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Would heavier clothing solve the problem of bone and muscle loss in Martian gravity? It doesn't have to be a perfect solution, I just don't want my Martian colonists to be total wimps compared to Earthlings.
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Would heavier clothing solve the problem of bone and muscle loss in Martian gravity? It doesn't have to be a perfect solution, I just don't want my Martian colonists to be total wimps compared to Earthlings.
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no it would not, even if it did the health effects living on mars would take its toll on the people living there anyway (look up health effects for people living in low gravity) even on this site there are examples you can read about
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Would heavier clothing solve the problem of bone and muscle loss in Martian gravity? It doesn't have to be a perfect solution, I just don't want my Martian colonists to be total wimps compared to Earthlings.
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no it would not, even if it did the health effects living on mars would take its toll on the people living there anyway (look up health effects for people living in low gravity) even on this site there are examples you can read about
– Creed Arcon
2 days ago
Welcome to Worldbuilding.SE! We're glad you could join us! When you have a moment, please click here to learn more about our culture and take our tour. Thanks!
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High inertia will also mean that moving will become very tiring.
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2 days ago
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no it would not, even if it did the health effects living on mars would take its toll on the people living there anyway (look up health effects for people living in low gravity) even on this site there are examples you can read about
– Creed Arcon
2 days ago
Welcome to Worldbuilding.SE! We're glad you could join us! When you have a moment, please click here to learn more about our culture and take our tour. Thanks!
– JBH
2 days ago
High inertia will also mean that moving will become very tiring.
– Tyler S. Loeper
2 days ago
no it would not, even if it did the health effects living on mars would take its toll on the people living there anyway (look up health effects for people living in low gravity) even on this site there are examples you can read about
– Creed Arcon
2 days ago
no it would not, even if it did the health effects living on mars would take its toll on the people living there anyway (look up health effects for people living in low gravity) even on this site there are examples you can read about
– Creed Arcon
2 days ago
Welcome to Worldbuilding.SE! We're glad you could join us! When you have a moment, please click here to learn more about our culture and take our tour. Thanks!
– JBH
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Welcome to Worldbuilding.SE! We're glad you could join us! When you have a moment, please click here to learn more about our culture and take our tour. Thanks!
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High inertia will also mean that moving will become very tiring.
– Tyler S. Loeper
2 days ago
High inertia will also mean that moving will become very tiring.
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No; probably
Your skeletal muscles are not the most important muscles in your body. That would be your heart. Unless you can add weights your blood, then your heart will get weaker as you spend more time on Mars. The amount of force it takes to pump blood from your heart to your head depends on the hydrostatic force of blood at that vertical distance; so a this required force lowers, your heart gets weaker.
This same argument would apply to any internal muscular structure in your body, and possibly some external ones as well. There are some things you just can't weight.
As a second reason, the reasons for astronaut's bone density loss in space is not well understood. This mass loss is caused by calcium being removed from the bones into the blood, and it starts days after getting into space. Now, we don't really know if an extended stay on Mars at ~30% gravity will have the same effect, but we could probably assume that there will be some sort of effect.
So in conclusion, even if you weighed your clothes perfectly to simulate the musculo-skeletal effect of being on Earth, your internal muscles, in particular your heart, will still be weaker; and your bones may still lose calcium due to some unknown effect of lowered gravity.
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On Soyuz space station, cosmonauts put their lower body into vacuum chamber (not a real vacuum, just lower air pressure) in order to simulate gravity pulling blood to legs.
– Agent_L
2 days ago
1
What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
– HammerN'Songs
2 days ago
The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
– Dan Dascalescu
2 days ago
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Runners on Earth use weights for strength training
In fact, it's exactly what you're asking about. Joggers and runners use weights to increase their strength above what our local gravity can give them. I've personally used weights like these:
Photo Courtesy Amazon.com.
Wrist weights and even torso weights are also used.
So, yes, certainly. Weights can be used to compensate for the loss of muscle due to lower gravity just as we use them to increase muscle in our native gravity.
But it would be uncomfortable to use them all the time. And while weights like this can compensate for muscle loss, they can't compensate for your body's natural adaptation of heart, lung, and other internal organs to the lower gravity. Over time, no matter what you do, you will eventually become unable to return to Earth for long periods of time.1
1 You know, I say this, and lots of people will be willing to believe it... but humanity is remarkably adaptable. I wonder, really, if the 10th generation martians would actually have massive difficulties returning to Earth. I can see the point with full weighlessness, but we really are good at adapting. I'm not willing to rule it out — at least not completely.
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JBH
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Small info: Adaptation occurs either through evolution (based on survival and reproduction) or by technology (where intelligence matters). It's unlikely that humans will adapt to such massive changes for something that is relatively trivial. But adaptation via technology is still on the table, and possibly individual adaptation for the dedicated ones... and the combination of both. That also implies that the chances to return to Earth would rather increase, not decrease.
– Battle
2 days ago
With lower gravity effectivness of weights will also decrese. It'll have to be made from some very dense materials or be very bulky.
– Deo
2 days ago
@Deo, gravity at Mars is about 1/3rd of Earth gravity, so you only need to add twice your body weight to compensate, doesn't sound that extreme to me.
– Geliormth
2 days ago
@Deo, it turns out that mass doesn't change in low gravity, only weight does. As long as you've built an exercise system around changing the velocity of the mass rather than a simple dead lift, the inertia of the equipment is sufficient for resistance even when they are the same size as on Earth.
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weighted clothing may help some with your skeletal muscles but would not mitigate the effects on your circulatory system there however could be a few ways to change that when dealing with earth standard gravity your martians could wear extremely tight clothing on lower extremities for working periods kind of like a g-suit fighter pilots wear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit
the other options is to as part of training for the trip complete a work out every day under increased gravity maybe in some type of turbine or centrifugal force machine or maybe have a space station just for the training.
I think using a combination of the two along with the weighted clothing your martians may still experience some fatigue but it should be manageable.
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It might help somewhat, but there are a lot of biological functions inside your body that won't like the low gravity. If we ignore those than yes, more weight would make them stronger, unlike more gravity which would hurt their innards and stuff.
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No; probably
Your skeletal muscles are not the most important muscles in your body. That would be your heart. Unless you can add weights your blood, then your heart will get weaker as you spend more time on Mars. The amount of force it takes to pump blood from your heart to your head depends on the hydrostatic force of blood at that vertical distance; so a this required force lowers, your heart gets weaker.
This same argument would apply to any internal muscular structure in your body, and possibly some external ones as well. There are some things you just can't weight.
As a second reason, the reasons for astronaut's bone density loss in space is not well understood. This mass loss is caused by calcium being removed from the bones into the blood, and it starts days after getting into space. Now, we don't really know if an extended stay on Mars at ~30% gravity will have the same effect, but we could probably assume that there will be some sort of effect.
So in conclusion, even if you weighed your clothes perfectly to simulate the musculo-skeletal effect of being on Earth, your internal muscles, in particular your heart, will still be weaker; and your bones may still lose calcium due to some unknown effect of lowered gravity.
answered 2 days ago
kingledion
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On Soyuz space station, cosmonauts put their lower body into vacuum chamber (not a real vacuum, just lower air pressure) in order to simulate gravity pulling blood to legs.
– Agent_L
2 days ago
1
What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
– HammerN'Songs
2 days ago
The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
– Dan Dascalescu
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
22
down vote
No; probably
Your skeletal muscles are not the most important muscles in your body. That would be your heart. Unless you can add weights your blood, then your heart will get weaker as you spend more time on Mars. The amount of force it takes to pump blood from your heart to your head depends on the hydrostatic force of blood at that vertical distance; so a this required force lowers, your heart gets weaker.
This same argument would apply to any internal muscular structure in your body, and possibly some external ones as well. There are some things you just can't weight.
As a second reason, the reasons for astronaut's bone density loss in space is not well understood. This mass loss is caused by calcium being removed from the bones into the blood, and it starts days after getting into space. Now, we don't really know if an extended stay on Mars at ~30% gravity will have the same effect, but we could probably assume that there will be some sort of effect.
So in conclusion, even if you weighed your clothes perfectly to simulate the musculo-skeletal effect of being on Earth, your internal muscles, in particular your heart, will still be weaker; and your bones may still lose calcium due to some unknown effect of lowered gravity.
answered 2 days ago
kingledion
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On Soyuz space station, cosmonauts put their lower body into vacuum chamber (not a real vacuum, just lower air pressure) in order to simulate gravity pulling blood to legs.
– Agent_L
2 days ago
1
What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
– HammerN'Songs
2 days ago
The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
– Dan Dascalescu
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
22
down vote
up vote
22
down vote
No; probably
Your skeletal muscles are not the most important muscles in your body. That would be your heart. Unless you can add weights your blood, then your heart will get weaker as you spend more time on Mars. The amount of force it takes to pump blood from your heart to your head depends on the hydrostatic force of blood at that vertical distance; so a this required force lowers, your heart gets weaker.
This same argument would apply to any internal muscular structure in your body, and possibly some external ones as well. There are some things you just can't weight.
As a second reason, the reasons for astronaut's bone density loss in space is not well understood. This mass loss is caused by calcium being removed from the bones into the blood, and it starts days after getting into space. Now, we don't really know if an extended stay on Mars at ~30% gravity will have the same effect, but we could probably assume that there will be some sort of effect.
So in conclusion, even if you weighed your clothes perfectly to simulate the musculo-skeletal effect of being on Earth, your internal muscles, in particular your heart, will still be weaker; and your bones may still lose calcium due to some unknown effect of lowered gravity.
answered 2 days ago
kingledion
64.7k21204358
No; probably
Your skeletal muscles are not the most important muscles in your body. That would be your heart. Unless you can add weights your blood, then your heart will get weaker as you spend more time on Mars. The amount of force it takes to pump blood from your heart to your head depends on the hydrostatic force of blood at that vertical distance; so a this required force lowers, your heart gets weaker.
This same argument would apply to any internal muscular structure in your body, and possibly some external ones as well. There are some things you just can't weight.
As a second reason, the reasons for astronaut's bone density loss in space is not well understood. This mass loss is caused by calcium being removed from the bones into the blood, and it starts days after getting into space. Now, we don't really know if an extended stay on Mars at ~30% gravity will have the same effect, but we could probably assume that there will be some sort of effect.
So in conclusion, even if you weighed your clothes perfectly to simulate the musculo-skeletal effect of being on Earth, your internal muscles, in particular your heart, will still be weaker; and your bones may still lose calcium due to some unknown effect of lowered gravity.
answered 2 days ago
kingledion
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answered 2 days ago
kingledion
64.7k21204358
answered 2 days ago
kingledion
64.7k21204358
answered 2 days ago
kingledion
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64.7k21204358
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On Soyuz space station, cosmonauts put their lower body into vacuum chamber (not a real vacuum, just lower air pressure) in order to simulate gravity pulling blood to legs.
– Agent_L
2 days ago
1
What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
– HammerN'Songs
2 days ago
The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
– Dan Dascalescu
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
2
On Soyuz space station, cosmonauts put their lower body into vacuum chamber (not a real vacuum, just lower air pressure) in order to simulate gravity pulling blood to legs.
– Agent_L
2 days ago
1
What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
– HammerN'Songs
2 days ago
The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
– Dan Dascalescu
2 days ago
2
2
On Soyuz space station, cosmonauts put their lower body into vacuum chamber (not a real vacuum, just lower air pressure) in order to simulate gravity pulling blood to legs.
– Agent_L
2 days ago
On Soyuz space station, cosmonauts put their lower body into vacuum chamber (not a real vacuum, just lower air pressure) in order to simulate gravity pulling blood to legs.
– Agent_L
2 days ago
1
1
What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
– HammerN'Songs
2 days ago
What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
– HammerN'Songs
2 days ago
The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
– Dan Dascalescu
2 days ago
The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
– Dan Dascalescu
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
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7
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Runners on Earth use weights for strength training
In fact, it's exactly what you're asking about. Joggers and runners use weights to increase their strength above what our local gravity can give them. I've personally used weights like these:
Photo Courtesy Amazon.com.
Wrist weights and even torso weights are also used.
So, yes, certainly. Weights can be used to compensate for the loss of muscle due to lower gravity just as we use them to increase muscle in our native gravity.
But it would be uncomfortable to use them all the time. And while weights like this can compensate for muscle loss, they can't compensate for your body's natural adaptation of heart, lung, and other internal organs to the lower gravity. Over time, no matter what you do, you will eventually become unable to return to Earth for long periods of time.1
1 You know, I say this, and lots of people will be willing to believe it... but humanity is remarkably adaptable. I wonder, really, if the 10th generation martians would actually have massive difficulties returning to Earth. I can see the point with full weighlessness, but we really are good at adapting. I'm not willing to rule it out — at least not completely.
answered 2 days ago
JBH
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Small info: Adaptation occurs either through evolution (based on survival and reproduction) or by technology (where intelligence matters). It's unlikely that humans will adapt to such massive changes for something that is relatively trivial. But adaptation via technology is still on the table, and possibly individual adaptation for the dedicated ones... and the combination of both. That also implies that the chances to return to Earth would rather increase, not decrease.
– Battle
2 days ago
With lower gravity effectivness of weights will also decrese. It'll have to be made from some very dense materials or be very bulky.
– Deo
2 days ago
@Deo, gravity at Mars is about 1/3rd of Earth gravity, so you only need to add twice your body weight to compensate, doesn't sound that extreme to me.
– Geliormth
2 days ago
@Deo, it turns out that mass doesn't change in low gravity, only weight does. As long as you've built an exercise system around changing the velocity of the mass rather than a simple dead lift, the inertia of the equipment is sufficient for resistance even when they are the same size as on Earth.
– Thane Brimhall
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
7
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Runners on Earth use weights for strength training
In fact, it's exactly what you're asking about. Joggers and runners use weights to increase their strength above what our local gravity can give them. I've personally used weights like these:
Photo Courtesy Amazon.com.
Wrist weights and even torso weights are also used.
So, yes, certainly. Weights can be used to compensate for the loss of muscle due to lower gravity just as we use them to increase muscle in our native gravity.
But it would be uncomfortable to use them all the time. And while weights like this can compensate for muscle loss, they can't compensate for your body's natural adaptation of heart, lung, and other internal organs to the lower gravity. Over time, no matter what you do, you will eventually become unable to return to Earth for long periods of time.1
1 You know, I say this, and lots of people will be willing to believe it... but humanity is remarkably adaptable. I wonder, really, if the 10th generation martians would actually have massive difficulties returning to Earth. I can see the point with full weighlessness, but we really are good at adapting. I'm not willing to rule it out — at least not completely.
answered 2 days ago
JBH
33.2k580159
Small info: Adaptation occurs either through evolution (based on survival and reproduction) or by technology (where intelligence matters). It's unlikely that humans will adapt to such massive changes for something that is relatively trivial. But adaptation via technology is still on the table, and possibly individual adaptation for the dedicated ones... and the combination of both. That also implies that the chances to return to Earth would rather increase, not decrease.
– Battle
2 days ago
With lower gravity effectivness of weights will also decrese. It'll have to be made from some very dense materials or be very bulky.
– Deo
2 days ago
@Deo, gravity at Mars is about 1/3rd of Earth gravity, so you only need to add twice your body weight to compensate, doesn't sound that extreme to me.
– Geliormth
2 days ago
@Deo, it turns out that mass doesn't change in low gravity, only weight does. As long as you've built an exercise system around changing the velocity of the mass rather than a simple dead lift, the inertia of the equipment is sufficient for resistance even when they are the same size as on Earth.
– Thane Brimhall
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
up vote
7
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up vote
7
down vote
Runners on Earth use weights for strength training
In fact, it's exactly what you're asking about. Joggers and runners use weights to increase their strength above what our local gravity can give them. I've personally used weights like these:
Photo Courtesy Amazon.com.
Wrist weights and even torso weights are also used.
So, yes, certainly. Weights can be used to compensate for the loss of muscle due to lower gravity just as we use them to increase muscle in our native gravity.
But it would be uncomfortable to use them all the time. And while weights like this can compensate for muscle loss, they can't compensate for your body's natural adaptation of heart, lung, and other internal organs to the lower gravity. Over time, no matter what you do, you will eventually become unable to return to Earth for long periods of time.1
1 You know, I say this, and lots of people will be willing to believe it... but humanity is remarkably adaptable. I wonder, really, if the 10th generation martians would actually have massive difficulties returning to Earth. I can see the point with full weighlessness, but we really are good at adapting. I'm not willing to rule it out — at least not completely.
answered 2 days ago
JBH
33.2k580159
Runners on Earth use weights for strength training
In fact, it's exactly what you're asking about. Joggers and runners use weights to increase their strength above what our local gravity can give them. I've personally used weights like these:
Photo Courtesy Amazon.com.
Wrist weights and even torso weights are also used.
So, yes, certainly. Weights can be used to compensate for the loss of muscle due to lower gravity just as we use them to increase muscle in our native gravity.
But it would be uncomfortable to use them all the time. And while weights like this can compensate for muscle loss, they can't compensate for your body's natural adaptation of heart, lung, and other internal organs to the lower gravity. Over time, no matter what you do, you will eventually become unable to return to Earth for long periods of time.1
1 You know, I say this, and lots of people will be willing to believe it... but humanity is remarkably adaptable. I wonder, really, if the 10th generation martians would actually have massive difficulties returning to Earth. I can see the point with full weighlessness, but we really are good at adapting. I'm not willing to rule it out — at least not completely.
answered 2 days ago
JBH
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answered 2 days ago
JBH
33.2k580159
answered 2 days ago
JBH
33.2k580159
answered 2 days ago
JBH
33.2k580159
33.2k580159
Small info: Adaptation occurs either through evolution (based on survival and reproduction) or by technology (where intelligence matters). It's unlikely that humans will adapt to such massive changes for something that is relatively trivial. But adaptation via technology is still on the table, and possibly individual adaptation for the dedicated ones... and the combination of both. That also implies that the chances to return to Earth would rather increase, not decrease.
– Battle
2 days ago
With lower gravity effectivness of weights will also decrese. It'll have to be made from some very dense materials or be very bulky.
– Deo
2 days ago
@Deo, gravity at Mars is about 1/3rd of Earth gravity, so you only need to add twice your body weight to compensate, doesn't sound that extreme to me.
– Geliormth
2 days ago
@Deo, it turns out that mass doesn't change in low gravity, only weight does. As long as you've built an exercise system around changing the velocity of the mass rather than a simple dead lift, the inertia of the equipment is sufficient for resistance even when they are the same size as on Earth.
– Thane Brimhall
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
Small info: Adaptation occurs either through evolution (based on survival and reproduction) or by technology (where intelligence matters). It's unlikely that humans will adapt to such massive changes for something that is relatively trivial. But adaptation via technology is still on the table, and possibly individual adaptation for the dedicated ones... and the combination of both. That also implies that the chances to return to Earth would rather increase, not decrease.
– Battle
2 days ago
With lower gravity effectivness of weights will also decrese. It'll have to be made from some very dense materials or be very bulky.
– Deo
2 days ago
@Deo, gravity at Mars is about 1/3rd of Earth gravity, so you only need to add twice your body weight to compensate, doesn't sound that extreme to me.
– Geliormth
2 days ago
@Deo, it turns out that mass doesn't change in low gravity, only weight does. As long as you've built an exercise system around changing the velocity of the mass rather than a simple dead lift, the inertia of the equipment is sufficient for resistance even when they are the same size as on Earth.
– Thane Brimhall
2 days ago
Small info: Adaptation occurs either through evolution (based on survival and reproduction) or by technology (where intelligence matters). It's unlikely that humans will adapt to such massive changes for something that is relatively trivial. But adaptation via technology is still on the table, and possibly individual adaptation for the dedicated ones... and the combination of both. That also implies that the chances to return to Earth would rather increase, not decrease.
– Battle
2 days ago
Small info: Adaptation occurs either through evolution (based on survival and reproduction) or by technology (where intelligence matters). It's unlikely that humans will adapt to such massive changes for something that is relatively trivial. But adaptation via technology is still on the table, and possibly individual adaptation for the dedicated ones... and the combination of both. That also implies that the chances to return to Earth would rather increase, not decrease.
– Battle
2 days ago
With lower gravity effectivness of weights will also decrese. It'll have to be made from some very dense materials or be very bulky.
– Deo
2 days ago
With lower gravity effectivness of weights will also decrese. It'll have to be made from some very dense materials or be very bulky.
– Deo
2 days ago
@Deo, gravity at Mars is about 1/3rd of Earth gravity, so you only need to add twice your body weight to compensate, doesn't sound that extreme to me.
– Geliormth
2 days ago
@Deo, gravity at Mars is about 1/3rd of Earth gravity, so you only need to add twice your body weight to compensate, doesn't sound that extreme to me.
– Geliormth
2 days ago
@Deo, it turns out that mass doesn't change in low gravity, only weight does. As long as you've built an exercise system around changing the velocity of the mass rather than a simple dead lift, the inertia of the equipment is sufficient for resistance even when they are the same size as on Earth.
– Thane Brimhall
2 days ago
@Deo, it turns out that mass doesn't change in low gravity, only weight does. As long as you've built an exercise system around changing the velocity of the mass rather than a simple dead lift, the inertia of the equipment is sufficient for resistance even when they are the same size as on Earth.
– Thane Brimhall
2 days ago
add a comment |Â
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4
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weighted clothing may help some with your skeletal muscles but would not mitigate the effects on your circulatory system there however could be a few ways to change that when dealing with earth standard gravity your martians could wear extremely tight clothing on lower extremities for working periods kind of like a g-suit fighter pilots wear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit
the other options is to as part of training for the trip complete a work out every day under increased gravity maybe in some type of turbine or centrifugal force machine or maybe have a space station just for the training.
I think using a combination of the two along with the weighted clothing your martians may still experience some fatigue but it should be manageable.
answered 2 days ago
easiersaidthendone
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up vote
4
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weighted clothing may help some with your skeletal muscles but would not mitigate the effects on your circulatory system there however could be a few ways to change that when dealing with earth standard gravity your martians could wear extremely tight clothing on lower extremities for working periods kind of like a g-suit fighter pilots wear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit
the other options is to as part of training for the trip complete a work out every day under increased gravity maybe in some type of turbine or centrifugal force machine or maybe have a space station just for the training.
I think using a combination of the two along with the weighted clothing your martians may still experience some fatigue but it should be manageable.
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weighted clothing may help some with your skeletal muscles but would not mitigate the effects on your circulatory system there however could be a few ways to change that when dealing with earth standard gravity your martians could wear extremely tight clothing on lower extremities for working periods kind of like a g-suit fighter pilots wear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit
the other options is to as part of training for the trip complete a work out every day under increased gravity maybe in some type of turbine or centrifugal force machine or maybe have a space station just for the training.
I think using a combination of the two along with the weighted clothing your martians may still experience some fatigue but it should be manageable.
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weighted clothing may help some with your skeletal muscles but would not mitigate the effects on your circulatory system there however could be a few ways to change that when dealing with earth standard gravity your martians could wear extremely tight clothing on lower extremities for working periods kind of like a g-suit fighter pilots wear
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G-suit
the other options is to as part of training for the trip complete a work out every day under increased gravity maybe in some type of turbine or centrifugal force machine or maybe have a space station just for the training.
I think using a combination of the two along with the weighted clothing your martians may still experience some fatigue but it should be manageable.
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It might help somewhat, but there are a lot of biological functions inside your body that won't like the low gravity. If we ignore those than yes, more weight would make them stronger, unlike more gravity which would hurt their innards and stuff.
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It might help somewhat, but there are a lot of biological functions inside your body that won't like the low gravity. If we ignore those than yes, more weight would make them stronger, unlike more gravity which would hurt their innards and stuff.
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It might help somewhat, but there are a lot of biological functions inside your body that won't like the low gravity. If we ignore those than yes, more weight would make them stronger, unlike more gravity which would hurt their innards and stuff.
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It might help somewhat, but there are a lot of biological functions inside your body that won't like the low gravity. If we ignore those than yes, more weight would make them stronger, unlike more gravity which would hurt their innards and stuff.
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no it would not, even if it did the health effects living on mars would take its toll on the people living there anyway (look up health effects for people living in low gravity) even on this site there are examples you can read about
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High inertia will also mean that moving will become very tiring.
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