If you want to exercise, but you just can’t bring yourself to miss a single rerun of The Young and the Restless, a satellite dish mounted to the armrest of a comfy tandem couchbike could be the answer to your dilemma.
We don’t know if that’s the true motivation behind the instructables’ call for cohorts to build a tandem couchbike in Colorado – the claim is that the couchbike would be great for parades and night rides – but the couchbike sure gives the term “couch potato” a whole new meaning.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Home Fitness
- Home workout equipment and exercises that can be completed while remaining comfortably on a sofa.
- Multipurpose Equipment
- Equipment that serves more than one purpose, such as exercise equipment that also functions as a piece of furniture.
- Socially-distanced Exercise
- Innovative exercise equipment that allows for social distancing or can be used in a closed environment like the home.
Where This Applies
- Fitness Equipment
- Companies that manufacture and sell exercise equipment, particularly equipment that can also be used as furniture.
- Home Furniture
- Companies that manufacture and sell home furniture and may explore opportunities to create furniture that serves a dual function, such as exercise equipment.
- Entertainment Industry
- Companies that provide entertainment devices and services, like satellite providers, who may explore opportunities to integrate exercise equipment into their offerings.
