exceriseologist

[STOGEY]

On the thread that is titled what is Dir, I noticed that in that thread which lead you to the dir site there was a spot that had 67 different excercises that a person could participate in to increase their breathing and so forth. Recently I noticed that that portion has been taken out. Where else could I search to check out those 67 excercises?

 

[David Watson]

There is a book called Fitness for Divers that GUE sells on their website.

I know Hollywood Divers also sells it. This book covers all of that.

https://secure.gue.com/catalog/order

It's about halfway down that page.

David

 

[rookers]

"Fitness for Divers" is an excellent tome. I combine it with Steve Ilg's training books, and the "Anatomy of Strength Training" to develop programs for myself and my family.

 

[cmalinowski]

Yep, Cameron's book (Fitness for divers) is a gooder. Plus Cameron's a good guy

Chris

 

[ehuber]

Jessica Adams wrote a book "Fit for Scuba" and she appears to have excellent credentials. As a graduate in Exercise Science I'd urge you to check it out if you're interested in improving your fitness.

I know Cameron Martz has some works out there and a website, but if you checked his background he is an economics, business, and sales guy turned gym owner.

Adams is a scuba instructor, former DAN intern, professor at Kean Univ in NJ working on doctoral dissertation in Exercise Physiology, got her MS in Exercise Science at Virginia Commonwealth Univ, BS in Health and Physical Education at Virginia Tech, and National Council on Strength and Fitness trainer instructor.

 

[CameronMartz]

Jessica Adams wrote a book "Fit for Scuba" and she appears to have excellent credentials. As a graduate in Exercise Science I'd urge you to check it out if you're interested in improving your fitness.

I know Cameron Martz has some works out there and a website, but if you checked his background he is an economics, business, and sales guy turned gym owner.

Adams is a scuba instructor, former DAN intern, professor at Kean Univ in NJ working on doctoral dissertation in Exercise Physiology, got her MS in Exercise Science at Virginia Commonwealth Univ, BS in Health and Physical Education at Virginia Tech, and National Council on Strength and Fitness trainer instructor.

Mr. Ehuber,

Please read my other responses to this nonsense. You have not read my book (and I doubt you've read "SCUBA Fit") and are therefore unqualified to provide such warnings- if you actually read it, you would know how senseless your statements are. The exercise physiologists, nutritionists, SCUBA instructors, hyperbaric physicians, and researchers (including SB's own Dr. Deco) that have read my book have more qualifications than your BS (degree, that is), and none had anything but great things to say. You say you've been to the website, so you had to have read some of their reviews at http://www.divefitness.com/html/reviews.html.

I respectfully ask that you withold any further comments about my qualifications until you read the book yourself.

Cameron

 

[MXGratefulDiver]

Well, FWIW Mr. Ehuber's comments did bring the book to my attention and caused me to go take a look ... and it made another sale.

Thanks!

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

 

[Dan Gibson]

I have Cameron's book and would recommend it to anyone.

 

[wb416]

Jessica Adams wrote a book "Fit for Scuba" and she appears to have excellent credentials. As a graduate in Exercise Science I'd urge you to check it out if you're interested in improving your fitness.

I know Cameron Martz has some works out there and a website, but if you checked his background he is an economics, business, and sales guy turned gym owner.

Adams is a scuba instructor, former DAN intern, professor at Kean Univ in NJ working on doctoral dissertation in Exercise Physiology, got her MS in Exercise Science at Virginia Commonwealth Univ, BS in Health and Physical Education at Virginia Tech, and National Council on Strength and Fitness trainer instructor.

My brother has a PhD in a Sports Medicine related area and is an active Track coach at the University level with a primary focus of weight training, and a professor teaching undergrad and grad level fitness and physiology courses. He reviewed Cameron's book when he (my brother) was putting an exercise program together for me that focused on my diving. My brother's comments were that "Fitness for Diving" was a good book, and I should certainly use Cameron's recommendations and exercises to keep my exercise program from getting stale as I progressed.

Perhaps you should also take note that Cameron is a former triathlete and coach himself. Not all knowledge and experience comes from nor is solely contained within the walls of academia, but then someone like you with Instructional Design training should know and understand this.

 

[ehuber]

I think what would be "nonsense" is presuming that a two-day workshop certification could qualify somebody as an expert in a complex academic field. Do you presume that I am an expert diver because I have AOW, Deep, Nitrox, and Drysuit certifications from PADI? Or if I owned a dive shop?

To suggest that someone who actually has a degree from a well respected HPER institution is "unqualified" to warn people about putting too much faith in a fitness certification is difficult to justify. I do understand that "not all knowledge and experience comes from nor is solely contained within the walls of academia" but I also understand how easy it is to become a personal trainer without any academic background whatsoever and pass others' methodology off without a full comprehension of the ramifications, effects, and principles the ideas are derived from.

The difference here, is that I have nothing to sell and have pointed this out only for the well-being of those who do not have the benefit of my understanding of health/fitness certifications. Do what you want with the information, I have no personal stake in either book.

Adam & Adam's book can be found in DANs "Alert Diver" Nov/Dec publication on page 63 and costs $13.45 for DAN members. Compare their expertise and make your own choices, but don't just pick his book because he's a former athlete/coach or has a cool website... pick it because it works for you.