Lifting shoes

[Lifter]

Rip,

is there any particular brand or model of powerlifting or weightlifting shoes you would recommend for your five core lifts?

Cheers

[Mark Rippetoe]

I can't think of one. I don't think much about shoes, they're just not that important. I can't think of a single time when I've even discussed this before, because it has just not been on my mind, ever really. So no, just use running shoes, or high-heels, or doc martins, or swim fins, because shoes just aren't that FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKK.

[Steve Hill]

I can't think of one. I don't think much about shoes, they're just not that important. I can't think of a single time when I've even discussed this before, because it has just not been on my mind, ever really. So no, just use running shoes, or high-heels, or doc martins, or swim fins, because shoes just aren't that FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKK.

I like Buster Browne's myself. YMMV.

[Lifter]

I can't think of one. I don't think much about shoes, they're just not that important. I can't think of a single time when I've even discussed this before, because it has just not been on my mind, ever really. So no, just use running shoes, or high-heels, or doc martins, or swim fins, because shoes just aren't that FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKK.

That wasn't the impression I had got from Starting Strength, where you say, "Weightlifting shoes are the most important personal equipment a lifter can own" (2nd ed, p 61).

Is there anything else in there that just isn't that fucking important?

[valan]

I'm sure someone on this board has seen someone doing curls in a power rack wearing swim fins. It's so crazy that it must have happened somewhere.

[Ello]

I can't think of one. I don't think much about shoes, they're just not that important. I can't think of a single time when I've even discussed this before, because it has just not been on my mind, ever really. So no, just use running shoes, or high-heels, or doc martins, or swim fins, because shoes just aren't that FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKK.

I feel pretty, Oh, so pretty... (Anger Management - Adam Sandler) =D

[Need2Lift]

I can't think of one. I don't think much about shoes, they're just not that important. I can't think of a single time when I've even discussed this before, because it has just not been on my mind, ever really. So no, just use running shoes, or high-heels, or doc martins, or swim fins, because shoes just aren't that FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK KKKKKKKKKK.

So it seems like that while lifting doesn't raise one's blood pressure, answering questions about lifting does.

[bueller73]

So it seems like that while lifting doesn't raise one's blood pressure, answering questions about lifting does.

I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest that Mark's frustration may be a result of being asked about this once or twice.
A quick google search of "lifting shoes" site:startingstrength.com returns about 714 results. How to do this is mentioned in the second sticky at the top of the page.

A search of the "Mark Rippetoe Q&A" forum (advanced search- Search Single Content Type-Keyword "Shoes" - Title only - Additional Options, Mark Rippetoe Q&A) returns 47 results with the word shoes in the title on this specific forum.

Then there are some shoes that someone did a little work on.
http://www.roguefitness.com/2010-5-r...ting-shoes.php
"This is the only shoe on the market with a .5" heel - specifically made for the Starting Strength program and the lifts involved."



Its really not a reaction directly to you specifically but you might see why being asked about this repeatedly is probably (undeniably) frustrating.

[Wayne Riddle]

Is there anything else in there that just isn't that fucking important?

Using a barbell.

[tremorviolet]

That wasn't the impression I had got from Starting Strength, where you say, "Weightlifting shoes are the most important personal equipment a lifter can own" (2nd ed, p 61).

Is there anything else in there that just isn't that fucking important?

Whooooooosh...