Listen to reese_ward50 about the straps, because sliding knee pads are just a sad trip to the floor waiting to happen. That gel padding he mentioned is the real difference between being sore and being wrecked after a long day. You really don't want to learn that lesson the hard way.

My friend in Denver swears by his 800 fill puffy for winter dog walks, @simonmoore. He says it traps heat so well he barely feels the wind. The marshmallow look is a fair trade for not freezing.

But what if @emery_lane's boss is right this time?

Oh man, totally. I was just fighting with some chicken thighs last night (the bone-in ones were on sale, go figure). I used to peel meat away and then try to slice underneath, which always left so much behind. What finally clicked was finding that sweet spot where the blade tip points down just a bit but the flat side is still against the bone, like @elizabeth_price93 said about letting it slide. You get this clean, quiet scrape sound and suddenly the whole thing just comes free. My trash bowl went from full of good meat to mostly just skin and fat.

Did you try showing them the broken stuff from past shortcuts? I kept a box of messed up parts and made everyone look at them before training. It's a bit grim, but felix67 is onto something about making the messy middle visible so the rules make sense.