Just started climbing, and I recently bought a pair of shoes.
I basically was told that I would need to buy a size lower than my street shoe, and that I would want it as tight as I could stand, but not painfully so.
I wear an 11 in street shoes, and bought an 11 in rock climbing shoes, which I thought were probably too big based on the go a size lower recommendation.
These things are killing me. I've only climbed in them three times, but I have bruises on my toe knuckles when I take them off and my toes hurt for about a day after wearing the shoes for the two to five hours I climb in the gym.
Too tight, or is this normal and I should just put up with it until they stretch a bit?