Hey everyone! Just a quick update:
The Green Microgym won’t be selling gym equipment or DIY kits anymore, but don’t worry – The Green Microgym – Belmont in Portland is staying open and ready to welcome you! Thanks so much for your support!
It's Not About Fitness Models
It's About Role ModelsIt makes sense. You don’t need a ton of energy-sucking machines to get a good workout. We are machines. You power your workout. The energy bar you just ate powers the ceiling fan for the next three hours. Another person’s morning scramble is doing its part to keep the lights on. Every revolution is churning pure electricity back to the building. Calories are converted into precious watts. You power your gym. Friends and neighbors, sweating it out together, all in the name of feeling good, about themselves, about their community, about their gym and about the World.
Before you Go any Further…
The World Needs to Learn the Value of a Watt
The Green Microgym (and our products and services) is not the solution to the world energy crisis. It’s simply a much better way to exercise. You get the same workout on equipment you recognize, with the bonus of knowing your energy isn’t wasted – just the opposite. It’s being used to help power the building.
This is a small part of a much larger solution. Though you can’t power your house on a workout a day, the potential of human power is not in measuring how much electricity our bodies can make, but in finding ways to live more sustainable lives, and create a more sustainable culture.
For more detailed understanding, read this article in CleanTechnica from our founder.
PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
Gym Equipment
When The Green Microgym was founded in 2008, we modified traditional equipment to harvest the electricity. Now there is a full line of gym-quality grid-tied electricity generating equipment from SportsArt Fitness (we’re an authorized dealer). Competitively priced with a 5 year warranty, it’s attractive, reliable, and legitimately green.
No electricians or permits required – these machines are plug-and-play.
The Green Read and Ride Bike
This bike makes electricity! Schools and districts across the country are using this proven, evidence backed, STEM integrated interactive learning improvement tool.
Fits kids 4 feet tall and up, comes with a reader rack and lesson plans for grades 1-5.
Plugs into a normal wall outlet and sends 10-30 watts back to the building when pedaled at a steady pace.
Start a Green Gym Guide
From the founder of The Green Microgym: “Start a Green Gym is how I started 2 green gyms from scratch, cashflowed positive on 5 hours of work a week (with no employees), and sold them for a profit. It’s a clear, detailed roadmap to starting, cashflowing, and selling within 2 years while avoiding all the mistakes I made.”
Eco-Fitness Design, Consulting, and Partnerships
We want to make the world a better place. If you do too, let’s work together.
If you have a plan, a budget, and buy-in from top decision makers, let’s talk.
DIY Kits
Replace the rear wheel on almost any bike with our generator and start making electricity. You can charge batteries off the grid, go straight to the grid, or create a hybrid system. Combine with small scale solar and wind, or ride solo.
Keep the Energy Flowing
You can help make Earth a better place using human power to delight, inspire, and educate as part of a clean energy future. Your electric company won’t be paying you to exercise anytime soon, but whether you’re a kid riding while you read, an adult doing your daily cardio workout, or an event-goer taking a few minutes to stretch your legs, it’s better when your effort is helping power your school, gym, devices, or event.
Known Worldwide as the first of its kind
In addition to years of international press since opening in 2008, a recent video from attn: featuring The Green Microgym and others went viral with over 12 million views and counting.
Working Out With This Equipment Is Great for You and Our Planet
“Gyms where people generate clean energy while working out are popping up all over the world.”
The Best Gyms For Every Workout
“We polled fitness pros and active readers across the country to find the hottest body shops around.”
Four Fitness Startups Find a Unique Workout Niche
“Boutique health clubs are competing with established players by coming up with unique takes on breaking a sweat.”
Our Green Advantage
The Secret – An Energy Saving Culture
A Green Microgym Facility uses 85% less electricity per square foot than traditionally run gyms. Evidence HERE.
Simple is Better
When designing a Green Microgym floor layout, multifunctional equipment with plenty of room for bodyweight exercises is prioritized.
We bring the outside-in with large format nature photography and living walls whenever possible.
Wall-mounted Televisions are Eliminated
Long a symbol of luxury in high-end gyms, TVs are big energy wasters and have become obsolete. A strong wi-fi connection is all anyone needs to stream video and audio content to their phone or tablet.
Refrigerated Vending Machines are Out
In addition to having wasteful plastic bottles, these machines can use a dollar a day in electricity. Better to bring your own water bottle and fill it up from a non-refrigerated drinking fountain.
When Possible, Users Control Climate
Although not practical in every space, the ability for individuals to control the fans and lighting for different spaces in the gym adds to the user experience (gives them more control) and reduces energy usage.
Not Just for Gyms
In 2011, responding to customer requests, founder Adam Boesel invented a Do-It-Yourself kit
called the UpCycle EcoCharger that can attach to any bike and make electricity anywhere. Since then, we’ve worked with many partners, harnessing human power to educate, entertain, and inspire.
Hopworks Bike Bar Gives Riders Discounts For Riding
We Brought an Off-Grid Bike to a Rural Village In Haiti
We Were Featured On an Episode of Tiny House Mansions
O’Reilly Media Used Our Bikes as a Phone Charging Movement Break at OSCON
The Air Force Tested The UpCycle Ecocharger for Use in The Field
Join the PDX Gym
The Green Microgym-Belmont is a separately owned licensee in the heart of SouthEast PDX on the corner of 34th and Belmont. Contact them only for gym membership inquiries. Go to their website.
Contact Us
For all equipment, Eco-Fitness lifestyle, and business questions, call The Green Microgym founder Adam at 503-933-2230 or email him at adam (at) thegreenmicrogym.com
