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Eco-Gym
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Video by:
jsauce , MacKenzie Fegan, Lindsay Utz, Rebecca Delgado, Erik Winkowski, Morgan Currie, Michael Schaubach, Grace Jackson
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Sublime Frequencies
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Posted: October 3, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Chances are you go to the gym because it makes you feel good. But nothing kills that post-workout buzz like contemplating the environmental impact of traditional gyms—the air conditioning, the cardio machines, the thousands of tiny towels that are washed daily. Manuel de Arriba Ares has an alternative: all the exercise equipment in his gimnasio ecológico requires no electricity and is made entirely of recycled materials. At Ares’ gym, reducing your impact is no sweat.
DISCUSSION: 5 Comments
I think I saw this guy at Equinox last week. No Joke. He was getting busy doing squats and skull crushers in the back. Great video!
Alternative perspective: “Fine Termite Cuisine”I loved this. I think it shows incredible gumption, resourcefulness and really a great deal of confidence.
[...] It bills itself as an eco-gym. Neat idea, but I wonder if anyone actually works out in it. [GOOD] (Thanks to [...]
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As a desk jockey who uses the gym, and also splits 4-5 cords of wood every fall for our winter’s heat, I’ll say: the wood splitting is a lot better exercise than the gym. And you wind up with something useful for your sweat. Be nice if gyms could convert all the calories spent into useful things; the obvious one is to generate electricity, instead of use it. But there are surely other good ideas.