 The best powerlifting shoe claimed by adidas. They're called the total and I took him through a run-through today Our boy Joe game day Joe Stanek one of the best coaches in the USA PL also ran through them So we'll give you a little review on some footwear. I've worn a lot of sneakers man. I've worn wrestling shoes Reebok powerlifting shoes Reebok weightlifting shoes a bunch of different slippers So we'll give you guys a little compare contrast today's video on the best powerlifting shoes out there Welcome to the video man. Like comment below deadly day second deadly day in like six months I'm here to impress Nico Flores 585 Belden's. Oh, that's the goal. This one. We'll see. We'll see. I'm pulling six months Five out of her threes. Okay She didn't three. I got deadly bar. Oh, he's uh, that's my cheaterness. Okay. We got strapped And then we got stiff bar stiff bar Well, Stiffy, but then I went bumper. So now I'm cheating a little bit Right cheat not cheat cheat, but then no bail You know ying ying ying ying ying ying ying Move to a right. Yeah We don't deal it for a lot of my strength still there, but then like my Mental connection to how it should move isn't there It's particular as most and you see with how I lift right like I got a stiff bar one metal plate one fucking kilo plate Like I'm chilling Even when I was competitive Shut the rust wall. I've kind of lifted and agreed with him like having matching plates as a blessing for me I don't need everything perfect. I want to be able to lift weights under any condition Do I like dead lip bars and shit? Yeah, 100% to say with my shoes like I've done as long as they're kind of flat I'll lift them. I lifted Jordan ones that are kind of flat club seas which are these sneakers behind you I Looked at those skate shoes blah blah blah What I look for is yeah some kind of support comfort to the ground and then as long as it's not too squishy and so far with those they Actually, I thought visually I'd be way off the ground. It'd feel tall But I've worn wrestling shoes and I feel close to the ground and really secure the ground more than a wrestling shoe Honestly, I like them a lot Now sponsored wish I was shout out to Adidas the street side gang easy Yeah, but a third street three stripes seems real But honestly, I like them a lot and same thing I have tried a ton of way lifting shoes and although I was sponsored the Reebok legacies are my top and the Romeo too So you guys are into sneaks. We'll get Joe's perspective See what he thinks but the grip seems good Everything so far didn't pull sumo so that is one thing the strap seems a little high I'd put the strap lower fouls designer, but I think it's great. I'm good You tried out these little beauties right here, right? I did I did I got the chance to do a full workout on them And it was an interesting experience to say the least there. They're definitely a well-made shoe overall positive We can get into the details of it though off a first feel. How were they compared to other slippers? So compared to like a slipper, I would definitely say it's a it's a more Solid feel overall, but I mean it just sort of depends on what you're looking for for me when I'm using a flat shoe Generally speaking I kind of want to feel the ground I want to feel connected to the ground because that's the sort of inherent advantage that they have right you just you're able to be Closer to the floor. There's no heel that messes with your mechanics anything like that now that said I think if you're looking for that kind of a barefoot feel this probably is not the shoe for you Even if you take the the insole out, there still feels like there's a little bit of material right there that kind of prevents you from getting like that sort of Zero floor feel barefoot type experience if that's not necessarily a bad thing I think that it has some applications that you could potentially use it for like I could certainly see this being a Squat shoe for somebody that likes flats I don't know like if you're looking for the barefoot experience that this would be a shoe for you So I think those are like about a hundred dollars right would you recommend it for the price or would you say get a Different shoe I think it's a solid shoe It really depends on why you're buying them right like if you want just an all-purpose flat shoe that It's supposed to be you know the total experience Play on words there. I don't I don't think this would be a bad choice But I think that there are probably just better Shoes that do What it's trying to do In in different categories, right? I think there's ways that you can create a flat shoe that would be slightly better for squatting than this for even for bench pressing There's there's some different shoes that have like better traction on the bottom compared to this that make it harder for your feet to slide That I think would I would be slightly better for benching And for deadlifting Again, I don't think it's necessarily bad particularly if you take the insole out But I think again if you want that sort of barefoot feel you're probably gonna be able to find Different things that are same price are slightly cheaper that'll probably do the job just a little bit better However, if you are that person who just wants one shoe that kind of does all of those things well I would say that this is not a bad option for sure, especially for that price If that if that happened, I think that would be great because then you actually have like a power lifter designing the shoe when I look at this shoe, there are things about it that Sort of like they it it seems like they at least talk to a power lifter or two I don't know the history behind these shoes to be honest And I don't know if they actually did any any powerlifting consulting behind it But you can kind of see like the wide toe box for example is something that I love to see in a in a powerlifting shoe Because that lets me kind of you know grip the ground a little bit better There obviously there's a metatarsal strap, which is a a bonus for foot stability You know a lot of things about it to me Say that a power lifter at least had some kind of input on this But I would I would think it would be that much better if they went to somebody who was actually A power lifter and said let's let you be an active part of this design process rather than Okay, what would you like in a powerlifting shoe? And then they just take a bunch of parts from the other shoes and try to best mimic that you know what I mean And a five stars. What would you give it? I'd say like three and a half Yeah, it's it's like it's better than average, but it's not It's not like the run out and and buy this immediately kind of thing And also I know this has nothing to do with like the actual performance of the shoe, but The color the colors are just yeah, it's just it's not you would have been better just doing all white with like the black stripes Like especially like Another thing that tells me that a power lifter didn't necessarily have a direct hand in how this was made is that because let's face it power lifters Especially young power lifters these days. They care a lot about how they look on the platform Yeah, they like to they like to be color coordinated and you know You know, they like to look cool as they lift which to be honest I think is not the most necessary thing in the world But you know if like if you wanted to sell shoes that would be like another thing that would be an easy easy thing to do and clearly that they did not do their research on that so Yeah, all that together and that said like some of the other factors that I mentioned before like it being a flat shoe with A removable sole, but like the fact that that's not as thin as it could be That's something that takes away a star for me And then the metatarsal strap is in my opinion, even though it's it's great that it's there It's a little short like I feel like I should be able to pull this You know over to at least the edge of the material and the fact that I can't do that Makes me feel like it isn't going to work as well for somebody that has wider feet and it probably won't give me the same level of support as a shoe that has a full metatarsal strap say like a An adidas like adi star or like the the original adi powers for example They're metatarsal straps are nice and and long. I mean mind you those are squat shoes But I could feel a difference when I would strap the shoe over, you know, that's that's kind of where that rating comes from Where can they find you? You can find me on Instagram at Joe underscore game day find me on tiktok at the Joe Stanek and my gym and all of our crew at game day barbell on Instagram tiktok Twitch all that good stuff