Would weights in clothing be an adequate way to compensate for low gravity?

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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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  • 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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  • 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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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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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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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
    Sep 10 at 14:05






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    What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
    – HammerN'Songs
    Sep 10 at 18:57










  • The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
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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:



enter image description here



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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  • 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.
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    Sep 10 at 9:48










  • With lower gravity effectivness of weights will also decrese. It'll have to be made from some very dense materials or be very bulky.
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    Sep 10 at 13:00










  • @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
    Sep 10 at 14:59










  • @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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    Sep 10 at 17:04

















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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.






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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
        Sep 10 at 14:05






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        What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
        – HammerN'Songs
        Sep 10 at 18:57










      • The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
        – Dan Dascalescu
        Sep 10 at 22:25














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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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      • 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
        Sep 10 at 14:05






      • 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
        Sep 10 at 18:57










      • The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
        – Dan Dascalescu
        Sep 10 at 22:25












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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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      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
        Sep 10 at 14:05






      • 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
        Sep 10 at 18:57










      • The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
        – Dan Dascalescu
        Sep 10 at 22:25












      • 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
        Sep 10 at 14:05






      • 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
        Sep 10 at 18:57










      • The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
        – Dan Dascalescu
        Sep 10 at 22:25







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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
      Sep 10 at 14:05




      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
      Sep 10 at 14:05




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      What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
      – HammerN'Songs
      Sep 10 at 18:57




      What about a flight suit? Could a very tight suit squeeze your blood vessels enough to provide your heart the necessary resistance?
      – HammerN'Songs
      Sep 10 at 18:57












      The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
      – Dan Dascalescu
      Sep 10 at 22:25




      The heart problem was shown in the movie The Space Between Us.
      – Dan Dascalescu
      Sep 10 at 22:25










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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:



      enter image description here



      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.






      share|improve this answer




















      • 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
        Sep 10 at 9:48










      • 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
        Sep 10 at 13:00










      • @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
        Sep 10 at 14:59










      • @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
        Sep 10 at 17:04














      up vote
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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:



      enter image description here



      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.






      share|improve this answer




















      • 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
        Sep 10 at 9:48










      • 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
        Sep 10 at 13:00










      • @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
        Sep 10 at 14:59










      • @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
        Sep 10 at 17:04












      up vote
      7
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      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:



      enter image description here



      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.






      share|improve this answer












      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:



      enter image description here



      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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      • 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
        Sep 10 at 9:48










      • 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
        Sep 10 at 13:00










      • @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
        Sep 10 at 14:59










      • @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
        Sep 10 at 17:04
















      • 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
        Sep 10 at 9:48










      • 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
        Sep 10 at 13:00










      • @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
        Sep 10 at 14:59










      • @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
        Sep 10 at 17:04















      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
      Sep 10 at 9:48




      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
      Sep 10 at 9:48












      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
      Sep 10 at 13:00




      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
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      @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
      Sep 10 at 14:59




      @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
      Sep 10 at 14:59












      @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
      Sep 10 at 17:04




      @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
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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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          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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