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Sabrina have you tried running on grass instead it's so much nicer and kinder to your knees. .. I say this I've only just started watching the video... Maybe you do.. I'll be back to edit x
Warning: spoiler I love how the first half of the video is actually making a shoe that worked surprisingly well, but the other half is just explaining how that was a stupid idea, down to how two of the main features of the shoe made specifically for you were bad specifically for you.
Running shoes classified by speed: jogging shoes, training shoes, competition shoes. Running styles related to shoes: arch support, pronation correction, supination correction, forefoot landing, midfoot landing, heel landing. Different speeds, running styles, and conditions require different suitable shoes. The same shoes can have different effects depending on the running technique.
Protip, if you want a faster time, i recommend "accidentally" pressing the pause button on the timer and then remembering to press it in the final 200meters. My current best is 5 km in just 5 minutes!
I like how at the start, you're like "i started running, because maybe fitness is important" and how quickly that turned into "how can I do this thing, but as little as possible, by reducing my time"
Yeah, if you're doing it for health reasons; the duration of your exercise is valuable. Trying to cut down the amount of time that she runs kind of works against her stated goal.
This was my very first thought while I was watching. You're doing this for health, why are you pursuing the wrong goal? The wrong metric? The wrong outcome? She came back around eventually. Well mostly.
Yeah, it’s why I don’t feel a need to upgrade my heavy and clunky racing bike from 1980 to a nicer, lighter and newer model. I workout not to win races, I do it to get stronger and increase my stamina. It’s not giving me any physical issues, it works fine for a workout. I have done a time trial with friends and it’s safe to say I was significantly slower than the rest. My bike was easily a few times heavier than theirs, but again, I mainly cycle on my own to have a little workout.
Yeah, my '90s mountain bike is still a joy to ride on errands, & the benefits from a newer, _much_ more expensive bike, would be so marginal that I've no incentive to upgrade since I'm not racing.
That bit about your muscles overcompensating for weaknesses is really crucial! One time I got injured but didn’t quite pay attention to it enough and ended up in even worse condition because of it. Make sure you take those rest periods seriously, especially if you’re injured,
Yup, very much this. Its really a big warning _especially_ if you injure a tendon in your legs. Those generally take _time_ to heal and its tempting to try and jump back into it before its fully healed. Our brains are stupid good at avoiding doing things that hurt. So if you injure something and then try to work through it or around it; you are liable to injure something else because your brain is going to be doing its damnest to unconsciously avoid doing the thing that hurts. This usually means overcompensating with other muscles like you said and then those get on the path to injury. But seriously, if your tendons start to feel tight in your legs or mild ache. DO NOT push them. Achilles injuries take forever to heal and are unbelievably debilitating.
Laughing to myself in hypermobility disorder (hypermobile EDS or hEDS specifically) as the specialist went from "wow you're flexible" to "hm, let me just go through the beighton with her real fast to get her score" lol. Laughing doubly in the "running supposedly isn't supposed to hurt" thought I had when you first mentioned it was hurting your feet/knees. (Joints....)
HAHA came down to comment just this! We went from running daily (being forced to by our parents but regardless) to now being unable to run at all because of the amount of pain (PT strength building exercises here I come..). Also the wheelchair is such a life-changing invention can I say? More people should talk about how everything ever isn't supposed to hurt
i just wanted to call out the transition effect at 9:24 . It was super subtle, and well executed. Almost too much, where i just didnt want it to go unnoticed. thank you for doing cool things :)
As someone that used to run consistent 22min 5K's. That was an ambitious goal for 3 months. It took me over a year. And I would vary my run and route daily to keep myself entertained. I would do one timed 1.5mi run a week, an untimed 2 mile run, two 5K's which only one I time the other I didn't. And sometimes I would run before work, then I would get home and and go for a "short" run doing sprint intervals after work. I have to give you a lot of credit for staying consistent. Good job Sabrina!
When she mentioned the 22 minute goal I chuckled. Most female Marines I met couldn't run that fast, I think I personally met like 3 total that ran 22 minutes or faster, most others would be in the back of the pack with my slow ass.
To be fair, she said this took 3 months to make, so mightve started this idea in August, where many - myself included - make the foolish decision to start being more active
@@TylerLinner my face gets rashes in such weather if air is moving fast 😅 covering it with a scarf is also not an option since the breath condenses and freezes, creating a worse environment Props to you though, that weather is hard to get around in even when you're dressed accordingly
OMG not you getting a hypermobility diagnosis im dead. good luck babe im hypermobile too and strength training has required a lot of care but u can def accommodate it!!
Oh tech doping is super interesting! As a swimmer I remember something very similar happening in the early 2010’s. The international board of swimming banned a whole bunch of swim suits that had over-engineered little rubber bits. You can see a huge difference in swim suits from the 2008 to 2012 Olympics if you want a good example.
As someone who’s been running for way too long, watching someone else get into it is awesome. That ending where she starts to actively enjoy it and feels proud of herself? That’s what we do it for!! Getting past the beginning where everything is hard is absolutely the worst part, and watching someone overcome that genuinely made my day. And I think all runners have at least one phase of obsessively trying to figure out how shoes work, I certainly did lmao
When I try to encourage people to get into running the first thing I say is slow down! I’m happy she got that message in the video because the reason so many people think they hate running is because they are running at an unsustainable pace. Of course it’s hard to continue doing something when you can’t breathe!
I had the same problem so I started, running longer distance, slower on a treadmill so I could measure the speed. Before when I ran outside I would run too quickly and only be able to run for a few minutes.
omfg sabrina finding out she’s hypermobile because of this video is so funny to me. i am also excessively bendy and thought it was normal my whole life 😂 the absolute best thing i have done for my joints is yoga and strength training :)
The "sock" design of the shoe reminds of how shoes use to be designed. I couldn't tell you what century but I saw a few examples from Nicole Rudolph's channel. The shoes were made of fabric so you could freely move your foot around within the shoe, and while that seems unstable, it seems to be a design that works rather well.
@@bosstowndynamics5488 Acktschually, *clears throat*, the thick soles alone isn't the problem, it's the thick sole's flexibility that allows one of the sides to compress while the other side of the shoe doesn't compress or compresses less. Because that's what allows your ankle to offset to the side. I bet sock-type shoes with thick but solid (wooden?) soles (like traditional Japanese sandals) are "perfectly safe" (unless you step onto a marble or otherwise manage to tilt the whole shoe). ...Now this makes me wonder if you could engineer a sole that forces the left and right side to compress by the same amount. The best idea that I have is to layer foam between some sheet material with high bending and twisting rigidity, but tilt the layers 30° or so forwards from horizontal. And you'll still want support against the foot sliding forwards and backwards in the sock. Because the act of running _requires_ the force to be applied at a forwards/backwards angle.
@@Pystro I mean, you provided the problem with rigid thick soles and soft uppers in your own post - uneven ground exists. That, and occasionally people just put their foot down at slightly off angles and roll their ankle, and soft uppers will mean a worse injury if and when that happens compared to supportive uppers
I have hypermobility too! So glad for you that you caught it earlier in life. Getting your stabilizing muscles in gear now will hopefully delay any joint problems as you get older. I'm mid-30s and tend to get hurt really easily (from stuff like falling or stumbling or sleeping funny). I had to do over 6 months of physical therapy to get back to a good place. Keep up the hard work! Maybe you'd have more fun running if you borrowed someone's dog?
Yes! Undiagnosed hypermobility (in my case HJS) caused me to develop arthritis at 34 after a major muscle injury as my body didn't have the stability to properly support my spine. Any time I'd overdo it I'd end up regressing on my progress as well since the time needed to recover would cause muscle atrophy. I also didn't know I needed ortheses because I have high arches which affected everything upward.
Hmm I just realized that maybe my wrists are hypermobile? Is this why downward dogs in yoga hurt so bad? I gave up because I could never “push through my hands” or whatever
@@taylor3950 If you can make your thumb touch your arm with a little help from your other hand, that's a sign of hypermobility in that area of your body. Yoga and pilates when you have hypermobility can be very dangerous as you may easily injure yourself, unless you have someone to coach you that knows how to avoid such issues.
@@MsVilecat yep I tried the test in the video expecting to fail and was surprised that I could do it too. Thank you for the advice! I definitely won’t try it again until it’s safe. Recently my wrists and fingers have hurt sometimes but I thought I kept sleeping on them wrong
I used to hate running, but then in the Army, we ran everywhere all the time, and WAY too much. These days I love running, When I started Basic Training I ran 22 minute 2 miles, and by the time I got out of the army, I ran a 13:30 2 mile. I got WAY faster, and now I actually enjoy running. It's when I can zone out and let my ADHD take over. I find I run best when I let my mind wander and just enjoy it.
fyi, if your shoelaces are always coming untied, that probably means you're tying them backwards. It wasn't until I was well into my 20s that I found out that, depending on how you criss-cross the two ends of the shoelaces, you either end up with what's essentially a granny knot that comes undone all the time, or a square knot that stays tied for as long as you want.
Do you think people living around sabrina have conversations like "what on earth is that woman wearing and why is she limping? do you think she needs help?" "oh don't worry, that's just sabrina"
The biggest reason you are feeling that pain in your ankles and knees isn't because you dont have enough padding, but because it looks like you do a heel strike while running. Try going for a mid-foot strike while also looking into barefoot shoes. Modern shoes have changed the way we walk and run and it causes us more injury because all the cushion is hiding the hard impacts we make on our knees.
@@00wolfer00Barefoot shoes would actually be a lot better than supportive shoes because barefoot shoes will let you use your foot muscles so that you can train them to be stronger, therefore making them and the joints more stable. Supportive shoes take away the function of those muscles and let them get weaker with time. While supportive shoes may seem to be better for hypermobile people, barefoot shoes will be better in the long run (I know from personal experience).
@@randomuser9293 ruining your joints because of the lack of support is terrible in the long run. It's better to run with support and do other exercises for the joints that rely on it like the ankles.
I was just watching in awe, how a supposedly unfit person can just put her palm on the floor without effort O.O years of yoga won't enable me to do that
Same! Specifically the hands touching the floor test, I saw like "Omg she's hypermobile!!" Fun fact, though, hypermobility presents as stiffness in some people (me) and there's some research that shows that if you consistently CAN'T touch the floor, that can be a sign of hypermobility, too. The diversity of presentation is wild!
@@Freaky0Nina if it's any help, in many of our cases it's somewhere between a... very specific party trick? To a chance of getting subluxations / dislocations. In my case yeah my joint flexibility makes people super envious, but I suck at sports, probably even more because my body works weird. I need to memorize what's hyperextension so that I don't go there, and remember not to. Movements that go together? Muscles that flex when other body parts move? Not so much in our case! When you're a stiffer ragdoll with joints they may just move individually. Some chain reactions I've only learned in martial arts at age 25+ when wrong moves had immediate repercussions. And if she runs like that without proper footwear? Her joints will wear off and hurt. Don't be envious, flexibility built up through exercise and smart practice is completely different than just being able to do stuff. Also, the thumb to the wrist? Look at what the wrist then looks like. Then think how people like us hurt ourselves when we try cartwheels and handstands as children, AND we do worse.
The fact that you knew to bring ducktape to your running session is at the same time the proof of how crafty you are, and also how much you need to fix you designs every time. This hilarious, I love it! Also I love how every video you kind of start by doing something and then consulting an expert. It seems like the right order of priority! Great video as always.
You might be interested in studies showing more cushion actually leads to higher impact instead of lower, counterintuitively. And the studies posited that it's due to our reflex to improve balance on less sturdy terrain where a stronger step will be stabilizing, whereas on very stable terrain we can step lighter and be equally stable.
5:35 : If your shoe laces keep untying, have you checked whether you tie them the right way around? Found out at ~22yo that I'd been tying mine incorrectly, re-learned how to tie them, and haven't had problems since. (Yes, the default shoe lace knot has chirality, and no, apparently no one checks whether kids learn it the right way around)
@@JoeTrickey a bit tricky to explain in words... but if you hold the main loop with your left hand, the right lace has to loop under around the *back* and push the knot through the *front* side of the hole; NOT loop over around the front and pushed up through the back of the hole. hope that makes sense haha. looping the knot around the back makes it fully stable and unable to be pulled apart.
@@JoeTrickeymany people tie a slipped granny knot instead of a slipped square knot. However you cross your laces in the first step, you need to cross them the other way in the next step. An easy check is the "bow" should want to sit across your foot, not along it
@@Terigena Yep, exactly. Can recommend learning his fast knot if you're re-learning anyway. I had linked the site in a separate reply, but YT doesn't like external links.
One thing that makes shoe design so complicated is how complicated what feet do is. Our feet have lots of bones and ligaments that let our feet become really flexible when standing flat to conform to terrain, or grasp at tree trunks, or whatever goofy thing we get up to. But when we walk, and our weight moves forward over the top of your foot, certain muscles pull things tight to turn the foot into a rigid lever.
Glad you've started to enjoy running! I despise it, and it's my least favorite form of cardio since I was forced to do it all through high school. Swimming and biking are a lot more fun to me. But! Getting healthy is good, no matter what exercise you're doing.
As someone who casually runs, I loved this video, but through the majority of it I was waiting for when you'd finally stop caring as much about distance or at very least speed. I also used to hate running, but here's what made it a lot easier for me personally: - Like I said, not throwing too many stakes into distance or speed - Letting it turn into a walk whenever I feel the need, picking up pace when/if I'm ready - Putting on music. Some people swear by/against this, I like having the option and it motivates me to keep going when the music makes me feel good. Especially because I love movie soundtracks like superhero shit - Having as little on my body to weight it down as possible, even in my pockets - This one kinda surprised me, but wearing things that make me think I look cool in them when I walk or run. If I feel like if I can imagine myself in a trailer or poster for a cool movie that makes me look badass and whimsical in all the ways I like, it can make the entire experience more fulfilling and also distract me from any discomfort before my body naturally finds its preferred rhythm - This one's extra important, I don't really consciously think about the whole run when I go out. I think "You know, a brief stretch doesn't feel like a hassle right now, and I feel like I could start running and feel good about it." In my head, I'm only thinking of like the first minute, if that. Beyond that point, it's all about momentum Probably all of these will look different for different people. Many folks will probably not even need some of this at all, it just helps me because I love movies. At the end of the day, if you're not doing it in a way that's serving you the way you want, then it's not really serving you. It can really be as simple as that.
For me I also went on a similar journey to love running. It is a 2x speed outdoor walk, and I found I did better with HIIT style cardio. When it comes to shoes.... Well, let's just say turning 30 really makes you want a comfortable, durable, and supportive footwear, that has grip in winter; Which is hard when you realize they're all over 200$ for mesh and foam, that wears out a in 6 months. I don't want a faster run, I want a better, happier, and cheaper run.
This video really showed off the great visual pop all of your content has! [Good lighting setup! Good camera/lenses! Good LUT's!] Everything looks fantastic, even 'mundane' shots like video calls, or just sitting at a desk - they all sparkle ✨ @15:37 - I have hypermobility as well, I find shoes that are too loose will sort of 'roll' underneath my feet, like running on raw dough.
I started usind barefoot shoes 10 years ago for my running. You don't need to train the other muscles as you run differently and already train them more while running. Your foot muscles are absorbing the impacts of the running. As you run differently you should start slowly. I remember the first time, I felt so great and thought I could go on forever but got a strain at the end. But since then I had no problems again. I also only use barefoot shoes everyday now.
The issue is that with hypermobility, your body tries to compensate. The joints and muscles work to compensate in a way that reduces pain is rather than building muscle. In hypermobility the joints already lack support due to ligaments being too loose. Barefoot shoes don't have the support most hypermobile people need. (I have to wear shoe inserts to keep the arch in my feet from flattening, and I prefer shoes that go around my ankle because it gives me more support)
I swear you barefoot shoe runners are the new vegan. How can you tell someone uses barefoot running shoes? They’ll tell you. And just like vegans, the science isn’t conclusive.
I also started running with the "gotta go fast" mindset, which lead me to severe shin splints. After years of frustration and pain I realized that I needed to improve my muscle strength and running technique. Now I run slow, like real slow, but pain-free... and it's beautiful.
as a long distance runner who was in cross country for 5 years, i really appreciate this video. the joint pain is so real. i have knee problems and knocked knees that weren’t fully fixed from when i was a kid (i can’t believe i got through so many years without major issues). it got a lot worse for me this year and i was basically injured for most of the season and even had to miss a run because it got worse. i wish i knew more about how i could’ve avoided some of it just by looking at what type of shoes i should be wearing.
If you didn't have hypermobility, I'd recommend barefoot shoes. But those are for people who don't need any kind of support from their shoes. They're what I plan on using, as I've been waking around barefoot in my house for a long time and my feet just don't fit into regular shoes correctly anymore. They also prevent bunions by letting your big toe spread out as it's supposed to and not get pushed into a forced inward angle all the time.
@@colin-nekritz I mean obviously a limited diet can't be peak but in general the science is pretty conclusive that the amount of meat/animal products the average person eats is way too high and the amount of vegetables is way too low. It's not even a close thing, we have conclusive evidence that modern diets are fucking terrible (relative to peak diets) for you.
@@colin-nekritz The ratio of obnoxious vegans to obnoxious anti-vegans is like 1:100. There are so many people endlessly bitching about vegans out there who have probably never even met one IRL.
The "wtf is this" on the toilet is what's called an s-trap. It keeps the water from draining out, and this is the important part, traps the gas coming up from the drain from escaping into the room. This is why when you have tp that gets stuck, it can wick the water past due to capillary action, and make it so there's not enough water to stop the gas from, escaping. I used to work at a building that was the second to last stop in the wasterwater treatment for the city I live in...and it didn't smell good when this happened. So appreciate it.
The hypermobility discovery was a delightful plot twist (I'm hypermobile and in my 40s and discovering that stretching isn't just for showing off anymore 🙃)
Wow. The talk with Laura was so interesting, would you be interested in uploading a longer form video of her tips on muscle exercises for running? Would appreciate an AIP newsletter extended cut :)
i just realized that i also might have hyper mobility issues because of this video which is probably why i also experience that same pain in my ankles and up my shin when i run😭 answerinprogress fixing my life one video at a time
Ask about Ehlers Danlos Syndrome or Hypermobility spectrum disorder! Especially if you have chronic pain in the joints! (If there's no pain then you should be okay as long as you keep the muscle active to support the joints)
If you experience pain in the shins and ankles then it is most likely because you heel strike which is encouraged by shoes with raised heels and cushioning. If you want to have less pain, just strike with fore to mid foot when running and consider switching to barefoot shoes or sandals that will give you the feedback you need to improve your running form.
A few thoughts while watching this video. #1. Look at Tabi shoes and the bio mechanics of why they keep the big toe seperate. Maybe will apply to your foot position if you put a peg next to your big toe. #2. Cap the springs on both ends with a small metal plate to prevent it from stabbing you in the foot in the event of failure. #3. Was your progress artifical? I assume that the making of these shoes took a while and you kept jogging that entire time. Was your progress attributable to the shoe or just better fitness. Might have to test with some insoles wired with pressure sensors, a camera, and a treadmill. See how much pressure is being put on part of the foot when you run, and monitor how much your head moves up and down. This should give you some better data.
I'm super surprised that the whole barefoot shoe thing didn't come into action. I mostly transitioned through the previous couple of years, and although I don't run, I do feel a difference in other activities. And rolling the ankle, not lo long ago I had the same problem... With one of the last pairs of non-barefoot shoes I still have. Seeing the dynamics of the movement, it was the extra height of the sole that caused it, there are quite a lot analysis of how tall soles, specially with squared edges do cause a type of catastrophic failure for rolling ankles. And on the other hand, other set of shoes I did replace for barefoot style, for trekking, and I've practically eliminated any of the "ohh, almost!" instances of ankle issues.
Agreed. I've made the switch to foot-shaped, wide-toe-boxed sneakers with minimal stack height. I did it, cold turkey. By far, the best decision of my life, on that part. My feet and legs feel so much better. While my feet still hurt, after a long day, they don't hurt nearly as much. I was able to strengthen my feet and legs due to having relearned how to walk. Also, I kind of can't wear mainstream sneakers, anymore. Feet went back to their natural state and are still spreading. >.> I wish the barefoot/minimalist, foot-shaped section got more love. I'd love it to take over the current market for better options.
I'm a shoe maker by trade, there is reason we add heel support (like a crust thingy in the heel part) and sometimes supports on the side, also it can help to add a bump on the insole where you foot has that natural arch to make a shoe more stable, shoelaces are not as important if the shoe is made to size like yours but the lack of a mold to actually stretch that material into a more snug sock like fit did have a lot of impact to that instability too. If I haven't explained it very well I'm sorry my schooling was wasn't in English and I lack a lot of in trade words to word it better...
two things: as someone who ran in high school and college I really enjoyed this video. It is important to note that when you have workout days and rest or maintenance days the workouts still take about 2 months to actually see the impact and improvement in strength and speed
I am hypermobile myself. In fact, I have classical-like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. It started to affect me in my teen days, sprinting my ankle just by walking. Not to mention all the times I injured while practicing sports. It has been hard cuz I practice tons of sports when younger (I'm currently 33), so I have a very competitive mindset, and I always want to do things faster and better than my previous self. But my body cannot follow suit. Finding comfortable footwear has become essential to my life, because otherwise my joints hurt. I appreciate a lot that the doctor you visited measured you and explained to you how important it is to strengthen your muscles to avoid injuries.
If you just want to burn calories and get fit, your goal is the opposite of someone who runs in competitions. You don't want efficient gear that makes you burn less calories. You want comfortable extra weight.
I wouldn't entirely agree here - artificially lowering the efficiency of activities like running risks putting too much mechanical load on you, and a huge part of becoming more efficient is all of the long term physiological changes that we group together as "getting fit". You don't necessarily need the 500 dollar super shoes but saying you want to carry more weight for an endurance activity would risk being unsafe. Plus, achieving a PB helps with motivation which is important to build it into a long term habit.
8:55 "I think I'm going to make it extra thick, to solve my pain problem" made me wince so hard. Thicker soles are like drinking alcohol when you're freezing. You feel warmer but you're dying of hypothermia. Thicker soles mean we don't feel as much pain while we damage ourselves by heel-striking. It's good to see the expert advise using a thinner sole.
15:43 You have some of the symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Hypermobile Type. You might want to look into it and see if that's a thing or not for you because it could explain lots of other problems in your life.
Not sure if she would feel comfortable with it, but it would be super interesting if she did a video about it. Not necessarily her own diagnostic journey. Toronto has the main hEDS clinic in Canada, maybe she could get some interviews?? hEDS takes an average of 14 years to get diagnosed due to the lack of awareness among medical professionals. And it really impacts things like physio. I cringe everytime a posture video shows up on my social media feed, because the fitness influencers tend to offer simplistic solutions and resort to posture shaming. Which is soo unhelpful for hypermobile people (especially undiagnosed) 🙄
It's weird seeing that because I'm someone with hypermobile hands, but I couldn't naturally touch my toes (I can touch them but it took months of consistent stretching)
I will say that most people do not know the proper running form, I'm 28 and only learned how to run correctly 6 months ago and suddenly my ankles and knees don't hurt anymore and it improved my times 🤯
literally! i also got excited seeing the notification because we basically *just* got melissa's food guide video and taha's foley video from a few weeks ago!
16:20 The best way to run faster is to run more. We try to optimize everything and find the shortcut to our problems in order to get there easier, however this is not the answer most of the time. I'm glad you beat your PR, and I'm glad that you found meditation in replacement of boredom. I know that the Stockholm Syndrome comment is a dumb joke, but it doesn't help in this regard. It belittled the fact that the wisdom that we gain through experience is important. We sometimes need to fail in order to learn what is best, and it's not a bad thing to have to struggle to learn to appreciate the things that make us stronger.
I'm really happy that you found a new motivation to run. The way you described your new experience is like how I swim. I stopped "professionally" competing a few years ago and really struggled to find a reason to keep on swimming because I wasn't hitting any PBs and getting slower outside my normal events. But just taking those same motivations that I used to get faster and reshaping long-term goals into short-term, in-the-moment feelings made me re-love swimming.
Your videos are entertaining and inspirational. You have a really nice personality and instead of thinking about all the reasons NOT to do something (as many people including myself often do) you go out and get it done, even if there are a lot of steps and hurdles. It's really nice to see. Also I love your curiosity, so many people seem to be completely bereft of curiosity it is awesome to see someone so committed to learning and finding things out. Also I can't believe you made your own shoes! Like who does that? That's really impressive. And they definitely have a Sonic the Hedgehog vibe it's great to see, somebody should work with you to put them into mass production (after a few kinks are ironed out : p).
It's funny how closely your fitness journey mirrors my own, going from being super focused on results, to not meeting them and burning out, and then eventually learning to enjoy the process and not focus on the results. Fantastic video.
i know this is just the setup for the episode but i'm immediatly disagreeing with ''i hate running but you gotta do it bc it's good for me right?'' wrong! if you hate running, don't run! Find a sport you like, there's so many cool sports, find one you don't hate edit: finished the video, so glad you enjoy running now, that's so much healthier than forcing yourself to do smth you hate and focusing just on time and all that. Exercise is supposed to make you feel good
In college I did a science report looking at shoes compared to barefooting. When people run in shoes they land on their heel, resulting in shock to the foot and knee. Barefoot runners land on ball of their feet, being a spring action, absorbing the impact as well as giving spring recoil on the pushoff. Testing finds those running barefoot use less O2 and can go longer. Because of work I tend to be barefoot a lot, so my feet have stronger calluses that have allowed stepping on glass without puncture.
I wish I knew more about running when I was required to do it because of the military, doing so caused me injuries that have resulted in surgery and no desire to run for any reason than an emergency. That said like you I didn't enjoy it at first, but did grow to not hate it. I don't currently run, but now I'm second guessing it because of your video. My fear of hurting myself further is lessened knowing that I can seek help and guidace to strengthen myself to prevent injuries.
it's nice that you came to find catharsis in running! personal story, but about 10 years ago, my doctor became concerned that due to a genetic condition with my eyes if I ran, I might end up damaging my optic nerve and going permanently blind. In late 2019 I was finally cleared to start running (and other activities) again, and it was amazing how something that before the diagnoses felt exhausting and painful now felt empowering. And it's nice for me, at least, to see someone else start to enjoy it too :)
I'm also hypermobile! Thankfully in my case it's just flexibility and not a connective tissue disorder. But even without anything "wrong" causing the hypermobility, building strength in your full range of motion is super important to help prevent injuries
Zero sugar is kinda silly. Sugar helps with the absorption of sodium via SGLT channels in the gut. It’s why if you look at the ingredients for oral rehydration solutions like the ones the WHO makes for dehydrated kids they all contain sugar. And low sodium is probably the most common electrolyte people exercising heavily might have
The problem is that sugar is so prevelant in everything that it's nearly impossible to moderate without severe micro managing, same with sodium as sodium is a very good preservative thats cheap almost everything has way too much of it
@@kittenwizard4703 this is specifically in response to actively hydrating and replacing lost electrolytes as in the context of the sponsor segment. Sodium balance in the body is as important to hydrating as water intake. In general life yeah, if you’re eating and drinking you’ll usually cover your sugar and glucose well enough.
@@kittenwizard4703 Rehydration drinks are meant for people working out or people who really need it. Most people don't need them. The suger is needed in the drink for proper rehydration, so is the sodium. This isn't the same as over consumption of sugar and salt. In fact, from what I understand you can make one yourself and it apparently doesn't taste all that good.
A small trampoline is often pretty affordable compared to a treadmill and can be tucked away. Both can be "run" on while watching a screen and listen to audio. It are time and resistance that counts, not the distance. Speed shoes are mostly for travel and competitions, not training. The way I learned to run (not jogging) were to be in a kind of continuous falling forward and land on the toes, heel fast down and up as a spring. I also have learned to breathe with my stomach, from martial art training and meditation.
More cushion doesn't make your knees and feet not hurt. What does make your knees and feet feel better is running properly and landing on the mid-foot to fore-foot, and landing under your center of mass, rather than over striding and landing on your heels (effectively putting a huge braking force on your ankles, shins, and knees). In 3 months with proper training (3-5runs per week, 3-5 miles each), you could easily have lowered that time to 24-25 mins.
Another thing to consider when buying running shoes is the degree of pronation (foot/ankle rolling in or out with each step). Most dedicated running shoes are made for specific pronation needs. More cushioned shoes are generally for people who's feet don't roll much in either direction. Then you have ones for people whose feet roll in. They will have a chunk of stiffer foam on the inside corner to push your foot back to neutral. And if you're like me, and your foot rolls out, then your shoes will have that stiffer chunk of foam on the outside corner instead. So maybe I could get away with a super shoe like the vapor fly for a little while, I would be putting a lot more stress on my ankles.
Hypermobility is such a curse. I’m literally getting surgery on one of my ankles in a couple weeks due to frequent sprains because of hypermobility. You definitely have to get the right shoes and watch out for bad terrain when running if you’re hypermobile.
but like... but like... you... but.. you don't ever just let your feet/body flop all over the place while running? your muscles should be enforcing good form the entire time. When I'm running, my calf is tensing to create a cushion on the landing of each strike, at no point when I'm running/hiking/walking/jumping on random rocks am I ever relying on the limits of my range of motion to assist my movements, I am specifically using my muscles to remain well in my range of motion... I mean maybe hypermobility makes you more likely to get injured anyway and that's just how it is because your body is weaker in some ways but if that's not the case and it really is just your range of motion is wider and as such you can enter danger zones without the limited mobility making it explicitly obvious to you, you shouldn't enter that zone then like... skill issue? If you are getting injured, slow it down until you figure out the exact form and muscle control you need to maintain to not get injured. The only injury you should maintain is soreness/strain. This may involve literally walking back and forth extremely slowly in your room and feeling out exactly what your body is doing when you walk, I noticed I tensed a muscle in my arch connected to the first joint on my big toe when walking a lot and retraining my body to relax that part of my foot while walking literally took weeks of conscious focus on my foot while walking for example
to use the blender measuring tool, you go into edit mode, you click on the tool, and you hold control and hover over a vertex and it should make a square that you hold click on to snap the measurement to the vertex, then you drag to another vertex and release click and it shows you the measurement.
15:26 OH MY GOD NOT HER FINDING OUT SHE HAS HEDS ON CAMERA 😂😂😂😂 through an unsuspecting Beighton Test (well, dont know for sure as they didn't show all of it or say a specific one but anyway). Love this, I hope that even if the runtime thing doesn't work out that this huge personal discovery leads to a lot of little positive safety changes & more retrospective understanding ❤. Fellow late dx hypermobile pal! 💕
Welcome to the hyper-mobility club and a future full of weird pains. IME you can try to strengthen all you want but injury is lurking around the corner no matter what. Stay vigilant.
fascinating, i knew everything in this video but never knew the technical terms. it's like i was revising a subject. i like how simple this is for people to understand. i always watch hyper technical things but this is a great change. my brain feels great, it's like rest day for my brain.
First time viewer and new subscriber.... A few random thoughts: as a former long distance runner, I understand the importance of good shoes. I admire those who can make them well, but recognize that I don't have that ability. The failure to develop a new running shoe by yourself was predictable, but I do admire your attempt and systematic research. I appreciate your honesty, integrity and sense of humor and adventure. I also appreciate the very sensible running advice in the second half. Well done. I look forward to more videos.
I hope you liked that video! Make sure to get your free Sample Pack with any LMNT purchase at DrinkLMNT.com/AnswerInProgress. And if it's not for you, get a full refund. No questions asked, no return necessary!
- Sabrina
how did you put the comment 2h ago if you uploaded it 2m ago
@@JacobAWynn built different.
@@answerinprogress BAHAHAHA THEY ANSWERED
Pre video launch test data..
Sabrina have you tried running on grass instead it's so much nicer and kinder to your knees. .. I say this I've only just started watching the video... Maybe you do.. I'll be back to edit x
Alternative idea: slow your 5K run so that you can watch TWO sitcom episodes instead of one
dang, could've avoided this whole video
Gigabrain move right here.
That's ... that's just walking ... right?
@@3nertia no its binging
Actually (yadda yadda yadda, training zones etc.), that might help her achieve her goal.
This whole channel is basically looking for answers, and realizing you had the wrong question to begin with.
Which is why it's awesome.
They should definitely make this part of their youtube bio
Ah, so Question In Progress.
Failure is the fastest way to learn
and this is why i love this channel
the answer is 42 (my shoe size)
Warning: spoiler
I love how the first half of the video is actually making a shoe that worked surprisingly well, but the other half is just explaining how that was a stupid idea, down to how two of the main features of the shoe made specifically for you were bad specifically for you.
when ya put it like that 😭
Dang spoiler alert 😂
@@olleheyb my bad, I'll add a warning
9:05 Modern running shoes are notorious for being especially fond of shedding their midsoles
Running shoes classified by speed: jogging shoes, training shoes, competition shoes.
Running styles related to shoes: arch support, pronation correction, supination correction, forefoot landing, midfoot landing, heel landing.
Different speeds, running styles, and conditions require different suitable shoes. The same shoes can have different effects depending on the running technique.
This was so much fun! So excited to see you take this topic and RUN with it (sorry sorry)
No one replied?
2 replies in 11 days, bro fell off
@@mastershooter64 I thought they deleted the replies or something, but i guess no
2 of my favorite channels together in one video!! 💜
Loved to see the crossover! Some of the best youtubers out there!
Protip, if you want a faster time, i recommend "accidentally" pressing the pause button on the timer and then remembering to press it in the final 200meters. My current best is 5 km in just 5 minutes!
I'm not sure, because whenever I move it starts automatically.
Tbf, 5 mins for 200 metres is pretty terrible hahaha
@@robmaule4025 I mean in their defence they didn't say how far into the 5k they pressed pause...
wow thanks I just progressed instantly😱
I got 5k in 32 seconds.
I like how at the start, you're like "i started running, because maybe fitness is important" and how quickly that turned into "how can I do this thing, but as little as possible, by reducing my time"
Yeah, if you're doing it for health reasons; the duration of your exercise is valuable. Trying to cut down the amount of time that she runs kind of works against her stated goal.
This was my very first thought while I was watching.
You're doing this for health, why are you pursuing the wrong goal? The wrong metric? The wrong outcome?
She came back around eventually. Well mostly.
Yeah, it’s why I don’t feel a need to upgrade my heavy and clunky racing bike from 1980 to a nicer, lighter and newer model. I workout not to win races, I do it to get stronger and increase my stamina. It’s not giving me any physical issues, it works fine for a workout. I have done a time trial with friends and it’s safe to say I was significantly slower than the rest. My bike was easily a few times heavier than theirs, but again, I mainly cycle on my own to have a little workout.
Yeah, my '90s mountain bike is still a joy to ride on errands, & the benefits from a newer, _much_ more expensive bike, would be so marginal that I've no incentive to upgrade since I'm not racing.
That bit about your muscles overcompensating for weaknesses is really crucial! One time I got injured but didn’t quite pay attention to it enough and ended up in even worse condition because of it. Make sure you take those rest periods seriously, especially if you’re injured,
Yup, very much this. Its really a big warning _especially_ if you injure a tendon in your legs. Those generally take _time_ to heal and its tempting to try and jump back into it before its fully healed. Our brains are stupid good at avoiding doing things that hurt. So if you injure something and then try to work through it or around it; you are liable to injure something else because your brain is going to be doing its damnest to unconsciously avoid doing the thing that hurts. This usually means overcompensating with other muscles like you said and then those get on the path to injury.
But seriously, if your tendons start to feel tight in your legs or mild ache. DO NOT push them. Achilles injuries take forever to heal and are unbelievably debilitating.
Laughing to myself in hypermobility disorder (hypermobile EDS or hEDS specifically) as the specialist went from "wow you're flexible" to "hm, let me just go through the beighton with her real fast to get her score" lol. Laughing doubly in the "running supposedly isn't supposed to hurt" thought I had when you first mentioned it was hurting your feet/knees. (Joints....)
Yup same. And the video is sponsored by LMNT as well….
Sabrina might want to get checked for more than just hypermobility just in case!
I also have hypermobility (no EDS though) and when she said "wow, you're really flexible" I was already thinking "uh oh..." 😅
I saw that foot go and thought, 'Shit, that looks like me..'. I was verry surprised that she didn't get injured!
I have eds and was this whole video thinking huh weird how a pair of shoes can give you hyper mobility symptoms
HAHA came down to comment just this! We went from running daily (being forced to by our parents but regardless) to now being unable to run at all because of the amount of pain (PT strength building exercises here I come..). Also the wheelchair is such a life-changing invention can I say? More people should talk about how everything ever isn't supposed to hurt
i just wanted to call out the transition effect at 9:24 . It was super subtle, and well executed. Almost too much, where i just didnt want it to go unnoticed. thank you for doing cool things :)
Oh it definitely flew over my head, but now I rewound and thoroughly enjoyed it!
that's so good! can't tell where the cuts might be in the transition!
I didn’t even notice!!!
Oh! I thought it was just on top of the table
3:42 caught my eye as a particularly smooth cut, too.
As someone that used to run consistent 22min 5K's. That was an ambitious goal for 3 months. It took me over a year. And I would vary my run and route daily to keep myself entertained. I would do one timed 1.5mi run a week, an untimed 2 mile run, two 5K's which only one I time the other I didn't. And sometimes I would run before work, then I would get home and and go for a "short" run doing sprint intervals after work. I have to give you a lot of credit for staying consistent. Good job Sabrina!
When she mentioned the 22 minute goal I chuckled. Most female Marines I met couldn't run that fast, I think I personally met like 3 total that ran 22 minutes or faster, most others would be in the back of the pack with my slow ass.
"Outside is free" is a bold statement to be making in Canada in October.
Same here in Russia 😅
Outside is free...zing 🥶
To be fair, she said this took 3 months to make, so mightve started this idea in August, where many - myself included - make the foolish decision to start being more active
I bike commute in Minnesota. Exercising warms your body... and outside is still free when it's -20°F
@@TylerLinner my face gets rashes in such weather if air is moving fast 😅 covering it with a scarf is also not an option since the breath condenses and freezes, creating a worse environment
Props to you though, that weather is hard to get around in even when you're dressed accordingly
OMG not you getting a hypermobility diagnosis im dead. good luck babe im hypermobile too and strength training has required a lot of care but u can def accommodate it!!
day by day sabrina will eventually fix my whole life and I WILL procrastinate on it
Oh tech doping is super interesting! As a swimmer I remember something very similar happening in the early 2010’s. The international board of swimming banned a whole bunch of swim suits that had over-engineered little rubber bits. You can see a huge difference in swim suits from the 2008 to 2012 Olympics if you want a good example.
As someone who’s been running for way too long, watching someone else get into it is awesome. That ending where she starts to actively enjoy it and feels proud of herself? That’s what we do it for!! Getting past the beginning where everything is hard is absolutely the worst part, and watching someone overcome that genuinely made my day. And I think all runners have at least one phase of obsessively trying to figure out how shoes work, I certainly did lmao
When I try to encourage people to get into running the first thing I say is slow down! I’m happy she got that message in the video because the reason so many people think they hate running is because they are running at an unsustainable pace. Of course it’s hard to continue doing something when you can’t breathe!
I had the same problem so I started, running longer distance, slower on a treadmill so I could measure the speed. Before when I ran outside I would run too quickly and only be able to run for a few minutes.
omfg sabrina finding out she’s hypermobile because of this video is so funny to me. i am also excessively bendy and thought it was normal my whole life 😂 the absolute best thing i have done for my joints is yoga and strength training :)
10:42 turned my boy sonic in a shoe
my first thought was sonic shoes but also not sonic bc he wears red shoes lol
The "sock" design of the shoe reminds of how shoes use to be designed. I couldn't tell you what century but I saw a few examples from Nicole Rudolph's channel. The shoes were made of fabric so you could freely move your foot around within the shoe, and while that seems unstable, it seems to be a design that works rather well.
It probably doesn't work as well when you're on the more flexible side and have ridiculously thick soles though
@@bosstowndynamics5488 Acktschually, *clears throat*, the thick soles alone isn't the problem, it's the thick sole's flexibility that allows one of the sides to compress while the other side of the shoe doesn't compress or compresses less. Because that's what allows your ankle to offset to the side. I bet sock-type shoes with thick but solid (wooden?) soles (like traditional Japanese sandals) are "perfectly safe" (unless you step onto a marble or otherwise manage to tilt the whole shoe).
...Now this makes me wonder if you could engineer a sole that forces the left and right side to compress by the same amount. The best idea that I have is to layer foam between some sheet material with high bending and twisting rigidity, but tilt the layers 30° or so forwards from horizontal.
And you'll still want support against the foot sliding forwards and backwards in the sock. Because the act of running _requires_ the force to be applied at a forwards/backwards angle.
@@Pystro I mean, you provided the problem with rigid thick soles and soft uppers in your own post - uneven ground exists. That, and occasionally people just put their foot down at slightly off angles and roll their ankle, and soft uppers will mean a worse injury if and when that happens compared to supportive uppers
I have hypermobility too! So glad for you that you caught it earlier in life. Getting your stabilizing muscles in gear now will hopefully delay any joint problems as you get older. I'm mid-30s and tend to get hurt really easily (from stuff like falling or stumbling or sleeping funny). I had to do over 6 months of physical therapy to get back to a good place.
Keep up the hard work! Maybe you'd have more fun running if you borrowed someone's dog?
Might be worth ruling out EDS too, hypermobility is often one of the more visible symptoms. (Not a doctor, just saying)
Yes! Undiagnosed hypermobility (in my case HJS) caused me to develop arthritis at 34 after a major muscle injury as my body didn't have the stability to properly support my spine. Any time I'd overdo it I'd end up regressing on my progress as well since the time needed to recover would cause muscle atrophy. I also didn't know I needed ortheses because I have high arches which affected everything upward.
Hmm I just realized that maybe my wrists are hypermobile? Is this why downward dogs in yoga hurt so bad? I gave up because I could never “push through my hands” or whatever
@@taylor3950 If you can make your thumb touch your arm with a little help from your other hand, that's a sign of hypermobility in that area of your body.
Yoga and pilates when you have hypermobility can be very dangerous as you may easily injure yourself, unless you have someone to coach you that knows how to avoid such issues.
@@MsVilecat yep I tried the test in the video expecting to fail and was surprised that I could do it too. Thank you for the advice! I definitely won’t try it again until it’s safe. Recently my wrists and fingers have hurt sometimes but I thought I kept sleeping on them wrong
I used to hate running, but then in the Army, we ran everywhere all the time, and WAY too much. These days I love running, When I started Basic Training I ran 22 minute 2 miles, and by the time I got out of the army, I ran a 13:30 2 mile. I got WAY faster, and now I actually enjoy running. It's when I can zone out and let my ADHD take over. I find I run best when I let my mind wander and just enjoy it.
AGH THE COLLAB! I discovered Cleo’s channel recently and it’s so cool to see you two work together!
Its nice to see a small indie YT channel being supported by this bigger YT channel, lol
The arrow in the thumbnail should've been a bit closer to the shoe itself
LMAO
Nothing better than a brand new answer in progress video while scrolling RUclips searching for something
Fun fact, there's a really strong correlation between hypermobility and ADHD.
I mean its literally on the name: Attention deficit HYPERACTIVITY disorder
@@nicklaurindo1916 hypermobility ≠ hyperactivity
This is the earliest i've been to an answer in progress video I literally js stopped studying to watch this, Love it!
fyi, if your shoelaces are always coming untied, that probably means you're tying them backwards. It wasn't until I was well into my 20s that I found out that, depending on how you criss-cross the two ends of the shoelaces, you either end up with what's essentially a granny knot that comes undone all the time, or a square knot that stays tied for as long as you want.
Do you think people living around sabrina have conversations like "what on earth is that woman wearing and why is she limping? do you think she needs help?" "oh don't worry, that's just sabrina"
The biggest reason you are feeling that pain in your ankles and knees isn't because you dont have enough padding, but because it looks like you do a heel strike while running. Try going for a mid-foot strike while also looking into barefoot shoes. Modern shoes have changed the way we walk and run and it causes us more injury because all the cushion is hiding the hard impacts we make on our knees.
Barefoot shoes are horrible for people with hypermobility. Most of them are just 1 step removed from the socks and they really need the support.
@@00wolfer00Barefoot shoes would actually be a lot better than supportive shoes because barefoot shoes will let you use your foot muscles so that you can train them to be stronger, therefore making them and the joints more stable. Supportive shoes take away the function of those muscles and let them get weaker with time. While supportive shoes may seem to be better for hypermobile people, barefoot shoes will be better in the long run (I know from personal experience).
@@randomuser9293 ruining your joints because of the lack of support is terrible in the long run. It's better to run with support and do other exercises for the joints that rely on it like the ankles.
Hypermobile gang 🎉
Knew exactly where they were going when they started asking you about your flexibility.
I love how selective hypermobility can be. My right wrist is extremely flexible, but literally every other joint I have is not 😂
I was just watching in awe, how a supposedly unfit person can just put her palm on the floor without effort O.O years of yoga won't enable me to do that
Same! Specifically the hands touching the floor test, I saw like "Omg she's hypermobile!!" Fun fact, though, hypermobility presents as stiffness in some people (me) and there's some research that shows that if you consistently CAN'T touch the floor, that can be a sign of hypermobility, too. The diversity of presentation is wild!
SAME.
@@Freaky0Nina if it's any help, in many of our cases it's somewhere between a... very specific party trick? To a chance of getting subluxations / dislocations. In my case yeah my joint flexibility makes people super envious, but I suck at sports, probably even more because my body works weird. I need to memorize what's hyperextension so that I don't go there, and remember not to. Movements that go together? Muscles that flex when other body parts move? Not so much in our case! When you're a stiffer ragdoll with joints they may just move individually. Some chain reactions I've only learned in martial arts at age 25+ when wrong moves had immediate repercussions.
And if she runs like that without proper footwear? Her joints will wear off and hurt.
Don't be envious, flexibility built up through exercise and smart practice is completely different than just being able to do stuff.
Also, the thumb to the wrist? Look at what the wrist then looks like. Then think how people like us hurt ourselves when we try cartwheels and handstands as children, AND we do worse.
The fact that you knew to bring ducktape to your running session is at the same time the proof of how crafty you are, and also how much you need to fix you designs every time. This hilarious, I love it!
Also I love how every video you kind of start by doing something and then consulting an expert. It seems like the right order of priority!
Great video as always.
Shoutout to joe! editing on this video is awesome!
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You might be interested in studies showing more cushion actually leads to higher impact instead of lower, counterintuitively. And the studies posited that it's due to our reflex to improve balance on less sturdy terrain where a stronger step will be stabilizing, whereas on very stable terrain we can step lighter and be equally stable.
5:35 : If your shoe laces keep untying, have you checked whether you tie them the right way around? Found out at ~22yo that I'd been tying mine incorrectly, re-learned how to tie them, and haven't had problems since. (Yes, the default shoe lace knot has chirality, and no, apparently no one checks whether kids learn it the right way around)
wait what??
@@JoeTrickey a bit tricky to explain in words... but if you hold the main loop with your left hand, the right lace has to loop under around the *back* and push the knot through the *front* side of the hole; NOT loop over around the front and pushed up through the back of the hole. hope that makes sense haha. looping the knot around the back makes it fully stable and unable to be pulled apart.
Ian's Shoelace Site.
Thank me later.
@@JoeTrickeymany people tie a slipped granny knot instead of a slipped square knot. However you cross your laces in the first step, you need to cross them the other way in the next step. An easy check is the "bow" should want to sit across your foot, not along it
@@Terigena Yep, exactly. Can recommend learning his fast knot if you're re-learning anyway. I had linked the site in a separate reply, but YT doesn't like external links.
The explanation of why you started running is literally everything! Missed you guys, so glad whenever you upload 🫶🏼
One thing that makes shoe design so complicated is how complicated what feet do is. Our feet have lots of bones and ligaments that let our feet become really flexible when standing flat to conform to terrain, or grasp at tree trunks, or whatever goofy thing we get up to. But when we walk, and our weight moves forward over the top of your foot, certain muscles pull things tight to turn the foot into a rigid lever.
"You are excessively hypermobile" she's just like me fr
Glad you've started to enjoy running! I despise it, and it's my least favorite form of cardio since I was forced to do it all through high school. Swimming and biking are a lot more fun to me. But! Getting healthy is good, no matter what exercise you're doing.
The Sabrina-writing and Joe-editing combo is still the best comedy. The jokes are so densely packed in this video, it's insane!
melissa's mini voiceover at the end was so cute 😭
9:24 That transition WAS SO GOOD
This gives me motivation to exercise. Let's hope it sticks around after I slept bec half to midnight is not the time for a nice sporty walk
Oh my god that's exactly how I feel and what time it is for me rn (8 hours after you posted your comment) 😂😂 Hope your tomorrow went well 🙂💕
how ya doin now? I'm planning on a small hike :)
As someone who casually runs, I loved this video, but through the majority of it I was waiting for when you'd finally stop caring as much about distance or at very least speed.
I also used to hate running, but here's what made it a lot easier for me personally:
- Like I said, not throwing too many stakes into distance or speed
- Letting it turn into a walk whenever I feel the need, picking up pace when/if I'm ready
- Putting on music. Some people swear by/against this, I like having the option and it motivates me to keep going when the music makes me feel good. Especially because I love movie soundtracks like superhero shit
- Having as little on my body to weight it down as possible, even in my pockets
- This one kinda surprised me, but wearing things that make me think I look cool in them when I walk or run. If I feel like if I can imagine myself in a trailer or poster for a cool movie that makes me look badass and whimsical in all the ways I like, it can make the entire experience more fulfilling and also distract me from any discomfort before my body naturally finds its preferred rhythm
- This one's extra important, I don't really consciously think about the whole run when I go out. I think "You know, a brief stretch doesn't feel like a hassle right now, and I feel like I could start running and feel good about it." In my head, I'm only thinking of like the first minute, if that. Beyond that point, it's all about momentum
Probably all of these will look different for different people. Many folks will probably not even need some of this at all, it just helps me because I love movies. At the end of the day, if you're not doing it in a way that's serving you the way you want, then it's not really serving you. It can really be as simple as that.
For me I also went on a similar journey to love running. It is a 2x speed outdoor walk, and I found I did better with HIIT style cardio. When it comes to shoes.... Well, let's just say turning 30 really makes you want a comfortable, durable, and supportive footwear, that has grip in winter; Which is hard when you realize they're all over 200$ for mesh and foam, that wears out a in 6 months. I don't want a faster run, I want a better, happier, and cheaper run.
This video really showed off the great visual pop all of your content has! [Good lighting setup! Good camera/lenses! Good LUT's!]
Everything looks fantastic, even 'mundane' shots like video calls, or just sitting at a desk - they all sparkle ✨
@15:37 - I have hypermobility as well, I find shoes that are too loose will sort of 'roll' underneath my feet, like running on raw dough.
I started usind barefoot shoes 10 years ago for my running. You don't need to train the other muscles as you run differently and already train them more while running. Your foot muscles are absorbing the impacts of the running. As you run differently you should start slowly. I remember the first time, I felt so great and thought I could go on forever but got a strain at the end. But since then I had no problems again. I also only use barefoot shoes everyday now.
The issue is that with hypermobility, your body tries to compensate. The joints and muscles work to compensate in a way that reduces pain is rather than building muscle. In hypermobility the joints already lack support due to ligaments being too loose. Barefoot shoes don't have the support most hypermobile people need. (I have to wear shoe inserts to keep the arch in my feet from flattening, and I prefer shoes that go around my ankle because it gives me more support)
Yep! If you don't need the support, no support at all is best!
I swear you barefoot shoe runners are the new vegan. How can you tell someone uses barefoot running shoes? They’ll tell you. And just like vegans, the science isn’t conclusive.
I also started running with the "gotta go fast" mindset, which lead me to severe shin splints. After years of frustration and pain I realized that I needed to improve my muscle strength and running technique. Now I run slow, like real slow, but pain-free... and it's beautiful.
"running is like going on a walk at 2X speed" damn she really out here dropping deep cuts
as a long distance runner who was in cross country for 5 years, i really appreciate this video. the joint pain is so real. i have knee problems and knocked knees that weren’t fully fixed from when i was a kid (i can’t believe i got through so many years without major issues). it got a lot worse for me this year and i was basically injured for most of the season and even had to miss a run because it got worse. i wish i knew more about how i could’ve avoided some of it just by looking at what type of shoes i should be wearing.
If you didn't have hypermobility, I'd recommend barefoot shoes. But those are for people who don't need any kind of support from their shoes. They're what I plan on using, as I've been waking around barefoot in my house for a long time and my feet just don't fit into regular shoes correctly anymore. They also prevent bunions by letting your big toe spread out as it's supposed to and not get pushed into a forced inward angle all the time.
Like vegans, how can you tell someone uses barefoot running shoes? They’ll tell you. And just like vegans, the science isn’t conclusive.
@@colin-nekritzto spite the vegans I started eating almost only meat
I also wear barefoot shoes btw 😉
@@colin-nekritz I mean obviously a limited diet can't be peak but in general the science is pretty conclusive that the amount of meat/animal products the average person eats is way too high and the amount of vegetables is way too low. It's not even a close thing, we have conclusive evidence that modern diets are fucking terrible (relative to peak diets) for you.
@@colin-nekritz The ratio of obnoxious vegans to obnoxious anti-vegans is like 1:100. There are so many people endlessly bitching about vegans out there who have probably never even met one IRL.
I love how this thread went from barefoot shoes to vegans 😂
The "wtf is this" on the toilet is what's called an s-trap. It keeps the water from draining out, and this is the important part, traps the gas coming up from the drain from escaping into the room. This is why when you have tp that gets stuck, it can wick the water past due to capillary action, and make it so there's not enough water to stop the gas from, escaping. I used to work at a building that was the second to last stop in the wasterwater treatment for the city I live in...and it didn't smell good when this happened. So appreciate it.
12:57 THE ONE PIECE IS REAL!!!
I love your personality and humor! It's so fun to watch your videos, they're the perfect balance of entertaining and teaching
20:17 is that like 59 seconds instead of 4, or are the actual 5k times different?
Wow! What a way to Finnish the video! I personally struggle to run 9 minute miles most days, watching you get a new PB was really encouraging.
Excellent crossover! Also love the recorder callback
The hypermobility discovery was a delightful plot twist (I'm hypermobile and in my 40s and discovering that stretching isn't just for showing off anymore 🙃)
Wow. The talk with Laura was so interesting, would you be interested in uploading a longer form video of her tips on muscle exercises for running? Would appreciate an AIP newsletter extended cut :)
You learning blender to learn how to MAKE YOUR OWN SHOE is why I love this channel so much
i just realized that i also might have hyper mobility issues because of this video which is probably why i also experience that same pain in my ankles and up my shin when i run😭 answerinprogress fixing my life one video at a time
Ask about Ehlers Danlos Syndrome or Hypermobility spectrum disorder! Especially if you have chronic pain in the joints! (If there's no pain then you should be okay as long as you keep the muscle active to support the joints)
If you experience pain in the shins and ankles then it is most likely because you heel strike which is encouraged by shoes with raised heels and cushioning. If you want to have less pain, just strike with fore to mid foot when running and consider switching to barefoot shoes or sandals that will give you the feedback you need to improve your running form.
A few thoughts while watching this video.
#1. Look at Tabi shoes and the bio mechanics of why they keep the big toe seperate. Maybe will apply to your foot position if you put a peg next to your big toe.
#2. Cap the springs on both ends with a small metal plate to prevent it from stabbing you in the foot in the event of failure.
#3. Was your progress artifical? I assume that the making of these shoes took a while and you kept jogging that entire time. Was your progress attributable to the shoe or just better fitness.
Might have to test with some insoles wired with pressure sensors, a camera, and a treadmill.
See how much pressure is being put on part of the foot when you run, and monitor how much your head moves up and down. This should give you some better data.
I'm super surprised that the whole barefoot shoe thing didn't come into action.
I mostly transitioned through the previous couple of years, and although I don't run, I do feel a difference in other activities.
And rolling the ankle, not lo long ago I had the same problem... With one of the last pairs of non-barefoot shoes I still have.
Seeing the dynamics of the movement, it was the extra height of the sole that caused it, there are quite a lot analysis of how tall soles, specially with squared edges do cause a type of catastrophic failure for rolling ankles.
And on the other hand, other set of shoes I did replace for barefoot style, for trekking, and I've practically eliminated any of the "ohh, almost!" instances of ankle issues.
Agreed. I've made the switch to foot-shaped, wide-toe-boxed sneakers with minimal stack height. I did it, cold turkey. By far, the best decision of my life, on that part. My feet and legs feel so much better. While my feet still hurt, after a long day, they don't hurt nearly as much. I was able to strengthen my feet and legs due to having relearned how to walk. Also, I kind of can't wear mainstream sneakers, anymore. Feet went back to their natural state and are still spreading. >.> I wish the barefoot/minimalist, foot-shaped section got more love. I'd love it to take over the current market for better options.
I'm a shoe maker by trade, there is reason we add heel support (like a crust thingy in the heel part) and sometimes supports on the side, also it can help to add a bump on the insole where you foot has that natural arch to make a shoe more stable, shoelaces are not as important if the shoe is made to size like yours but the lack of a mold to actually stretch that material into a more snug sock like fit did have a lot of impact to that instability too. If I haven't explained it very well I'm sorry my schooling was wasn't in English and I lack a lot of in trade words to word it better...
i love that you have cleo on the show she is great
two things: as someone who ran in high school and college I really enjoyed this video. It is important to note that when you have workout days and rest or maintenance days the workouts still take about 2 months to actually see the impact and improvement in strength and speed
I really like the self improvement theme of Sabrina’s videos. Makes me wanna finnish some projects
I am hypermobile myself. In fact, I have classical-like Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. It started to affect me in my teen days, sprinting my ankle just by walking. Not to mention all the times I injured while practicing sports.
It has been hard cuz I practice tons of sports when younger (I'm currently 33), so I have a very competitive mindset, and I always want to do things faster and better than my previous self. But my body cannot follow suit.
Finding comfortable footwear has become essential to my life, because otherwise my joints hurt.
I appreciate a lot that the doctor you visited measured you and explained to you how important it is to strengthen your muscles to avoid injuries.
If you just want to burn calories and get fit, your goal is the opposite of someone who runs in competitions. You don't want efficient gear that makes you burn less calories. You want comfortable extra weight.
I wouldn't entirely agree here - artificially lowering the efficiency of activities like running risks putting too much mechanical load on you, and a huge part of becoming more efficient is all of the long term physiological changes that we group together as "getting fit". You don't necessarily need the 500 dollar super shoes but saying you want to carry more weight for an endurance activity would risk being unsafe. Plus, achieving a PB helps with motivation which is important to build it into a long term habit.
8:55 "I think I'm going to make it extra thick, to solve my pain problem" made me wince so hard. Thicker soles are like drinking alcohol when you're freezing. You feel warmer but you're dying of hypothermia. Thicker soles mean we don't feel as much pain while we damage ourselves by heel-striking. It's good to see the expert advise using a thinner sole.
15:43 You have some of the symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Hypermobile Type. You might want to look into it and see if that's a thing or not for you because it could explain lots of other problems in your life.
Not sure if she would feel comfortable with it, but it would be super interesting if she did a video about it. Not necessarily her own diagnostic journey. Toronto has the main hEDS clinic in Canada, maybe she could get some interviews?? hEDS takes an average of 14 years to get diagnosed due to the lack of awareness among medical professionals. And it really impacts things like physio. I cringe everytime a posture video shows up on my social media feed, because the fitness influencers tend to offer simplistic solutions and resort to posture shaming. Which is soo unhelpful for hypermobile people (especially undiagnosed) 🙄
It's weird seeing that because I'm someone with hypermobile hands, but I couldn't naturally touch my toes (I can touch them but it took months of consistent stretching)
I will say that most people do not know the proper running form, I'm 28 and only learned how to run correctly 6 months ago and suddenly my ankles and knees don't hurt anymore and it improved my times 🤯
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literally! i also got excited seeing the notification because we basically *just* got melissa's food guide video and taha's foley video from a few weeks ago!
16:20 The best way to run faster is to run more. We try to optimize everything and find the shortcut to our problems in order to get there easier, however this is not the answer most of the time. I'm glad you beat your PR, and I'm glad that you found meditation in replacement of boredom. I know that the Stockholm Syndrome comment is a dumb joke, but it doesn't help in this regard. It belittled the fact that the wisdom that we gain through experience is important. We sometimes need to fail in order to learn what is best, and it's not a bad thing to have to struggle to learn to appreciate the things that make us stronger.
EDS GANG hyper mobility is a curse but we will do our best
I'm really happy that you found a new motivation to run. The way you described your new experience is like how I swim. I stopped "professionally" competing a few years ago and really struggled to find a reason to keep on swimming because I wasn't hitting any PBs and getting slower outside my normal events. But just taking those same motivations that I used to get faster and reshaping long-term goals into short-term, in-the-moment feelings made me re-love swimming.
Your videos are entertaining and inspirational. You have a really nice personality and instead of thinking about all the reasons NOT to do something (as many people including myself often do) you go out and get it done, even if there are a lot of steps and hurdles. It's really nice to see. Also I love your curiosity, so many people seem to be completely bereft of curiosity it is awesome to see someone so committed to learning and finding things out.
Also I can't believe you made your own shoes! Like who does that? That's really impressive. And they definitely have a Sonic the Hedgehog vibe it's great to see, somebody should work with you to put them into mass production (after a few kinks are ironed out : p).
It's funny how closely your fitness journey mirrors my own, going from being super focused on results, to not meeting them and burning out, and then eventually learning to enjoy the process and not focus on the results. Fantastic video.
i know this is just the setup for the episode but i'm immediatly disagreeing with ''i hate running but you gotta do it bc it's good for me right?'' wrong! if you hate running, don't run! Find a sport you like, there's so many cool sports, find one you don't hate
edit: finished the video, so glad you enjoy running now, that's so much healthier than forcing yourself to do smth you hate and focusing just on time and all that. Exercise is supposed to make you feel good
Yeah but there’s lots of people that hate every sport or any exercise, sometimes you just have to learn to like something
In college I did a science report looking at shoes compared to barefooting. When people run in shoes they land on their heel, resulting in shock to the foot and knee. Barefoot runners land on ball of their feet, being a spring action, absorbing the impact as well as giving spring recoil on the pushoff. Testing finds those running barefoot use less O2 and can go longer.
Because of work I tend to be barefoot a lot, so my feet have stronger calluses that have allowed stepping on glass without puncture.
These timestamps are amazing, "local woman experiences first world problem" LOL
I wish I knew more about running when I was required to do it because of the military, doing so caused me injuries that have resulted in surgery and no desire to run for any reason than an emergency. That said like you I didn't enjoy it at first, but did grow to not hate it. I don't currently run, but now I'm second guessing it because of your video. My fear of hurting myself further is lessened knowing that I can seek help and guidace to strengthen myself to prevent injuries.
4:20 Maybe you should have bought some roller skates. Those are much faster than any super shoes. Or a bike.
it's nice that you came to find catharsis in running!
personal story, but about 10 years ago, my doctor became concerned that due to a genetic condition with my eyes if I ran, I might end up damaging my optic nerve and going permanently blind. In late 2019 I was finally cleared to start running (and other activities) again, and it was amazing how something that before the diagnoses felt exhausting and painful now felt empowering. And it's nice for me, at least, to see someone else start to enjoy it too :)
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I'm also hypermobile! Thankfully in my case it's just flexibility and not a connective tissue disorder. But even without anything "wrong" causing the hypermobility, building strength in your full range of motion is super important to help prevent injuries
Zero sugar is kinda silly. Sugar helps with the absorption of sodium via SGLT channels in the gut.
It’s why if you look at the ingredients for oral rehydration solutions like the ones the WHO makes for dehydrated kids they all contain sugar.
And low sodium is probably the most common electrolyte people exercising heavily might have
The problem is that sugar is so prevelant in everything that it's nearly impossible to moderate without severe micro managing, same with sodium as sodium is a very good preservative thats cheap almost everything has way too much of it
@@kittenwizard4703 this is specifically in response to actively hydrating and replacing lost electrolytes as in the context of the sponsor segment. Sodium balance in the body is as important to hydrating as water intake.
In general life yeah, if you’re eating and drinking you’ll usually cover your sugar and glucose well enough.
@@kittenwizard4703 Rehydration drinks are meant for people working out or people who really need it. Most people don't need them. The suger is needed in the drink for proper rehydration, so is the sodium. This isn't the same as over consumption of sugar and salt. In fact, from what I understand you can make one yourself and it apparently doesn't taste all that good.
A small trampoline is often pretty affordable compared to a treadmill and can be tucked away. Both can be "run" on while watching a screen and listen to audio. It are time and resistance that counts, not the distance. Speed shoes are mostly for travel and competitions, not training. The way I learned to run (not jogging) were to be in a kind of continuous falling forward and land on the toes, heel fast down and up as a spring. I also have learned to breathe with my stomach, from martial art training and meditation.
I bet i'm the fastest to comment on this video without shoes
Me
You’ve beaten me
More cushion doesn't make your knees and feet not hurt. What does make your knees and feet feel better is running properly and landing on the mid-foot to fore-foot, and landing under your center of mass, rather than over striding and landing on your heels (effectively putting a huge braking force on your ankles, shins, and knees). In 3 months with proper training (3-5runs per week, 3-5 miles each), you could easily have lowered that time to 24-25 mins.
Always enjoy the content. Sabrina getting ripped and toned and hating it 😂
Another thing to consider when buying running shoes is the degree of pronation (foot/ankle rolling in or out with each step). Most dedicated running shoes are made for specific pronation needs. More cushioned shoes are generally for people who's feet don't roll much in either direction. Then you have ones for people whose feet roll in. They will have a chunk of stiffer foam on the inside corner to push your foot back to neutral. And if you're like me, and your foot rolls out, then your shoes will have that stiffer chunk of foam on the outside corner instead. So maybe I could get away with a super shoe like the vapor fly for a little while, I would be putting a lot more stress on my ankles.
Hypermobility is such a curse. I’m literally getting surgery on one of my ankles in a couple weeks due to frequent sprains because of hypermobility. You definitely have to get the right shoes and watch out for bad terrain when running if you’re hypermobile.
but like... but like... you... but.. you don't ever just let your feet/body flop all over the place while running? your muscles should be enforcing good form the entire time. When I'm running, my calf is tensing to create a cushion on the landing of each strike, at no point when I'm running/hiking/walking/jumping on random rocks am I ever relying on the limits of my range of motion to assist my movements, I am specifically using my muscles to remain well in my range of motion...
I mean maybe hypermobility makes you more likely to get injured anyway and that's just how it is because your body is weaker in some ways but if that's not the case and it really is just your range of motion is wider and as such you can enter danger zones without the limited mobility making it explicitly obvious to you, you shouldn't enter that zone then like... skill issue?
If you are getting injured, slow it down until you figure out the exact form and muscle control you need to maintain to not get injured. The only injury you should maintain is soreness/strain. This may involve literally walking back and forth extremely slowly in your room and feeling out exactly what your body is doing when you walk, I noticed I tensed a muscle in my arch connected to the first joint on my big toe when walking a lot and retraining my body to relax that part of my foot while walking literally took weeks of conscious focus on my foot while walking for example
to use the blender measuring tool, you go into edit mode, you click on the tool, and you hold control and hover over a vertex and it should make a square that you hold click on to snap the measurement to the vertex, then you drag to another vertex and release click and it shows you the measurement.
15:26 OH MY GOD NOT HER FINDING OUT SHE HAS HEDS ON CAMERA 😂😂😂😂 through an unsuspecting Beighton Test (well, dont know for sure as they didn't show all of it or say a specific one but anyway). Love this, I hope that even if the runtime thing doesn't work out that this huge personal discovery leads to a lot of little positive safety changes & more retrospective understanding ❤. Fellow late dx hypermobile pal! 💕
There are other types of hypermobility that aren't from the same genetic variant as EDS/are not detected through genetic testing.
@@MsVilecat naw yeah that's true, there are other types. Like Marfan
This is really well done. Held my attention really well. Good editing and talking and everything. Major props!
Welcome to the hyper-mobility club and a future full of weird pains. IME you can try to strengthen all you want but injury is lurking around the corner no matter what. Stay vigilant.
fascinating, i knew everything in this video but never knew the technical terms. it's like i was revising a subject. i like how simple this is for people to understand.
i always watch hyper technical things but this is a great change. my brain feels great, it's like rest day for my brain.
I like how the thumbnail says "illegal" and points directly at the woman.
First time viewer and new subscriber.... A few random thoughts: as a former long distance runner, I understand the importance of good shoes. I admire those who can make them well, but recognize that I don't have that ability. The failure to develop a new running shoe by yourself was predictable, but I do admire your attempt and systematic research. I appreciate your honesty, integrity and sense of humor and adventure. I also appreciate the very sensible running advice in the second half. Well done. I look forward to more videos.
omg it's cleo