it's been a while

since i've hated on shoes.

i hate shoes. i really really really hate shoes and i vowed never to buy any more. last week i broke that vow. the logic is inescapable:

1) i've decided that i'm going to follow rippetoe's advice on weight lifting
2) rippetoe is as clear as clear can be: wear lifting shoes while lifting
3) why would i follow his advice on squat form but not lifting shoes?

so i bought lifting shoes. i wore them today for my 5 sets of power cleans. they didn't particularly affect the lift one way or another (i cautiously used the same weight as last week's 5 sets), but an hour later, my ankle "feels funny". now, it could also have been the 5 sets of squats, but i doubt it.

so i still hate shoes. but logical consistency demands that i stick with these for a little longer before smacking myself upside the head for ignoring what i know to be true: shoes suck.