A few weeks ago I was reading some blog and I came across this thing called exer-station that really caught my interest. The exer-station is a device that you can plug into your xbox, playstation 2, or gamecube, and use it to play games. It has two handles, an LCD screen, and some buttons. The handles are connected to a bar which is connected to a platform you sit on. To steer in a game, you push on the handles in the direction you want to go. The handles don't actually move, because the device measures the force you exert on the handles. This is called isometric exercise. You can adjust the amount of force required to move. According to everything I've read, you can get quite a workout with the exer-station, and it's more expensive counterpart, the kilo-watt.

This concept fascinates me. I plan on getting an exer-station to work on increasing my upper-body strength. I'll write about it in my blog when I do. Click on this if you want to work out while playing your games.

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