Stupid things new divers do...

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What a boring picture. All fellow cave divers and wannabees look like that. A big downside of that diving position is that then one needs to spend time on the elliptical trainer at the local gym. Become more vertical in the water and you will get all the aerobic excercise, upto exhaustion, that you'll ever need.

Just drop the gym and dive like this
(it's me & my instructors fishing net; dive #205; yeah - we had a bit of fun)

 

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A comparison of
- poor aerobic excercise (downloaded and reposted)
- effective aerobic training

 

[TSandM]

LowDrag, the instructor you have been working with should be able to help you make it to that level of stability and trim. It takes some gear-shuffling and weight distribution, and then some body awareness. Anybody can learn it, if they know it exists, and if they're willing to put in the work. (I know, 'cuz I did.)

If you guys are headed up here some time, I'd be happy to work with you as well.

 

[phoenix31tt]

lowdrag:

Unfortunately i do not have someone to mentor me... and thus for me Scubaboard, youtube, articles etc helped me alot... but you have to be willing to put in the practice time and hopefully have somebody who can video tape you while doing so...

Trim: the nitty gritty | DIR Skills... articles such as this one and others on that site also help alot...

they also teach you techniques to tell if your trim and buoyancy is good etc... also you may want to look into "The Six Skills" Steve Lewis which i'm also reading right now... there are lots of resources to help achieve this type of trim and control

however, if you do know somebody with proper diving techniques, trim etc then it really would be great to try and get them to mentor you

If you guys are headed up here some time, I'd be happy to work with you as well.

^^if you could... definitely take up this offer

 

[LowDrag]

LowDrag, the instructor you have been working with should be able to help you make it to that level of stability and trim. It takes some gear-shuffling and weight distribution, and then some body awareness. Anybody can learn it, if they know it exists, and if they're willing to put in the work. (I know, 'cuz I did.)

If you guys are headed up here some time, I'd be happy to work with you as well.

Thank you TSandM...that would be great. I do not know when I am coming up there again but hopefully it will be soon. I will shoot you a PM that way I am not dropping in on at the last minute.

 

[RJP]

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[supergaijin]

I wish my trim and buoyancy was that good. This has me wondering if anyone knows of any threads that explain how to set up your gear and what to practice to become this good? I have watched quite a few video's on the frog kick and proper trim and buoyancy but none of them tell you how to get there.

Kinda ironic given your user-name

Threads/videos can only do so much. They are good at getting you to visualise certain positions but can never replace in-water instruction either from a non-paid mentor or a paid professional.

*Not all paid dive instructors are 'professional'.

 

[LowDrag]

Kinda ironic given your user-name

Threads/videos can only do so much. They are good at getting you to visualise certain positions but can never replace in-water instruction either from a non-paid mentor or a paid professional.

*Not all paid dive instructors are 'professional'.

What's so ironic??? I had to start somewhere right? My trim is getting better but it is not up to speed by any means. I definitely feeling better in my buoyancy and trim since I went to a BP&W rig.

 

[Eric Sedletzky]

RJP, you're going to single handedly destroy the entire scuba industry posting crap like that!
Imagine walking into a dive shop and seeing nothing but one set of fins, one BC system (BP/W), One set of hoses, a few wing choices, and a few other basic things needed to do a dive.
All of which could be fit into a shop the size of a bedroom. That's really being unfair to the poor split fin displays and the poof jacket rack don't you think? And what about the spinning dangly rack by the register?
No more stair step classes from barely knowing anything to finally knowing what you should have known the entire time.
You mean you could learn all that stuff from the get go?

You have a lot of nerve pal!