My Adistars Came In The Mail Today..

[Kabeetz]

Finally.

I feel pretty fortunate and undeserving to have gotten these as a gift... can't really afford two bills on a pair of workout shoes and am not yet at an advanced training stage.. BUT.. I've put in consistent hard work and am proud to own these babies. Being Greek, the fact that these were the official weightlifting kicks of the Athens Olympics makes them extra cool too.

Here's a few pics...

#1: Fresh Out Of The Box

#2: Lacing them up

#3: Before a bench set

#4: Before a successful 164 lb. Pendlay Row 5RM PR

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

lol!

Nice shoes. Hows the sole feel under heavy load? Better than chucks?

 

[Kabeetz]

Well I *HAD* been using shox up until a couple months ago out of ignorance.. and they feel a ton better than those, people shouldn't be allowed to squat in those things. As for compared to other flat soled type sneaks...They really just feel extremely secure around the foot, and the best part that I noticed is that there is less of an effort I need to make to keep my weight back on my heels, and in order to go lower... it's slightly more automatic somehow (I don't want to overcredit the friggin' shoe... but that's the best way i can describe it.)

 

[JohnRobHolmes]

I have squatted in my shox a few times, and actually fell off the shoe once. Didnt hurt my ankle luckily.

 

[perp69]

You will love them. Had mine for awhile now and very happy with them.

Perp

 

[coreyb]

those are really nice man. how are your squats going now? are you able to hit depth easier?

 

[Kabeetz]

Just had the first workout with them yesterday... I liked them a lot, they helped me hit easier, and more importantly get out of the hole a bit easier and they felt very secure. But they're just a shoe, I'm not about to give it credit for my busting my ass in the gym lol... anything flat soled should achieve a similar effect.

 

[ChinkNasty]

where'd u get em bro and how did you figure out hte sizing based on your regular tennis shoe size?

 

[Kabeetz]

I got them a half-size smaller than my sneaker size because I read that tip on the site that linked to the site I bought them from, the actual site says to get your dress shoe size not your sneaker size (so i guess dress shoe size = sneaker size minus 1/2??).

The site is http://www.dynamic-eleiko.com/

Shipping took exactly a week, ordered via fax, they don't charge sales tax which is nice.

 

[mekannik]

Same as mine - over three years old. Resoled once (cobbler - something like $30). They covered up the little cutout on the sole, but the replacments are showing no signs of wear.

Same advice as from the other thread regarding these shoes: do NOT try to cinch the velcro down, buy some heavy duty work boot laces.


Have fun.