Sorry, George did run a 65. Dan -----Original Message----- From: Trey [mailto:trey@ne*.co*] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 3:16 PM To: Dan L. Volker Cc: 'Samy Elashmawy'; 'Geoff Kelafant'; 'Tom Mount'; 'Mike Bruic'; cavers@cavers.com Subject: VO2 Max was Re: Madison diving Dan, my VO2 Max is 65 ml/kg , not 50 . I am almost 50 years old - so maybe you got that number confused with my Vo2 max - you were there when they tested me. Now it may be even higher, since I came down from 195 to about 185 without losing any strength, and that last test was before I even began training for Ironman. I like the correlation betewen VO2 max and decompresion success. As you know, I did 370 minutes BT at Wakulla last Saturday and did 7:40 of deco only. That is called being in shape. Dan L. Volker wrote: > > `35 ml /kg of body weight is average for a college aged person who is > physically active in sports, but not in any elite category. The same >aged nerd who lays on the couch and watches TV may average 25 ml/kg, >provided he is not a HFS. > > Guys like George are around 50 ml/kg > > Elite, Olympic level cross country skiers average the highest, with around > 70-75 ml/kg of body weight. > > A guy with a body fat over 30%, particularly if sedentary, would be > fortunate to reach 10 or 15 ml/kg. > > VO2 max will predict the physical exertion potential of a diver, and the > existence of a high VO2 max will correlate to an increased ability to off > gas in deco---not by the VO2 max itself, but by the peripheral adaptations > which the training created---the training led to the high VO2 max. > > Dan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Samy Elashmawy [mailto:samelash@ix*.ne*.co*] > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:28 AM > To: Dan L. Volker; trey@ne*.co*; 'Geoff Kelafant' > Cc: 'Tom Mount'; 'Mike Bruic'; cavers@cavers.com > Subject: RE: Madison diving > > At 04:37 PM 4/6/2000 -0400, Dan L. Volker wrote: > >Sounds like a good time to discuss MANDATORY VO2 Max testing, with > > Would you be kind enough to explian what there are , and where they are on > the scale relative to the average person ? No flaming , I am genuanly > interested . > > Volker ? didn't we have a dive fitness discussion ? > > >instructor minimums around 30 ml/kg of body weight. > >Sure the test would be a cost and a time problem for some, but when these > >instructors are "Responsible" for the lives they lead into a cave, this is > >the least they can do to certify a likelihood they will be still be alive > to > >lead the students back after each dive. From what I have heard about > >Rennaker, it sounds like he would be closer to 5 or 10 ml./kg if he had no > >heart condition, and now that he has had an incident ( even though > >supposedly fixed) , he may be lower still. > > > >Dan Volker > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Trey [mailto:trey@ne*.co*] > >Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 3:41 PM > >To: Geoff Kelafant > >Cc: Tom Mount; Mike Bruic; cavers@cavers.com > >Subject: Re: Madison diving > > > > > >Geoff, good points, obvoiusly Bruic is dead right and standing up for > >it, and Tom is dead wrong and once again proving it. > > > > > >Geoff Kelafant wrote: > >> > >> What absurdity. "Right to work", ADA and all that other stuff doesn't > >apply > >> if someone isn't otherwise qualified for the job in particular. > Actually, > >> since none of the instructors really "work" for IANTD/CDS etc. anyway, I > >> don't think any of this really applies. > >> > >> If it did, you would need to provide the examining physician with a > >detailed > >> description of what his "job" actually was and what the physical demands > >> are. In this case the physician should be someone well versed in diving > >> medicine and the particular physical demands involved, not some guy who > is > >> getting the wool pulled over his eyes or practices in the local doc in a > >> box. I'm in the occupational medicine business and one thing I've > learned > >> is that patients are rarely fully truthful when their "career" is on the > >> line. Most physicians are poorly prepared or unwilling to address > >> occupational issues and even fewer have even a vague idea of the cardiac, > >> pulmonary and other stresses unique to diving. A simple "note from the > >> doctor", a doctor whose qualifications are totally unknown to you is > >simply > >> unacceptable. > >> > >> I am interested in whatever a "fitness renewal program" entails. Is it > >> simply a note or form? Do they actually have to do something like a > >stress > >> test, running, biking, swimming, etc. Hmm... must be the IANTD > >instructors > >> I've seen were midcycle or in the remedial fitness program. > >> > >> When one of your instructors has a terminal event during training and > >takes > >> someone with him, I wonder what will happen? > >> > >> Geoff Kelafant MD MSPH FACOEM > >> Board Certified Occupational Medicine > >> US Navy Diving Medical Officer > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> > >> To: Tom Mount <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*> > >> Cc: Mike Bruic <mikebruic@di*.co*>; <cavers@cavers.com> > >> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:48 AM > >> Subject: Re: Madison diving > >> > >> > Tom, this is the kind of duck I would expect from you. Rennaker is a > >> > ridiculous fat slob - he just had a heart attack ( gee, I wonder > why? ), > >> > and his "right to work" is C R A P. The asshole retired from his > factory > >> > job over ten years ago, and is teaching diving on the side. > >> > > >> > Nice try, Tom. > >> > > >> > You and your organization do not know what the the word "fitness" > means, > >> > and the fact is that I will bet you that Rennaker's heart rate will not > >> > drop the requisite bare minimum 12 beats per minute in one minute from > >> > exertion levels that is the known marker standard for predicting a > >> > reasonable risk of less chance of a heart attack, let alone the 20 bpm > >> > "comfort" level for a low risk , or the 60 bpm that my heart rate > drops. > >> > Forget that he is a fat slob who already had a heart attack. > >> > > >> > If Rennaker kills somebody now, you , the "doctor" and everyone else is > >> > going to lose - it is too obvious that this guy does not need to be > >> > doing this any more, and in my opinion, he never did. > >> > > >> > Prospective dive students have a "right" to a fit instructor, Tom, and > >> > you are behaving badly for tolerating and promoting this. > >> > > >> > Tom Mount wrote: > >> > > > >> > > To both of you > >> > > > >> > > All instructors with IANTD have to complete a MD medical and be > signed > >> off > >> > > anytime their is a major illness. Bill has completed that. Bill also > >did > >> the > >> > > fitness swim requirements as well. > >> > > > >> > > Now I'm sure if you would like to legally challenge the doctor for > >> signing > >> > > him off you can do so. But remember there as a right to work law and > >you > >> may > >> > > wind up at the end of a lawsuit for you efforts from the MD and Bill. > >> > > We are bound to accept the determination of the MD as to Bill's > >fitness. > >> > > > >> > > Second IANTD unlike any other agency has a fitness renewal program as > >> you > >> > > know Mike and each instructor must complete it to be renewed. No > other > >> > > agency including GUE does this. > >> > > > >> > > This is BCC'ed to our lawyer and insurance. > >> > > > >> > > Respectfully yours, > >> > > Tom Mount > >> > > CEO IANTD World HQ > >> > > http://www.iantd.com > >> > > > >> > > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > > From: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> > >> > > To: Mike Bruic <mikebruic@di*.co*> > >> > > Cc: <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*> > >> > > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 6:14 PM > >> > > Subject: Re: Madison diving > >> > > > >> > > > Mike Bruic wrote: > >> > > > > > >> > > > > George, here is a copy of the letter that went out to IANTD, > NACD, > >> and > >> > > the > >> > > > > NSS/CDS. It was sent certified, return receipt, and I have the > >> > > > > acknowledgments of receipt in my files. When Rennaker does > >fuck-up, > >> I > >> > > hope > >> > > > > this letter will help any attorney crucify these assholes. > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Bruic > >> > > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Mike, you are pissing in the wind with Mount and the rest of > >these > >> > > > hand-holders. Send it to his insurance agent and to his attorney, > >Bill > >> > > > Turbeville. Turbeville and the insurance company will make him do > >the > >> > > > right thing. I'll get you the insurance agency address. > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > >
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