Exergaming is gaining popularity at health clubs, schools, and community centers like YMCAs and JCCs as a way to engage kids in physical activity. Many of these products fit perfectly along the walls and corners of a youth focused room so that the area may be used for multiple purposes. However, these products are often heavy and not easily moved.…
Newark DE – Western Family YMCA was already providing their members an outstanding club experience with a state of the art fitness facility, an outstanding aquatics area, and a great space for kids. But in their efforts to never stop improving, they wanted to offer more – or to be precise- something different, something that would elevate their members experience…
By Scott Goode on Feb 13, 2015 at 9:23am NEWCASTLE, WA – On January 17th, 2015 Coal Creek Family YMCA hosted their first ever PlayFit Family Night for members. The main reason for this event was to unveil their brand new, state of the art interactive fitness room designed by Exergame Fitness of Palatine, Illinois. The 150 families that attended…
The Rocky Run YMCA, located just west of Philadelphia PA, is a community built on helping their members learn, grow and thrive in their own unique way. The organization is particularly focused on youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. This fall, Rocky Run YMCA turned to Exergame’s interactive fitness system as a way to better serve their community, especially…
HUNTINGTON — At her request, Sarah Specht and her family of four received Huntington YMCA’s “Family Fit” program as a Christmas present in 2013. She thought it would be a great way to spend time together and learn healthy habits. Little did she know what a tremendous gift that would turn out to be. “The first day, we had to…
Corsicana, Texas is a community that values its history and the people that continue to make the town a great place to live. The Corsicana YMCA wanted to continue this by motivating their future members to be active and healthy at a young age by introducing interactive fitness and Exergaming. At the beginning of summer, the Corsicana YMCA opened itsdoors…
NORWICH – After months of renovations,the Norwich Family YMCA is one step closer to officially opening a cutting-edgeworkout room that combines health and wellness with interactive technology. The organization’s new interactive fitness room is just one part of a larger $300,000-plus construction project recently spearheaded by the YMCA that includes a complete overhaul of the facility’s 3-story high kids’ gym…
In 2012, North Crawford SchoolDistrict in Wisconsin was one of the lucky schools that won the Carol M. White Physical Education Program Grant (PEP)award. The PEP grant is funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Healthy Schools (OSHS)and gives schools the funding to enhance Physical Education and Nutrition programs. North Crawford chose exergames as a way to keep…
