Manhattanites pay for the privilege of being too good to buy a Wii
by Alisha Karabinus 
{ Aug 7th 2008 at 9:00AM }
Can't find a Wii or Wii Fit for home workouts?? Too good to bother haunting the shops in the hope that one turns up? You can always shell out for 'em on eBay, but why give some random dude the satisfaction? If you live in Manhattan, you've got another option: drop over a hundred bucks an hour to play a little Wii Sports.Quite a few trainers seem to be jumping on the Wii workout bandwagon, but we rarely get to see more than a vague estimate of the cost of the sessions. Dorothy Evans isn't shy about trumpeting her fees, however; if you want an hour with her, it's $110, and the NYC-based fitness maven is mixing Wii Sports (on a twenty-foot screen!) in with other activities, and she calls it a full-body workout. Maybe we should be playing harder.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
EricLMcCormick @ Aug 7th 2008 9:20AM
I just picked on up at best buy yesterday. Pretty fun and a good workout but why pay someone else more money per hour then the system is worth?
James @ Aug 7th 2008 11:02AM
..That's like £50 an hour..
*lighbulb* :D :D
Anyone fancy visiting my..err.. new gym?
Danny @ Aug 7th 2008 11:32AM
Are you serious? It's NY theres no hunting its called Nintendo World
Emre @ Aug 7th 2008 1:56PM
I was just in manhattan at the big toysrus where they have a huge pile of about 50+ wii's in stock, also nintendo world had about 20 behind the counters as well.
Jeff @ Aug 7th 2008 2:08PM
er... the Wii Sports part is the "cool down" period... it's treated as a break from the "real" workout and more like an incentive to finish the current set.
it's not at all a "come and play my wii for a lot of money" situation.
I'd rather play wii bowling between sets than do wall-sits.
techfreak713 @ Aug 7th 2008 5:16PM
wii + 20 foot screen = lots of jaggies...on top of jaggies
now that that has been said, that is a really stupid idea. i never have gotten any kind of workout from wii sports (havent gotten wii fit, still searching...ANY SELLERS?) and im really out of shape, so i cant imagine it doing anyone any good.
panda @ Aug 14th 2008 10:54PM
People in Manhattan can also just go to the Nintendo World Store in Rockefeller Center to get the game. They always have it in stock along with the Wii.