IGX

http://www.muscledriverusa.com/2013-Pen ... c_715.html

These run true to size for me. I have a wide forefoot. Love them, they have taken a feast of abuses

including:
box and stair jumping,
tire flips and atlas stones
weighted carries on occasion
squatting in all flavors
lunges/ step ups
overhead work
throwing drills on occasion.

They don't work with Pistols, the bent press or other olde timey mustache waxing....

Someone else told me these were garbage and that even Pendlay's own lifters won't wear them. This might be exclusive to the new ones

Because I was really interested in them...sniff

Sadly they're sold out. How I was so looking forward in trying to do my pistols with these...Goddamn it!

I bought some. We'll see how they work out. If they suck, at least I only spent $65 instead of $130.

Ehh... I did not like the pair of Pendlay's I had *at all.*

http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:16 ... sku=456300



Anybody have any experience with these?

Poor teens in shit hole countries manage to put up big weights.

It ain't the shoes.

Drew0786 wrote:http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:16 ... sku=456300



Anybody have any experience with these?

They're horseshit. Do-win/ Pendlay/Risto are all fine for beginners, or people who don't want to lift seriously. They're better than nothing. The top of the line Adidas and Nike are all I can safely say are worth it.

Also, I haven't paid full price for them for years.

pendlays are made by do-win as are rogues. do- win, according to a someone i know that has visited the factory, is a typical chinese sweat shop operation. he turned down the opportunity to have his own brand of shoes made by them for that reason.

do-win and related marques margins here are killer: i've heard the shoes cost less than $5 a pair to produce.

adidas runs its own factory in china, presumably with more humane conditions. not sure what oversight nike has.

Eastbay sells OL shoes now? No shit?

nice shoe, wife had them a few years as have a few clients. On sale for $89:




http://www.ristosports.com/index.php?ma ... ex&cPath=1

If you're worried about factory conditions, you're gonna want to avoid chink steel, prastric, fabric and anything that is dyed a color. Myself, I just pick the shoes that actually fit. Nikes are horrid, adidas are ridonkulous expensive and I have not seen them hold up to the type of abuse I need them too.

I've heard very good things about those PL Adidas. The sole may not work for freaky strong Ol guys but a bunch of the Icelandic PL'ers are using them as well as a couple folks at my gym and everyone really likes them...better than the full flight Oly version.

Got mine today. Fit good, pretty true to size...heel's a bit higher than i'm used to...my first pair of do wins were a lower profile wood heel. Only weird thing with the fit is they have a weird narrowness in the arch area, but i didn't notice it while lifting and they felt good. $65, no shipping cost and a free t-shirt. not bad.

i wish i could recommend the ristos, but the quality, customer service and fit are entirely sub par. soles separate, the eyelets fall out, not durable and weeks to get replacements. plus they are butt ugly, clunky, heavy and way too stiff in the forefoot.

IMO the adidas power shoe is fine for squatting or curling in the squat rack but clunky and unresponsive for the quick lifts. but, there are some world class lifters wearing them, so it boils down to what works for the individual. they would be ok for kettlebell sport, too.

the new adipower, apart from the color, is the best weightlifting shoe adidas has made yet. if you are a certified couch or trainer of any kind, join the adidas instructors three stripe program, where the adipowers are only $129 + shipping. the program itself is free to join. (the adidas powerlifting shoe is only $59 there) Three of my guys recently got the adidas reds and really like them. One had ristos before and two had adidas.

FRKCTL wrote:pendlays are made by do-win as are rogues. do- win, according to a someone i know that has visited the factory, is a typical chinese sweat shop operation. he turned down the opportunity to have his own brand of shoes made by them for that reason.

do-win and related marques margins here are killer: i've heard the shoes cost less than $5 a pair to produce.

adidas runs its own factory in china, presumably with more humane conditions. not sure what oversight nike has.

The Ristos I own are hand-made in Ecuador by fairly paid workers. Have had them for 2.5 years and they are a quality product.


They are still holding up quite well but I may consider buying a newer pair in the next couple months.

kreator wrote:
The Ristos I own are hand-made in Ecuador by fairly paid workers. Have had them for 2.5 years and they are a quality product.

They are still holding up quite well but I may consider buying a newer pair in the next couple months.

yes, ivan and gwen are ethical business people, which is why i wish i could recommend their product, but the shoes i've seen haven't held up well for the lifters in my gym who own them. the newer products seem to be less well made than the original products.

I want my shoes to be made my virgin children who are whipped with cat o nine tails.

Ed Zachary wrote:I want my shoes to be made my virgin children who are whipped with cat o nine tails.

I'm curious what the good looking oly shoes are like...Ristos do look like corrective orthopedic shoes but they all, esp. Nikes look horrible.

Blaidd Drwg wrote:

Ed Zachary wrote:I want my shoes to be made my virgin children who are whipped with cat o nine tails.

I'm curious what the good looking oly shoes are like...Ristos do look like corrective orthopedic shoes but they all, esp. Nikes look horrible.

Good looking shoes?

I will rape your face!

I dig big chicks wrote:

Drew0786 wrote:http://www.eastbay.com/product/model:16 ... sku=456300



Anybody have any experience with these?

I've had a pair for over a year and I use them for everything - squatting, benching, pressing, and deadlifting. I love 'em. At my most recent PL meet there were quite a few guys using them as well. That said, I've never done any olympic lifting, but for PL I think they're perfect. The heel is a little over a half an inch, which I think is a bit lower than standard oly shoes, and the sole is EVA foam but I'm 240lbs and squatting around 500 and I've never felt any compression at all. The soles are super grippy as well, you're anchored to the platform in those things.