Article from Jay at Gym Source

I love to workout.  I do so pretty much everyday.  I took an old porch, a few years ago, and built it out into a great home gym.

One of the places I bought equipment, and liked a lot, was Gym Source.  I dealt with Jay, who gave me lots of good advice.  He is a reader to this blog, and sent me a good article on the exercise equipment industry trying to make changes to be less of a drain on our resources.  Here it is: " It’s hard to imagine a fitness facility without electricity powering its equipment especially in the case of cardio vascular equipment. Electricity is usually a must but with the progressive changes to our interest as a nation to “GO Green” like our own bodies when we work out many machines are running on their own electric power today. Popular machines like the “Arc Trainer” by Cybex international (featured on the new season of “The Biggest Loser”) uses Eddy Current brake technology to power its 400lb capacity machine. Many other manufacturers like Cybex have taken recumbent, upright bikes and ellipticals and used the same type of technology to reduce the amount of electricity we’re using in our homes and health clubs.


     One of the oldest companies in the fitness industry Woodway has designed something that takes this energy saving concept even further by building the “Curve” self powered treadmill. These changes are causing us to reconsider these options and for good reason.

With these manufactures using science and technology to come up with these types of options for us to consider it becomes interesting to see what the future holds but more importantly what our GREEN future "

Jay, I think a lot of people who care about preserving the environment also care about preserving their bodies.  If we can get in shape and keep the earth in shape at the same time, I think you will have a lot of happy customers buying a lot of good products.

Keep sending us material.  If readers and viewers requested it, we will do a show on the topic.

Thanks, Jay.