From republicanherald.com:

The center, called The Virtual Edge, will be on the balcony overlooking the gymnasium. It will feature video fitness equipment and sports games designed to encourage healthy lifestyles and physical fitness in local youth, Seamon said.
The grant was presented to the agency by Lowe’s company officials last week.

“The Virtual Edge will be a state-of-the-art video fitness center where youth can work out while mimicking video arcade games, such as riding dirt bikes, skateboarding, dancing, boxing and other activities,” Seamon said. “The system will feature big-screen televisions, flashing lights and actual equipment that simulates arcade games, while targeting muscle groups vital to healthy growth and overall fitness of young adults.”

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From marketwatch.com:

“With October being National Physical Therapy Awareness Month, expect Nintendo Wiis to be flying off the shelves. Among the first in line will be members of the California Physical Therapy Association (CPTA), who stand by the video game console and its accompanying sports and fitness games as one of the best therapeutic technology inventions to roll out in a long time.
“As physical therapists, we are movement specialists engaged in the CPTA-sponsored MoveCalifornia campaign to get people active and fit again. In the midst of this, we’re seeing a therapeutic phenomenon of sorts with kids, grown-ups and geriatric patients getting off the couch and learning how to properly use the Wii for core strength and balancing exercises,” said CPTA member Amy Calhoun Sanchez, PT, DPT, CSCS, NSCA-CPT. “

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From joystiq.com:

“Though we still feel the less traditional application of a pedometer is the more prudent one — you never know how many pedophiles could be in the area — Nintendo has decided to stick with one that merely counts steps. Judging by one of the videos shown during its recent presentation in Japan, the trademarked device will be tied (at least initially) to a Nintendo DS fitness title.”

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From krisabel.ctv.ca:

“The success of Brain Age games and Wii Fit has proven so effective in establishing new trends in video games that Nintendo, along with partner Ubi Soft Montreal, were able to fill a spa this week with demonstrations of seventeen titles in the life coach and fitness genres including a new cooking guide, a stop smoking coach, two new yoga trainers, language instructors for Chinese and Japanese, and a Pilates guide. In previewing them, I found myself surrounded by female reporters, the only man in the tour, and suddenly recruited for a Yoga lesson. To make up for the tree poses and breathing exercises, I was given a rather butch tattoo on my forearm, so I still left the spa with my dignity intact.”

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