Pavigym has constantly been a leader in the exergaming and interactive fitness world – as a proud dealer of their products in the U.S. we are always excited to see their success worldwide. Their success not only helps themselves but it assists the entire industry in moving us forward into the new world of technology and exergaming. From the Pavigym…
Exergaming as an Exciting Link to Promote Exercise in Youth By Dan Lawler, PhD In a recent study done at the University of British Columbia, Heidi Godman reports in her article, “Regular exercise changes the brain to improve memory, thinking skills”, that regular aerobic exercise appears to boost the size of the hippocampus, the brain area involved in memory and…
The Sammamish YMCA has become another member of the YMCA of Greater Seattle Association to invest in exergaming. The YMCAs from Coal Creek to Dale Turner and now to Sammamish YMCA have seen the value and benefit that exergaming can bring their kids and even their adult members. Sammamish is a brand new YMCA location and the 5th member of the…
First of all, let us say thank you to IHRSA and everyone that helped make the trade show possible and a success. It was a time to remember for all! Now that we have had some time to settle down after the trade show and everyone else has had time to let the experience settle in, it’s time to finally wrap-up…
Not too long ago we had a blog post about the City of Largo and their predicament, Correcting Mistakes: City of Largo. In this post we explained how they had invested in two Lightspace Play Surfaces that in the end were faulty and not supported by the manufacturer. This left them in an odd situation – broken equipment with no…
The Edmond Martial Arts Academy is great little martial arts school that focuses on teaching our youth, located in Edmond, Oklahoma. It always excites us having installations at less than traditional places to have our equipment, as compared to a YMCA or health club. This is amazing in that it shows people how varied our equipment is and can be. Not only…
At the end of 2015 we were like many others in the physical education world, saddened to hear that there would be a lack of PEP grants in 2016. As many are aware these are usually very large sums of money that go toward physical education grants, that schools can then use to fund their exergaming purchases. But we are…
The Carlisle YMCA in Carlisle, PA joins the huge family of YMCAs that have invested in exergaming and interactive fitness. They have dedicated a whole room to be made into a youth fitness center. Their Youth Room is nicely furnished with a great layout for both the products and for kids running around being active. As shown in the photo…
As always we love sharing our customers great success stories with their exergaming and interactive fitness products. This week we are taking a look at the Boys & Girls Club of Benton County and their success with their CardioWall and iDance 2 systems. Boys & Girls Clubs are a great location to see kids experience exergaming at – you can…
As IHRSA approaches closer and closer every day, we get more and more excited. One of the most exciting aspects of us attending this year is the amount of our partners and friends that will be in attendance. As a distributor of interactive fitness products we offer a wide range of products, so to be able to physically see that will…
Fit Interactive’s Heavy Ball is a great machine that can provide a great variety of workouts from strength, cardio, functional movements, low/high intensity movements, and it just goes on. Using simple weighted medicine balls, you drop the ball into the lighted column, and repeat until the workout interval is finished. Using different combinations of different weighted medicine ball, mixing cardio into…
Midtown Athletic Clubs are apart of one of the biggest and most successful health club/wellness center chains in the industry, each club serving a huge variety of different fitness needs from age, activity level, rehab/therapy, youth fitness, alone or group. So back in 2014 when we had the chance to do an installation at Midtown Bannockburn for several exergaming products,…
