[Skindiver]

Probably Sam because you have not tried it when you really needed to dive that deep. And when trying it when you dont need to go deep inevitably leads to a kind of 'chickening out'.
Instead you probably went for the tried and trusted progressive depth technique. Remember how bad the waves were during Cyprus 1 ?
I did not warm up in the water. I warmed up on the barge because i remembered how i got smashed around into others and the barge in the days before.
I got in and did a first 45m dive because i had to in the time i had left to 'top' and second dive to 57m on 'top'. I was suprised how easy it was. Now that i know i can do it, its my preferred warm up method and i apply it to spearfishing comps where often the first diver down deep on the first dive of the morning will get the best fish. I have found that this works particularly well in cold water.

regards

Skin.