Patrons of a new San Diego California gym called Greenasium have the chance to drop calories while producing energy to run the gym. The new gym opened this week and sports 3 specialized spinning bikes that are equipped to produce energy that is plugged into the nearest outlet.
“The bike’s are retrofitted by a company up in Seattle that we work with called Resource Fitness,” said Greenasium‘s co-owner Byron Spratt. “As the bike (spins), the wheel creates DC power, converts it to AC power, which is plugged back into the wall, which puts energy back into the grid.”
Their floor is made of recycled tires-love it!
Read more at NBC San Diego.
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