scubawheels
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Fat guy divers aren't necessarily "out-of-shape," they're just in a different shape.
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This is from Wikipedia...the gospel of definitions... "Physical fitness is considered a measure of the bodys ability to function efficiently and effectively in work and leisure activities, to be healthy, to resist hypokinetic diseases, and to meet emergency situations."
Based on this definition, you are considered fit enough for diving if you can can enjoy the dive and if you can to respond to "emergency situations". Of course with diving, training and experience helps a person prepare for an emergency situation.
There is no magic mathematical formula to define "fitness".
So...we can all be nice now..shake hands and make up.
Show me a thin middle aged man, and I'll show you a smoker.
What kind of nonsense is this?
Sorry, badly phrased. What I meant was: if I see a skinny guy who is over 36, I figure it is much more likely because he smokes than because he keeps himself in really good shape.
Now I'm worried; I'm 36. Am I about to get fat? Seems like I've been trimming down these days. Is there something I don't know?
It is my impression that human fat is neither positively bouyant (as stated earlier) nor an effective insulator.
Now I'm worried; I'm 36. Am I about to get fat?
-matt