Workouts shed pounds, add wattage
Elliptical Machines | November 27, 2010
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 27 (UPI) — The calories burned by exercisers are not going to waste at a new breed of “green gyms.”
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Here’s how to get the extra holiday weight off
Elliptical Machines | November 25, 2010
The average person eats about 4,000 calories in one Thanksgiving meal. That’s more than double a person should eat in one day.
Green gym generates electricity from bikers
Elliptical Machines | September 7, 2010
With their row after row of exercise machines, most gyms burn far more electrical power than calories. But by equipping stationary bikes and elliptical machines with generators, a San Diego gym has become as healthy for the Earth as it is for its patrons.
Students generating power on UNT campus
Elliptical Machines | August 30, 2010
DENTON — The University of North Texas is known as the “Mean Green,” but the namesake didn’t have anything to do with actually going green — until now. The school’s recreation center is being touted as the largest human power plant. When students get on the elliptical machines to burn calories, they have the ability to burn generate enough kilowatts to do so much more. “This is the magic right …
Mesa State exercise machines produce electricity
Elliptical Machines | April 27, 2010
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. - Fitness buffs can now generate electricity while they burn calories at a western Colorado fitness center. Eight elliptical trainers at Mesa State College’s Hamilton Recreation Center produce electricity that help power the building’s system. Officials say a 30-minute workout can produce enough electricity to power a laptop computer for an hour. Michael Wells, director of …