f4thpathway]

IronEve