chuck taylors

[OreoPL]

hey i just got some chuck taylors after reading many times they are the best shoes for squatting. i am gonna test them out next week. i have a question though, are they good for deadlifts to or would you guys reccomend something else. on my squats and deadlifts my knees have a tendency to push towards each other. at the bottom of the squat and the begining of the dead. i usually wear cross trainers and i also noticed that i walk on the inside of my foot and i am flat footed. do u think these may be the problems or could it be a problem with a weak muscle. i hope the shoes help from what people like b fold have said i think they will.

 

[louden_swain]

If your knees are turning inward, this is an indication of a deficiency of strength in the hips.

I have battled this problem when I get to the heavier weights.

There are several exercises that you can use to increase hip strength, such as:

Wide stance squats
Hip (adduction and abduction)
box squats

As far as shoes are concerned, I don't think this would have any influence on your knees turning inward. I personally like a shoe that has a strong sole and will provide adequate ankle support.

Good luck!

 

[Fatty4You]

I still don't understand what shoes have to do with squating. Most people who i have asked, they just give me some lameass explanation like "Well, if you ever squated with good shoes, you would know." I can understand wanting a solid sole for support, but other than that, i just understand the need for special shoes. I mean its not like you angles are at wierd angles, or you are standing on rocky, uneven ground.... so what gives, how can shoes help?

-Fatty

 

[zackdarnell]

Yep, Chucks are good for deadlifting, too.

 

[b fold the truth]

I still don't understand what shoes have to do with squating. Most people who i have asked, they just give me some lameass explanation like "Well, if you ever squated with good shoes, you would know." I can understand wanting a solid sole for support, but other than that, i just understand the need for special shoes. I mean its not like you angles are at wierd angles, or you are standing on rocky, uneven ground.... so what gives, how can shoes help?

-Fatty

There is a reason why the best squatters and deadlifters wear the shoes that they do...because they HELP them.

Chucks are great for deadlifting!!!!...and they are wonderful for wide stanced squats and box squats.

They look cool too.

B True

 

[skaman607]

I still don't understand what shoes have to do with squating. Most people who i have asked, they just give me some lameass explanation like "Well, if you ever squated with good shoes, you would know." I can understand wanting a solid sole for support, but other than that, i just understand the need for special shoes. I mean its not like you angles are at wierd angles, or you are standing on rocky, uneven ground.... so what gives, how can shoes help?

-Fatty

The flat soles that Chucks have enable you to "split the floor" therefore keeping your knees apart from one another, and helping you coming out of the hole.

 

[OreoPL]

thanks for the replys but is hip stregnth the only thing that can cause your knees to come in. i always walk on the inside of my foot so i thought that could be adding to my inward flex. most people walk on the outside but i walk on the inside. and if hips are the only pproblem what are some other exercises other than these. and what is hip adduction and abduction?

Wide stance squats
Hip (adduction and abduction)
box squats

 

[edgecrusher]

The fact that your knees come in on a squat, is normally indicitive of a weak vastus medialus muscle as well. (The knee can not stabilize under a load, so it drifts in.) As far as the Chuck T's go, they look cool but I've seen a couple people role their ankles in them. So, I don't have total faith in them as of yet.

 

[louden_swain]

I personally use NIKE cross-trainers. . . . . bad thing is I blew out the air soles when squatting, leg pressing, and deadlifting with heavy weights.

Now when I walk, you can hear a squeaky sound.

I like NIKE shoes because they are really comfortable and provide adequat support.

 

[OreoPL]

thanks for the replys but is hip stregnth the only thing that can cause your knees to come in. i always walk on the inside of my foot so i thought that could be adding to my inward flex. most people walk on the outside but i walk on the inside. and if hips are the only pproblem what are some other exercises other than these. and what is hip adduction and abduction? oh yeah and they do look cool i had them when i was a kid.(just a few years ago)

Wide stance squats
Hip (adduction and abduction)
box squats