My Eco-Innovation Two

Generating Electricity While Working Out in this Eco-Friendly Gym

You may go to the gym to lose weight or gain muscle, but have you ever gone to the gym to generate electricity for your nation.

The Terra Hale Gym, a gym in London, uses eco-power spin bicycles to generate Watts. Michal Homola, the founder of the Terra Hale Gym, says that to gain muscle or lose weight, you must release energy, and this energy hasn’t been harnessed, and there is a great potential in doing so. According to Michal, Terra Hale Gym envisions creating a more sustainable, brighter, and healthier exercising future even with the world’s challenges.

A 50-minute session of 10 people generates 1,500-3,000 Watts which can power a laptop for about half a day, support hairdryer usage for like an hour, glow an incandescent bulb the whole day. And the gym rats love it. Ben MacSweeney, a gym goer there, says that being in a spinning class before, there is nothing more fascinating than knowing that the power he is generating is going straight back to the national grid.

Amanda Frith, another gym-goer, says that it’s gratifying, and you want the numbers to go up and up. And so it’s quite a challenge for yourself.

So you will work up a sweat while working up energy too.

Terra Hale is London’s first human-powered gym using peddle power from spin bikes. After powering the gym, excess energy is fed to the grid to help power local businesses.

On top of that, this gym is decorated with recycled and eco-friendly materials; recycled furniture in the corners and recycled rubber make the floor. The walls are covered with air-filtering plants and feature reclaimed wood. 

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