ladyfishdvr
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When I dive I am more relaxed than at any other time even when I am asleep. I feel like a fish and my gills grow. I always have lots of air in my tank at the end of a dive when everyone else is ready to go up.
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Slowing down makes a big difference. I've found out how much lately by practicing breath hold swimming. By going slower, I can actually go much farther than if I try to hurry.For me it was SLOWING DOWN.
I'm from New Jersey, in a hectic job. I'm rushing everywhere on the surface and it translated underwater too. My regular buddy was a speed demon too, so we never noticed. When we started our DM program, it really hit us how hurried we always were. We realized this, slowed down, and now enjoy our dives more, seeing more, and lasting longer.
I left my camera at homehow did you lower your air use
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For me it was SLOWING DOWN.
I'm from New Jersey, in a hectic job. I'm rushing everywhere on the surface and it translated underwater too. My regular buddy was a speed demon too, so we never noticed. When we started our DM program, it really hit us how hurried we always were. We realized this, slowed down, and now enjoy our dives more, seeing more, and lasting longer.
Saw this after I posted. Thats due to putting air into your BCD and I think a tinge of excitement as well as mammalian diving reflext not kicking in. For me in my gear which is a drysuit and about 36 lbs of weight (4 I don't need but incase someone needs them I take em off the top of the tank valve where I keep em). It takes about 200ish PSI to get neutral at my usual 60-80ish ft of depth.I noticed that I was using a lot more air at the beginning of the dive than at any other time. I figured that in the gear donning and entry period we are more task oriented and just busier than once we are 10 minutes into the actual dive. I have tried to focus on relaxing, not hurrying and getting ready sooner before getting into the water. This seems to help.