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[Momma Bear]

Nintendo Wii Finally Finds Way Into Health Clubs

Written by Andrew Little

A health club in Canada is offering a new kind of workout. Bored with treadmills or cycling classes, well how about the Wii Workout Station!The people are using the movement-sensitive controller to punch, run and jump to a greater health with Wii. A Spokesman for Nintendo Canada said its the first gym in the world to "test drive" this new idea of Nintendo Wii Healthy.


"We're always trying to break down paradigms and keep things fresh. It's used here to break up the monotony of traditional workouts," Nathan Mellalieu, the owner of Studio 55, the gym of the first Nintendo Wii Workout Station, told Reuters.
The Nintendo Wii is set up in a 400 Sq. foot room with a large screen T.V. According to the club's owner, one session of any Wii sports game, besides golf, burns anywhere between 75 and 125 calories depending on the size of person playing.


Nintendo, seeing the health benefits with Wii, have recently announced a new accessory used for other beneficial activities for the body. Its called Wii Fit and its scheduled for release early next year.

[QueenB]

A Wii in a health club is the only way Id ever join a health club, in fact, I'd queue up to join