The single greatest advantage interactive fitness and exergaming has over traditional forms of exercise is that they’re not just physical activities — they’re also a form of fun! Exergames and similar activity-based video games offer participants a much higher level of engagement than regular exercise, which significantly reduces the level of perceived exertion in players. As a result of interactive…
The Heavy Ball is a fresh alternative for full body and strength workouts. Whether you have a sports performance center or kids fitness center, this exergaming product will take your workout to the next level. It’s a pretty simple game: The objective is to put the medicine ball into the hole with the light on and then quickly move it…
The Hilton Head Island Recreation Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people of all ages through public recreation programs, wellness activities and community events. Recently after many years of planning they opened a brand new Recreation Center, the Carmines Recreation Building. This Center now houses one of the largest interactive fitness gaming rooms…
YMCA Buffalo Niagara is a charitable, community based organization committed to providing programs designed to build a healthy spirit, mind, and body for all. As part of their focus in youth development they believe in providing a healthy living lifestyle for their teens. Recently at the Delaware Family YMCA branch in New York, they added some interactive fitness and exergame…
City of Johnson City located in the heartland of Tennessee recently decided to add to their Memorial Park Community Center. The $15 million, 67,000-square-foot recreation center will have hundreds if not thousands of people dancing, swimming, playing billiards, tennis and a long list of other activities for the body and mind. The center is equipped with a 75-foot-long lap…
The Mission of Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana is to inspire and enable the youth of their communities to realize their full potential as productive, responsible, and caring citizens. They support your child on the path to a great future. Their ten Clubs and 11 Kidstop sites (before and after-school childcare program) bring together a staff of highly…
As summer turns into fall, and indoor physical activity continues to rise; the Anchorage YMCA in Alaska invested in Exergame to turn up the heat! Founded in 1967, the Anchorage Community YMCA is the only YMCA in the State of Alaska. Despite our name, the Y is not just young people, not just for men and not just for…
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…
As childhood obesity grows, steps taken to get kids moving Eighth Street Elementary School student Aubree Grubbs furiously peddled a stationary bicycle one recent evening at the Frank DeLuca YMCA Family Center. Holding a video game controller, Aubree looked up at a television screen and guided a bicycle along a virtual course. The 6-year-old was not there just to get…
