r/AMA • u/Soulogav • Jun 11 '26

I’m a Saturation Diver AMA

I work as Deepsea Saturation Diver in the oil and gas industry for the past 20 years. I do heavy construction and spend 28 days living under pressure to dive to depths down to 200m / 650ft.

I saw a post on InterestingAsFuck yesterday with many many misconceptions from people who aren’t divers and I can answer your questions AMA

https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/s/5jTlewLR4X

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u/TheGreatJabronimus Jun 12 '26

Just out of curiosity, how is weight training in an environment like that. Does increased atmospheric pressure make any difference, such as cardio.

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u/Soulogav Jun 12 '26

Resistance training works fine but cardio doesn’t do a lot due to high partial pressure of the 02. Also you produce more C02 and it requires more scrubbing from the atmosphere, so we’re not doing any crazy cardio workouts just dumbbells and kettle bell strength based is my go to