2 weeks out with a diver contract!

FutureSailorBlu · 07-09-2015, 12:21 AM

Hello everyone, Im new to the forum and I have a couple questions when it comes to dive prep.
Ive been in the dep program going on 6 months now and leave in 2 weeks. I got my divers contract about 2 months into the program and im really excited to leave but very very nervous about dive prep (mainly the tredding) Im not very good at it. Right now at the pool I can tred with fins no weight no problem, but when you add weight to the mix I lagg behind. As of right now training at the pool its holding a 15-17 lb dive brick with one hand for min. switch, the both hands under water for a min and I can do it but definitely struggle a bit. Holding the brick out of the water with both hands though is next to impossible for me, I immediately sink. And ive heard the horror story about the 25lb weight and good god it makes me very nervous. Granted ive talked to some buddies who have gone through bc already who where a lot better at tredding than me and even they have said the tredding they have you do in bc helped them out a little bit so I guess it should help me out a decent bit. I guess the main mindset I have is well when it comes to training at dive prep that cant expect you to do everything with perfect form when they have you doing 1000 plus pushups or 3000 plus lunges they just want to see you not quit and keep pushing forward, so i assume its the same when it comes to the tredding as far as practice goes, so what im getting at is I know for the test you are expected to do it without your chin dropping below the surface but during practice is it the same? even with the 25lb weight? and how anal are they when it comes to this? If I cant do it right off the back am I expected to get dropped? I know the first time this is done only for 1 min until everyone has done it atleast 5-6 times then 1:30 and so on.

07-09-2015, 12:21 AM	#1
FutureSailorBlu Join Date: Jul 2015 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	2 weeks out with a diver contract! Hello everyone, Im new to the forum and I have a couple questions when it comes to dive prep. Ive been in the dep program going on 6 months now and leave in 2 weeks. I got my divers contract about 2 months into the program and im really excited to leave but very very nervous about dive prep (mainly the tredding) Im not very good at it. Right now at the pool I can tred with fins no weight no problem, but when you add weight to the mix I lagg behind. As of right now training at the pool its holding a 15-17 lb dive brick with one hand for min. switch, the both hands under water for a min and I can do it but definitely struggle a bit. Holding the brick out of the water with both hands though is next to impossible for me, I immediately sink. And ive heard the horror story about the 25lb weight and good god it makes me very nervous. Granted ive talked to some buddies who have gone through bc already who where a lot better at tredding than me and even they have said the tredding they have you do in bc helped them out a little bit so I guess it should help me out a decent bit. I guess the main mindset I have is well when it comes to training at dive prep that cant expect you to do everything with perfect form when they have you doing 1000 plus pushups or 3000 plus lunges they just want to see you not quit and keep pushing forward, so i assume its the same when it comes to the tredding as far as practice goes, so what im getting at is I know for the test you are expected to do it without your chin dropping below the surface but during practice is it the same? even with the 25lb weight? and how anal are they when it comes to this? If I cant do it right off the back am I expected to get dropped? I know the first time this is done only for 1 min until everyone has done it atleast 5-6 times then 1:30 and so on.