Elixia (fitness studio in Norway) blames Wii Fit

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Kasz216 said:
I'd guess the people who think that are the people who aren't going to a gym in the first place.  Or do go to the gym and then spend all their time on the low stress machines more so they can say they went rather then actually go.

Either that or they are just idiots.  I mean you need a degree to be a personal trainer.   Maybe it's different in europe been in America most people who go to a gym and don't have a personal trainer.  They don't talk to anybody in the gym and just do whatever excercises they fancy...  even more don't go to gyms and just do home workouts.

For the majority of people who work out Wii Fit is going to be a good thing... the only very small population of people it's going to hurt are idiots who have a gym membership and also are stupid enough to think a home fitness product is going to equal a gym workout with a personal trainer. (Because if they are that stupid they likely are doing the wrong gym workouts in the first place.)

Most of those people have probably already left their gyms and bought "The Total Gym" anyway. 

Well low stress machines aren't bad at all if you spend long enough time in them. They do improve your fit.

Most people don't have a personal trainer, but using a trainer is getting more common since apparently quite a lot of trainers offer you a "lesson" for free and they tell you their opinion about your strengths and weaknesses and then (if you decide to use one) charge you for instructing and stuff.

"The Total Gym" was a perfect example what i was thinking. That's the kind of "bogus*" products what are "competing" with gyms. They even get marketed like: "This fantastic product offers you 110% more efficient cardio-vascular exercise than regular chin-ups at the gym".

*bogus as in marketed as something they are not, like gym replacements instead of home exercise devices.