A better way to tie your gym shorts. (Or any drawstring)

[@lefroy1]

Nice and to-the-point vid man. Other KZbinrs would spend 20 minutes showing us that. We appreciate the lack of bs.👍

[@HexInfinity]

Your profile pic doesn't match how nice this reply is 😆

[@iqm3422]

I first read your comment as ABS-we appreciate your lack of abs.

[@johnmartinez7440]

On all videos like this, I see far more people moaning about "other KZbinrs" making "20 minute videos" than the actual videos they're supposedly complaining about.

[@MangaGamified]

ikr, why the west feels so obligated to tell a philosophy + story + sometimes story of other people, as if they will be suspected if they don't do so

[@will_wtr]

"Don't forget to like and subscribe!" 🤪

[@thebustosfamily]

30 years as a nurse have been making bunny ears on my nursing scubs which constantly get loose and I finally found a way to keep my pants up. Thank you.

[@presidenttnediserp428]

Thank you for your service.

[@wholegrain27]

Don't you just hate getting caught with your pants down🤣. Thanks for the all care you've given.

[@otakuhunter4817]

sorry but that sounds luude..lol

[@bs78315]

Thank you for your service

[@Fedico7000]

@@otakuhunter4817 Lewd* and nah.

[@Loneranger4567]

My eyes are filled with tears of joy. 29 years wasted without discovering this gem of a trick. Thanks a tonne.

[@14guitars67]

IMPORTANT: The right side bend needs to be shaped as shown, with the "working end" on top. If you shape it with the working end on the bottom, this knot will not stay tight with many line materials. See Wikipedia article on right/wrong ways to tie the Lapp bend ("unsafe Lapp bend variant"). en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bowline_knot_family.png

[@Siloguy]

What is the name of this knot? Thanks

[@14guitars67]

@@Siloguy Lapp bend.

[@cowboybob7093]

I want to use to cinch with my robe but the sash material binds the knot. Nice knot if the material is up to the task.

[@niteshkumarpatel]

Thanks bro

[@orbitaljellyfish808]

Excellent comment thanks

[@DirtyHairy84]

Dang 37 years on the earth to find that there is a more efficient way than the old bunny ears method my mom showed me as a kid! Love it.

[@mikel5582]

I have 2 decades on you and am just learning this now too. I just learned a better way to tie shoes within the last few years as well. We're never too old to improve how we do things.

[@kwaynr1301]

Makes you think, how many other things can be done better, right?

[@luisdacosta1541]

39y and I still wear rabbit ears 2

[@debigcheze]

you talk like youre double that

[@paulbuffey9165]

I’ll see your 37 and raise you 65.🥸

[@ronaldnayman4841]

Had to slow the video down to half speed and got it. Great tip.

[@mcinqb3]

This is the greatest thing I've ever seen!!!.... NO MORE SHORTS LOSSENING AND FALLING OFF!!!.... Love it, THANKS!

[@ghostdance56]

Took classes in the Army on knot tying. Has served me well all of my life.

[@portaccio]

I've literally just attempted this on my shorts but failed due to being too fat to see the knot.

[@Knubinator]

OOF this hits too close to home.

[@tonyb1968]

When you like your tool so much that you build a shed over it.

[@88njtrigg88]

Allot of us have been their, these days fat is beautiful thanks to tik tok. I was lost at forming an ampersand weave & l thought l knew knots.

[@feedbackzaloop]

the benefit of this knot is that you can tie it very loosely over the belly and then sinch it

[@redemptusrenatus5336]

Do it before you put the shorts on. Also, do it as loose as you normally wear them so you can get them on in the first place. Honestly, I think they put too little drawstring on these things to begin with... some sort of conspiracy methinks.

[@oh584]

You have permanently improved my life.

[@Racontact]

Dammmn, this is nobel prize level stuff. How many people’s lives positively impacted by this.

[@AT-bw4cm]

Power of the internet

[@elecaire9094]

I mean this, sincerely. I LOVE finding out simple things I've been doing "wrong" and learning new ways to do them. Happens all the time. This is a favorite

[@cowboybob7093]

A clockwise twist of the left hand's piece by the right hand starts the knot better for my hands. Yes, the rest of the knot needs to reflect the start. Each subsequent step is more natural and working the finished knot is as well. Thanks for the suggestion OP, couldn't have done it without you.

[@schnutzudri918]

I have seen several viedos of First Class Amateur by now. All i can think of: this guy lefthandedly shows you how to do everything i ever did just better. Real first class content!

[@adamcrookedsmile]

0:10 having two ropes of different colors is good, but it's not so good that left rope is black. That makes it hard to spot over/under loops. It's better to use another color than black, like say light blue. Even better is ropes with patterns in them or two-colour ropes.

[@animal0mother]

Commenting for each time I have to revisit this: 4 I can't believe I've been using this for five months before realizing I don't need to undo the knot to piss; I can just loosen it & retighten it and it's much faster.

[@rammarkabotta8801]

The one thing I learnt today that I will never forget for the rest of my life.

[@huzzlin4979]

Had to slow down the video to understand the last part where he pulls it together. But it's coming out with the right strong much longer. Gotta keep playing around with it. Thanks for the tutorial.

[@DH-sz7yu]

30 years on earth , I finally find the right way to tie shorts, been using ties for my shoes to ties my shorts, this is awesome!

[@Chillmaster04]

Brilliant! I tried a couple of dozen times to tie my drawstring pants with a method from another KZbin video. Couldn't get it. Then this! Second or third try! There it is! Thanks

[@my23glock]

I’ve been doing this wrong all my life. That’s a lot of years. Finally someone teaches us one of the most important lessons that we use every day. Txs! You’re a great guy. 👍

[@12345legofreak]

Except he does it shittily and its extremely hard to follow xD

[@albrigo]

Great tutorial! Straight to the point in less than 2 minutes and very demonstrative, first with a rope, then on the pants! No bla bla as often seen in other YT videos.

[@zenmonke]

this is by far the most amazing knot i have ever seen. Thanks for sharing :)

[@golopeters1152]

Oh boy, that's one of the most important videos on KZbin. Together with another one that showed a better way to tie up shoelaces more securely :-D

[@FourIntoOne]

I have been wearing my gym shorts for about 15 years. No need to even tie them up anymore as they are already way WAY too tight now lol

[@voidremoved]

after 15 years your flesh will grow around the shorts like a tree grows

[@Adok24]

@@voidremoved bahahahahahahahah

[@patmiddleton3947]

Time to get a new pair.😁

[@losfromla1480]

What brand are you rocking that the elastic still works after 15 years!?

[@highviewbarbell]

@@losfromla1480 who needs elastic when you keep ratcheting the knot down tighter every time you try to undo it

[@BobbyD520]

I ain’t gonna lie to you chief, I had to put it at .25 speed just to get it exactly right and once I did it, I felt so accomplished lol.

[@j_smooth7133]

47 years on this planet thank GOD and i learn a good way to tie my gym shorts. Thank you !

[@sunbladerr]

Beautiful and simple. Thanks for the POV.. Be Well and Good Journey Richie

[@ilj5000]

I come back to this video every now and then. Thank you!

[@radicalrick9587]

*One of the best videos on KZbin. Something everyone can use. And thank you for not yacking on about the history of knots thus turning a 1 min vid into 15 min vid!*

[@januszbogumil]

accidentally damaged the waistband of my favorite pajama pants and made it too loose, could not figure out how to tie a shoelace knot while keeping it as tight as I like, learning this entirely new knot is the solution.

[@no1EvilMinion]

I have a method of my own and it is very usefull if u hate when the chord gets offset and one end stays inside the hole. You can tie both ends of the string with a double fishermans knot and you can make it tight or lose at will but it always stays connected.

[@michaelelder9821]

i have waaay too many youtube subscriptions. to sub or knot to sub...........this one was an instant subscribe.........this works like a nickle-plated cinch...amazingly practical......and video was perfect presentation/length. thank you sir.

[@IndomitableAde]

As a recovering stroke patient whose left hand was paralyzed, this method seems faster, much easier and more effective than bunny ears (I struggle getting the tension right). Thank you!

[@samhain9394]

You can do this one-handed?!

[@IndomitableAde]

@@samhain9394 when I left this comment I had thankfully already regained use of my left hand, but there was weakness and not a lot of dexterity for bunny ears. This way was easier and faster for me. Now that I'm further along in my recovery, I can tie bunny ears without a problem 😊

[@edwinmariano5131]

Straight to the point. No time is wasted in this video.

[@B0BHW]

Wow! I’m 72 years old and this is the first time I’ve seen this drawstring method. Thank you very much for a concise KZbin demo showing us a super useful knot that I’ll be using from now on to secure my tracksuit bottoms at weekly exercise classes. How come I was never taught this as a youngster in the Boy Scouts?

[@raulparedesr.1218]

I couldn't pull this off with another explanation of this knot by a prancing youtuber who didn't explain the last very important part. With your video I did it first try. THANK YOU.

[@MooTaters]

Seems great, though I wish the one side didn't always end up excessively long, even when I try to start the string side short.

[@StevenBanks123]

Something wrong with my brain as far as looking at videos on how to tie knots. Your explanation is perfect and simple - but I can’t keep it in my head. I have to stop the video every three seconds to slow slowly, ever so slowly, complete the steps. Half an hour later, I have forgotten at all.

[@kevinwiens4804]

Finally a solution to my problem, Thanks Brent!

[@CeaseNY]

I'm 38 years old and this video and about 20 years of practice is about to change my life at work, it's winter so I wear sweats under a bid and the are ALWAYS falling down. Not anymore!

[@davemacmurchie6982]

Interesting, but it appears to depend heavily on the material being tied. I'm wearing my sweats at the moment, which have flat cotton drawstrings, and it's not nearly as easy to adjust as the video indicates. I can believe it's successful with a fairly hard, slick line but in my case it's faster and easier just to undo and re-tie the bunny ears.

[@ToxicMrSmith]

It just loosens it's actually crap

[@GeauxRilla]

So here's what we're gonna do, we're gonna tie a different drawstring to the end of your flat BS drawstring and pull it all the way through effectively replacing the old with the new desired drawstring.

[@onpsxmember]

I have also a flat band on my current adidas pants. I tighten more in two steps: I hold the top loop and and move it to the left to have the loose bit on the right side of the pants. Then pulling on the right end. It currently works well. If the band is sawn in one probably has to play with the loops a bit before pulling it tight.

[@Jay-og4yb]

I have the same strings you do but it works. Gotta manhandle the strings a bit tho

[@Semprefi]

There’s always one Delbert in the comment section that can’t figure a simple task out so they think it’s the system that’s flawed.

[@daieast6305]

amazing...an actual video on how to tie my shorts...how on earth did i get along so many years without it

[@em0_tion]

Just fine? I did.

[@bogdanvasut8915]

That's a slipped lapp knot, which is an opened eskimo bowline which is a bowline made around the loop end. It's also topologically identical with the mooring hitch.

[@hughbo52]

Huh?

[@JSchaffer214]

No it's knot!

[@TheMrTangamandapio]

I understood some of these words

[@zerubbabelsbridge]

There's always one of these guys in the comments.

[@macabrecreation1067]

ohh a knot expert

[@josejorgeromero6813]

This is the best way to do this kind of knot. Thanks!

[@Yupppi]

The only issue with this knot I find is that I'm left with totally unreasonable length of untied string in the right hand, hanging all over the place. I can of course make say a slipknot out of itself, but it's somewhat ugly and inconvenient anyway. Do you have any ideas how to make this tidy on top of useful? The biggest reason I use the square knot with slipknot "ears" is how tidy it is, the strings are out of the way.

[@tkenben]

So, a lot of these clever knots usually have one problem, that being they tighten (take up slack) from one side. I see some people trying these type of knots on footwear too. This becomes an issue for pants that have the laces sewn in, a feature you find in a lot of modern day sweatpants and trunks.

[@jkg6211]

Take up all the slack (pull it tight) on one side before you start tying the knot. It'll work.

[@Must_not_say_that]

This is excellent, so simple and effective and easy to undo. I have used a loop one end, threaded the other through twice and tightened, it will hold, securing with a slip half hitch. That has always been effective and simple to undo. This that you show is even simpler and perfectly effective. Thank you very much.

[@Ashiq.Ibrahim]

You, Sir, are a wonderful human being. Thank you so much for sharing such a straight-forward, and concise explanation to tie my pants without them always coming lose. You saved me from feeling slightly embarrassed from having to pull up my pants every few steps.

[@evilkidd174]

If only this had been known in 1980. Thousands of nerds and geeks would have never been pantsed in gym class.

[@sanatanihindu3001]

whole life I struggled, after this I will try to use your method. Hopefully no more struggling, thanks mate. Jij bent een kanjer.

[@johnbemery7922]

Looking forward to trying this on my swim shorts! ****waiting patiently for summer....****

[@TheDjordjeSS]

Only 235 days left bro. Stay strong

[@Silkl4sh]

I started doing Your way yesterday. It's just awesome how efficient this knot is.

[@brainfry]

This is amazing. Totally changes how I view drawstrings on pants, I knew there had to be a better way. Thank you!

[@lewerim]

They say you should learn something new each day. It's proof you are alive. Thanks for providing that proof today. 😬

[@sd3457]

*Two new things every day. I career-changed to become a high school science teacher and always joke with my students that when they've got two things learnt from my lesson they can tune-out for the rest of the day with their other teachers.

[@lewerim]

@@sd3457 Nice! 😁

[@jaystepien921]

Excellent! Clear, well explained and even shown in situ. And extremely useful, too! THANK YOU!!

[@utac]

Dude's killing it here

[@EpicHardware]

I shared it to 5 people and all of them find it useful. Finally content worth sharing

[@Kotdt1]

great video and easy to follow

[@gullinvarg]

If you tie a slip knot in the long string (the adjustable side) you can fake a bow in look so you don't have one loop and one really long end. Need to create the initial loop in the correct direction for the visible loop to hang correctly. You also need to tie it so the hanging end is the part that slides. Mostly useful for visible drawstrings on the outside of the shorts/pants.

[@kdt85]

This is a great knot but the wrong application, it only tightens on one side so the material on that side bunches up. Maybe a great way to close a sack or something, has anyone got any other applications for this knot?

[@richardrejmer8721]

Guy ropes on tents perhaps?

[@rhmayer1]

Only tightening on one side is why he pre-tightned the left/ampersand side. As long as you pre-tighten that side, what you end up with should be close enough. Life is OK if one side is a little tightened compared to the other. I like the adjustability feature since I like it tighter when I'm up and walking around in my sweats and looser when I'm relaxing on the couch or taking a nap. It's nice to make quick adjustments without constantly untying and re-tying.

[@Steel0079]

@@rhmayer1 no

[@yash1152]

0:40 first person view yeah, that was needed. thanks. most of these knotting videos miss that.

[@owent2032]

Awesome! I always hate when when draw strings come lose😂 thanks for the vid

[@blackstrand]

I've been using this for the past year, it's really good!

[@joew8438]

Great knot. I tend to end up with excess in the right side, so you may want to pretension and pull in most of the slack to the left before tieing this.

[@jarlraesuazo2940]

now my pants won't go off now... haha thanks for this

[@Learnjapanesefromsomeguy]

I have been doing Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu for years and have always used a simple bow-knot (similar to how I tie my shoes). I am looking forward to busting this out at the gym tomorrow! This will be a true test of the knot's security.

[@dreamercross]

How did it go?

[@joshsmith2723]

How did it go bro?

[@Learnjapanesefromsomeguy]

@@joshsmith2723 I can't say it is completely related or not, but I tore a bicep. So, be careful with this knot.

[@joshsmith2723]

@@Learnjapanesefromsomeguy wtf 🤣🤣

[@em0_tion]

@@Learnjapanesefromsomeguy Next time try the knot on your pants, not your arms. 😂

[@michaelnino5082]

Never knew there was such a need to relearn how to tie my shorts. 😂 That cam shot!

[@mdemers767]

Neat, although the nylon webbing drawstring on my work scrubs still slips a bit when trying to attain the proper amount of tension. Gonna stick with my "cord lock" cam device, which has a little toothed wheel inside a teardrop shaped container. As tension is applied, the cord pulls harder on the wheel, which jams it tighter against the narrow end of the teardrop. Nearly flawless, and I can apply near tourniquet levels of tension without slippage. This knot may work better with a different cord material than I have to work with.

[@Dvalb]

Do you have an illustration of the thing? :D

[@RonVerburg]

Man !! super, so simple. 👍 Great knot *******

[@atlastennyson8401]

I came back just to make a comment on this video. Your sir have made a more useful video than I have seen in my thousands of hours watching videos on KZbin, and to think you did it in only 1 minute without plugs or ads. I commend you sir!

[@denniscleaver3559]

now that is super useful for not just shorts.

[@mikew8622]

Funny this popped up. Just thought one day ago there’s gotta be a better way to tie my sweats.

[@RameshKumar-ng3nf]

Great informative 🙏 Very impressed ❤🙏

[@Elriuhilu]

This is really cool. I actually never tie drawstrings ever since one time I was a kid and had a toilet tragedy while out in town because I couldn't get the string untied. It's annoying sometimes when the elastic is not strong enough and the stuff in my pockets keeps pulling my pants down, so now that I've seen this video I can start tying the strings again safely.

[@jaytee2642]

I'm 63 and just learned something that I didn't know I needed.🤷🏻‍♀️

[@NeatNit]

Not pictured: this leaves a MUUUCH longer loose end that you're going to need to deal with. It's usually not a deal breaker, but it can be annoying in some situations. Still, excellent video, short and easy to understand. Thank you!

[@gullinvarg]

For drawstrings on the outside, I tie a slip knot in the long end to fake a bow.

[@PurpleishFluffyClouds]

And, it doesn't work so well with pants that don't have a single, continuous drawstring. Some are, in actuality, divided and attached at the center back, so you can't adjust the slack to have the right side be shorter than the left to accommodate the extra length.

[@walker2101]

I’m liking this vid because it’s straight to the damn point! No BS!

[@Iconoclassic]

Great use of a Lapp bend.

[@SypherSeven]

Haha "lap" bend.

[@kingskafa]

Haha.. I didn’t realize this was a Lapp knot til I saw your comment. 🤦🏻‍♂️ thought i learned a new knot… nope just a new way to tie an old one.

[@SypherSeven]

Tis a lapp, in one's lap

[@NA-jc1qr]

Now my kids pants won't fall...you made my year!

[@KarlSparx1917]

The knot works, but I can simply pull my shorts away from me and the knot loosens. It seems more applicable for casual wear like sweatpants and not for keeping your shorts/pants tight during physical activity.

[@aikiiai]

Seriously. It doesn't seem to be as effective as everyone thinks. Too bad. I was hoping for something that really worked. :(

[@Jagerhund]

I can't get mine to fail the way you describe. Maybe you're not doing it correctly?

[@stevehaire6324]

I think when you "pull everything tight" you need to pull it really tight, make sure it's properly locked in.

[@Andyelmanman]

Same problem, I can get it but once it meets resistance loosens again. Did it just now on my draw string shorts haha.

[@JB-1138]

I'll stick with a square knot.

[@JM-lf4ws]

Best Video on KZbin! Thanks!

[@Rachara]

Now if only I could see the draw string on my gym shorts

[@marcelogaea1064]

Can’t ever give this vid enough 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼. Thanks, 1CA 👍🏼

[@EvaderGuy]

My life was empty and meaningless until I saw this.

[@andersbreivik3399]

Hahahahahhshahhs

[@charlesgantz5865]

So now your life is still empty and meaningless, but at least your gym shorts won't fall down.

[@76MUTiger]

I want to thank David Miller, on behalf of all Davids, for this deeply reflective revelation, and lack of recognition of the practical value of this admittedly mundane tutorial. Representing other more practical and less reflective Davids, this knot is awesome and I have already practiced it many times. I'm KNOT going to forget this!

[@EvaderGuy]

@@76MUTiger well said, sir.

[@burnerjack01]

That's just knot funny...

[@BIZARR099]

awesome!! I have a question? do you have a neat new way to tie shoelaces please? The time-old method of doing the half knot first sometimes means I lose some tension on the half knot while I'm trying to tie the loops. Thanks!

[@sammyhooligan803]

Great ! I just gota remember the"&" symbol and feed bend through top then over bottom and pull to tension , Spectacular !

[@Nicowhaletown]

Wow, thanks for making this, I had too loose pants and now I never have to deal with that again, God bless! 🙏

[@hotzeplotz2345]

Cool knot! With one-piece drawstrings this will work well. Unfortunately some pants have drawstrings that don't go all the way round in 1 piece, but consist of 2 pieces, each sewn to the tunnel. With those, the method wont work so well.

[@gullinvarg]

Try taking up the slack on the & side before tying the knot.

[@jkg6211]

This ^

[@NimW]

Changed my life. I can literally carry two water bottles in my gym shorts now.

[@tjwash2]

This will help with wet swim trunk drawstrings especially. Can't tell you how many times I anxiously tried to get that wet knot free to use the bathroom after a swim. I could have taken care of 1/2 the process in the pool but I'm too cultured to do that.

[@kekelaward]

I hope not the Baby Ruth half.

[@auntyviral1141]

Why is this one of the most important videos in my life?

[@Octeris]

Nice! Definitely going to try this on my next run!

[@healthdios]

When in high school, my pants got pulled down so many times, this video only came 12 years too late.... thanks.

[@yaniveliash]

fantastic! would love something efficient for shoes too :)

[@CaptainTechnical]

Why wouldn't this work for shoes?

[@yaniveliash]

@@CaptainTechnical because it is not a drawstring

[@WarrenThomasWood]

@@yaniveliash why are shoelaces not a drawstring? Trying to grok what the significant functional difference is.

[@WarrenThomasWood]

Lack of continuous tension maybe?

[@khunii2188]

Thanks for teaching this knot.

[@TreDogOfficial]

Great video! Small miscommunication🤏🏻 you use the word "loop" to describe the right string. But (I'm and arborist and I tie knots for a living) the word "bite" would better describe a section of line that folds over itself without crossing. So you pull a bite through the left side *loop* (a loop = crossing, a bite = touching) and then you pull the bite over top of the left side bite. Once again, super small distinction but good terminology helps to better describe things. Then just hold tightly onto the left side bite and voila! I did it on my third try. It works great with these really thin stringed Nike running mesh shorts which normally get knotted by a simple stitch knot

[@bootstrapperwilson7687]

Bight

[@samhain9394]

It's spelled "bight," but you were close. Tell your boss to run you through onboarding again 💀

[@user9b2]

That was an amazing knock, thanks …. I may try tying my shoes this way.

[@jsonlee01]

Awesome! Do you have any wizard tips for the drawstrings of shorts that are continuous and don’t have ends?

[@mikesworld3792]

A piece of tape & a blade. Tape keeps the cord from fraying up, you cut then heat the ends w a flame(most melt,but if it's natural fiber, krazy glue; hope this helps.

[@ryanhass8716]

alright, I've watched 3 of your videos and you're doing this KZbin thing so right. You're straight to the point, you're knowledgeable about the subject, you're a good teacher, you earned another sub.