New Technology Provides a Personal Trainer for Everyone on Xbox

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Yourself!Fitness, by Portland- based responDESIGN, is the first fitness game program for the Xbox(R) video game system from Microsoft. Yourself!Fitness represents an innovative combination of existing technology and the current body of knowledge surrounding physical fitness creating a new game genre: Interactive Home Fitness with a Virtual Personal Trainer. The content is dynamic and fully interactive with a complete fitness analysis, personalized goal setting, customized meal planner, fitness calendar, multiple workout environments, multiple music options, over 200 health and fitness tips from Prevention Magazine and a responsive trainer.

The current list of retailers carrying Yourself!Fitness (http://www.yourselffitness.com), the first in a planned family of game titles responDESIGN describes as \"Games That Are Good For You(TM)\" include: Nordstrom, Best Buy, Best Buy Canada, Brandsmart, Circuit City, Comp USA, EB Canada, Electronics Boutique, Fry’s, Gamecrazy, Gamestop, Hastings, Kmart, Meijer, Target.com, Toys R Us, Wal-Mart and Walmart.com. Customers will also be able to purchase the game online as well as sign up for newsletters, promotions and tips from Maya, the Yourself!Fitness personal trainer.

Contact: Than Clevenger, 503-449-1029, thanc@threepr.com

About responDESIGN

Founded in 2003 by Ted Spooner and Phin Barnes, responDESIGN is a privately held corporation based in Portland, Oregon. responDESIGN’s mission is to unlock the power of the game console by building \"Games That Are Good For You.\"

For more information please go to http://www.responDESIGN.com.

About Xbox

Xbox (http://www.xbox.com) is the video game system from Microsoft that brings people together for the most exhilarating game and entertainment experiences. Xbox delivers an expansive collection of breakthrough games, powerful hardware and the unified Xbox Live online service. The new tagline, \"it’s good to play together,\" captures the spirit of Xbox as the social hub of the new digital entertainment lifestyle. Xbox is now available in North America, Asia, Europe and Australia.

http://www.yourselffitness.com

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