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To: Silentgypsy
"I read that as "glute-something" and wondered about the fitness programs on the Habitat. I know about cavorting w/the plesiosaurs (are the tilapia bred in the moat? It's nearly impossible to get seafood around here that isn't a product of Asian countries. Thank heaven for pond catfish!)."

The moat was originally designed as part of an exercise program. It is more of a large endless lap pool, with circulating pumps that keep the water going in a circle around the castle. And yes, the tilapia have been breeding in there. Fortunately, the plesiosaurs keep them from overrunning their environment.

Exercise otherwise is a bit of a lost cause, in Habitats that are rotating for artificial gravity at the Mars level of .34 gees.

Our muscles grow weaker, but at least it's easier on old bones and joints.

Climbing has become a popular activity. At these acceleration rates, the athlete feels much stronger.

But the primary physical activity comes from being a member of the canopy repair crews. They're organized into teams, like a sports franchise. Awards and certificates are given for fastest on the scene and quickest repairs, and so forth. The competition is intense and the pace is very physical.

If you don't mind getting a crick in your neck, you can watch them train. They do it every day, right over our heads.

827 posted on 03/19/2013 4:40:44 PM PDT by NicknamedBob (Going viral -- Put your faith in your Church, and your doubt in your Government's "Good Works".)
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To: NicknamedBob

I usually have a crick in my neck. Happy to watch them!


855 posted on 03/19/2013 6:28:44 PM PDT by Silentgypsy (I must be all here, because everyone keeps telling me I'm not all there.)
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To: NicknamedBob
Exercise otherwise is a bit of a lost cause, in Habitats that are rotating for artificial gravity at the Mars level of .34 gees.

Serious question on the above topic. The spaceship "Discovery" in "2001: A Space Odyssey," used a rotating area to simulate gravity of (seemingly) 1g throughout the flight to Saturn. Wouldn't that require the same expenditure of energy on the part of Discovery as simply propelling itself at 1g toward Saturn? The rotational force isn't "free," right?

873 posted on 03/20/2013 5:26:48 AM PDT by ArGee (An open mind is like an open window - if you don't have a screen, you get flies.)
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