Bucknell University did a study to see if the Wii Fit could build better balance in seniors. The results are good:
Kirsch is among 11 residents at Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village in Lewisburg, Pa., participating in a balance study this summer with Dold and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering Katie Bieryla. Five residents of the over-55 community trained three times a week for three weeks using the Wii Fit Plus, an interactive, computer-controlled program that measures movements and gives participants verbal feedback as they practice yoga, “ski jumping,” and other exercises that increase strength and flexibility. Six others who exercise regularly served as a control group.
Read more about the study here
Wii products, in a recent interesting move, the American Heart Association, has offered Nintendo the ability to be able to use the heart associations logo on their range of Wii products.
As many of you may know the logo of the American Heart Association is offered to those products that the organisation considers them a healthy choice.
Some of the products that will be able to use this include…
Wii Fit Plus
Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board
Wii Sports
and, Wii Sports Resort
What do you think of these recent association between the American Heart Association and Nintendo for its range of Wii products?
Feel free to share your thoughts….
Yoga for the Wii has been quite a significant release for Jowood, with it being the choice of many people who are now wanting to practice yoga in the comfort of their own home.
Combing Wii Yoga, with the Balance Board is quite a good combination, as it allows you to get feedback from your exercises
By making use of the balance board you get alsmost instant feedback, and that way you can then adapt your posture, and achieve much better balance when using Wii Yoga.
Over the last while, there have also been numerous covers for the Balance Board, feel free to share in the comments section, which cover has been your favourite!
Some of you may have gone ahead and be enjoying the pleasure of Wii Yoga, but the recent addition of weights
to the Yoga Mat seems to be an interesting idea!
Could this simply be a fad?
Or perhaps it is serving a key need that is out there.
I have managed to find a pic of the Wii Fit Yoga Mat and Ankle/Wrist Weights Combo for you…
Those of you who had the opportunity to make use of the Wii Fit Yoga Mat Combo, feel free to let me know,
how has your experience differed from when you did not use the weights?
New U Fitness First Mind Body Yoga and Pilates workout (for the Wii) has been recently announced. It is being developed by Lightning Fish Games, a UK based developer, it is the second game in their series, but the first one focusing exclusively on Yoga and Pilates.
It is centred on Yoga and Pilates exercises, and is going to be exclusively available for the Nintendo Wii. It is expected to be released in late March. There will be full compatibility with Nintendo peripherals, such as Wii Balance Board and Wii Motion Plus.
Why Yoga and Pilates? This is due to their both being more and more popular over the last several years, within the USA for example, around ten million people practice yoga.
The New U Fitness First Mind Body Yoga and Pilates for the Wii has been developed together with Fitness First, which is one of the world’s largest gym / health facilities.
At this stage here is a cover shot, courtesy of Lightning FIsh Games, the developer:
As more info comes to light, you will be kept posted about Yoga & Pilates on the Wii
