CameronMartz
Fitness Instructor
ehuber:"Cameron is certified as a Health & Fitness instructor the the American College of Sports Medicine...."
You may choose to view a certification as an expertise in a field, that is your affair and it is your health. However, it is not terribly difficult to pass ACSM cert exams (85% pass practical testing) nor does that give anyone a background in the field. You can take this test with an associates in biology or recreation after a two-day workshop with four books. Degree-holders have had 2-3 credit semester-long courses for each chapter/unit these workshops cover.
That being said... if Cameron is a good businessman and good writer, then he probably has sound sources for his information... meaning the ideas may be sound. But let's be clear on this... they are not his ideas or he has overreached his background.
Because I took AOW and Deep diving certification courses and passed them... does that make me an advanced and deep diving expert? Would you read my book and promote it to others?
This exchange is slightly unfair to Cameron since, as I stated before, I have not reviewed his sources. I am only cautioning readers to understand that promotion of this book is imprudent, since it is people's health we're discussing.
ehuber,
While your advice is sound when referring to a person hard to track down, I am only an email away from both this site and my website at DiveFitness.com. To say that promotion of this book is imprudent is outrageous, and your comments about my background and certification are completely uncalled for. You have not done your homework.
As far as the book, which you have not read but cannot say enough about in this an other postings, have I not included the comments of enough experts in diving and decompression physiology at http://www.divefitness.com/html/reviews.html to allay your otherwise unwarranted concerns? Additionally, as mentioned, the entire book is footnoted with references to peer-reviewed research. What other fitness book, on diving or otherwise, can say that? Not a single one.
Cameron