No cardio-just lifting
Squats, Deads, Bench, etc.
I heard Chucks are good for squatting. Is this true? I know it has a flat sole, but no support, right?
Are cross trainers good?
Thanks.
|
|
Results 1 to 19 of 19
-
03-24-2004, 11:06 AM #1Member
- Join Date: Jun 2003
- Location: Maine
- Posts: 172
- Rep Power: 254
What's the best sneaker for bodybuilding
-
03-24-2004, 11:10 AM #2Registered User
- Join Date: Dec 2002
- Location: Wrestling Room or gym
- Age: 37
- Posts: 956
- Rep Power: 542
I just wear running shoes. I have seen some people wear wrestling shoes.
Top 10 reasons to date a wrestler
10.Knows how to ride.
9.Never stalls on bottom.
8.Can score from any position.
7. Knows how to work a 2 on 1.
6.Knows how to use his hips.
5.Goes hard from start to finish
4.Endurance,Endurance,Endurance
3.Knows when to push and pull
2.Will eat anything.
1.Always wears his head gear....
-
03-24-2004, 11:22 AM #3I am not here
- Join Date: Feb 2004
- Location: California
- Age: 52
- Posts: 3,795
- Rep Power: 21699
You just want some stability. I work out at home, so I do almost everything barefoot, but when I was at a gym, my non-current running shoes were good. Didn't use the ones I actually ran in.
Others like the cross-trainer/tennis style. Up to you.
There's no Air Schwarzenegger, so just pick something comfy and go for it.
-
03-24-2004, 11:25 AM #4Beastly Member
- Join Date: May 2003
- Location: Vancouver, Washington
- Age: 38
- Posts: 1,657
- Rep Power: 539
I've heard that Chuck Taylors are good for squatting too, although I would never be caught dead in a pair.
I usually use my everyday shoes, which are just Adidas cross trainers. I don't feel that I would gain anything by having "better shoes."6'3'' 220lbs
305 Bench Press
225 Military Press
400lb Dead Lift
-
-
03-24-2004, 11:57 AM #5Registered User
- Join Date: Apr 2003
- Location: Northern Virginia
- Posts: 1,014
- Rep Power: 625
arch support is really important; i'm not sure if chuck taylors have good support. i ususally alternate between adidas and new balance running shoes but have considered a bigger style shoe with slightly better arch support. .
-
03-24-2004, 12:24 PM #6Bottomless pit
- Join Date: Nov 2003
- Location: New york
- Age: 41
- Posts: 1,493
- Rep Power: 571
yea, im flat footed so certain new balance models work great for me and certain models dont. I also have wrestling shoes but never wore them (theyre almost like putting boots on.
STFU YOU JIB
-
03-24-2004, 12:35 PM #7$1.05
- Join Date: Aug 2003
- Age: 43
- Posts: 3,063
- Rep Power: 76270
i'm flat footed so chuck taylor's/ all stars feel good for me while working out. but any shoe without much of an arch feels good for me as long as it isn't an airwalk or similar shoe.
-
03-24-2004, 01:11 PM #8Never count me out.
- Join Date: Mar 2004
- Location: Utah
- Age: 40
- Posts: 81
- Rep Power: 0
what about clogs
-
-
03-24-2004, 02:40 PM #9Registered User
- Join Date: Sep 2003
- Location: gym
- Age: 42
- Posts: 3
- Rep Power: 0
i personally wouldn't wear clogs. i actually wear different shoes depending on the day
if i'm working upper body i dont find it that important
but if i need a more stable base for legs or when doing dead lifts, i like to wear a shoe that has a thinner and flater sole. it helps me maintain balance...i found a great pair of old school Roos on zappos.com recently, they rock.one day at a time
-
03-24-2004, 02:51 PM #10Banned
- Join Date: Feb 2004
- Location: Calgary
- Posts: 11,961
- Rep Power: 0
bare feet (but then again i train at home
)
-
03-24-2004, 07:42 PM #11Super Member
- Join Date: Mar 2003
- Age: 42
- Posts: 649
- Rep Power: 880
I had originally planned to make a big elaborate post, but eh... I'm tired..
Plain and simple.....
Bare feet or thin soles, Why? Because you have more stability(obvious)... and because it will make you stronger...Why? Because your feet sense the amount of pressure being exerted on them, and thus they send a signal to your brain saying "contract HARDER!!"
Shoe's with shock absorbtion delay the transmission of pressure to the sole of your foot.
The reflex is called the "positve support reaction" This reflex causes th eleg musculature to contract in response to the pressure on the sole of your foot.
Chuck's are excellent weightlifting shoes.
-
03-25-2004, 09:11 AM #12Beastly Member
- Join Date: May 2003
- Location: Vancouver, Washington
- Age: 38
- Posts: 1,657
- Rep Power: 539
Interesting. Anybody else agree or have an article or anything to back this up?Originally posted by TarvMan
I had originally planned to make a big elaborate post, but eh... I'm tired..
Plain and simple.....
Bare feet or thin soles, Why? Because you have more stability(obvious)... and because it will make you stronger...Why? Because your feet sense the amount of pressure being exerted on them, and thus they send a signal to your brain saying "contract HARDER!!"
Shoe's with shock absorbtion delay the transmission of pressure to the sole of your foot.
The reflex is called the "positve support reaction" This reflex causes th eleg musculature to contract in response to the pressure on the sole of your foot.
Chuck's are excellent weightlifting shoes.6'3'' 220lbs
305 Bench Press
225 Military Press
400lb Dead Lift
-
-
03-25-2004, 09:13 AM #13Super Member
- Join Date: Mar 2003
- Age: 42
- Posts: 649
- Rep Power: 880
Not sure about an article.... but I stole most of this information straight from SUPER TRAINING.Originally posted by lgp9999
Interesting. Anybody else agree or have an article or anything to back this up?
If that helps.
-
03-25-2004, 09:17 AM #14Banned
- Join Date: Feb 2004
- Location: Calgary
- Posts: 11,961
- Rep Power: 0
you can actually understand supertraining/Originally posted by TarvMan
Not sure about an article.... but I stole most of this information straight from SUPER TRAINING.
If that helps.
-
03-25-2004, 10:00 AM #15Registered User
- Join Date: Dec 2003
- Location: houston, tx.
- Age: 58
- Posts: 376
- Rep Power: 493
I wear Otomix,
http://www.bestforminc.com/otomix.cfm
the peticular shoe I wear is no longer listed here, but they have several similar.5'-7" [no change :(]
152lbs <8%BF....
-
03-25-2004, 10:59 AM #16Registered User
- Join Date: Oct 2001
- Location: Montreal
- Age: 41
- Posts: 1,134
- Rep Power: 562
Chuck Taylor's for squats and deadlifts. The hightop are great. It looks funny, but who thinks about style when lifting weights?
Flat sole, so you can feel pushing with the heels. Very good adherent sole, so your feet don't move everywhere when you squat and or deadlift.
There's still an arch support to the shoe. But if you have flat feet (I have a mild form of flat feet), you need some orthotics in any kind of shoe."Everything would have been geared for making my body able to withstand another small dose of iron on the bar for each exercise every week or two, even if it was just a few ounces. " -Stuart McRobert.
-
-
03-25-2004, 11:16 AM #17Super Member
- Join Date: Mar 2003
- Age: 42
- Posts: 649
- Rep Power: 880
The trick is.. you leave a copy in the bathroom, and read a little(or a lot) every time your in there....Originally posted by hyp3r3xt3nsion
you can actually understand supertraining/
-
03-25-2004, 11:30 AM #18Super Member
- Join Date: Mar 2003
- Age: 42
- Posts: 649
- Rep Power: 880
The trick is.. you leave a copy in the bathroom, and read a little(or a lot) every time your in there....Originally posted by hyp3r3xt3nsion
you can actually understand supertraining/
-
03-25-2004, 12:13 PM #19Banned
- Join Date: Feb 2004
- Location: Calgary
- Posts: 11,961
- Rep Power: 0
haha, goodOriginally posted by TarvMan
The trick is.. you leave a copy in the bathroom, and read a little(or a lot) every time your in there....
)
Bookmarks