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from the July, 2012 issue of Undercurrent  

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The last few months of stories have produced a good batch of opinions, suggestions and advice from Undercurrent subscribers, so we're including a few here to educate and entertain you.

Regarding Doc Vikingo's May story on whether divers should splurge on a VO2 Max test, Bill Schlegel (Jefferson City, MO), a clinical cardiologist for more than 30 years, agrees that the answer is no. "The use of the Bruce Protocol treadmill stress test as a standard for fitness to dive is well documented. There is no reason to do formal VO2 testing as part of a fitness-to-dive test on the average sport diver."...