٠٠:٠٦:٠٤Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated how he and his crew mates perform daily resistance training exercises aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Exclusive footage taken on September 3-14 shows him using an Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) multi gym, adjusting the bar height and the load, and then doing exercises in zero gravity. Video also features breathtaking views of the Earth filmed from the module's window.
The ARED multi gym on board the ISS was designed for the crew to train different muscle groups. According to Borisov, a standard training programme lasts 90 minutes and during that time he saw 'the day change to night and then to morning again'.
"It stands on a special platform that dampens any vibration so it wouldn't transmit to the station's body, and on top there is a laptop which we use to track our training programme. Basically, the exercise device is a barbell, dumbbells to squat with," Borisov explained.
"Also there is a pull rope, and you can adjust the load here within a fairly wide range, up to several hundred kilograms," he added.
Borisov also noted that training in zero gravity was 'very peculiar', but over time, he could not 'even distinguish this load from the earthly one'. Moreover, cosmonauts developed basic training skills in dedicated one-to-one sessions with exercise specialists before starting self-guided workouts aboard the ISS.
"In order to have the right to self-train here, we undergo 17 training sessions on Earth, each of which is at least 90 minutes long. Every fifth workout is a scoring one, and they take place over the course of the year. Our instructors make sure that we do the exercises correctly, safely, and also [that] we can faultlessly operate this equipment. In order to know for sure that we can do well here," Borisov shared.
The cosmonaut arrived at the ISS aboard the NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27. The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.
No pain, no gravity! Russian cosmonaut 'pumps iron' in space *EXCLUSIVE*
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated how he and his crew mates perform daily resistance training exercises aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Exclusive footage taken on September 3-14 shows him using an Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) multi gym, adjusting the bar height and the load, and then doing exercises in zero gravity. Video also features breathtaking views of the Earth filmed from the module's window.
The ARED multi gym on board the ISS was designed for the crew to train different muscle groups. According to Borisov, a standard training programme lasts 90 minutes and during that time he saw 'the day change to night and then to morning again'.
"It stands on a special platform that dampens any vibration so it wouldn't transmit to the station's body, and on top there is a laptop which we use to track our training programme. Basically, the exercise device is a barbell, dumbbells to squat with," Borisov explained.
"Also there is a pull rope, and you can adjust the load here within a fairly wide range, up to several hundred kilograms," he added.
Borisov also noted that training in zero gravity was 'very peculiar', but over time, he could not 'even distinguish this load from the earthly one'. Moreover, cosmonauts developed basic training skills in dedicated one-to-one sessions with exercise specialists before starting self-guided workouts aboard the ISS.
"In order to have the right to self-train here, we undergo 17 training sessions on Earth, each of which is at least 90 minutes long. Every fifth workout is a scoring one, and they take place over the course of the year. Our instructors make sure that we do the exercises correctly, safely, and also [that] we can faultlessly operate this equipment. In order to know for sure that we can do well here," Borisov shared.
The cosmonaut arrived at the ISS aboard the NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27. The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.
Russian cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov demonstrated how he and his crew mates perform daily resistance training exercises aboard the International Space Station (ISS).
Exclusive footage taken on September 3-14 shows him using an Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED) multi gym, adjusting the bar height and the load, and then doing exercises in zero gravity. Video also features breathtaking views of the Earth filmed from the module's window.
The ARED multi gym on board the ISS was designed for the crew to train different muscle groups. According to Borisov, a standard training programme lasts 90 minutes and during that time he saw 'the day change to night and then to morning again'.
"It stands on a special platform that dampens any vibration so it wouldn't transmit to the station's body, and on top there is a laptop which we use to track our training programme. Basically, the exercise device is a barbell, dumbbells to squat with," Borisov explained.
"Also there is a pull rope, and you can adjust the load here within a fairly wide range, up to several hundred kilograms," he added.
Borisov also noted that training in zero gravity was 'very peculiar', but over time, he could not 'even distinguish this load from the earthly one'. Moreover, cosmonauts developed basic training skills in dedicated one-to-one sessions with exercise specialists before starting self-guided workouts aboard the ISS.
"In order to have the right to self-train here, we undergo 17 training sessions on Earth, each of which is at least 90 minutes long. Every fifth workout is a scoring one, and they take place over the course of the year. Our instructors make sure that we do the exercises correctly, safely, and also [that] we can faultlessly operate this equipment. In order to know for sure that we can do well here," Borisov shared.
The cosmonaut arrived at the ISS aboard the NASA SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft with the Crew-7 expedition on August 27. The crew also included NASA astronaut and Crew-7 commander Jasmin Moghbeli, European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Andreas Mogensen and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa.
Borisov is the third Russian cosmonaut to fly to the ISS aboard a SpaceX rocket, after Anna Kikina and Andrey Fedyaev, who arrived at the station in October 2022 and March 2023 respectively.