New shoes needed, any recommendations?

Sabo and Do-win are my favorites. Sabo makes a good deadlift shoe as well.
I wore Nike hyper k.o's for a bit while deadlifting. But my go to shoe for lifting in general will always be PF Flyers
 
Alot of power lifters in my gym wear Brooks I bought some because I heard they have great arch support They are very sturdy soles not bendable but very comfortable and I see them a lot on power lifters.Brooks adrenaline was what one lifter wears and says best thing ever for support.
 
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I really like the Nike Metcon as indoor gym shoes. They are not great for the treadmill since they’re not at all running shoes or walking shoes but if you just want to lift and be stable and look good they are great.
 
Yea so my shoe wardrobe consists Nike Romaleos 2, Nike Romaleos 3.5, Nike Romaleos 4, Converse Leather HI black, Gorilla Wear Troy, Gwear Classic recommend each but wear nearly only Romaleos 4 and Classic durability comfortability everything excellent shoes cheers
 
I think lifting shoes now focus more on aesthetics and using cheaper materials. Bare in mind I'm talking about the bigger brands here.

Lu Xiaojun's golden Antas and his red Antas are sexy as hell and also functional, though only available to those living in China.
Your Romaleos 2 best the Antas. I’ve worn both, indeed Romaleos 2 are my daily driver still. I have a slightly narrow foot, medium toe base, so the Romaleos are perfect. Still have my hard and soft inserts, love the snap… the Antas are more suited for wider feet but still not as good. Agree that Liu’s look slick tho, the whole team’s gear is good
 
(I'm a bit of a sneaker head as well as a lifter, so that's where the intensity comes from.)

My best advice is to go to eBay and find a pair of Rogue Do-Wins in your size. They're the best lifting shoes I've ever owned, and being used does not matter.

This was a crossfit brand crossover that actually changed the game. The heel elevation was decreased compared to the standard Do-Wins, which were strictly for (Oly) weightlifting. The Rogue Do-Win remains elevated enough to assist hamstring flexibility in the squat, but not elevated enough to shift the deadlift over your midfoot if you can set up a deadlift correctly.

Laces and two well-placed straps keep them evenly snug on the midfoot foot, so pressure blisters are less likely for folks repeating a specific movement, like one does learning Oly lifts or power clean. The soles are as incompressible as you can get... this shoe will not absorb the force you generate; it'll all go to your movement and the bar.

My pair is around 20 years old, from the first wave of them, and I haven't been kind to them0. I like to do things like circuits of deadlifts, sled pushes (on pavement), then push presses. Or jump rope, farmers walk, then bench. All the fun stuff from crossfit without the gin-soaked faux intellectualism.

My pair has been indestructible... it actually aged like win in the sense that it bends at the right spot enough to push a sled with an okay-ish footfall, but is still incompressible vertically when I put my foot flat. It may as well be the floor when I squat, deadlift, power clean, row, etc.

I will say, adidas and UA make dogshit lifting shoes recently. I'm sure that each one has a good model, but most of them are just trash. I have had uppers come unglued from soles, stitching rip for no real reason, and I'm not sure the outer cosmetics reflect the supposed differentiating features, like arch support.

If you want to go for a new model, branded, buy something from Liu. I've got three different pairs, they only vary in the decoration of the upper. They're really solid, look modern and snazzy, and have great heels. The heels are a bit high for my taste, as some whose ego lift is the deadlift, but they're the best of the mass market shoes.

But again, buy used Rogue Do-Wins... there hasn't been a better shoe since.
 

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