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Can Wii Fit get you FIT?

When I was growing up, video games held NO appeal, at least to my girlfriends and I, who were the “sporty girls” in school. For the boys at my junior high school though, Pac Man & Donkey Kong kept them busy through many a lunch hour at the local arcade! Besides the exercise involved in actually WALKING to the nearby “Happy Pop” store to play, not much fitness was ever acquired. That was sometime back in the 80‘s…Can today’s video games offer play time with fitness combined? The short answer is YES. 

The long answer requires some explanation of HOW you could use a fun tool like Wii Fit to help you achieve your fitness goals. We first need to break down fitness into it’s components: cardio, strength, flexibility, balance & body composition.

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