The Haiku
I like brainstorming
about exercising in
space – I may obsess much

Anything that gives resistance to muscles without needing gravity. Anything preventing muscle atrophy. Traditionally this is a rigged-up stationary bike, but 2001 by Stanley Kubrick had fun by starting the movie with a jogger who started on the ground and moved to the ceiling and back.

I personally like to lift weights more than run, but that doesn’t count when in constant free-fall. Maybe bungee tennis, pushing off of the wall but separate enough to not cross cables (unless you can only do singles matches – but to accommodate 100 people, you’re talking precious square footage).

Here’s a cool way to get two people exercising at once:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/051004_space_cycle.html

One person cycles while the other does squats, benefitting from the temporary artificial gravity.

2001 made running look a lot prettier than this:

http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/station/science/eZLS_treadmill_010306.html

What the junk is that?

It is so kind of you to put space-people’s needs above your own.

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