Michael Torchia, President/Founder of the Shape Up Campaign, will be heading down to Washington D.C. to conduct workshops that will seek to educate and certify Girl Scouts as personal fitness trainers. The goal of these workshops is to create thousands of young peer fitness advocates to help stop the increasing levels of obesity among America’s kids. Torchia and his Shape…
Rolling Meadows IL, 07/02/10 – Illinois based company Exergame Fitness debut’s “THE VAULT”, an interactive kids fitness experience that combines game play, exercise & activity monitoring for YMCA’s across the nation. Exergaming combines physical activity while playing fun and engaging video games. Interactive fitness products are loaded into a cosmetically themed room that resembles a video arcade. THE VAULT rooms…
National Wii Games Tournament! 7-1-10: Only 15 days till the first-ever national Wii Games Tournament kicks off! Too bad there wasn’t a location nearer to us, tho the Finals will be held in Los Angeles, which I’ll have to go check out. See the website to see if there’s a location near you Now if we can just get a…
Exergame Fitness VAULT Room! At this years 2010 YMCA General Assembly in Salt Lake City, Exergame Fitness will debut their VAULT room located at booth #122. Some of the worlds top Exergaming products will be on display located in a conceptually themed room made specifically for YMCA’s! Exergame Fitness is the leading Exergaming provider for YMCA’s in the country and now…
A UC Irvine pediatrician’s research heavily influenced a new study out Sunday that shows healthier school lunches and longer, more vigorous physical activity for middle-schoolers can reduce obesity rates. The key, says Dr. Dan Cooper, a pediatrics professor at UCI, is providing activities kids enjoy. Plus, there’s too much standing around in P.E. “In a 45-minute class, if a P.E. instructor isn’t careful, he could…
Subjects chose Nintendo Wii Sports games to play on their own – tennis, bowling, baseball, golf or boxing Feb. 25, 2010 – New research suggests a novel route to improving the symptoms of subsyndromal depression (SSD) in senior citizens through the regular use of “exergames” – entertaining video games that combine game play with exercise. In a pilot study, the…
The PE4life Resource Conference (formerly known as the PEP Grant Resource Conference) is an annual event that highlights current and past PEP Grant winners – their successes AND lessons learned. Don’t miss this opportunity to network and learn from those who have been there and done that. This event is designed to not only help you navigate your way through…
ROLLING MEADOWS, IL — Motion Fitness is proud to announce their partnership with Humana Games for Health in the distribution efforts to bring The Horsepower Challenge and activity based online game play to more communities throughout the country. “The Horsepower Challenge,” developed by Humana, is a unique exercise/video-game program intended to increase kids’ activity to improve their health. Participating students are…
Opinion Piece: The President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition Our Physical Education friends have a lot of different opinions and while we may or may not agree with all of them, we definitely value their input and want them to keep on talkin’! Check out what C.J. Cain, Physical Educator from Panther Run Elementary in Lake Worth, FL has…
For most of us, the “Old PE” met the needs of a select few. Everyone else was often left with a lifetime of bad memories and demeaning experiences. Today, the “New PE” is about developing a healthy lifestyle and teaching the whole child. The “New PE” core values have helped our Fitness Scores rise to tops in the State, but…
Exergame Fitness Advisory Board Member “Dan Lawler” speaks about implementing Exergaming in Schools…. A year ago, I was able to implement an Exergaming lab in my school. It was one of the most exciting interventions I had ever experienced in over 30 years as a principal. Unfortunately, I retired before I could see the expected benefits that the lab would…
The iDANCE Wireless Dance and Step System was debuted at the Arbor Vitae – Woodruff School in Wisconsin, USA. After obtaining a School PEP Grant, Woodruff School was determined to keep Wisconsin school kids healthy, active and fit by using active gaming products that keep kids engaged and excited about staying fit during school hours. After consulting with Bill Abel “Exergame Fitness…
