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Wii game connects moms

Chris — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 17:25:31 +0000

However, unlike others trying to lose weight, she doesn’t go to a fitness center, she’s not enrolled in a special class and doesn’t have a home gym — unless you consider a Nintendo Wii Fit a home gym.

Hethcoat, who lives in Lawrence, is one of four founding members of the Web site Wii Fit Mommies, a fitness blog started shortly after Julie Maloney, of South Carolina, shared how she lost 60 pounds using the gaming system. The women created the site to give people a place where they could work together and motivate each other in their weight loss while having fun doing it.

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“That’s the one thing I like about the Fit,” she says. “I can do it right here and with both of my kids. I can do it any time. I don’t have to change my clothes or worry about the weather. There are no excuses.”

Getting Fit Online: Your Guide To Web Workouts

Chris — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:16:39 +0000

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From informationweek.com:

“As IT professionals, we all know that sitting in front of the computer all day dealing with the stress of the modern world makes us flabby and weak. And we all know what we have to do to compensate for our sedentary workplace — diet and exercise.

A plethora of Internet sites, computer programs, devices, DVDs, and videogames purports to put you on the path to perfect fitness. In this article, we examine some of the tools that can make you ripped, cut, and fit — or at least sweaty and tired.”

$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."