scubajay
Contributor
I'm currently taking a suba class and the other day I was doing pool exercises. The first exercise was to do dive and do a lap and a half around the pool as fast as you can and then go to the bottom of the pool. As I finished doing my exercise I felt like I was going to die. I was breathing faster than the regulator was releasing air, my heart was pounding like you wouldn't believe. I was so scared. I was so close to pulling the plug and go towards the surface but me being the safety freak that I am I said to myself just relax breath hard and it will pass. So I did and after about 5 minutes I began to breath normaly and mind you the pool was only 8 feet deep. I could just imagine how it would feel at 60 or 80 feet. This is a feeling I would not like to experience ever again. I'm not the type of person who is known to panic but boy was I close.
For all you experience divers out there are there any execises that I can do to develop my lungs and my stamina. I'm not going to let this experience deter me from diving. My main goal is to become a safe diver. What advice can you give me to become a better diver.
For all you experience divers out there are there any execises that I can do to develop my lungs and my stamina. I'm not going to let this experience deter me from diving. My main goal is to become a safe diver. What advice can you give me to become a better diver.