i can tell by your hands that you are not a bushman nor are you experienced
you my friend are a casual walker
i'm going to be sharing some of your comments answering some of your questions and addressing
some of your concerns in this video i've just reached 50 000 subscribers i'm doing something
different i do read all the comments even the shitty ones and i'm gonna be sharing some of those
in this video just because it's funny to share the haters but i'm sure there's some genuinely
good questions in here that you're going to get good answers to so i'm going to start with some
of the older videos and work back so i'm going to get into some questions about my knee video
which i just put out i wanted to find the first comment that has ever been on my youtube channel
it just says meh that's on my very first trekking pole video from six or seven years ago here's
an example of what not to do and it's a terrible video and i really don't blame that guy for saying
the real trekking pole video and probably the reason why i ended up starting a youtube channel
was the one from 2015 so i'm going to go through the comments now
first question too young to be old says i use one pole is that a no no no absolutely not use
whatever you think works for you best is the the short answer i use two poles because i feel like
that gives me the most propulsion up to you but i think you'll find you'll get more benefit if
you're using two i prefer leaving firearm hand not strapped in just in case you gotta draw your gun
i mean i've never really hiked in baron wolf territory so i can't speak much to that but i
think probably the guidance wanted his opportunity to tell us he had a gun yeah feel that america i'm
happy i don't have to carry a gun for any reason this guy got it right doug he says they put your
hiking into four wheel drive they aren't just there to keep you from falling over i really like
that i'm going to start using that this guy looks more swole in the thumbnail do i yeah i guess so
not really swole at all thanks for thinking i look some level of swole this is a really good comment
you're trekking poles saved energy long term and we're of significant benefit we wouldn't have
evolved to walking on two legs sorry not buying it it's a new fad i love this guy thinks that
trekking poles are some high-tech new fad thing that all the kids are doing but i think polls will
make you more efficient it does make a difference at least to me i think lots of other people what's
the trekking pole haters lots of people not really into it best way to use trekking poles is to not
use trekking poles cool frank thinks the best way to use trekking poles is to use them as tomato
steaks it's pretty expensive tomato steaks but i guess you could i got two nice sticks for free
and it's called the woods this guy's definitely a bushcrafter cool i guess depending on where
you are maybe not in a national park that would not abide by the principles of leave no trace
jeff schmoll says great video any comments on the rubber tips that you can buy for the polls yeah
i've got lots of comments about that i don't love the fact that they scar the rock i don't
like going on hikes and seeing lots of trek and pole scars all over the trail it does annoy me
i wish it was different but it's not i think most of the time when you find those heavily
concentrated areas of trekking poles are on those really busy walks so you know everest base camp
they're everywhere unfortunately the inca trail which got really bad and then they banned them
don't believe you can do the inca trail with card by tips you have to bring those rubber caps to put
over the top of the trekking poles that's an interesting initiative i don't know if that's
happened anywhere else i think we have probably more pressing environmental issues than that but
yeah worth mentioning a couple of people not happy with me not using a sternum strap in this video
john smith standard name i listen to this crank talk about pole angles you can't even attach the
backpack correctly clip your backpack brush strap up thanks steve i don't know what to tell you man
most of the time i do ballwiz23 it seems like they're really useful for inclines
and declines and completely useless for a flat ground no you're not getting it go
back and watch the video and listen to what i'm telling you when you're on flat ground
the poles are going to give you forward propulsion it's about propulsion it's about driving you
forward if you're not feeling it when you're on the flat you're not doing it right this was
the most interesting comment on the whole video from jukasamberg he says when you're going up
steep sections you put both your poles up at the same time that is the way you can use both poles
and the power in your legs and your arms to drive forward yeah he's got the point and i actually did
update the video in my newer trekking pole video i'll link it up here yeah i call it the ski push
because it's the exact way you use it when you're on skis alright let's move on to a newer video
ah the vegan recipe video i was sure there was going to be some hate on this video but there was
very little actually apart from this guy that said self-help huanka wasn't even any self-help
in that video interestingly enough he actually deleted this comment after i screenshotted it
so i got you just in time [ __ ] david dark says this was so distressing to watch i don't know if
he means de-stressing or distressing because i'm confused it was a very tranquil kind of video dr
dave b hey buddy interested to hear more about the nutritional side of things for long hikes yeah i
would like to do that in the future for sure i think it's a really important part of hiking in
particular especially distance hiking chase do you believe animal protein contributes to joint pain
i don't know if this guy's trying to like trap me into a vegan argument but i mean i've seen
game changes a lot of the typical kind of vegan shows on netflix that really dive into that but
i haven't actually gone and read uh studies my gut feeling is that that probably there is some
evidence to suggest that but that's a can of worms i'm not going to open it in this video
patrick lachance vegan question mark haha beware of the honeymoon and nutrition deficiencies i
think most people that consider the vegan diet are aware of those things it's a learning process
and you do learn to adapt and i enjoy a little bit of meat here and there when it's part of a
cultural experience or if there's something new i haven't tried so i'm not too strict
on it but most of the time i am vegan and a lot of the recipes that i want to share are
either vegetarian or vegan at the same time you shouldn't give [ __ ] vegans because they're doing
the best possible thing they can for the planet so give them a power on the back these next comments
are from the knee pain no more video this one here will says hey chase excellent video have you
experimented with qi walking i have experimented with qi running i assume it's the same thing
danny dwyer is the guy who pioneered this style of movement i think it's super interesting to
look into i still try and run with the chi running method rather than running in an upright
position like this the idea is that you're moving forward from your hips kind of leaning forward
into the run so you're using your gravity to propel you forward love danny dwyer love
cheek walking go and check out his channel i'll link it in the description i can tell by your
hands that you are not a bushman nor are you experienced you my friend are a casual walker
yes bill i do have girly hands not much i can do about it i don't understand why you need to feel
awkward to say that someone should lose weight it is not a secret that if you are overweight
your extra weight is like an extra backpack if that to some extent that is absolutely true
the fact is that i do feel awkward uh telling people to lose weight especially when they're
happy people and they're going out and doing a lot of hiking and they're enjoying the outdoors
i'm definitely not going to be the guy that tells people that i have to lose weight i will
leave that up to them what i do is strength and conditioning and making the joints strong
no matter how much you lack chris and dana man i spent 300 to go to a sports doctor who specializes
in knees and he couldn't tell me [ __ ] thank you for this i'm sure that's not indicative
of every sports medicine doctor sports medicine doctors should know exactly what they're talking
about i feel like most of the information that i share is basically public knowledge or should be
public knowledge so i'm not giving metal medical advice i'm not competing with doctors those guys
are the guys you should go and see if you have real knee issues jason bourne man buns are done
i disagree right rhys fisher great work have you guys considered learning how to paraglide
yes i would love to learn how to paraglide i've done it twice just tandem i guess it's a whole lot
of sport i already do almost every mountain sport there is so adding another one is like a whole
nother thing that i'm going to learn but yeah it would be super cool i would absolutely love to but
no plans immediately to do that just yet lorenzo van d and a couple of other comments like this
still waiting for the [ __ ] that went down on mont blanc yes so i never made a mont blanc video
i just really didn't have enough quality footage as you've probably noticed my videos are slowly
getting higher quality and so i want to kind of maintain that i don't feel like posting an old
video now from mont blanc where the footage was shitty but yes there was some [ __ ] that went
down i think i'm probably going to tell it in a podcast i'm working through that idea at the
moment and if it comes through it'll be on patreon these next set of comments are all from my vivo
barefoot video and there's a lot of comments and discussion about the quality of these boots in the
comments it's so weird because lots of people have said that i love these boots they're brilliant the
best boots i've ever had they really last a long time and there's also a bunch of comments saying
they're terrible they fall apart so i have no idea what the verdict is a lot of people throw out the
word chic or glamping of course when it comes to winter or alpine regions you probably want to use
a stiffer boot with a heel that takes crampons and all the rest of it but as a hiking boot for the
average hiker i think it's a great boot still and i will stand by that dan knowles i wish you would
tie your laces properly man what's properly i mean there's loads of different ways to tie your laces
there's lots of king observers pointing out faults on my youtube channel earth fear of
fat could you recommend for people who have plantar fasciitis to use this hiking boot please
uh yeah i think you'd be capable of wearing this boot but at the same time you definitely want to
actually stretch the plantar fascia i talked about this in my trail maintenance video i'll link it up
here if you are a hiker if you're doing multiple days if you're new to hiking i think they're all
pretty good reasons to go and do that routine as often as you can to build strong feet and
to manage your plantar fascia to strengthen it to mobilize it and to get some blood flowing in there
because no matter what footwear you're wearing you can end up with plantar fasciitis it's probably
got more to do with your foot itself than their actual footwear what about cushioning i love
all the aspects of barefoot barefoot style except complete lack of cushioning the answer is that you
just have to walk lighter you have to consciously move over the terrain if you're coming down and
slamming your foot into the ground then that's a different style of walking i think barefoot hiking
is something that you would inevitably do a lot slower under more control almost like a meditative
practice rather than just stomping through the wilderness both of those things are
great don't get me wrong but i think if you're wearing barefoot shoes whether you're walking
or hiking you do have to walk with a little more awareness about what you're doing with your feet
lots of people talking about moccasins on this video about i think they're talking about
old traditional kind of footwear russell moccasin has been doing this for a hundred years these will
be the same but cheaper good video okay yeah maybe i should look into that moxen lovers
unite let me know what you think in the comment section below about that someone was not happy
with this video while the shoes you're wearing in perfect condition with zero wear you wouldn't
happen to be reviewing a shoe you haven't even worn would you so yeah you're right
not an in-depth i trashed these boots kind of review but yeah that video if you watched it was
more about musculoskeletal stuff and barefoot style walking than it was about the actual boot
sorry clickbait what size boot do you have it's kind of a personal question isn't it interesting
vid how much pack weight would you go up to in something like this i'd be aware of terrain
changes where they're suddenly sharp rocks yeah i guess that has back to the thing i was talking
about earlier about walking meditatively and consciously but don't have an answer for you my
gut feeling is that you wouldn't want to be doing a barefoot hiking with more than say 20 pounds
10 kilos if i'm getting that right because it does place an extra stress on your body
i don't think that would be a good idea unless you had really really strong feet and you build
up to it slowly which is pretty much the answer to everything i think your body is capable of doing
a lot as long as you introduce it gradually most injuries come after doing too much too
soon after having done too little for too long so with anything that you implement
whether it's exercise or footwear give the body time to adjust to any changes that you make all
right we're on the home stretch i'm starting to lose light here so we're going to go directly to
the last video that i posted will these stretches strength training help resolve a torn meniscus
no not really i mean no amount of stretching or strength training can reattach ligaments what
strength training in particular is good for is strengthening the muscles that control the
knee the muscular structure around the knee and enabling things like more range of motion and
more control so in general the strength training and the mobility will help but it can't actually
get in there and repair your muscular tissue are you an md you think all knee problems are from the
same causes yeah i really don't i think knees are very i think i've said this in many many videos
before knees are difficult they're different for every situation your problem is individual to you
what i'm providing is some solutions that i think will help the vast majority of people there may be
some strange situation where someone could injure themselves doing that i suppose but i don't think
that's very likely i think if you're more likely to injure yourself you go into a heavy deadlift
or a deadly heavy squat than hurting yourself by doing these mobility routines not sure if i have
itbs i think it might be something else as the pain is not really on the outside of the knee
but more of the inside yes so this particular routine is designed for itbs it may be helpful
for a number of other neat conditions and i think it's a good place to start the general rule when
you're looking at training injuries or training yourself away from an injury is start on the
floor and build up from there great stuff would these exercises translate well for bike packing i
have knee pain in the same areas this routine is probably going to help you no matter what sport
you do if you're a skier a bike packer hike out of mountaineer rock climber the knee problem is
the same no matter which sport you're doing so any routine i share is always experimental i
leave it up to you to discover your own injury i don't diagnose anything through videos
so at the end of the day i have no idea whether the routine will work for you or not what i'm
saying is go and try it give it some time and see if it works for you you don't have problems
there are people with problems you know yeah there are people with problems and i'm willing to admit
that i have a lot less problems than just about anyone i'm very grateful for the situation i'm
in i'm very grateful that especially through 2020 that i could maintain an income and do
what i do online without being affected too much so yes realistically i don't have that
many problems but yeah thanks for pointing that out everyone needs a dose of reality sometimes
i'm going to finish with this comment because it's my favorite from earnest thanks chase for
these exercises after repeating all the exercises in your channel my knee pain disappeared just
incredible now i'm recommending your channel for other people's thanks for videos that you did live
with passion guys i think that's a great message to end it on yeah look i do have programs for
sale there's many ways that you can support the channel but honestly if you go back and watch a
lot of my older videos you can piece together one of the best training programs that you could ever
have and i really encourage you to explore the channel go into those older kind of videos dig
all the way back through and find some of the gold that's on there and comment and interact with me
i love that this has become such an important part of my life and my career and my business i
love interacting with you guys so thanks very much for watching have a great 2021 i'll see you on the
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