If you had the option of getting a workout while at your place of employment doing your regular duties, would you take that option? The Walkstation is the design of Dr. James Levine who back in 2005, came up with a solution to incorporate workouts while at his desk. In order to do this, he created a homemade desk that centered around a treadmill.
If you’ve seen those late night infomercials, you’ve seen that body toning and weight loss are two of the more lucrative niches for those infomercials. Within this niche, it seems that the infomercials cater to two different groups of people. You’ve got products such as P90X that cater to the crowd that is interested in working out but then you’ve also got gadgets that you strap around your waist, plug into the wall and miraculously through a series of impulses to your abdominal muscles, you’ll see muscle toning even while you’re watching TV.
Wii Fit’s mother corporation Nintendo announced that Wii Fit has made it’s USA debut today being available exclusively at the Nintendo World store in New York City. From there, it will be available across the country starting Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
This is a highly anticipated product created by Nintendo. For a generation that has grown up in a digital world, this may be a perfect opportunity to introduce some exercise into their life. In fact, the Wii is the first video game to ever have been included in the President’s Challenge, a program designed by the President’s Council of Physical Fitness and Sports which places great emphasis on American fitness by promoting exercise on a daily basis.
When you first use the Wii, it will measure and record your Body Mass Index (BMI). This will be your baseline and hopefully a spring board from which you can begin your journey to physical fitness.
Wii Fit includes a variety of exercises and programs to keep you motivated. You can choose from such exercises as Downward facing dog yoga poses, twirling a virtual Hula Hoop, or performing leg extensions.
As mentioned, Wii Fit will record your progress, and as you progress, this will be reflective in the Wii on screen caricature of yourself.
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