UserNameBella
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So here is my stats- I wear a 2.5mm shorty in salt water. I am around 145lbs give or take (I haven't stepped on a scale in a while so that is a guess) I dive in a regular BCD setup, nothing fancy. I am not overly muscular and a natural floater.
I am diving with an aluminum 3000psi tank.
I have been trying to get my weight down because every divemaster and instructor I meet say I am overweighted. I currently dive with 16lbs, but I can dive with 14 lbs.....but I have a horrible time descending and burn through a lot of air trying to descend by just emptying my lungs, oh yeah and I can't hold a safety stop without using a lot of air because I have to keep my lungs empty the whole time and end up breathing rather quickly trying to keep my lungs empty enough to stay down. Otherwise at 700 psi I pop up to the surface no matter what.
The question is, am I as over weighted as these people say I am (one person thought I could dive with 8 lbs which seemed a little comical to me) and should I keep practicing the techniques I need to practice to get my weight down or just dive with what works for me?
From what I can tell how much weight one person wears isn't just based on their weight, it might actually have something to do with their density....I keep trying to tell people that I am about 35% body fat, not 12 % like they are and even though we are the same weight fat floats, but no one agrees with me.
I have done the eye level test with both 16 and 14 lbs as well after a dive on 500 psi. I stay at eye level on 14 and on 16 lbs I am about an inch below eye level. I am very still when I descend, so that isn't an issue.....
What do you all think?
I am diving with an aluminum 3000psi tank.
I have been trying to get my weight down because every divemaster and instructor I meet say I am overweighted. I currently dive with 16lbs, but I can dive with 14 lbs.....but I have a horrible time descending and burn through a lot of air trying to descend by just emptying my lungs, oh yeah and I can't hold a safety stop without using a lot of air because I have to keep my lungs empty the whole time and end up breathing rather quickly trying to keep my lungs empty enough to stay down. Otherwise at 700 psi I pop up to the surface no matter what.
The question is, am I as over weighted as these people say I am (one person thought I could dive with 8 lbs which seemed a little comical to me) and should I keep practicing the techniques I need to practice to get my weight down or just dive with what works for me?
From what I can tell how much weight one person wears isn't just based on their weight, it might actually have something to do with their density....I keep trying to tell people that I am about 35% body fat, not 12 % like they are and even though we are the same weight fat floats, but no one agrees with me.
I have done the eye level test with both 16 and 14 lbs as well after a dive on 500 psi. I stay at eye level on 14 and on 16 lbs I am about an inch below eye level. I am very still when I descend, so that isn't an issue.....
What do you all think?