Why do crossfitters wear converse

Find the shoe or shoes that will help you meet your fitness goals. Very informative and entertaining article, David. I loved the quotes from Chuck Carswell on Vibrams. Nice article. I have found that the five fingers are great until you have to run behind the building on all that gravel.

Then it just becomes a quest not to stab you feet. Awesome Article David. Still they are a very inexpensive yet awesome shoe. I ordered my first pair of those off of a Xeroxed flyer that a kid passed me in studyhall.

Ahhh memories. Thanks, James! Now, I notice those shoes have a slight lift, and when I went to the website, it indicated its heel is. Is that negligible amount of lift or what? If we want to drive with our heels, how are those any more beneficial than going barefoot or using chucks or something? Or conversely, how are those not the same as lifting in other running shoes? Basically they are really only for Olympic style lifts.

The raised heels allow you to get lower when receiving the bar during a lift. Might have to jump on the wagon in the meantime and try Chucks. I have a question about orthotics.

Hey Beth, I know Ginga has used orthotics in her shoes before — She also wears chucks… if you see her before I do you should ask her about that. Hi Beth. I wear my high top Chucks with my orthodics for most WODs except running and that works great for me. I am very flat footed — my navicular essentially rests on the floor without my orthodics — which causes misalignment for my knees and hips. So at least for now, I need the support. The Chucks make a huge difference for me for lifting — much better than my running shoes or barefoot.

I picked my Chucks up at Journeys. Please let me know if I can answer any other questions. Also Vibram 5 fingers has a running type shoe out now. Its called the 5 Fingers Bikila sp. Having said that still love my KSO in blue. Used them for CrossFitting and running 2x 10km races so far. Had them over a year now. I know Melissa F. The MT are pretty lean on the padding, not as lean as the Chucks though. Jeff — I am a little afraid of really liking them too and wanting to wear them to Bridge Street on Saturday nights because I do like being barefoot minus pregnant at home.

Beth — I am not a podiatrist foot doctor but I can give you my non-professional opinion. If you are interested in wearing Chucks for CrossFitting, I would suggest to first try without orthotics. Hope that helps. Again, with the disclaimer that I am not a podiatrist, I consider orthotics insoles, inserts, etc intrinsically tied to the running shoe industry that has helped us destroy the strength and functionality of our feet.

I am sure that some genuine foot conditions exist that would make inserts necessary for normal functioning. Someplace where they all congregate together:. Apparently, so did everyone else. The site is still up, but from all indications everything about DateWOD has been abandoned. Pick a card, execute the movement. This type of programming is almost as random as what shows up on the main site these days. Nothing like abdicating your programming to a deck of cards, I always say.

I have to give the inventors of the Back Squat Dickie credit. I think they might actually be punking us. In which case, I would almost buy one of these. Neck saved, but you would not get sweaty. Except that the idea of a barbell pad for back squats was invented decades ago and the only people who would wear a sliced-up hoodie for squats are those people who brought their lunch in a kettlebell. Reading the Kickstarter page, you get the sense of levity with which these guys approached this, hence my suspicion of having been punked.

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