Quote: (Originally Posted by cedricverdier)
Do you guys think that a good fitness level is more important for a rebreather diver than for an open circuit diver?
No.
As long as I can carry the kit out of the water I'll dive it. I see no reason to strive to be what some people call fit, which is usually muscular.
I raced motorcycles for years. Light was more important that fit. There was no use in me paying for hollow titanium engine bolts and having an extra big breakfast on a race day. I was fit but two stone lighter than I am now. Now is at the heavy end of normal, then was into underweight on the charts.
I'm 56. I've had two heart attacks (caused by racing motorbikes not bad diet and smoking) and I get checked out every year by a proper diving doctor but there is no way I'm fit. Climbing a ladder in a rough sea with two stages and a YBOD leaves me puffing like a steam train.
'Fitness' is overrated. When I get really old and decrepit I'll cut back the gear to what I can manage but it might be I get more alpinist before I give up on the more interesting stuff. When I have to use a boat with a lift to dive the IDA64 set then I'll worry.