Any thoughts ...
Since I started diving just under 2 years ago, I've gone from needing 12 LBS of lead to requiring 24. I've added the weight gradually over time, as I've struggled more to stay down.
I'm fit and I weigh exactly the same as I did then. All my equipment is the same, and my BC is the same unit I bought two years ago. If anything I've added a significantly heaver knife, and a couple of negatively buoyant goodies in my BC pockets including a secondary light. Same wetsuit, gloves, hood, booties, tank, mask, snorkel, and fins.
My SAC is .49 now and it was .65 two years ago. So I've become much more effficient with air consumption. I've had all my equipment serviced and the bladder and release valves are in perfect condition. I'm wearing the same weight in the rear pockets as before. But in the front pockets I've gone from 3 lbs per to 9 lbs per. Now all the personal gear and wetsuit need to be replaced, and I'm quite certain that the buoyancy factor will be huge in all that new neoprene! My weight pouches won't hold a scrap more weight.
I'm always telling students that they will shed weight over time, as they relax, their awareness grows, and if they get more fit. But I've concealed my own personal truth - that I've doubled my weight.
Anyone else have this same experience, any suggestions on what I'm overlooking - it's a real puzzel to me?:doctor:
Since I started diving just under 2 years ago, I've gone from needing 12 LBS of lead to requiring 24. I've added the weight gradually over time, as I've struggled more to stay down.
I'm fit and I weigh exactly the same as I did then. All my equipment is the same, and my BC is the same unit I bought two years ago. If anything I've added a significantly heaver knife, and a couple of negatively buoyant goodies in my BC pockets including a secondary light. Same wetsuit, gloves, hood, booties, tank, mask, snorkel, and fins.
My SAC is .49 now and it was .65 two years ago. So I've become much more effficient with air consumption. I've had all my equipment serviced and the bladder and release valves are in perfect condition. I'm wearing the same weight in the rear pockets as before. But in the front pockets I've gone from 3 lbs per to 9 lbs per. Now all the personal gear and wetsuit need to be replaced, and I'm quite certain that the buoyancy factor will be huge in all that new neoprene! My weight pouches won't hold a scrap more weight.
I'm always telling students that they will shed weight over time, as they relax, their awareness grows, and if they get more fit. But I've concealed my own personal truth - that I've doubled my weight.
Anyone else have this same experience, any suggestions on what I'm overlooking - it's a real puzzel to me?:doctor: