Health Club Energy Converters

Ever notice all those people pedaling away on exercise bikes, stairmasters, and treadmills at your local health club?

Surely there's a way to connect a device to exercise machines that stores expended energy, or reroutes it so that it can be used to heat the pool or hot water for showers or whatever.

A health club's investment in the devices could provide a breakeven return in a few months from electricity bill savings. Club members could even be awarded incentives to "pedal faster".....

Why not harness all that free energy?