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Try to get as close to heliox as you can get. Simon Murray wrote: > > I know that this is an old thread, but I have been out of touch for a while. > > I am a competitive, amateur cyclist and until recently, I was only doing mixed gas > ocean diving which involved relatively infrequent trips to the coast (500+ km's > away). After these trips, I always noticed that cycling performance was, much to the > delight of my training partners, pathetic for at least several days after returning > home. It never occurred to me that this was as a result of damage done to my body > during the dives. Now that I am doing some cave diving, I will be diving much more > frequently and the thought of not being able to inflict pain on the other riders in > the bunch is too much to bear. > > >From reading the previous posts, I understand that it seems to be well accepted that > diving with the wrong gasses will severely decrease athletic performance for a few > days, post dive. George recommends at 30/34 mix for 40m dives + correct deco gasses > and techniques. Are there guidelines that I can use to determine what mixes to use on > deeper dives, say 50-70m in order to enable me to be up and racing the next day ? > Would helium added to my deeper deco gas help ? > > Thanks, > > Simon Murray > > kirvine@sa*.ne* wrote: > > > Exactly , the nitrogen. Also the oxygen if missused. I told you, I can > > NOT air dive and do jack shit the next day or even the next week. I can > > compete the next day if I used the right gas(es) properly. > > > > Volker and I just did an 85 mile ride with the hammer down after doing a > > fast 40 the day before with a 10 k run after and diving that afternoon. > > > > We are all the same in that regard. I just have times and stats to > > support what I am saying. I have tried it all ways. > > > > The swimming is a real teller since the times are so sensitive. > > > > Adriaan_Haine@ce*.be* wrote: > > > > > > Not if your name is George Irvine, but us lesser dudes feel the dive the day > > > after. At least I do. In the summer I don't dive when I'm doing MTB > > > competitions. It messes around my training and I cannot perform the way I know I > > > can without diving. I feel the diving (ie the nitrogen probably) lengthens and > > > disturbs the recuperation time needed for the muscles after training. This is > > > all intuitive but I would love to hear from anyone who can put some proven > > > theory to this. > > > > > > rgrds > > > > > > Adri Haine > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > Can rec. diving (less than 40m, no deco) affect your physical ability the > > > day after? I was thinking that maybe it is a bad idea for me to dive the > > > day before long distance running competitions. > > > > > > Dan Ocklind > > > -- > > > > > > -- > > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > > > -- > > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.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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