ScubaFit™

As scuba divers we complete training through certifications, we practice and demonstrate our skills and follow safety protocols. We are reminded of the inherent risk of sport diving every time we sign our medical release and liability forms. Many of us can share times when something unexpected happened during a dive and we were able to handle it because of our experience. We can also share the circumstances of dives where events did not go as planned, and only fortuitous circumstances or the actions of another diver, dive master or instructor made the positive difference. In these moments we especially see the evidence for the individual responsibility of an adequate level of competency and preparedness essential to scuba diving.

It is my opinion, as a fitness professional and scuba diver, one of the most significant individual responsibilities for prevention and preparedness of illness and injury in diving is physical fitness and good health. With a desire to learn what the diving industry has to offer on the subject, I have voraciously read and researched everything I can find regarding physical fitness and diving. My initial discovery reveals, while there is some level of available information along with consensus that physical fitness is important to diving, at best it is superficial in specific applications that match the health profile of our diving community. Perhaps this is because the benefits of fitness have grown parallel to the diving industry. My goal is to bring the two together with a long-lasting positive affect. Read Full Article