Brace yourself:
Fat people dive too. Smokers dive. Drug addicts and drunks dive. People with mental disabilities dive. Some people dive while doing all of the above.
If you are my dive buddy and you look like you are itching to play with a shark, or you look like you won’t be able to kick against the current I WILL ask to be reassigned.
Physical fitness is a lifestyle. Diving is a lifestyle. If diving is made into even more of an elitist society the boom that is recreational diving will start to die. I am required to maintain a weight and physical training standard because of my job. I don’t mind at all if one gets put in place. When assuming your own risk while diving recreation-ally there is no need to single out people that know they aren’t perfect with a piece of paper. Unsafe divers know they are unsafe. Instead of requiring fitness tests lets all use our best judgment and tell someone if they make you feel uncomfortable.