Out of curiosity, I checked, and Caldwell is in the low 80s range so far this week. Ambient temperature of 95 seems to be when asphalt in direct sunlight can cause a burn. I don’t know what she crawled on, but it must’ve been a hotter day. I watched a few videos because I’ve never heard of this exercise before, and I wonder why only the outside part of her palm got blistered and the inside part or her fingers. All the demonstrators had their hands flat on the floor.
I was too afraid of my coaches to find out what a punishment would be in their class. I suspect it would’ve just involved running some laps.
I wondered, too; but possibly she was trying to avoid putting a palm flat down on a hot surface, which must have felt like a clothes iron. I remember walking on my feets' heels when entering a hot sandy beach for the same reason.
I thought of those things too.
This story and the hysteria are entirely bullshit.