Strength shoes

[jellyfish10]

Anyone ever own a pair of those bad boys in the early/mid 90’s? One of my employees was asking about workouts when I was in high school and I was just explaining how much things changed. Man I must of looked so sweet running around town with my strength shoes on.

 

[Funky Bunch]

 

[jellyfish10]

Damn right! There was just a small group of us that had them growing up in small town NE Iowa. Bunch of studs I tell you.

 

[Greenway4Prez]

Damn right! There was just a small group of us that had them growing up in small town NE Iowa. Bunch of studs I tell you.

They weren’t called the Denver Skywalkers for nothing!

 

[B1GDeal]

I had a pair. Me and 2 others chipped in on a pair. We were all within a 1/2 size so it worked pretty well. We'd do workouts where someone would do something wearing the shoes while the others would do sprints or box jumps without, etc. Then we'd rotate. Used the hell out of them for about a year or so. Never saw anyone else with them though. And, a few other kids in town would watch us and think it was cool... or totally stupid. haha Fad went away pretty quick.

 

[millah_22]

I have some cool MEN'S camo Brooks Ghosts

 

[millah_22]

I had a pair. Me and 2 others chipped in on a pair. We were all within a 1/2 size so it worked pretty well. We'd do workouts where someone would do something wearing the shoes while the others would do sprints or box jumps without, etc. Then we'd rotate. Used the hell out of them for about a year or so. Never saw anyone else with them though. And, a few other kids in town would watch us and think it was cool... or totally stupid. haha Fad went away pretty quick.

Did they help?

 

[ButtersHawk]

I have some cool MEN'S camo Brooks Ghosts

Run in those? If so do you like them?

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

Chuck Taylors are the best strength shoe out there.

 

[B1GDeal]

Did they help?

For sure. I went from barely able to dunk a volleyball to easily dunking 2 handed... could reverse, toss off backboard and throw it down. But, we worked out often doing more than just the shoes. Lots of leg lifts, running/jumping plyos, etc. But, I do think they played a role. The other two guys were like 5'9-5'10... but were sprinters and they swore they were more explosive.

 

[jellyfish10]

They weren’t called the Denver Skywalkers for nothing!

The 4 of us that wore them were all plus jumpers. Idk if it was the shoes or that high quality H20.

 

[Tenacious E]

Anyone ever own a pair of those bad boys in the early/mid 90’s? One of my employees was asking about workouts when I was in high school and I was just explaining how much things changed. Man I must of looked so sweet running around town with my strength shoes on.

I had some. I had some decent hops and could dunk a women's ball, and I was trying to climb the mountain top to real dunking. Didn't work, but it did make my calves burn like a bitch.

 

[millah_22]

Run in those? If so do you like them?

Not as much as the glycerin but that's just me.

 

[jellyfish10]

Chuck Taylors are the best strength shoe out there.

Tarp this is so far from being true. I don’t even know you anymore.

 

[Ree4]

Jimmy wears em, Jimmy also sells them. They've really helped Jimmy's vertical.

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

Tarp this is so far from being true. I don’t even know you anymore.

Disagree. All I lifted in were converse. And I was in way better shape than you—-even after I got tits.

 

[jasonrann]

Chuck Taylors are the best strength shoe out there.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

I draw strength from my Hey Dudes.

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

What am I missing? Are y’all talking about those weird looking worthless shoes dudes used to wear and not actual shoes to weight train?

 

[WSC72]

Disagree. All I lifted in were converse. And I was in way better shape than you—-even after I got tits.

Jimmy's down!!!

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

Most likely I’m thinking of something completely different and answered incorrectly.

Let me rectify: the best shoe to wear while you’re actively lifting weights in a progressively overload routine aimed at hypertrophy and strength is Converse Chuck Taylors.

 

[B1GDeal]

I draw strength from my Hey Dudes.

Speaking of this... been wearing these for years now is summer months. My wife (no pics) recently said that I should consider something else... something more up to date and stylish. I was like what??? She said Dudes are getting to the point of "wearing tan cargo shorts"... their times have passed she claims. So, what say you guys? What's an alternative?

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

I was a gym rat in middle school over the summers. We’d play pick-up basketball all day long at the Y and Rockwell Rec Center. A friend of mine wore those for an entire summer one year. He didn’t gain a damn thing out of them. He still couldn’t jump to save his life and his shooting was as shitty as ever. 🙂

 

[WSC72]

Speaking of this... been wearing these for years now is summer months. My wife (no pics) recently said that I should consider something else... something more up to date and stylish. I was like what??? She said Dudes are getting to the point of "wearing tan cargo shorts"... their times have passed she claims. So, what say you guys? What's an alternative?

Barefoot

 

[Kinnick.At.Night]

For sure. I went from barely able to dunk a volleyball to easily dunking 2 handed... could reverse, toss off backboard and throw it down. But, we worked out often doing more than just the shoes. Lots of leg lifts, running/jumping plyos, etc. But, I do think they played a role. The other two guys were like 5'9-5'10... but were sprinters and they swore they were more explosive.

It wasn’t the shoes. If they actually helped, they’d have been more than a fad.

 

[WSC72]

Speaking of this... been wearing these for years now is summer months. My wife (no pics) recently said that I should consider something else... something more up to date and stylish. I was like what??? She said Dudes are getting to the point of "wearing tan cargo shorts"... their times have passed she claims. So, what say you guys? What's an alternative?

Tell her when people wearing their hats backward that you will get a different brand of shoes....will that ever go away?

These are pretty comfortable (and not HeyDuds)

 

[jellyfish10]

Disagree. All I lifted in were converse. And I was in way better shape than you—-even after I got tits.

Oh no fvckin way! That hurts bigly.

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

I was a gym rat in middle school over the summers. We’d play pick-up basketball all day long at the Y and Rockwell Rec Center. A friend of mine wore those for an entire summer one year. He didn’t gain a damn thing out of them. He still couldn’t jump to save his life and his shooting was as shitty as ever. 🙂

Nothing can help people like this….

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

Oh no fvckin way! That hurts bigly.

lol. It was harsh and uncalled for. I apologize and will snap you a pic of my lovely breasts

 

[DPUboiler]

The one guy in my HS who played D1 basketball (and could have played D1 football or baseball, had offers for both) wore them everyday as his regular shoes. Don't know if it was correlation or not, he was always a freak athlete growing up. But he wore those shoes the entire school day everyday. I didn't know anyone else who wore them.