Gyms that produce electricity and pay you to exercise

Yes, that's what we need and that's what looks possible. Has anybody made anything yet? I don't know.

The observation is this. People are becoming health conscious. They are going to gyms everyday to workout. They try to shed weight or keep fit by using energy to move some mechanical equipment or to run on electricity consuming treadmills. Can't that movement of equipments be further channelized into generating electricity? It's like the old times when the head light of a bicycle glowed because of the motion of pedaling.

And now since you produce electricity by exercising in this gym, you should be paid, right? Imagine clean energy. Imagine the incentive to exercise.

3 responses to “Gyms that produce electricity and pay you to exercise”

  1. Tushar Jambhekar Avatar
    Tushar Jambhekar

    That’s an amazing idea… and in a way its practical. It would actually be a nice prospect to explore especially with the exercise cycle of the stepper. All you need is to connect a dynamo and your effort can help generate power. You shall be paid as per the effort you have applied on the cycle.
    Try selling this concept to a health club. This can be a great source of income and the power genrated can substitute the power required for lighting up the place or for the music they play.

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  2. Siddharth Soni Avatar

    O’ yes, to make it practical at the simplest level, the power can be generated for the gym itself :)

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  3. Ninad Avatar

    Dude, they are already doing it in the West. Its in the experimental stages currently. I read about it in Newsweek a couple of months ago. Check this out too http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/02/06/green-microgym-in-seattle/
    Its a great concept if it takes off. Need not be restricted only to gyms. I mean various kinds of activities can be tapped into for energy. Just thought of it as I am typing….How about typing on the keyboard.Imaging the collective energies generated only through typing!

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