Exercise and diving

[hfig]

FWIW I run 5 - 6 days a week for a minimum of 3 miles, and on dive days I run at least 4 - 6 hours before the planed dive. I also drink a minimum of 1 gallon of water everyday and an electrolyte drink of some kind, no sodas and no caffeine. The biggest problem I've had is leg cramps towards the end of a 60 - 90 minute dive. I don't do weights or calisthenics on dive days either. I usually dive 1 - 2 times a week and only have time for a single dive. If I was doing more than one dive I'd probably skip the run that day. YMMV

[SuPrBuGmAn]

Unless you decide to exit at Venture.

Don't dive with this guy, he's always trying to find new ways to get his buddies bent!

[Sharky1948]

From what I've read, moderate exercise before diving seems to be beneficial w.r.t. DCI. But, not all agree with these findings. Exercise afterward, particularly when diving with He is contraindicated. However, gentle movement, like light finning, seems to help with off-gassing. So my approach is to leave as much time between pre-dive exercising and the dive as possible. And, I don't exercise until the next day after dives.

[Sludge]

Exercise after diving should be avoided, as it can bring on a late DCS hit.

work outs before diving can lead to muscle cramps, dehydration and having a sore spot show up after the dive..

Then I'm safe!

[OFG-1]

I never exercise, it is just too dangerous. Take jogging as example. If a young skinny guy goes by jogging, then everyone assumes they are exercising. If a old fat guy goes by jogging, then everyone assumes something bad is chasing them. Now they look back to see what is chasing the guy, but don't see anything. It bothers them, so just to be safe, they turn and run after the old fat guy. The more people they pass, the more confusing it is to see a old fat guy running, with people running after him, but no one can see what is chasing them. But now they see everyone else running away from something horrible, and then more and more people start running away. Soon we have a huge crowd of people running over each other, pushing each other to escape, stampeding along with more and more people running to escape, the elderly and weak dropping over with heart attacks, heat prostitution, strokes and massive bunions.

Now I am not saying this is exactly what would happen, but it might, and I just can't take that chance.

[icestac]

... heat prostitution ...

Am I reading that correctly? I thought that would be a legal condition, not a medical one.

[OFG-1]

Am I reading that correctly? I thought that would be a legal condition, not a medical one.

You must be thinking of heat probation.

[jkaterenchuk]

If a old fat guy goes by jogging, .

They are to busy scuba diving to have time to go jogging.

[FW]

I love to train in the gym 5 days weekly with weights and cardio. Now that summer is here, I also like to go diving 3-4 days weekly, but hate having to skip the gym on diving days. Anyone know the current recommendations for exercises before or after diving. Would love to be able to do both on the same days. Thanks for your input.
Patrick

This thread has gotten way off track, but your best advice would be to ask D.A.N.

[RAL]

There is little mystery here. Work your body hard after a dive and you increase the likely hood off a hit. How much of a risk...depends on all the usual suspects gas loading, dehydration, fatigue, time and the cycles of the moon........ I was part of a study on some proprietary tables. We used a doppler to detect bubbles right after deco, one hour after deco and two hours after deco. Light upper body movement at 2 hours out would cause some bubbles to come out and you could hear them dancing through your body with the doppler. One deep knee bend and you could really hear the gas banging around.
The general opinion seems to be to wait a minimum of 6 hours after hyperbaric exposure before exercise but even that may not be enough depending on the usual suspects. We already stress the system by hauling our gear around after the dive......why on earth would you want to add insult to injury by moving heavy objects around after a dive?


RAL