Posted by Melissa --Previous Message--
on December 1, 2004, 12:09 am, in reply to "re: showers."
: Differing reasons. Sitting waiting for your
: next dive can be a while and chlorine can
: get quite uncomfortable drying into your
: skin.
:
: Mostly I'd say it's because the water's cold
: and the showers are warm and just warm your
: body up again so you are tense shivering
: cold waiting for your next dive (better to
: be relaxed).
:
: Hope that helps and makes sense.
:
Hi,
The reason for the hot shower or hot tub between dives is to prevent your muscles from locking up. The cold water causes your muscles to tighten up, and due to the tight stretched positions in diving, you need to keep those muscles loose between dives
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