Yoga to decrease Air Consumption?

[Protist]

Unfortunately this test is not the best in the world,and im sure there will be some debate here on scuba board. I could not perform as many dives as I would have liked(...money). But now that I live in Florida and plan to do at least 1 dive a week(after I find a job). I hope to be able to provide more data.
I know the two sets of dives are not the same dives, and Nitrox percents are not the same.
I can say, the conditions were pretty much the same for both locations.
Again, this was the best I could do...again do to lack of money.

There was no change in my diet or exercise( I did neither).
And I still continued to smoke cigarettes through out this whole time period. If there is anymore information i can provide and questions to answer please ask.


Before Yoga Classes
Dive #1: Florida keys 3/30/10
Aluminum 80 F02 36%
Dive Time: 41 Minutes
Max Depth 27 Feet
Average Depth 18.66
Starting Pressure 3000PSI
Ending Pressure 1200PSI
SAC 0.68FT3/Min

Dive #2: Florida keys 3/30/10
Aluminum 80 F02 34%
Dive Time: 42 Minutes
Max Depth 26 Feet
Average Depth 17.97 Feet
Starting Pressure 3000PSI
Ending Pressure 1000PSI
SAC 0.76 FT3/Min

Dive #3: Florida keys 4/16/10
Aluminum 80 F02 34%
Dive Time: 42 Minutes
Max Depth 26 Feet
Average Depth 17.97
Starting Pressure 3000PSI
Ending Pressure 1000PSI
SAC 0.76 FT3/Min

After Yoga Class
Dive #1: Pompano Beach 7/31/10
Aluminum 80 F02 21%
Dive Time: 63 Minutes
Max Depth 17 Feet
Average Depth 11.05
Starting Pressure 3000PSI
Ending Pressure 1300PSI
SAC 0.49 FT3/Min

Dive #2: Pompano Beach 8/01/10
Aluminum 80 F02 21%
Dive Time: 40 Minutes
Max Depth 60 Feet
Average Depth 50.07
Starting Pressure 3000PSI
Ending Pressure 1200PSI
SAC 0.43FT3/Min

Dive #3: Florida keys 8/01/10
Aluminum 80 F02 21%
Dive Time: 21 Minutes
Max Depth 59 Feet
Average Depth 43.01
Starting Pressure 3000PSI
Ending Pressure 2000PSI
SAC 0.52FT3/Min

Conclusion : In my own personal experiment, I have found the three month yoga class to be beneficial for my SAC rate.
Before the yoga classes, my average SAC rate ran 0.73 Ft3/Min
My average SAC rate after the yoga class was 0.48 Ft3/Min
A difference of .25Ft3/Min

 

[syntaxtree]

Thanks for posting the data!

Even with all the variables involved that is a pretty significant difference (about 35% less). And each of the dives in each group were self consistent. Although the dives in the second group were all deeper than the first group...

Interesting none-the-less.

 

[RJP]

Thanks for posting the data!

The plural of "anecdote" is not "data"

 

[meierdierck]

that is interesting, I have also heard yoga results of results from Apnea clinic, I wish there was more than anecdotal evidence, has anyone seen papers or studies on yoga benefits?