On Monday, March 29, 2004 7:49 PM, Giovanni Marola wrote:

> > Mate!  It's also just ocurred to me that I never asked about what form
the
> > exercise should be?  Presumably there are set exercises that are
critical to
> > the outcome?  What I regard as strenuous, for example, some folks might
> > believe doesn't even qualify as "exercise"! :-)

> A burst of exercise seems to work for people, too. Researchers at the
University of Split School of Medicine in Croatia asked 12
> male divers to do two simulated dives to 18 metres for 80 minutes. They
exercised on a treadmill for 40 minutes 24 hours before
> one of the dives.

G'Day, Giovanni!  I don't mean for this to be contentious, but a lot of folk
don't have access to - or want - a treadmill!  That being the case, there -
presumably - are some round of exercises that divers should perform within
the given time-frame in order to meet the 'beat-the-bends' requirement? :-)

And does it depend on their previous ability to perform the stated
exercises?  Or do they really need to extend themselves beyond the norm in
order to realise the benefits?  :-)

(I can, for example, do 'exercises' today that - ten years ago - I couldn't!
But I don't know that I'm necessarily 'stretching' my limits - or whether
that's an important component of the exercise regimen?  :-)

Strike