Re: Diving and Exercise Question

On Sun, 14 May 2006 21:34:57 -0400, "Lee Bell"
<pleebell2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in rec.scuba:

After doing my classroom/pool training this weekend, I discovered I go
through a helluva lot of air compared to the skinny guys and the one
chic.

Your comfort in the water is a far more significant factor than your size,
weight or sex.

I'm extremely comfortable in the water. I live in Minnesota:-)
Anywho, I've snorkeled dozens of times and do a lot of fishing and
camping and I usually always swim in those circumstances and have for
years.

My instructor says that muscle mass has a lot to do with the amount of
air one uses. At 5'9" and 232 pounds with about 18% bodyfat, I have a
lot of muscle mass to fuel. Oh, and, one kid used 400 psi all day
today. He was about 110 pounds dripping wet.
.

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