The local dive rag has an article in their September number about new insights into excercising before diving. Their conclusion was along the lines of:
- More research is needed becuase the test subjects were all well trained military personnel and the researchers didn't make any recommendations regarding the duration or intensity or how diver should apply this knowledge.
BUT
- ASSUMING you drink enough fluids to replenish what you lost from your excercise then EVERYTHING we were ever told about not excercising right before a dive is false and that excercising before a dive is, in fact, GOOD, not bad.
In typical journalistic style they don't cite or analyse their sources and the go on for pages about how excercise works and how we should all be come young, fit and happy like the picutres of young fit happy people they printed.....
Which all left me wondering what (if anything) can be made of this......
Dr. Deco, Are you aware of any recent excercise-before-diving studies and can you give us your take on what they're suggesting?
thx.
R..
- More research is needed becuase the test subjects were all well trained military personnel and the researchers didn't make any recommendations regarding the duration or intensity or how diver should apply this knowledge.
BUT
- ASSUMING you drink enough fluids to replenish what you lost from your excercise then EVERYTHING we were ever told about not excercising right before a dive is false and that excercising before a dive is, in fact, GOOD, not bad.
In typical journalistic style they don't cite or analyse their sources and the go on for pages about how excercise works and how we should all be come young, fit and happy like the picutres of young fit happy people they printed.....
Which all left me wondering what (if anything) can be made of this......
Dr. Deco, Are you aware of any recent excercise-before-diving studies and can you give us your take on what they're suggesting?
thx.
R..