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keep in mind that although body building seems like an ego driven sport it is a sport which requires intence training and dedication as well. the development of muscle is a necessary part of any training regime although not to the degree of professional body builders. Strenght training should be a mandatory part for any tech diving workout in addition to to cardio, streching and diet. they all go hand in hand and should be incorporated into the workouts according to an individuals needs as individual physiologies respond to excercise stimuli in different ways. steve >From: "Tom Mount" <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*> >Reply-To: "Tom Mount" <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*> >To: "Jody Everett (E-mail 2)" <jodyev@in*.co*>, "Matthias >Voss" <mat.voss@t-*.de*> >CC: "'Rebreathers (E-mail)'" <rebreather@nw*.co*>, "'Techdiver >(E-mail)'" <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >Subject: Re: Rebreather/Diving Age Limit? >Date: Tue, 17 Aug 1999 09:19:07 -0400 > >Matthis > >Wow. I think you need both. According to ALL research I have read up on in >recent years weight training is essential to production of good bone growth >it is excellent for reducing LDL . Aerobics are totally essential for young >and old. Weights help prevent muscle injury which is even more important as >we age. Dan listed many of the other benefits of both forms of training. > >I would really challenge your statement inferring weights is for the ego >only. most of us who lift do it as a supplement to other sports, it is nice >that it does produce some degree of musculature as well. However I would >suggest that their is a big difference in the body builder who most likely >is pushed to some degree by ego and those of us who use resistance training >to supplement our health , overall fitness and to prevent injury. At the >same time a little ego is needed to do any form of training. Someone who >simply does not give a damn about how they feel, how healthy they are or >how >they look will not go to the effort of training. > > > >Respectfully yours, >Tom Mount >CEO IANTD World HQ >http://www.iantd.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Matthias Voss <mat.voss@t-*.de*> >To: Jody Everett (E-mail 2) <jodyev@in*.co*> >Cc: 'Tom Mount' <TOM.MOUNT@wo*.at*.ne*>; 'Rebreathers (E-mail)' ><rebreather@nw*.co*>; 'Techdiver (E-mail)' <techdiver@aquanaut.com> >Date: Tuesday, August 17, 1999 6:56 AM >Subject: Re: Rebreather/Diving Age Limit? > > > >Jody Everett (E-mail 2) schrieb: > >> the dive, I find it very hard to believe the recent rash of "heart >attacks" > >> that have taken place while diving. You can't tell me that any >logically > >> thinking (I know that's a stretch for many divers involved.) person >would > >> honestly believe that all of the recent deaths with rebreather diving >and > >> wrecking diving really resulted from heart attacks/natural causes as > >> claimed. > > > >I am sorry to say that i feel that there is some truth in it. Though i > >have heard of many tragic incidents, for those who have died who i knew > >personnaly, the heart thing counts. ( 3 cases in 5 years) > > > >Also I must point out that physical fitness is not everything. Its the > >balance between which amount of oxygen your heart can take and which > >amount your muscles will burn. The sum of both must be smaller than the > >amount of oxygen at disposal in your system. > >Aging in this sense means an imbalance in favour of the skeletal > >muscles, which may deprive the hearts own arterial system of the > >necessary supply to garanty its survival. > >In consequence one has to carefully chose ones trainings schemes, prefer > >the aerobic workouts ( in favour fo the system) and rather avoid the > >weights ( in favour of ones ego ;-)) > > > >- Matthias > > > >- Matthias > > > > > > > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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