The other day, I was thinking about how I need to lose some weight.  Besides dieting (which my wife and I just started back on Weight Watchers), I thought of playing Nintendo Wii as a method of losing weight.  It’s already been documented in many places that playing Wii can help you lose weight.  But what about those folks who don’t own a Wii?

My idea first started as your typical gym/health club, but with an added Wii-Room. Then I thought, why not just go all-Wii? You could buy a few dozen Wiis (I’m assuming availability here) and hook them up in and internal network.  When you join the club, you sit down and create your Mii character (the avatar that gets displayed as “you” onscreen for those out there who have never played Wii before). You could then go from room to room playing different games. To increase the workout, you could rent weights to strap onto your wrists/ankles. Perhaps some weight rentals would come with your membership. The higher your membership level, the more you could get.

You could also play various games.  Tennis, Boxing, Bowling, Golf, and Baseball are all standard on the WiiSports pack that comes with the Wii, but there’s no reason why you couldn’t get other games.  Certain rooms would run certain games.  The wireless nature of the controllers would help here.  The Wii consoles themselves could be hidden in a locked box to prevent theft.  The WiiMotes would be checked out when you entered and checked back in when you left.  (Penalties could be assessed for breaking or losing a WiiMote.)

You could even bring in friends to play Wii/workout together. Friends would get pre-made generic Mii’s (to help encourage membership) and would need to pay for a Guest pass.

Nintendo is coming out with a WiiFit game/controller next year, so this would give the WiiWorkout Club more activities to do.

I don’t think I could ever implement this idea, so I’m putting it out there. If you open a WiiWorkout center, I’ll just take a few percentages of the profit… or a few free Wii games and free lifetime membership.