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RE: Shoes?? - 12/14/2007 11:01:37 AM
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Beefcake
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converse hightops!
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/14/2007 11:22:31 AM
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Beefcake
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ya lol that's where I got it from.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/16/2007 4:20:06 AM
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quickfinch
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I wear DEWALT steel toe cap trainers.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/18/2007 8:17:00 AM
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coldfire
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Of all the suggestions listed this far.
I HAVE FOUND ZERO IN WIDE WIDTHS!!!!
How funny is that!
Beefcake I hate to say this but I have to, everytime I see your sign in all I can hear is Cartman, saying Beefcake BEEFCAKE, from the weight gain 3000 episode of South Park.
You can try DoWins (VS Atheltics) or Power Firm weightlifting shoes (pretty expensive), but both are wide. I even think that Power Firm choose the shoes they give you according to a pencil tracing of your feet.
Power Firm Weightlifting Shoes,
VS Atheltics Weightlifting Shoes - Those are cheaper and as far as I know people with wide feet find them very comfortable.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/18/2007 10:13:22 AM
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brihead301
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Chucks outta do the trick.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/18/2007 10:27:34 AM
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thehardway
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Chucks outta do the trick.
No, I am a foot freak mutant.
Mens 8 EEEE They are like little flippers!
I always have to get the most exspensive, "special" shoes, otherwise they just don't fit. 
On the plus side, and this has been validated by a host of miscelanious and unflinchingly honest people.
My feet are absolutely adorable, and the cutest toes you would ever want to see. They just don't fit in "normal" people shoes, eventhough they absolutely don't look abnormal, so that is something.  
You have no idea what I go through to find heels, or girl shoes, and more often (much more often than not), I don't get anything.
If coldfire is correct and I can get shoes fron tracings of my feet unfortunately, that is what I will do when I have some money to blow.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/19/2007 5:44:38 AM
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brihead301
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Hmmm, okay then. I just recommended chucks because they have completely flat feet and no compresiveness. For standing exercises that require perfectly flat feet on the ground like squats or overhead presses, chucks work wonderfully. I don't know what to recommend in your situation though.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/19/2007 6:13:28 AM
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coldfire
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Hmmm, okay then. I just recommended chucks because they have completely flat feet and no compresiveness. For standing exercises that require perfectly flat feet on the ground like squats or overhead presses, chucks work wonderfully. I don't know what to recommend in your situation though.
Those exercises don't require perfectly flat feet on the ground. There is a reason olympic lifters have shoes with heels.
This little heel helps you get deep into the bottom of a squat, and provides more quads involevment in squats and deadlifts which helps you to get out of the hole.
Powerlifters usually use chucks because of the wide stance, which is a bit different and does not benefit from a heel.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/19/2007 7:03:39 AM
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Another advantage of chucks is that they're cheap as hell and you can buy them anywhere. You can also afford to get two pairs in two different colors and go all Punky Brewster on everyone's asses.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/19/2007 11:07:52 AM
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NIKE SHOX
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/20/2007 10:05:56 AM
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brihead301
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Hmmm, okay then. I just recommended chucks because they have completely flat feet and no compresiveness. For standing exercises that require perfectly flat feet on the ground like squats or overhead presses, chucks work wonderfully. I don't know what to recommend in your situation though.
Those exercises don't require perfectly flat feet on the ground. There is a reason olympic lifters have shoes with heels.
This little heel helps you get deep into the bottom of a squat, and provides more quads involevment in squats and deadlifts which helps you to get out of the hole.
Powerlifters usually use chucks because of the wide stance, which is a bit different and does not benefit from a heel.
I didn't know that. I use a wide stance when I squat because it takes the pressure off my knees, so chucks are perfect for me for getting my feet flat.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/20/2007 10:15:30 AM
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Actually, now that I think about it, a slightly raised heel might help my squats, because a big source of discomfort for me is the sensation that I'm gonna tip over backwards, which makes me want to lean forward too much instead of getting my butt out and down, which puts all the wrong kind of stress on my back.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/20/2007 10:30:39 AM
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brihead301
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IMO, you would be better off training your hams and glutes to be your support for not falling over backwards. Raising your heels is just kind of a way around the problem, but it doesn't actually fix it. There's nothing wrong with leaning over either, just as long as the bar is over the middle of your feet and you maintain the arch in your back.
I noticed in your sig that you are trying to work on your squat form. If you haven't already, buy Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe. It teaches you every single little detail to look for and correct for a perfect squat. It really helped me a lot, because I've been having problems myself.
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/20/2007 11:27:17 AM
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jheft
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I've added it to my Amazon wish list... I know you've also done some things out of New Rules of Lifting by Lou Schuler - do you recommend that book also?
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RE: Shoes?? - 12/20/2007 11:37:51 AM
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brihead301
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I've added it to my Amazon wish list... I know you've also done some things out of New Rules of Lifting by Lou Schuler - do you recommend that book also?
Absolutely. I've been on that program for almost 8 months now. I'm taking a little break now because of a knee injury (due to poor squat form), and I'm doing Rippetoe's full-body routine with light squatting in the meantime. In January I'm gonna start back up on NROL. It's one of the best programs I've ever seen, IMO. It's not just one routine, it's a whole series of routines.
Next on my list is "practical programming" by Mark Rippetoe. That's another book about strength training.
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