The Problem With Exercise In Space

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This is a new workout machine for space. I’m testing it inside a plane that’s about to DIVE TOWARD THE GROUND and make me feel weightless…

Astronauts spend 2.5 hours a day working out in space, so they don’t lose bone density or muscle mass without gravity. But their equipment isn’t great and it’s bulky. To make things worse, all that movement shakes the International Space Station, which is trying to navigate a precise orbit and host delicate experiments…

To counteract that, these machines need to have some type of vibration isolation - like the they’ve had to place 900 kilograms of stuff underneath the treadmill, used to dampen the vibrations forces.

We had to send all that mass into space. We need better smaller options. Basically, we need… SPACE PILATES.

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