Every Man is Feeling This Right Now 💀
A speaker discusses the most challenging aspects of military training, focusing on the psychological and physical hardships of cold water exposure and the severe chafing that occurs during extended runs in wet suits. They describe how hypothermia can paradoxically become a relief and detail the crude but necessary sand-based prevention methods used to manage extreme chafing.
Summary
The speaker reflects on the hardest aspects of military training, identifying ocean exposure as the most mentally difficult element. They explain that the strategy involves intentionally tolerating shivering to accelerate the onset of hypothermia, which they describe as providing psychological relief—once the condition sets in, mental numbness reduces suffering and the person stops caring about discomfort. The speaker contrasts this with what is typically shown in media versus the reality of training. Beyond cold water exposure, they highlight a major issue rarely discussed publicly: severe chafing that results from wearing wet suits during extended runs (4-12 miles). The speaker describes a crude but necessary prevention method where trainees apply sand to vulnerable areas—armpits, genitals, and buttocks—before long runs. They emphasize the severity of the resulting skin damage, noting that by the end of such exercises, there is essentially no skin remaining in these areas, comparing the condition to various severe infections. This graphic description underscores the physical toll of military training that goes unseen by the public.
Key Insights
- The speaker intentionally induces hypothermia during ocean training because once it kicks in, mental numbness provides psychological relief and reduces suffering
- The speaker does not use cold plunges as a training method, distinguishing their approach from common modern cold exposure practices
- Military trainees apply sand under armpits, genitals, and buttocks before long runs as a chafing prevention method, despite the crude nature of the technique
- Extended runs in wet suits (4-12 miles) cause complete skin erosion in multiple body areas, resulting in a condition compared to severe infections
- The most extreme physical hardships of military training are rarely depicted in media or public narratives about the training process
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Transcript
[0:00] What's the hardest thing about training? When you're going through, like the thing you're like, I hate this the most. This is the most miserable thing. >> I mean, for me it was probably being in the ocean. Like it's mentally stop myself from shivering so that I could get the hypothermia to kick in quicker. And because once that kicks in, your mind kind of goes numb. You don't really give a [ __ ] anymore. You're like, oh, good, it's here. It's It's [laughter] here. >> I bet you don't do cold water. No cold plunge in there. >> No, I don't do cold plunge. And then the other part that you don't hear about is the…
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