Supertraining

I guess bands weren't high tech enough eh?

Regards,
Johan Bastiaansen
Hasselt - Belgium

--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "carruthersjam" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> The below may be of interest:
> 
> Swedish space gym being tested by astronauts  
> 
> http://www.alphagalileo.org/index.cfm?
> fuseaction=readrelease&releaseid=529158&ez_search=1
>  
> The crew of the International Space Station (ISS) is presently 
> testing a Swedish space gym. The gym was developed by Per Tesch, a 
> professor at Mid Sweden University in Sweden. The aim is to 
> counteract muscle atrophy and osteoporosis in astronauts.
> 
> Astronauts who spend a long time in space can face problems when 
they 
> return to earth. Weightlessness atrophies the muscles and 
decalcifies 
> the skeleton. It doesn't help to "pump iron." Barbells and 
dumbbells 
> are also weightless on a space voyage. 
> 
> But Per Tesch and his colleagues have found a solution that 
functions 
> like a reverse yo-yo. The inertia of a rotating flywheel is 
exploited 
> to create resistance. The astronaut velcros him/herself in place 
and 
> pulls a cord that is connected to the flywheel. The wheel only 
weighs 
> a couple of kilos, but its diameter makes the inertia considerable, 
> and the load on the muscles and skeleton is at least as great as in 
> weight training. 
> 
> Per Tesch has researched the topic for 15 years on commission from 
> both the Swedish National Space Board and its American counterpart, 
> NASA. The "yo-yo" is now being tested in space for first time. It 
was 
> recently delivered by the U.S. space shuttle Atlantis to the ISS, 
> which is part of a European laboratory. 
> 
> "It's fantastic. I have been working a long time for this," says 
Per 
> Tesch. 
> 
> He hasn't received any reports about how it's going. 
> 
> "It's still secret, but we'll know in a few months." 
> 
> Per Tesch was appointed professor of sports science at Mid Sweden 
> University last autumn. The findings from his research in space 
> physiology will be put to use in developing training methods for 
> sports, exercise, and rehabilitation. 
> 
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> Jamie Carruthers
> Wakefield UK
>