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D M I once bubbled...
Hello
When I participate in scuba cattle boat rides in Brockville or kingston, I usually see four or five seriously obese individuals diving and It's usually these same unfit divers who cause delays and get them selves into trouble once wrapped up in there extremely tight wet suits. These same people spend thousands of dollars on gear but fail at the most important feature of diving. Being physically fit. I'm glad to hear that at least one agency is taking a stand on this serious situation amongst divers.
DMI;-0
D M I once bubbled...
Hello
When I participate in scuba cattle boat rides in Brockville or kingston, I usually see four or five seriously obese individuals diving and It's usually these same unfit divers who cause delays and get them selves into trouble once wrapped up in there extremely tight wet suits. These same people spend thousands of dollars on gear but fail at the most important feature of diving. Being physically fit. I'm glad to hear that at least one agency is taking a stand on this serious situation amongst divers.
DMI;-0
divedude once bubbled...
Guess I'll never be a good diver I'm to fat to take a good course.
but as for causing delays on my "cattle boat" it's the divers with the so called "Tech Gear" that cause all the delays.
barb once bubbled...
.... but you seem quite upset about something.
Please don't get nastey - this was originally a Thank You thread and therefore intended to be positive!!!
Barb
pufferfish once bubbled...
DMI I hear you but I can just read it now in the course prerequisites, "the student shall not smoke and shall have a body mass index less than thirty." There is a ton of evidence that obesity at least morbid obesity (BMI > 30) probably carries at least the cardiovascular risk as does smoking a pack a day. Only problem is about thirty percent of North Americans have a BMI greater than 30. There was a poll here on SB looking at BMI and of the over one hundred respondents 25% had a BMI over 30. This is reflected on the boats we dive on.
While I am all for fitness in divers the actual concept of overall fitness to dive should involve lot more than cardiovascular fitness. In my mind now there are three components to 'fitness'.
1. Psychological fitness
2. Cardiovascular fitness
3. Adrenal fitness (fitness of stress hormone axis)
and more and more....