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.…
ATHENS, GREECE November 2014 – Exergaming has made its way to Athens Greece when Vari Sports Club installed a modified Youth X room in their facility. Their Exergame room includes a 4 player iDance system, a 3Kick, Twall 64, an EyePlay Floor, and two Exerbikes. Each product is an interactive gaming system that combines fitness, technology, and gameplay to get people…
Exergame Fitness will be at the 2015 HIMMS Annual Conference in Chicago (April 13-15) as part of the new HX360 Innovation Pavilion, along with Games For Health. Exergame Fitness will have a space at the Games for Health area in booth G20 where you’ll be able to try exergaming yourself. Exergame Fitness provides fun motion based products to help build healthy active habits for…
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…
ROCKVILLE, MD – On January 26th, 2015 Sport and Health’s Kidz Klub entered the 21st century when they installed interactive exergames for their youngest members to use. The featured items include the Eyeplay and two Touch Wall 32s – both interactive gaming systems that combine fitness, technology, and gameplay to get the kids moving and active all while having fun.…
Below is an article published in the National Fitness and Trade Journal Spring 2015 edition featuring Exergame Fitness and how we are helping fitness clubs and organizations across the U.S. fix sales and retention through targeting kids and families. “I don’t wanna go to the club! It’s boring and there’s nothing for me to do there!” Parents with kids under the…
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 brain is the body’s most active organ and thus requires the most energy to function well. The brain is estimated to account for 2% of our body’s weight but uses 20-30% of our body’s energy. Because the brain doesn’t store oxygen and glucose, it requires the bloodstream to provide the necessary requirements to function well. What’s becoming more and…
The next generation of fitness is here; it’s the wearable technology, or the Spivi Virtual Indoor Cycling classes. It’s interactive fitness equipment like Exerbike or iDance or even home fitness like the Nintendo Wii. If the current generation of adults are integrating this much technology into fitness routines, it would only make sense to have a solution on how to…
Childhood obesity is an epidemic affecting many of the youth in America today. Approximately one in three children are either overweight or obese, which has doubled in kids under twelve and quadrupled in adolescents in the past 30 years. There are many different reasons for the cause of this rise in childhood obesity. According to HealthierGeneration.org, increased screen time, limited…
SHEPHERD, MT – This past April, Shepherd Public Schools was one of 67 organizations awarded a grant through the Carol M. White Physical Education Program (PEP) designed to help schools and other organizations initiate, expand, and improve their physical education programs. One of the areas the Shepherd Public Schools focused their efforts to expand and improve their physical education program…
The Perry School District in Perry, Ohio has always placed a high degree of importance on ensuring that each student has the opportunity to reach their full potential in and out of the classroom. The school community knows the opportunities for their students are always changing, especially with the way technology constantly progresses. They are also aware of how stress,…
