wb416
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I was a couch potato for about a year from mid 2004 to mid 2005, in part to torn ankle ligaments in my left ankle and then a broken toe on right foot. At one point, I finally approached my brother to help design a workout for a middle age diver that wanted to renew/extend my diving for many years to come. Cave diving and wreck diving were at the top of my list.
My brother is an Asst Track coach for a small university in North Carolina, and has almost completed his PhD with a Sports and Exercise focus. He'd worked previously worked as a Fitness Director at a sports club in VA. However, he's not a diver.
He came up to Ohio so that I could show him my dive gear and how I had to handle it at home and at the dive site. He also surveyed the equipment that I had available to me at the fitness center. He then scanned Cameron Martz's "Fitness for Diving", and then proceeded to design a workout that would slowly bring my fitness and endurance level back to where I'd been previously, and then improve from there.
My goals at the time were basically just regaining a fitness level and heightened endurance levels. My goals have changes since then and are targeted more towards mass and endurance, so I've altered my workout. Even though it's targeted toward my needs and schedule at the time, I thought I'd share the first four weeks of his workout schedule that he gave to me in case it might be helpful.
My brother is an Asst Track coach for a small university in North Carolina, and has almost completed his PhD with a Sports and Exercise focus. He'd worked previously worked as a Fitness Director at a sports club in VA. However, he's not a diver.
He came up to Ohio so that I could show him my dive gear and how I had to handle it at home and at the dive site. He also surveyed the equipment that I had available to me at the fitness center. He then scanned Cameron Martz's "Fitness for Diving", and then proceeded to design a workout that would slowly bring my fitness and endurance level back to where I'd been previously, and then improve from there.
My goals at the time were basically just regaining a fitness level and heightened endurance levels. My goals have changes since then and are targeted more towards mass and endurance, so I've altered my workout. Even though it's targeted toward my needs and schedule at the time, I thought I'd share the first four weeks of his workout schedule that he gave to me in case it might be helpful.
