It would depend on your flexibility. If you are patient enough to work at flexibility when you are already having a hard time going to a parallel squat, nevermind an ATF (or ass-to-grass) squat, then you have to do mobility/flexibility drills to get there. It is possible to speed up things by placing a small disks under the heels (for static exercises where you don't 'jump' around) or buy a shoe with a higher heel.
For Olympic lifting there's the requirement to go really low and many just lack the flexibility to get there, no matter how much they practice on it.
The shoes really do have additional benefits, but considering how hard it is to even find them (I had to drive close to 100 miles to pick up a pair, which is pretty unusual in the densely populated area where I live, NLs), you're just as well off with regular good gym shoes.
There are disadvantages to the Oly shoes as well.. in them being stiffer, which means I have to think about carrying another pair if I want to do cardio afterwards (treadmill, elliptical) which requires a shoe w a more flexible sole.
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