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Fitness News: You Generate the Energy at this Health Club!

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There are a lot of “themes” in running that do little for me.  The electric runs, the color runs, the tomato runs…. sure, you can say that, if its fun and it gets people off their butts, then its OK.  And I agree.  But that doesn’t mean I’m going to pay money to roll around in the mud, or have color powders shot onto me or to run away from Zombies gone amok.

This is different!  This is advancement.  This is interesting.

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A self-powered gym where your own workout generates the electricity!  You keep the lights on!!

Where:  Congresbury, near Bristol in the UK

The hotel: The Cadbury House, a Doubletree by Hilton Hotel.

The equipment: ARTIS (Art in Motion), supplied by Technogym

As reported in the UK Daily Mail:

A British gym has become the first in the world to harness the energy of its users to generate its own electricity.

Bikes, cross trainers and ‘vario’ machines at Cadbury House in Congresbury, near Bristol will each feed around 100w per hour back into the building’s power supply.

The new treadmills will also use 30 per cent less electricity and generate enough energy to power their own information screens.

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The 42 pieces of equipment, called ARTIS and supplied by Technogym, cost £600,000 and are considered the most energy efficient in the world.
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Once the user has begun to exercise, the equipment will power up – generating electricity from the energy they are producing.
As soon as the machines have generated enough power to operate, any surplus energy will be stored inside a holding cell, or dynamo, which is then fed back into the building’s electricity supply.

The treadmills use innovative brushless motor technology, combined with low friction materials, to reduce their energy consumption by 30 per cent.

On its website, Technogym, the creator of Artis, states:
ARTIS is the only collection of environmentally friendly wellness equipment. Its unique patent pending technology enables to reduce, recycle and even renew energy.
Reduce: Run ARTIS reduces energy consumption by 30%, compared to best in class treadmills.
Recycle: Physical activity performed on ARTIS is recycled to power equipment displays (both in cardio and strength)
Renew: human energy produced during exercise is fed into the grid and used to power the gym. With ARTIS, gym members and operators alike can contribute to create a sustainable gym and a more sustainable planet.
Intuitively, this makes so much sense to me.  Actually, I’m surprised this wasn’t created and developed earlier.  Or maybe it was?
I note that both the Technogym website and the Cadbury House website are worth looking at.  Technogym, is international in scope and a leader in fitness advancement.  The Cadbury House looks gorgeous.  I want to go there! Is there a marathon in Bristol?
(ht to JayHawkNJ)
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  1. gobluetwo says

    This is pretty cool, and I agree – you’d think this would have been done before, but the technology was probably cost-prohibitive to install in most gyms. A luxury hotel (which will typically have smaller facilities than a full-service gym), though, makes sense. I wonder what the ROI is on those machines…

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