Below are listed the effective heel heights and the heel materials. Most of the vendors here are based in Canada except for Rogue.

WL Shoes (Domestic)

  • Adidas Adipower 2/3 (0.79" / 20 mm TPU): Adidas.ca, Amazon.ca, Canadian Strength Supply, Rogue Canada

  • Do-win x Pendlay (0.75" / 19 mm TPU): Power Firm (weightliftingshoes.ca), Hansu Power, XTC Fitness

  • Inner Strength Products Ascend (0.75" / 19 mm TPU): Inner Strength Products (rebranded Crazy Power from AliExpress)

  • Inov-8 Fastlift 360 (0.65" / 16.5 mm TPU): Inov-8

  • Nike Romaleos 4 (0.79" / 20 mm TPU): DRVNshop, Nike Canada, Sportchek

  • Reebok Legacy Lifter 3 (0.86" / 22 mm TPU): Reebok Canada, Amazon.ca, Sportchek, Sporting Life.ca, The Last Hunt

  • TYR L-1 Lifter (0.83" / 21 mm TPU): Inner Strength Products, Rogue Canada


Recommended Shoes

  • Budget / Flat Feet / Wide Toebox - Do-win x Pendlay (Models A, B, D, or E from weightliftingshoes.ca)

  • Neutral or Narrow Feet - Nike Romaleos 4, Reebok Legacy Lifter 3

  • Wide Toebox - TYR L-1 Lifter


Recommended Imports

If cost isn’t an issue:

  • Neutral Feet - Anta 2s (0.95" / 25 mm TPU, CHN) - workout.eu (CZE), Anktshop (CHN), China Sport Shop (CHN), Luxiaojun Barbell (CHN), Shenzhen WL (CHN), Taobao (CHN), ZKC Sports (CHN), various Chinese coaches on IG

  • Wide Feet - Asics TOW 727s / WL shoes 100/400/600 (19 mm wood, 2E, JPN) - eBay sellers (JPN), Average Broz (USA), Sports Drecome / order-shoes.jpn.com (JPN)


Wooden Midsoles

  • Asics WL 100/400/600 (19 mm, 23-28 cm length 2E, JPN)

  • Do-win J1038C/J1038N/Gong Lu 2 (19 mm wood, CHN)

  • Laboratory of Champions ROTOR 1/2 (custom wood or leather, RUS)

  • Moska (19 mm wood, POL)


EDIT 1 (2024/05/01): removed Viking Weightlifting and Toronto Weightlifting as I don’t think they sell shoes anymore.

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    Recommended Oldstock (if you can find them used)

    Narrow / Neutral Width

    • Adidas Leistung 2016s (1.0" / 25 mm TPU): Amazon.ca

    • Adidas Ironwork 1/2/3 (0.67" / 17 mm wood)

    • Adidas Adistars 2008 (0.79" / 20 mm wood)


    Wide Feet

    • Anta 1s (0.79" / 20 mm TPU)

    • Nike Romaleos 2 (0.79" / 20 mm TPU)

    • Reebok Legacy Lifter 2 (0.86" / 22 mm TPU)