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November 13, 2008, 11:50am
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If you regularly perform the olympic lifts, I’d highly recommend getting shoes.
Doing the lifts in them is “easier”, but I’d argue that it is safer doing them as well.
Why?
Under heavy loads, regular sneakers/running shoes have too much instability. A lifter does not want the sole of the shoe to twist or turn. The wooden style sole of a weightlifting shoe provides the solid support needed, especially when doing the jerk.
Good luck!
He’s a college athlete not a weighlifter, before spending a 100 bucks on shoes I would use that money and buy training tools (books, cam, timing device etc)…