Here's the Space Station exercise bicycle, one of three ways to exercise in space (we also have a treadmill and a "weight"-lifting machine). Today is #WorldBicycleDay and we call our bicycle CEVIS which stands for Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization System â I don't know which 'S' made it into the acronym đ). The third UN Sustainable Development Goal is: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. I'll be honest I am more of a runner, but we spend two hours a day exercising in space on three different machines because it is so important! In space we experience a type of accelerated ageing and exercise is even more important than on Earth, because we use our muscles less â on Earth your body constantly compensates for gravity as it keeps balancing to stay upright â unless you are lying down of course. Variation, like everything in life, is key, and cycling is a good non-impact way of keeping fit. Researchers are fascinated by keeping track of our bodies in weightlessness because it offers a way to ethically monitor people in stress and in rapid ageing (that's us!). That's what all the pipes are for, to monitor my VO2 max, a common way of testing fitness, professional cyclists will know it well! One thing everybody agrees on: exercise to stay fit and healthy!
"Ă bord de la Station spatiale internationale, nous avons 3 Ă©quipements pour faire du sport (et l'obligation mĂ©dicale de nous en servir !) Un tapis de course, un appareil de musculation et un vĂ©lo... un peu spĂ©cial :) #JournĂ©eMondialeDuVĂ©lo Nous faisons 2h de sport chaque jour pour contrer les effets de lâimpesanteur sur les muscles, les os, le systĂšme cardiovasculaire ou encore le moral. Sur Terre, le corps travaille constamment simplement pour se tenir droit, lorsquâon se dĂ©place, quand on porte un sac, etc. Ici, il faut les solliciter activement pour arriver Ă un rĂ©sultat similaire. Ces problĂšmes sont similaires Ă ceux posĂ©s par la sĂ©dentaritĂ©, un mal de plus en plus courant et qui a poussĂ© lâONU Ă en faire son 3e objectif de dĂ©veloppement durable : assurer une vie saine et promouvoir le bien-ĂȘtre pour tous Ă tous les Ăąges. On dit couramment que le corps vieillit plus vite dans lâespace, et câest pareil sur Terre si on ne fait pas assez dâexercice. Personnellement jâai tendance Ă prĂ©fĂ©rer la course Ă pied, mais comme partout, lâĂ©quilibre est important et le vĂ©lo permet de varier les plaisirs. En plus dâĂȘtre bĂ©nĂ©fiques pour le corps, ces exercices sont trĂšs utiles aux chercheurs qui Ă©tudient comment nos corps sâadaptent au stress et au vieillissement. Les tuyaux que vous voyez lĂ , en plus de me donner un petit look lovecraftien, servent Ă mesurer ma consommation dâoxygĂšne pendant lâeffort (les cyclistes pro connaissent ça trĂšs bien). Pour rĂ©sumer ce long post : vous aussi faites de lâexercice, câest bon pour la santĂ© !
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Here's the Space Station exercise bicycle, one of three ways to exercise in space (we also have a treadmill and a "weight"-lifting machine). Today is #WorldBicycleDay and we call our bicycle CEVIS which stands for Cycle Ergometer with Vibration Isolation and Stabilization System â I don't know which 'S' made it into the acronym đ). The third UN Sustainable Development Goal is: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages. I'll be honest I am more of a runner, but we spend two hours a day exercising in space on three different machines because it is so important! In space we experience a type of accelerated ageing and exercise is even more important than on Earth, because we use our muscles less â on Earth your body constantly compensates for gravity as it keeps balancing to stay upright â unless you are lying down of course. Variation, like everything in life, is key, and cycling is a good non-impact way of keeping fit. Researchers are fascinated by keeping track of our bodies in weightlessness because it offers a way to ethically monitor people in stress and in rapid ageing (that's us!). That's what all the pipes are for, to monitor my VO2 max, a common way of testing fitness, professional cyclists will know it well! One thing everybody agrees on: exercise to stay fit and healthy!
"Ă bord de la Station spatiale internationale, nous avons 3 Ă©quipements pour faire du sport (et l'obligation mĂ©dicale de nous en servir !) Un tapis de course, un appareil de musculation et un vĂ©lo... un peu spĂ©cial :) #JournĂ©eMondialeDuVĂ©lo Nous faisons 2h de sport chaque jour pour contrer les effets de lâimpesanteur sur les muscles, les os, le systĂšme cardiovasculaire ou encore le moral. Sur Terre, le corps travaille constamment simplement pour se tenir droit, lorsquâon se dĂ©place, quand on porte un sac, etc. Ici, il faut les solliciter activement pour arriver Ă un rĂ©sultat similaire. Ces problĂšmes sont similaires Ă ceux posĂ©s par la sĂ©dentaritĂ©, un mal de plus en plus courant et qui a poussĂ© lâONU Ă en faire son 3e objectif de dĂ©veloppement durable : assurer une vie saine et promouvoir le bien-ĂȘtre pour tous Ă tous les Ăąges. On dit couramment que le corps vieillit plus vite dans lâespace, et câest pareil sur Terre si on ne fait pas assez dâexercice. Personnellement jâai tendance Ă prĂ©fĂ©rer la course Ă pied, mais comme partout, lâĂ©quilibre est important et le vĂ©lo permet de varier les plaisirs. En plus dâĂȘtre bĂ©nĂ©fiques pour le corps, ces exercices sont trĂšs utiles aux chercheurs qui Ă©tudient comment nos corps sâadaptent au stress et au vieillissement. Les tuyaux que vous voyez lĂ , en plus de me donner un petit look lovecraftien, servent Ă mesurer ma consommation dâoxygĂšne pendant lâeffort (les cyclistes pro connaissent ça trĂšs bien). Pour rĂ©sumer ce long post : vous aussi faites de lâexercice, câest bon pour la santĂ© !
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Aki demonstrating our T2 treadmill. The one thing we never skip in space is leg day. Even during this hectic spacewalk season, with our planners are giving us time off to recuperate after the 20-hour spacewalk days... we never skip the exercise time! It is important on Earth but even more in space to stay active and keep our bones and muscles from wasting away. A huge shoutout to the planners who organise our time up here, it is incredibly more complicated than you might think. For example some research would be ruined by the small vibrations passing through the Station when we run, so we cannot use the treadmill when those experiments are running. Then there are seven of us here and we all get 2 hours of exercise in, so 14 hours a day somebody is working out. Basically there is a lot running on the Space Station at all times... đ
Aki sur notre tapis de course. Sâil y a bien une chose quâon oublie jamais dans lâespace, câest de muscler nos jambes #DontSkipLegDay. MĂȘme durant cette pĂ©riode physiquement Ă©prouvante de sorties extravĂ©hiculaires, alors que les planificateurs nous laissent du repos pour rĂ©cupĂ©rer⊠aucune excuse ne sera acceptĂ©e pour sĂ©cher le sport ! Câest important dâen faire sur Terre, mais ça lâest encore plus dans lâespace. Nous avons besoin de rester actifs pour Ă©viter que nos muscles et nos os ne sâabĂźment. Nos planificateurs sont des champions du Tetris dâagenda, leur travail est incroyablement compliquĂ©. Il faut que tout le monde soit occupĂ©, que tout le monde ait le temps de manger et de faire du sport, il faut aussi prendre en compte les particularitĂ©s des machines⊠Par exemple, certaines des expĂ©riences pourraient ĂȘtre faussĂ©es par les petites vibrations qui se transmettent dans la Station quand on court, donc on ne peut pas utiliser le tapis quand elles fonctionnent. Et comme nous sommes 7 Ă bord, avec chacun 2h de sport quotidiennes, ça nous fait 14h dâutilisation des machines de sport tous les jours. Prends ça Arnold Schwarzenegger !
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With 11 people on board and only four fitness stations it is difficult for everybody to get their required daily exercise. The departing Crew-1 have priority as they need their muscle and bone mass to resist to the gravity they will feel in a few days. We, as the arriving Crew-2, have 180 days of our mission to train and stay fit for our return. I did have a short session on the "T2" treadmill -which is not named after the Arnold Schwarzenegger movie I think, but because it is the second model of International Space Station treadmill. Unfortuneatly, with the fluid shift to the the upper body that astronauts experience in weightlessness, my legs already look smaller compared to before â Arnie would not be proud! ;)
Avec 11 membres dâĂ©quipage, il y a une rotation sĂ©vĂšre sur les Ă©quipements de sport ! PrioritĂ© Ă ceux qui descendent bientĂŽt, pour quâils arrivent en forme (nous on a 180 jours devant nous pour entretenir la masse musculaire). Jâai quand mĂȘme pu faire mes premiers pas sur notre tapis roulant aujourdâhui⊠mais avec le fluid shift dĂ» Ă lâimpesanteur, il me semble que mes jambes sont dĂ©jĂ nettement plus fines quâau sol đšđ€đââïž
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