Wii moving into the exercise business
Nintendo shows us how Wii can get ‘Fit’ - CNN.com
(CNN) — If Nintendo has their way your living room could be the new big thing in exercise.
With its new game “Wii Fit” hitting stores Monday, Nintendo is looking to bring exercise into the home, making people more aware of their bodies and starting to create a comfortable, fun environment to get healthy.
Personal trainer and fitness expert Robert Dothard said making exercise available and enjoyable in your home means reaching an audience of people who often feel embarrassed walking in to a traditional gym for fear of being embarrassed.
“I had a real difficult time training people in front of what I called ‘God and everybody’ — with the whole gym looking,” he said. “If someone is not in good shape you know and they are in the public gym and they’re not performing well it’s an uncomfortable feeling.”
I don’t have a Wii and I don’t plan on getting one but I still think this is a really good thing they are putting out. I was the biggest couch potato in the world up until about 6 months ago when I got a treadmill. I walk 3 miles a day now and have been walking just about every day since I bought it. Exercise in the home is the only option some of us will ever use because a gym full of people is just too daunting and because it is easier to walk down the hall to start a workout than it is to pack up and drive off to the gym. Last year I would have been the last person in the world to push exercise but it works, you feel better, you sleep better and everything about you centers with proper physical activity every day. I will get off my soapbox now but find 30 minutes or an hour in your day to do some exercise, you will thank yourself for it.
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