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Originally Posted by samdive
I've always been a stickler for at least a couple of warm up dives - reasons being 1) gives the body a chance to get used to being in the water and for reflexes to kick in 2) gives me a chance to calm down and get head in right place and 3) working down gradually should help prevent lung squeeze.... at least that's what I've always worked on..
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Hi Sam,
1) Talking about the DR, a few dry empty lung statics would do the same job or even better.
2) Again, dry statics calm you down, get head in right place ... and keep you warm.
3) All my dives in SaltFree were no warm-up dives (at least no warm up in water, only a few dry statics) and as you know I had lung squeeze once. Now, did it increased the probability of getting squeezed? I don't know. I think that the fact of diving only once in a month is more of a problem when it comes to lung sueeze.
Seb, when air temperature is 7-9°C and water temperature is 7°C (surface), I can tell you that I don't want my limbs to be cold. In Saltfree, it was a constant fight to stay warm until your dive. At the beginning I was always shivering before my dive, resulting in bad dives. After some time, I started to brought (very) hot water in a thermos flask. After a few dry statics with my 5mm wetsuit on, I usually started to get cold. Then, I would put some hot water directly into my wetsuit through the hood. This way, when breathing up for my dive I could be completely relaxed. Almost immediately after the dive I would start shivering again. Thanks to this routine (invented by Rémi
), I improved my dives greatly during the cold season.
Hope my experience helps,
M
