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So you’ve seen the commercials and you’ve heard about it on the news. It’s the Wii Fit and it’s the latest fitness gizmo on the market…yep – Nintendo’s newest video game is allegedly going to whip us wimpy Americans into shape.

In fact, the Wii Fit is flying off store shelves so fast that retailers can’t keep up with the demand!

“The first week it came out, I tried searching everywhere for it. I went to GameStop, I went to EB Games, Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy – none of them had it in stock. It's in huge demand right now it's probably one of the most popular products this year. A lot of people are digging it.”

But come on, a video game for fitness? I’m skeptical. Let’s see what people are really thinking about the new WII FIT.

“What do you know about the Wii Fit?”

“I know that it's a fun, entertaining game that you can get a good workout from.”

“A video game can help with fitness??”

“Definitely. Yeah, definitely.”

“Do you think you could get a good workout from the Wii Fit?”

“Yeah because you're always trying to do as hard as you can to play with other people and you get pretty tired.”

“Maybe they'd have to play it a lot. Like 6 hours a day.”

“I read a blog someone is keeping track of them losing weight. They lost up to 15 pounds already. I do think it's a good option. I think it could actually work.”

Video games integrated with fitness?? That's a good thing! Especially kids a lot of overweight kids, I think it'd be good.

“So it's not just a workout for your thumbs?”

“No, it's a workout for the whole body.”

Ok – so we’ve got some believers out there. But I’m still not buying it… the only way to really know is to try it out for myself…

Ok so – after an exhausting 13 minutes of working out on the Wii Fit, I’d say I might not be quite as skeptical as I was before. Greg, I'm not saying anything but seriously, maybe you should give it a try. Back to you.