Hi,
I'm looking for a bit of advice for upper body excercise to increase fitness. When I was down at Horsea a bit ago heafting my weight belt out of the water was a bit of a joke. I know I'm a girl but I should be fit enough to hold my own with others in the boat.
I excercise very regularly and have done for about 9 months before I got back into diving but I am no lightweight and need lots of lead to keep me down so in saltwater with a 7mm semi dry we are talking about 14-16kg of lead to keep me down.
I've been working with my trainer and he suggested one arm lifts above the head with a 10-16kg dumbell. I can do 10kg at the moment.
Also wanted to know if anyone had run into the issue of full legs of water in a semi dry. I look like I have HUGE ankles Again I was struggling to lift my steel tanks, and 7 mm semi full of water up that rusty ladder. Any advice besides bloody military squats with dumbells
? I have a weak right knee and after about 50 of those I can't walk down stairs for 3 days.
In OZ I'm hoping I can get away with 9-10kg (3mm full wetsuit or 5mil shorty) but we will see what the divemaster has to say.
Cheers
D