Are there any shoes that are good for both running and weightlifting?

Praelium · 2012-05-25T22:52:44.592341+00:00

If someone who knows more about this sees this and wants to correct me, feel free, but I think skater shoes are fine for weightlifting. They generally have wide, flat soles, so as long as they're not cushy on the bottom (I don't think they generally are, but I've never really worn skate shoes) you should be fine.

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Challenger_1988 · 2012-05-25T22:21:39.413270+00:00

It's different for everyone, but I'm your exact size (both height and weight) and I run in these shoes by Asics. They're not too expensive, and I've had absolutely no trouble with them. I've been running ~25 miles a week in them, but in the fall I was training for a 15k, and had several weeks of ~50 miles or higher, and they worked fine. They seem pretty durable, so I think they can handle a good deal of mileage. They offer great comfort and stability, and I can run for ages in them if I need/want to. They work great for me, and they recently helped me run a sub-19:00 5k!

Praelium · 2012-05-25T22:07:18.372975+00:00

In general, running shoes have a good deal of padding/cushion, while lifting shoes are meant to be flat and hard so as to provide stability during lifts. Thus, there aren't many shoes that are good for both. I just use my regular every day shoes for lifting, because they're pretty flat and hard-soled.

It differs for everyone, but I've found that having getting the right shoes for running is far more important than spending a lot of time/money getting the perfect shoes for lifting.

There's some more info/discussion on weightlifting shoes here. Basically you want something with hard, flat soles so that you are stable, and get the most out of your force when you're pushing down with all the weight on top of you.

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You are blinded by your fandom. Hansbrough was not going for the head hit.

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That was too much. He wasn't even going for ball at all. Hansbrough's foul was rough, but it wasn't malicious. That foul by Haslem had no intent to try and get ball, it was simply to hit Hansbrough as hard as possible.

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yeah in my lowly opinion, there's no way thats a flagrant 2, and barely a flagrant 1. He got a whole lotta ball with that block attempt, and then smacked him in the face in the follow through. Obviously a foul, and I suppose it's a flagrant 1, but no way should it be a flagrant 2.

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yeah I wasn't implying that he doesn't have value, I was trying to say that if he's in the NBA, he should be able to work on his FT shooting and improve. See my reply to EmpressI below.

Kapoonfa · 3 days

Oh yeah, Amundson definitely has value. I don't mean that he shouldn't be on a team because he's a poor FT shooter. I was more thinking that he has all this time to practice shooting FTs (because he's paid to be a basketball player and get good at it) so he really should be better. Goes for any poor FT shooter in the NBA in my opinion

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easy foul call, sure. But a flagrant? I don't think that push with the left arm is enough to warrant a flagrant.

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