I recently started running to get in shape for an upcoming dive trip.. i call it my "get-in-shape-so-you-don't-get-a-cramp-like-last-time" exercise program
Missed seeing a couple of pygmy seahorses in phuket on the 3rd dive of the day cause my biceps femoris (yeah i googled it lol-the muscle on the back of your leg) cramped up.. both of em! Right at the beginning of the dive. the guide--it was just the two of us--had to work out the cramps and then proceeded to drag me around by my BC for a while so my legs could recover. possibly the most humiliating dive moment i've had LOL.. i made sure to let him know i was ok when we got near other divers haha.
So I figure just being in shape doesn't cramp-proof you, but it should help.. got me wondering what some of you do to stay in dive-shape.
Bear in mind, there's nowhere immediately around me to dive, and apparently the public pools don't let you take fins in, or i would've just spent time finning around there..

So I figure just being in shape doesn't cramp-proof you, but it should help.. got me wondering what some of you do to stay in dive-shape.
Bear in mind, there's nowhere immediately around me to dive, and apparently the public pools don't let you take fins in, or i would've just spent time finning around there..