She said the Works had been looking to get an interactive workout machine for adult members because children were saying how much fun they had playing games like Dance Dance Revolution, which is set up in the children's section of the gym. "It's something different," said Samantha Merchant, fitness director at the Works. Part of the trend that has seen virtual technology become more and more a part of everyday life, the Expresso bike is essentially a physically interactive video game, something like a souped-up Nintendo Wii. As a user pedals, the virtual bike goes forward, and the pedaling gets harder or easier depending if the course goes uphill or downhill.
The workout part is that the video screen is attached to a regular exercise bike. Each bike has a 17-inch LCD screen that gives a first-person view of a virtual mountain bike, and there's bike-handle controller that allows for steering.
The Works bought four Expresso bikes, and set them up in two pairs on the first and second floors. "I'm not going to let you beat me," Al Tilbe said to his wife, Pam, as the pair stepped onto the bikes at the Works Health and Fitness Center one recent Sunday morning. SOMERSWORTH - When you race someone in the Expresso Fitness Cardio System - an interactive workout machine that's half-video game, half-exercise bike - it's hard not to get into it.
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