....an hour
Gym charges $110 an hour to use Wii
A Manhattan gym is charging its customers $110 an hour for a personal training session with a Wii.
"You'd be surprised," said Evans in an interview with the New York Post.
"It may have little to do with the real sports, but we get people's heart rates up to 140 to 150 beats per minute - although some of that may just be the excitement of the game."
Evans employs the Wii in what she calls 'active recovery time' - the period between exercising that allows her customers to catch their breath.
She also gives Wii workouts on 20-foot screens in the gym. We want to try Resident Evil 4 on that.
Not surprisingly, clients were originally sceptical. One customer said: "When you envision someone playing video games, you get a vision of some kid zoned out. Or you get the picture of that slacker in his mom's basement." That was ten years ago, things have changed a bit.
Nice to see New Yorkers being open-minded. You better not change his view on gaming too much, Dorothy. If he gets into it, he might realise he can buy a Wii for less than three hours with you (if he can find one).
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=194680
