I had planned to ramble on about the benefits of weightlifting shoes, but O-lifting guru Greg Everett recently discussed the topic on Robb Wolf’s podcast, and did so with more panache and conciseness than I ever could:
We get this a lot, honestly, with some of our fitness clients: “I don’t wanna wear weightlifting shoes! Oh, that’s cheating -- this and that -- and it’s not natural!”
Well, the barbell you’re holding right now isn’t natural either, so if you really want to [go with] the “natural” argument, you need to go swing around some trees and pick up some rocks. Otherwise, save it.
...This happened again really recently with one of our clients [who was] completely resistant to wearing weightlifting shoes. [He] didn’t want to hear it. Finally, Steve actually talked him into wearing weightlifting shoes one night. He did a set of squats, looked at Steve, and -- [we] didn’t even have to say anything -- was just like, “Okay. I get it. I’m not going to say another word.” And now he wears weightlifting shoes when he does the lifts.More after the jump...
