Leg Kicking

[lottie]

Lottie, you can never be "too careful" Try equalising on every breath during your descent and at the first sign of trouble STOP descending, go back up a metre or so and try again. Like so many things, your body seems to get used to it after a while and it becomes easier over time.

equalising on every breath...I'll try that when I go diving later on this week (can't get enough of diving now!!! )

Thanks again for all your help peeps

[yohanson]

Running and stretching I can handle (which reminds me, I need to go running again this weekend

Weightlifting...me???? you have got to be joking !!!!!!!!!!!

Chicks with squat butt are hot!!!

[yohanson]

I use a "jet fin" (IDI Power Fin) which are really nice for the frog kick. I usually use the frog kick when very near the bottom or doing a swim through on a wreck or any other place I don't want to stir things up. Otherwise I use the typical flutter kick and those fins work well for that too especially in a current.

[Papa Bear]

Frog kick is great for photography! A fluter kick will kill your video and make the viewer seasick! Frog kicks done right a very powerful and will take you a long way! I am not sure which one I use most? A frog kick is only done underwater by the way. So it is the same no matter your depth!

[Quero]

Lottie, you can never be "too careful" Try equalising on every breath during your descent and at the first sign of trouble STOP descending, go back up a metre or so and try again. Like so many things, your body seems to get used to it after a while and it becomes easier over time.

This is exactly what I tell my open water students. Equalize on every breath until you get down to your "cruising" depth. Also, the healing process may have left your tissues a bit less stretchy than they were before, so take it slow. There is evidence that frequent divers have an easier time equalizing than occasional divers--perhaps the tubes become more pliant or something--so you can expect improvement over time.