Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on board ISS shares how they exercise in space

Space expeditions have always captured the attention of people and our limited knowledge surrounding them, only makes them more fascinating. It is particularly intriguing how astronauts live in space and how they carry out their day-to-day activities.

A video posted by Samantha Cristoforetti, answered some of these queries, especially those who were interested in how astronauts exercise in space. She is one of the European Space Agency astronaut living a the International Space Station (ISS).

The Italian astronaut posted the video on Twitter on Wednesday and it shows her exercising and lifting weights at the ISS. In the video, she shows a machine called the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device and it allows astronauts to carry out muscle-strengthening workouts. In the video, she is heard saying, "Yes, we can do weightlifting in weightlessness".


She shared how astronauts do some of the exercises. They can do different kinds of squats, deadlift, and many other kinds of pressing and lifting exercises. She also said that they have to exercise for several hours in the day, to maintain their bone density.

Cristoforetti added that even when she is not in space she aims to exercise and lift weights every day to maintain her health and ensure that she has strong muscles and bones.

“Weightlifting in weightlessness. Load-bearing exercises in space and on Earth help us maintain bone density and strong muscles (sic) – lift, push, build strong bones!” she captioned the video.

Watch the video below:

Since being posted, the video has received more than 39,000 views and over 1,200 likes. “Weightlifting in weightlessness in space and on earth is helpful in maintaining our bones density. Thanks for the piece of information from Space to ground and have an amazing #spacetime there!” commented a Twitter user. “Thanks for this information,” posted another.