The Entertrainer will either get you in shape, or really tick you off. The principle behind the gadget is quite simple: like your mother growing up, if you don't work out hard enough, the Entertrainer will turn off the television.
This device is like a 12 sided nerd die with a drill instructor inside. So, maybe a drill instructor mage, tired of your fat dwarf ass. Time to level down pudgy. The idea is that you only get to watch the television when you work out. Because you are a couch potato. If you don’t work hard enough, the TV gets turned off.
An EKHO wireless heart rate monitor included with the purchase sends data to the Entertrainer box, which functions essentially as a universal remote. Users enter their age and intended workout intensity while the Entertrainer calculates a heart-rate target zone. Users can also specify an exact rate they want to maintain. Every ten seconds, your heart rate is checked. If you slow down a bit, the television's volume will decrease in 20-percent intervals, warning you that your slacker ways aren't cutting it. Should you ignore the motivation, the television will be turned off as punishment. When you get your head back in the game, the TV will turn back on automatically.
The Surgeon General reports that the percentage of overweight children has nearly tripled in the last two decades and recommends at least 60 minutes of activity per day. Aside from the many emerging physical health problems, children themselves cite social discrimination, poor self-esteem and depression as the most immediate consequences of obesity.
The box can be hung off any fitness equipment or just rested next to that box of candy bars on the coffee table. In the Wii world we live in, it might ensure Billy really is getting fit with his Wii Fit. The original price was a somewhat absurd $139.95, but this week it dropped to a much more reasonable $39.95.
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