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| Originally Posted by Foggy Now how does warm-up exercises and stretches before and after diving marry with the advice to keep exertion to a minimum (re: bends)? especially for the second (or more) dive of the day?
Cheers, Paul |
There has been many questions about exercising after diving, I'm no expert, but I wouldn't want to do anything that puts a strain on any muscle whether it's heavy lifting or running. I have read that mild exercise could help off-gas quicker while on deco stops, I have also heard of people running up hills to off-gas quicker. I prefer the former.
Regular stretching will cause you to be in good muscular shape, and you wouldn't need to do it before or between dives. I normally stretch once a day, you can't always do dynamic, so if you do static, hold for 2 seconds release for 1 second and hold again and repeat until you have held for as long as you used to hold the single stretch, the stops the myotatic reflex from coming in. To help warm muscles up before stretching, if you can't jog, try rubbing the vigourously, or even deep heat will create some warmth to help.
Sports massage is always good, from a proper sports masseuse, I use one of Plymouth Argyles physio guys. Very effective.