I Ran in Sandals for 1 Year — Transcript

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1. 0:01these are running sandals as you can see
2. 0:03they look very different from a typical
3. 0:04running shoot and I decided to run in
4. 0:06these sandals for a whole year why let
5. 0:08me explain for 3 years I've tried many
6. 0:10different pairs of running shoes but all
7. 0:11of them left me injured my shins hurt my
8. 0:13feet were flat and a spot on my left
9. 0:15foot went numb but then I read Born to
10. 0:17Run and learned about the taramara tribe
11. 0:18run 50 to 80 M A Day In sandals
12. 0:20injury-free so I bought a pair of
13. 0:22running sandals to test them out
14. 0:24myself this is what I learned after
15. 0:26running in sandals for a year
16. 0:32since I was a kid I have worn running
17. 0:34shoes with thick cushioning so it was a
18. 0:36completely new experience running on
19. 0:37thin pieces of rubber when I first tried
20. 0:39on the sandals I immediately felt the
21. 0:41difference compared to how cushion
22. 0:42running shoes are the sandals felt like
23. 0:44bricks I felt the ground way more than I
24. 0:45was used to and I did not know how my
25. 0:47legs were going to handle this luckily I
26. 0:49came prepared Born to Run suggest
27. 0:50running at 180 steps per minute since
28. 0:53quick light leg contractions are more
29. 0:54economical than big forceful ones so I
30. 0:56played a metronome on my phone to run to
31. 0:58the beat hopefully this would lower the
32. 1:00impact on my legs when I started running
33. 1:02I noticed that the way I ran in the
34. 1:03sandals was different than when I ran in
35. 1:04running shoes I did not have to push the
36. 1:06ground as hard because my feet were not
37. 1:08sinking into cushions I also softened my
38. 1:10steps because I felt the impact a lot
39. 1:11more finally the metronome helped me
40. 1:13maintain quick short steps and land on
41. 1:15the balls of my feet after one mile I
42. 1:16decided to stop I actually felt fine
43. 1:18until the next
44. 1:20morning my cows were extremely sore and
45. 1:23remained sore for the whole week however
46. 1:24I noticed my shins were in less pain
47. 1:26than usual after a run so the first
48. 1:27thing I learned was the truth about
49. 1:29running shoes when running in them I
50. 1:30would land hard on my heel with my foot
51. 1:32out in front known as over striding my
52. 1:33cows were underused so all the force was
53. 1:35going into my shins but I should have
54. 1:37been landing on my 4 foot closer to my
55. 1:38body I never noticed how hard I was
56. 1:40hitting the ground because I couldn't
57. 1:41feel it through the cushioning this
58. 1:42caused me to deal with pain for years I
59. 1:44also realized that the sandals allowed
60. 1:46my toes to spread out freely when I wore
61. 1:48running shoes my toes had to squeeze
62. 1:49together from how narrow the shoe was it
63. 1:51was no wonder that I had flat feet and a
64. 1:52num spot on my left
65. 1:54[Music]
66. 1:57foot when I was in high school I ran a
67. 2:00Max effer mile once a week for PE class
68. 2:02so out of habit I ran the same way in
69. 2:04college but with the sandals I had to
70. 2:05take my run slower so I increased the
71. 2:07distance to Pace myself I chose a 5K and
72. 2:09my first time was a 4123 which was a
73. 2:121319 per mile Pace I wanted to improve
74. 2:14that time so I ran a 5k Every week after
75. 2:164 months I got a time of 2835 this was a
76. 2:19912 per mile Pace however my legs were
77. 2:21very sore and it took the whole week for
78. 2:23them to recover I couldn't get a faster
79. 2:24time without having stronger legs then I
80. 2:26went on vacation and made the mistake of
81. 2:28taking 26 days off running even though I
82. 2:30still trained at the gym my legs were
83. 2:32very sore when I got back into running
84. 2:33it was as if I was new to running again
85. 2:35so the second thing I learned was that I
86. 2:36needed world class legs running shoes
87. 2:38enable most people to run comfortably
88. 2:40without needing strong legs but since
89. 2:41sandals have no cushioning the legs have
90. 2:43to be strong enough to handle the forces
91. 2:45of running so I started to take my runs
92. 2:46more slowly rather than trying to run
93. 2:48for a faster time I started running at a
94. 2:50slow pace no faster than 13 minutes per
95. 2:52mile I was also running only once a week
96. 2:54so I aimed for three runs a week instead
97. 2:55then I created a strength training
98. 2:57routine this included a ton of calf
99. 2:58raises especially with the bent knee
100. 3:00since that happens often in running I
101. 3:02also included the tip bar for the front
102. 3:03chin muscles and the Peterson step up
103. 3:05since it challenges balance and loads
104. 3:07the shin in a bent knee position finally
105. 3:09I added exercises for my upper legs like
106. 3:11hip flexors and nordics they trained
107. 3:13picking up and driving the leg the last
108. 3:14thing I did was not skip my runs I
109. 3:16learned how quickly I can lose my gains
110. 3:18if I stop running I also realized that
111. 3:19strain training was not enough to
112. 3:21maintain the condition of the legs if I
113. 3:22need to take a break from running in the
114. 3:24future jumping rope would be the next
115. 3:25best option since it mimics the
116. 3:27explosive movements of running
117. 3:31most of my runs were on a rubber track
118. 3:33but sometimes I ran on the road I
119. 3:34noticed that when I ran on the road I
120. 3:36felt more impact on my body my legs and
121. 3:38back would get sore more easily than
122. 3:39when I ran on the track at first I wore
123. 3:41my cushion running shoes to see if it
124. 3:43would make a difference however my body
125. 3:45was just as sore after the run so I went
126. 3:46back to the sandals but reduced the
127. 3:48speed and duration of the runs this was
128. 3:49much more effective in reducing the
129. 3:51impact on my body so the third thing I
130. 3:53learned was how to run on hard surfaces
131. 3:55it is better to train mostly on soft
132. 3:56surfaces before progressing to hard ones
133. 3:58if the surface is hard then I should
134. 4:00lower the intensity of the run I also
135. 4:02learned that running shoes do not lower
136. 4:03the impact on my legs but they do
137. 4:05protect the skin on my feet my feet have
138. 4:07formed calluses since I started running
139. 4:08in sandals however when I ran in my
140. 4:10running shoes the skin on my feet stayed
141. 4:11mostly fine despite this I didn't like
142. 4:13the narrow fit of the shoe in addition
143. 4:15the cushions annoyed me since they
144. 4:16resisted my natural poration this put a
145. 4:18lot of strain on my arches I'm so used
146. 4:20to running in sandals now that I have no
147. 4:22reason to return to running
148. 4:26shoes running in sandals has helped me
149. 4:28learn to put my ego aside and and listen
150. 4:30to my body it helped me undo the damage
151. 4:31I did from wearing running shoes I cured
152. 4:33my foot problems because I gave my feet
153. 4:35enough space I also learned that most of
154. 4:37my shin painan came from running too
155. 4:38fast with bad form so the three steps to
156. 4:40curing my shin pain are running
157. 4:41correctly running slowly and training
158. 4:43consistently thanks to the sandals I
159. 4:45learned how to run without
160. 4:46[Music]
161. 4:49pain after running over 170 mi in
162. 4:52sandals most of them in a social context
163. 4:54I have received many questions so I'll
164. 4:56be answering the questions you may have
165. 4:57in this section of the video
166. 5:01there were many times people have talked
167. 5:03to me after seeing me run in sandals for
168. 5:05example this was my friend's reactions
169. 5:06when they first saw me running them uh
170. 5:08see grass yeah real yeah like with those
171. 5:14yeah what are those like regular flip
172. 5:16yeah interesting I would not regular
173. 5:19flip no it doesn't hurt they're comt for
174. 5:21you yeah that's what it matters he's
175. 5:23going for when my friends first saw the
176. 5:24sandals they didn't say anything about
177. 5:26them and that's what most people do
178. 5:28others ask questions and give comments
179. 5:29I've never had a rude interaction but I
180. 5:31have gotten roasted before what are
181. 5:33those but because I comfortable running
182. 5:35in the sandals I don't mind when people
183. 5:36ask me about
184. 5:37[Music]
185. 5:40them I run in the Alchemy orache sandals
186. 5:43by deliberate life designs I got these
187. 5:44for $97 which is actually a normal price
188. 5:46for a running shoe if you want to know
189. 5:48more about these sandals watch this
190. 5:49guy's video I'll link his review in the
191. 5:51description by the way this is not a
192. 5:52sponsored video I am not getting paid
193. 5:54for
194. 5:55[Music]
195. 5:57this I would recommend the SEL because
196. 6:00they teach you how to run correctly and
197. 6:01if you get used to them you won't have
198. 6:03to rely on running shoes anymore however
199. 6:05I would only recommend them to those
200. 6:06that are willing to deal with the
201. 6:07challenge even if you are a season
202. 6:08Runner you will have to start small and
203. 6:10gradually build up your runs you can
204. 6:12easily get injured if you run too much
205. 6:13too
206. 6:17soon Ready set go running is now an
207. 6:23enjoyable activity go go go you're
208. 6:27halfway at
209. 6:30[Music]
210. 6:35Mich it has taught me to take
211. 6:37accountability for myself you know
212. 6:39Michael Jackson yeah yeah you know
213. 6:40that's like man in the mirror yeah you
214. 6:42have to make that change you man in the
215. 6:44mirror right you can make that sh and
216. 6:46the sandals proed that we do not need to
217. 6:47rely on Modern running shoes Simplicity
218. 6:49was what my body needed to solve my
219. 6:51problems sometimes less is more