Wired Magazine has an article this month talking about a study showing that astronauts returning from the International Space Station and shuttle flights have 25% reduced strength in their calves. I am not sure how to react to this study. As we are all aware in our daily lives we live in gravity, sure, but we also have to walk around a lot while on the space station I am under the impression that this lack or gravity and close quarters means that there is not as much need to use your calves, arm strength is probably not reduced by much in comparison.
Here is the guts of the article:
Without stricter workouts, the bodies of long-distance space travelers will be ravaged by the time they return to Earth, or reach another planet.
A NASA-funded study of astronauts freshly returned from six-month stays aboard the International Space Station found that their calf muscles were about 15 percent smaller and 25 percent weaker than when they left. Read the rest of this entry »
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