From joystiq.com:

Now, thanks to the game’s official site, we’ve got a full list of actual sports contained within the game [EA Sports Active ] to help you give your tummy threats a little more impact, including "Squat Jump, Fast Dance and Punch Bag," which (assuming the rules haven’t changed from our days at St. Victoria’s School for Troubled Boys) has us hoping for an included Wii Cup. Check out the full list of activities after the break.

 

Cardio Boxing Basic Dance Tennis Inline Skating Kick-Ups Cardio Dance Kickbox Batting Volleyball Basketball Pitching and Catching Serve Run

Walk Jump High Steps Lateral Raises Lunge Reps Side Lunge Squat/Calf Lunge Jump Squat Jump Punch Target Fast Dance Punch Bag

From multiplayerblog.mtv.com (via gamedaily.com):

A few years ago, that kind of sales misery on a Nintendo console would be okay. For a long time, sports games on Nintendo consoles just didn’t sell.

But given that “Wii Sports” sparked Nintendo’s GameCube-to-Wii console resurrection, it seems like sports games can sell on the Wii.

So why isn’t EA Sports having an easier go of it on the Wii? I recently asked EA Sports chief Peter Moore to tell me what EA was doing right and wrong with sports games on Nintendo’s console.

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From reuters.com:

Electronic Arts Inc unveiled its first personal training product on Thursday, tapping into the growing appeal of video games as fitness systems as seen with Nintendo Co Ltd’s hit title “Wii Fit” earlier this year.

The $60 title, EA Sports Active, is exclusive to Nintendo’s Wii console, and will hit store shelves in March 2009. Targeted toward women as a low-cost alternative to joining sports club or gym, the game features an interactive computer trainer, and crafts running, boxing and other heart-pumping exercises to the user’s desires.

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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 gamespot.com:

“We [at EA] think we can take a more Western approach to fitness, something a little more active that gets you moving,” he said. McCarthy then described how EA is planning a new peripheral for an unnamed fitness game which will fasten Wii Remotes to players’ bodies. Besides position, the add-on will help the Wii Remote “measure intensity, how strong your thrusts are, [and] how high you jump.”

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From timesonline.co.uk:

“Highly competitive team sports in school discourage many children from taking part in extracurricular physical activity and undermine efforts to curb Britain’s record teenage obesity rates, a study suggests.

Under the national curriculum, secondary schools are supposed to use PE lessons to teach children how to lead physically active lives with the aim of promoting lifelong participation in healthy exercise.

The report suggests that non-competitive lifestyle activities, such as aerobics, Pilates, hill walking, stretching and toning routines should be encouraged. Even videos such as Supersize Me, which underlines the dangers of excessive consumption of junk food, are recognised as a valuable part of the PE lesson.

The study of more than 100 secondary schools found that too many PE teachers, particularly men, still emphasised the importance of competitive team sports at the expense of more individual activities.”

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