Shoes.

I have recently switched to Track spikes for cheapness and I was having some issues with my cleats. They seems to be another option.

I love shoes. I have about 5 pairs that I wear for different events and different conditions, probably 4 more than I need at my level, but I really like to wear one track spike on my left (pushing) foot and a throwing shoe on my right (turning) foot, for weights and stones. If the conditions are very hard and grabby or if I'm throwing off of platforms I use throwing shoes on both feet. I think that wearing any kind of high topped football cleat is just too hard on my knees to try to pivot in, but for caber its nice to have spikes or cleats in the back to plant with. High Jump or Javelin shoes are good for this. 

You know me...  I jumped on the Javelin shoe bandwagon almost as soon as I learned about them.  Love them.  Just grippy enough.  Had to put in some heel spikes after trying to castrate myself with a caber in KC...

Check for sales.  Got mine off Eastbay for about $50...

I figured when Spencer, Matt V., Quint, and Andy V. were all throwing in them, there had to be something to them.  They are alot like throwing shoes for grass...

Turf shoes (soccer) are fine (Betz, KO, Vierra, etc... since we're throwing names around ;-)  

RCrazyWolf4 wrote: These http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/Five-Fingers-Komod o-Sport-Mens.htm Try them a few times before you give in to the urge to guffaw.

How have you found them to work out?  I have a pair of the Komodo Sports, but have not tried them out for throwing.

PM me if you don't want to create any more guffaws <g>.

RCrazyWolf4 wrote: These http://www.vibramfivefingers.com/products/Five-Fingers-Komod o-Sport-Mens.htm Try them a few times before you give in to the urge to guffaw.

I already have a pair of vibrams but not gonna throw in them

brandell wrote: I already have a pair of vibrams but not gonna throw in them

Why?

throwing in vibrams is dumb....

sully I throw wob in OL shoes... always have so does Andy.

Jav boots or high jump shoes for my bet. light strong
shoes with spikes and heel spikes.

How about Chuck Taylor high tops?

I threw in chucks before.. my worst throwing experience ever.. couldn't get any traction

Tim Pinkerton wrote: Why would a person wear vibrams?

fyp

fyp = fixed your post. look at what craig corrected in the quote vs the original post

MAT$O wrote: throwing in vibrams is dumb.... sully I throw wob in OL shoes... always have so does Andy. Jav boots or high jump shoes for my bet. light strong shoes with spikes and heel spikes.

 

Humm being 5'9" I need all the help I can get so WOB will now be done in my Olympic lifting shoes.  And I think I am going to try and find some cheap javelin shoes again. I loved those things, good to see some strong throwers wearing them still.

RCrazyWolf4 wrote: Because, following your tag line, 'Strong is strong'. Why would you want any part of your body to be weak, from your feet to your fingers? External support tends to make you weaker, no? Let your body work, not your equipment.

In that same lol line of thought, are you saying that something like compression shorts make you weaker because they provide external support?  Wearing a wrist support while throwing the stone makes you weaker because it provides external support?  Knee sleeves?  Elbow sleeves?

And exactly how would this "make you weaker"?