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Gamercize gets Kids Moving in the Philippines

Chris — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:03:27 +0000

At the gym, kids make friends, are motivated to exercise through group play, video games and interactive equipment while developing good motor skills and body coordination.

No interactive gym can be complete without Gamercize interactive fitness gaming so Game Gym founder, Richard Barria flew equipment halfway around the globe in time for the grand opening.

"The good thing about Gamercize is its wide range of use. You can play any PlayStation game here. unlike the stationary bikes where the only games you play are car chases and racing, with Gamercize, you can play Fight simulations, Basketball, Car chases, everything.

Gamercize is not complicated to use. We have 5 year old kids already using it. On average kids play for more than 10 minutes on the Gamercize before being asked (by our trainers) to allow other kids to use it.

The kids love Gamercize, and we change the games often so as not to be repetitive. Most of the time, they didn’t notice that they are perspiring. They are "into" the game so much to feel tired," Barria adds.

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Local gym offers video game work outs to kids

Chris — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 19:39:27 +0000

From examiner.com:

Gone are the days of the chubby gamer. More and more studies are suggesting that the socially awkward, overweight gamer sterotype is a thing of the past, along with the myth that gamers are almost all male. With those tidy pieces of information shoved into your pocket, it’s almost too easy to imagine the merging of video games and fitness. It wasn’t hard for the games industry to conceptualize it either and it took them no time to jump right into that perfect pairing. Try YourSelf! Fitness, Dance Dance Revolution, Wii Sports, Wii Play and the piece d’resistance, Wii Fit. Why not include these incredibly popular video games in your normal work out routine? Or even better, why not trick children into working out? A Gold’s Gym in Colorado Springs, CO has done just that.
Located off of Union and Briargate this particular Gold’s has included a gym game room where children from ages 9 to 12 can go to play games and break a sweat. Not only is it a great asset for parents who want to work out but not pay for a babysitter, it’s hardly difficult to talk your kids into playing video games with other kids for about an hour or so. Gold’s Gym says:

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Get in the game at new type of fitness center

Chris — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:03:04 +0000

From desmoinesregister.com:

XRKade, in the newly opened 7 Flags 24/7 X-Press at GreenWay Crossing in West Des Moines, is all about exercise gaming in a fun environment. Members get a workout while playing video games that involve dancing, boxing, cycling and snowboarding, in competition with people nearby or, in some games, at other XRKade locations.

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Next, we tried a running-and- jumping game called “Jackie Chan Action Run.” Using a special running pad, we became Jackie Chan on the TV screen, running along the streets of Hong Kong, jumping up and sideways to avoid obstacles, and running along the length of the pad to battle dangerous-looking ninjas dropping from the sky.

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Stolen gym equipment found in back of car

Chris — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 02:13:17 +0000

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From southyorkshiretimes.co.uk:

“A GYM owner has praised the police after they recovered an exercise machine worth thousands of pounds that was recently stolen from his health club.

A special ‘virtual reality monitor’, similar to the Wii Fit game, that gives tutorials on various forms of exercise including yoga was taken from the Empress Health Club in Mexborough overnight on Saturday.”

$110 an hour for Wii gym workouts

Chris — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:36:15 +0000

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From nypost.com:

"A Manhattan gym is charging customers $110 an hour for a personal training session – with a Nintendo Wii.

Super Mario’s rotund physique may not be what most gym members are shooting for, but personal trainer Dorothy Evans says the video-game system not only gets the heart pumping but might even help her clients lose a few pixels in the process."