http://www.bragg.army.mil/sorb/SELECTED_VIDEOS.htm
Has anyone watched the foot care video on this page?
It's the same overview that's in the "SELECTED" book by Josh Henkin. The guy on there explains how "
soft, supple and healthy skin, is your secret to not encountering foot problems durring the selection and assessment course".
He said this right after talking about about filing down calluses completely, and applying lotion to your feet.
I have heard this train of thought before about foot care, but I tend to believe the conventional beliefs most of you here stand by with toughening feet instead. I do think there's a limit, like having overly thick calluses in an area (that could tear off).
My question is, is the whole idea of "soft and supple" just to prevent blisters under calluses, or is there more to it?
Because it just seems to me with "soft supple" feet you would be getting blisters at a much faster rate as opposed to toughend feet. I understand it's harder to treat a blister under a tough layer of skin. That just doesn't seem like a good enough reason to prepare your feet in such a manner. I think I would rather feel blisters coming on half way through the course and at that point start to apply mole skin and tape instead of having issues and taping from day 1.