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….
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 spent their night engaged…
The brainis the body’s most active organ and thus requires the most energy to functionwell. The brain is estimated to account for 2% of our body’s weight butuses 20-30% of our body’s energy. Because the brain doesn’t store oxygenand glucose, it requires the blood stream to provide thenecessary 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…
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…
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…
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…
This past June, Midtown Athletic Club in Bannockburn IL teamed up with Exergame Fitness to fix kids fitness at their club. Always a leading organization in fitness, Midtown Athletic Club – Bannockburn took it upon themselves to be at the forefront of the industry, which meant bringing in new ways to engage the youngest generation…
The conversation that is seldom addressed in schools is why do students too often find school so boring. Many students are uninterested in learning and find school a waste of time because they see little connection between what is happening in class and what is happening in their real life. Students’ perception of learning as…
It’s that time of the year when the sun rises later and sets earlier, holiday eating and left-overs are taking over the fridge, and where exercise for some reason slips into the background and for many is soon ignored until May. We all are familiar with this cycle. Make this year the year to do…