I thought I successfully posted this yesterday, hopefully an admin didn’t take it down thinking I was trolling…..
I was way too buoyant this weekend and I’m wondering if being really constipated had something to do with it.
I’ve been diving with 8lbs forever at my current body weight and composition. I did recently suffer an injury that kept me out of the gym for months and I gained weight but lost it again thru diet so maybe I did lose a bit of muscle mass.
On my first dives I felt light with 8lbs which I thought was weird but then the DM said it might have been the Nitrox because the air and Nitrox tanks were made by different manufacturers and he also found himself a bit lighter with the Nitrox tanks. I therefore increased my weight by 2lbs. And all was well. But in one of the dives when I was using air again, which theoretically was a heavier tank, I couldn’t stay down once I got to anround 900 psi and my trim was awful.
For the trim part I think it was because I was using a weight belt. I had lost a weight pocket on the previous dive (not in the water) and so at the least minute switched from weights in pockets and trim pockets to a weight belt.
As far as equipment the only difference was my fins. I switched from Seawing Novas to Seawing Super Novas, but the new fins weigh a tiny bit more, not less.
So the only thing I can think of is that I was constipated, first time that has happened without eating MREs. Could that be the culprit?
I was way too buoyant this weekend and I’m wondering if being really constipated had something to do with it.
I’ve been diving with 8lbs forever at my current body weight and composition. I did recently suffer an injury that kept me out of the gym for months and I gained weight but lost it again thru diet so maybe I did lose a bit of muscle mass.
On my first dives I felt light with 8lbs which I thought was weird but then the DM said it might have been the Nitrox because the air and Nitrox tanks were made by different manufacturers and he also found himself a bit lighter with the Nitrox tanks. I therefore increased my weight by 2lbs. And all was well. But in one of the dives when I was using air again, which theoretically was a heavier tank, I couldn’t stay down once I got to anround 900 psi and my trim was awful.
For the trim part I think it was because I was using a weight belt. I had lost a weight pocket on the previous dive (not in the water) and so at the least minute switched from weights in pockets and trim pockets to a weight belt.
As far as equipment the only difference was my fins. I switched from Seawing Novas to Seawing Super Novas, but the new fins weigh a tiny bit more, not less.
So the only thing I can think of is that I was constipated, first time that has happened without eating MREs. Could that be the culprit?