Why do Olympic divers shower after each dive?
In this case, it’s all about protecting their muscles. Coming out of the pool after a dive and onto the air-conditioned pool deck can be chilly and cause their muscles to tense up, so divers will typically rinse off with warmer water than they dove into, sometimes taking a dip into a hot tub as well. Getting into a hot tub or a warm shower can relieve stress on those muscles, and can be a critical component to avoiding cramping or even injury after each dive, especially since divers can wait long stretches between the action.Rather than stand in the cold for an extended period of time between dives, divers will use showers to keep themselves and, most importantly, their muscles warm and limber.
What is the golden rule of diving?
If you had but 30 seconds to teach someone to scuba dive, what would you tell them? The same thing Mike did — the Golden Rule of scuba diving. Breathe normally; never hold your breath. The rest, in most cases, is pretty much secondary. Never hold your breath. This is undoubtedly by far the most crucial of all safety rules for diving because failure to adhere could result in fatality. If you hold your breath underwater at the depths at which scuba divers reach then the fluctuating pressure of air in your lungs can rupture the lung walls.
What is Olympic diving?
An Olympic Games staple since its introduction in 1904, Diving is a breathtaking precision sport in which athletes flip and twist into a pool from either a 3-meter springboard or a 10-meter platform. Diving was first introduced in the official programme of the Summer Olympic Games at the 1904 Games of St. Louis and has been an Olympic sport since.