One of the coolest and most engaging games for the Wii Balance Board is called Shaun White Snowboarding, from Ubisoft (White is an Olympic gold medalist snowboarder). The game drops you into a variety of different snowboarding environments with a number of different skill levels. As you're out carving it up on the virtual slopes, you can feel the weight and shape of the mountain--the rocks, ice spots, bumps--underneath your feet. Even though you might be having so much fun to realize it, the game forces you to exercise the hell out of your leg muscles and (to a lesser extent) your upper body muscles. You'll break a sweat. Between rides, you can pal around with your buddies in a virtual world. You can also spend as much time as you want fashioning the look of your avatar, and selecting accessories such as parkas and snowboards for it to wear. Check out the .

Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009 (Wii)

We've heard good things about , a game that uses the Wii console with the Balance Board. Michaels is a fitness expert featured on the NBC reality show The Biggest Loser. The game features 11 activities (with light, medium, and hard intensity levels) and offers durations ranging from 10 to 60 minutes. They're categorized in four major workout modes: Weight Loss, Strength Training, Intervals, and Hill Climb. You also get fitness, diet, and lifestyle tips from Michaels herself. In keeping with the TV show, multiple players can compete against each other, cycling through the various workout regimes to see who burns the most calories at the end of the game. Like Wii Fit, Fitness Ultimatum provides a wealth of exercise and progress data (distance, time, intensity levels, and more) throughout the workout.

Garmin Forerunner 405 GPS Device

Okay, now for some real-world exercise. The Garmin Forerunner 405 is the Cadillac of wrist watches for serious runners. The 405 is the svelte descendant of a line of larger, forearm-encircling models that have long pleased runners interested in GPS-based stats like speed, distance, and pace. equipped with an optional heart-rate monitor, the unit offered speedy satellite acquisition, accurate vitals monitoring, and lots of detailed running data. The device's touch-sensitive bezel can be problematic, and its battery duration isn't the greatest, but the watchlike 405 should be a great motivational tool.