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I am new to diving, 12 dives total.
I took a trip to Key Largo recently and planned on doing a two tank trip in the morning and a two tank trip in the afternoon for the three days that I was there. At the end of the first day, though, I was so wiped out that I didn't even want a beer (very rare for me). I only did the morning trips for the next two days and was just fine. Though I enjoyed myself I was a bit disappointed because one of my goals was to get in as many dives as possible to build confidence and experience.
I read somewhere that using enhanced air can lower the fatigue felt at the end of a dive. I wonder if I would have been able to handle the four dives in one day if I had been using nitrox?
Some background. I am almost 65, a bit overweight, but in reasonably good condition...excercise bike three times a week...and otherwise in good health except for a physical disability that doesn't affect my ability to swim (but the bike is the only good way for me to get aerobic excercise). Maybe just putting in more time at the gym would be the answer. Opinions?
I took a trip to Key Largo recently and planned on doing a two tank trip in the morning and a two tank trip in the afternoon for the three days that I was there. At the end of the first day, though, I was so wiped out that I didn't even want a beer (very rare for me). I only did the morning trips for the next two days and was just fine. Though I enjoyed myself I was a bit disappointed because one of my goals was to get in as many dives as possible to build confidence and experience.
I read somewhere that using enhanced air can lower the fatigue felt at the end of a dive. I wonder if I would have been able to handle the four dives in one day if I had been using nitrox?
Some background. I am almost 65, a bit overweight, but in reasonably good condition...excercise bike three times a week...and otherwise in good health except for a physical disability that doesn't affect my ability to swim (but the bike is the only good way for me to get aerobic excercise). Maybe just putting in more time at the gym would be the answer. Opinions?