Hi everyone!

We know that many members enjoy exercising and getting active by using the Nintendo Wii and Wii Fit. We have received many inquiries about how to track these exercises on the site, but until now, we didn't have any data available about the calories burned for these activities.

The American Council on Exercise (ACE) has published two research studies about the fitness benefits of various Wii activities, and these studies also included the average calories burned based on study participants. Now that this information is available, we have added several Wii and Wii Fit activities to our cardio tracker so that members can estimate how many calories they burn. You'll now be able to track and estimate your calorie burn more accurately for 11 Wii (baseball, bowling, boxing, golf and tennis) and Wii Fit (advanced step, free run, free step, island run, rhythm boxing and super hula hoop) exercises, thanks to this recent research.

To estimate your calorie burn and/or add these activities to your Fitness Tracker, simply click the "Add Cardio" button and perform a search for "Wii" or "Wii Fit." Enter the number of minutes you performed the exercise and then "Show Calories Burned" or "Add Exercise." It's that simple!

If you'd like to review the studies conducted by ACE, you can download the PDFs from ACE by clicking the links below. Please note that you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these documents. We recommend reading these links for more information about using a Wii for fitness.
Wii Fit study
Wii study

We hope you enjoy this update to the SparkPeople Fitness Tracker!