New kind of Gym
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 Matthew Pilkington, red T-shirt askew, is breathing hard. His cheeks are flushed, and sweat trickles through his hair and onto his glasses. He couldn't be enjoying himself more. He slashes a saber through the air to smack randomly flashing lights on three pillars. Later, he wiggles back and forth on a snowboard to guide it down a virtual hill without wiping out in a snowdrift. "You can have fun here," the 13-year-old Peoria boy says, en route to a five-level spider-web climbing tower. "They have the air-conditioning on, and you can just run around." Matthew is "exergaming" at the XRKade, an innovative gym in the Glendale/Peoria/Deer Valley YMCA's Put Play in Your Day Center. The Glendale XRKade, the first in Arizona and the third of six in operation nationwide, is at the forefront of a growing movement to encourage physical activity in tweens and teens - without making it seem like punishment. more on this story: link Posted by: blogtemplates ---------------------------------------------------------- Recent Articles New kind of Gym Archives September 2007 |
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