#Hypergravity

[scientificchina]

China Activates World-Leading Hypergravity Facility in Hangzhou

In a striking leap forward for scientific and engineering research, China has unveiled the Centrifugal Hypergravity and Interdisciplinary Experiment Facility (CHIEF) in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. With a name as bold as its ambition, this cutting-edge facility promises to redefine the limits of hypergravity studies and open new frontiers across a spectrum of scientific disciplines. It’s not just…

[outer-space-youtube]

Lunar Hypergravity Habitat?

After giving the awkward comment to Fraser Cain’s answer to the question of how big a rotating habitat needs to be. I asked Gemini 2 Flash Thing for a detailed description of a Hypergravity Habitat on the Moon, in a crater at the cliff of the crater. ASSISTANT: ## The Lunar Gravity Cliff Habitat: A Detailed Description Imagine standing at the precipice of a vast lunar crater, the stark, grey…

[tekjau]

[girlballs]

all the horny posting is actually like dragonball-style hypergravity training for when i infiltrate the pits of hell to do wizardly battle against John Harvey Kellogg

[noctilu-uca]

MOTS DOUX D'UNE DÉFUNTE: LE SÉDATIF.

"this well-meaning “painkiller” is back to his old tricks."

"Only a predicament of hypergravity can bring this cloud-nine space cadet back down to Planet Earth."

[blackholerobots]

World's most advanced hypergravity facility is open for business https://newatlas.com/science/chief-hypergravity-facility-most-powerful/

[enetarch-gravity]

China activates world's most advanced hypergravity research facility

[outer-space-youtube]

Further than the Moon?

We Earthlings were made for Earth, but what happens when Earth is full, or the Oil runs out, or burns up as it does? Well, we won’t have millions on Mars, so we will need orbital habitats. The orbit is huge, and we will have millions of humans in orbit before we have thousands on Mars. Yes, I have updated my presentation of the Protection Cylinders, but they won’t be built any time soon… The…

[ericvanderburg]

China Activates World's Most Advanced Hypergravity Facility

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[iwan1979]

South China Morning Post: China’s hypergravity marvel to ‘compress’ time and space

dragon ball time chamber

[spacenutspod]

Researchers are testing watermeal, the smallest flowering plant, in hypergravity conditions to assess its potential as an astronaut food source and oxygen producer. Their findings...

[indoorverticalfarmingnews]

Water Lentils: Study Assesses Their Viability As A Space Crop

Key Takeaways Leone Ermes Romano et al. (2024) studied the impact of varied gravitational conditions on Wolffia globosa (water lentils) to assess its viability as a space crop. This research is the first to investigate the effects of multiple gravity levels, including simulated microgravity, partial gravity (Moon), and hypergravity, on Wolffia globosa. The study used random positioning machines…

[gymfitme]

Strength Training for Climbers with Erin Storck

As a climber, you know that forearm and finger strength are crucial for reaching your full potential on the wall. While climbing itself is a sport-specific activity that builds strength, it's important to recognize that targeted strength training can take your climbing abilities to the next level. In this comprehensive guide, we'll explore the best strategies for climbers to improve their strength, prevent injuries, and achieve their climbing goals.

The Importance of Strength Training for Climbers

Strength training is essential for climbers of all levels, from beginners to elite athletes. While climbing primarily develops specific muscle groups, such as the forearm flexors and pulling muscles, it's important to target other muscles as well. Developing overall strength in the entire kinetic chain, from fingertips to toes, will enhance your climbing performance and prevent imbalances that can lead to injuries. By incorporating strength training into your climbing routine, you can improve your grip strength, increase pulling power, and enhance your ability to rest effectively on challenging holds. Additionally, strength training helps to develop muscle hypertrophy, increase neural recruitment, and build greater cellular stores of ATP-CP, all of which contribute to maximum strength gains.

Strength Training for Beginner Climbers

For beginner climbers, the focus should primarily be on climbing itself. Climbing three days a week will provide ample sport-specific strength gains at this stage. With limited climbing experience, it's important to prioritize technique and movement skills. However, some strength training can be beneficial, especially for antagonist muscles, stabilizers, and larger pulling muscles. Sign up for Intro to Climbing

Targeted Strength Training for Intermediate and Advanced Climbers

Intermediate and advanced climbers, who have a few years of climbing experience under their belts, can benefit from targeted strength training. At this stage, it's advisable to incorporate climbing-specific strength exercises into your training routine. A gradually progressive twice-weekly strength training program can help you break through performance plateaus and reach new heights in your climbing abilities. Sign up for Strength training

Advanced Strength Training for Elite Climbers

Elite climbers, who have extensive climbing experience and strong tendons, can embark on a high-intensity strength and power training regimen. With the right training program, these climbers can push their limits and achieve exceptional performance. However, it's important to note that elite climbers are in a class of their own, and their training should be tailored to their specific needs and goals.

Designing an Effective Strength Training Program

When it comes to designing an effective strength training program for climbers, there are a few key principles to keep in mind. First, exercises should be brief and intense, focusing on maximum strength for five to twelve seconds. This allows for maximum fiber recruitment and ATP-CP utilization. Exercises should be performed with a sufficiently high resistance to produce near-failure within ten seconds. The protocol for effective strength training involves doing brief exercises with three to five repetitions or 90% of your one-rep max. It's crucial to allow for near-complete recovery (at least three minutes) between sets to ensure all-out efforts each time. The number of sets can vary depending on your climbing level, with three sets for intermediate climbers, four sets for advanced climbers, and five sets for elite climbers.

Climbing-Specific Strength Exercises

To give you an idea of climbing-specific strength exercises, here are a few examples: - Hypergravity pull-ups: Add enough weight to make five repetitions difficult, focusing on developing pulling strength. - Bodyweight fingerboard hangs: Hang on small holds for ten seconds, targeting finger and forearm strength. - Hypergravity fingerboard hangs: Hang on medium-sized holds with added weight for ten seconds, challenging finger and forearm strength. - One-arm lock-offs: Hold a lock-off position with one arm for five seconds, developing upper body strength and stability. - One-arm pull-ups: Perform one-arm pull-ups or assisted one-arm pull-ups for one to five repetitions, building pulling strength. These exercises provide a starting point for climbers looking to improve their maximum strength. It's important to note that bouldering can also aid in the development of maximum strength, but it may not always elicit grip or pull-muscle failure in less than twelve seconds. Therefore, supplementing with targeted exercises is crucial to optimize strength gains.

Implementing a 5-Week Strength Training Program

To support your climbing goals and maximize your strength gains, consider following a 5-week program designed by Coach Erin Storck. This program focuses on core, pulling and oppositional muscles, leg strength, and cardio fitness. By incorporating these workouts into your training routine, you can build strength, prevent injuries, and improve your aerobic conditioning. The program consists of specific exercises and workouts tailored to climbers of all levels. Each week, you'll have a variety of exercises to complete, targeting different muscle groups and aspects of climbing strength. The program is progressive, allowing you to gradually increase the intensity and challenge yourself over time. Sign up 5 week course w/ Erin by 2/1/2024

The Benefits of Strength Training for Climbers

Incorporating strength training into your climbing routine offers numerous benefits. By improving your grip strength, you'll be able to hold onto smaller holds and make powerful moves with confidence. Increased pulling power will allow you to tackle challenging routes and boulder problems with greater ease. Furthermore, developing overall strength will enhance your climbing efficiency, enabling you to climb longer and rest effectively on the wall. Strength training also plays a vital role in injury prevention. By developing balanced musculature and strengthening stabilizer muscles, you can reduce the risk of common climbing injuries, such as tendon strains and imbalances. Additionally, a well-designed strength training program improves overall body awareness and control, enhancing your climbing technique and movement skills.

Conclusion: Unleash Your Full Climbing Potential

In conclusion, climbers of all levels can benefit from incorporating strength training into their climbing routines. Whether you're a beginner, intermediate, or elite climber, targeted strength training will improve your performance, prevent injuries, and help you reach your climbing goals. By following a well-designed program and incorporating climbing-specific exercises, you can unlock your full climbing potential and take your skills to new heights. Remember, climbing is a combination of technical skill, mental fortitude, and physical strength. By prioritizing strength training alongside your climbing practice, you'll develop a well-rounded set of abilities that will elevate your climbing abilities. So lace up your climbing shoes, hit the gym, and embrace the challenge of becoming a stronger climber. Your spring projects won't stand a chance against your newfound strength and resilience on the wall!

Additional Information: More on Erin Support your climbing goals with this 5-week program with Coach Erin Storck! Build strength, prevent injury, and improve your aerobic conditioning through workouts focusing on core, pulling and oppositional muscles, leg strength, and cardio fitness. Your spring projects won’t stand a chance! Read the full article

[moremedtech]

Bolivia’s hypergravity blood cell test for astronaut health

Bolivia’s hypergravity blood cell test for astronaut health. An all-female team from Bolivia is the latest international group to use ESA's hypergravity-generating Large Diameter Centrifuge, with access sponsored by the United Nations and ESA. The researchers are looking into whether the high gravity levels experienced during rocket launches contribute to the anemia that many astronauts suffer from in space. Based at ESA’s ESTEC technical canter in the Netherlands, the LDC is an 8-meter-diameter, four-arm centrifuge that gives researchers access to a range of hypergravity up to 20 times Earth gravity for weeks or months at a time. Access to the LDC was arranged through HyperGES, part of the Access to Space for All initiative sponsored by ESA and the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, UNOOSA. At its fastest, the centrifuge rotates at up to 67 revs per minute, with its six gondolas placed at different points along its arms weighing in at 130 kg, and each capable of accommodating 80 kg of payload.

ESA's Large Diameter Centrifuge The five-strong all-female team from Universidad Católica Boliviana ‘San Pablo’ in La Paz, Bolivia, have spent two weeks studying the effects of hypergravity on red blood cells. Astronauts are known to experience numerous adverse health effects while in space. Among them – observed since the earliest days of orbital flight – is anemia, which can cause dizziness and weakness. Recent research shows this anemia is linked to ‘hemolysis'—in’ – in plain words that red blood cells are destroyed at a much higher rate than the usual recycling of old and damaged cells. This finding became the starting point for the team’s research.

Preparing_samples_for_testing Team leader Dr. Georgina Chávez explains: “As part of a biology class I assigned a very simple task which many people might do in school: testing how osmosis affects red blood cells. By putting low-salinity ‘hypotonic’ solution in the fluid surrounding the red blood cells, then water moves into the cells and they eventually burst. We saw the paper in Nature on the hemolytic anemia suffered by astronauts, and the parallels with our testing raised our interest. It is possible that hypergravity exposure causes cellular membranes to become fragile, leading to hemolysis.

Red_blood_cells_undergoing_hemolysis_after_hypergravity_exposure “What is well known is that the distribution of body fluid changes in weightlessness, so this might promote the same kind of destruction of red blood cells. But most of the existing studies have been done in microgravity. We thought, well actually astronauts go through two big bodily changes during spaceflight: to make it into microgravity they first experience a brief but intense period of hypergravity. So we decided to investigate the effects that this initial phase might have in terms of leading to hemolysis in space later.”

Samples_placed_in_LDC For hypergravity testing the team prepared various levels of hypotonic solutions to perform ‘osmotic fragility testing’ on samples that were exposed to 7.5 and 15 Earth gravities as well as normal gravity as a control. The hypergravity spins continue for differing test periods of 10 minutes, 30 minutes and 60 minutes, with samples stored at temperatures of 25°C and body temperature. “It typically takes a few minutes of high-gravity rocket flight to make it into orbit,” notes team member Daira Quenta. “We want to see how the amount of time spent in hypergravity might make a difference.”

Hypergravity_centrifuge_in_motion The team had been inspired by previous Bolivian participation in other UNOOSA programs, notably the DropTES (Drop Tower Experiment Series) which enables international researchers to utilize the ZARM drop tower in Bremen, Germany, with a 146-m shaft for brief microgravity testing. “We made the connection – if they can do it, we can do it. The opportunity got us motivated.” Team member Marcia Carrasco comments “We’re training to become biochemistry and bioprocess engineers, which is really quite vocational,” explains team member Belen Flores. “This career encompasses a wide range of options, we might for instance end up working for the pharmaceuticals sector or food companies. We don’t typically have the chance undertake scientific investigations like this, so this has been exciting.” “We are an all-female team, which wasn’t intentional, but they are all brilliant students, and it’s fair to say females are a bit more organised!” Dr. Chavez adds “We didn’t think too much about gender at the time, but we have been part of some important initiatives subsequently, including Matilda, an organisation encouraging female Latin America students to go into STEM subjects. And we’ve been featured on Pica, which is a popular TV show for Bolivian teenagers, raising a lot of interest.” Team member Natalia Agramont says Source: ESA Read the full article