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Excercising while gaming (Discounting all barrel rolls)
Witchsight
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Heres the thing. I very rarely laze around and do nothing. I have some idea in my head that if im not multi-tasking, i am wasting time. The one thing i NEVER do is work out.
So when i sit down to play games i do get (easily ignorable but persistant) feelings of guilt. Because dammit, i can multi-task it... I know i can!
The simple answer is a Wii of course. A friend of mine is mighty petite, and even she waggled a few pounds off just hopping around. But i dont like the Wii, it fills me with rage you see.
How lame would it be to set up an excersie bike, or maybe a small treadmill somewhere in the livingroom? Very lame im guessing... But am i the only one who has considered this?
These guys have the right idea
So when i sit down to play games i do get (easily ignorable but persistant) feelings of guilt. Because dammit, i can multi-task it... I know i can!
The simple answer is a Wii of course. A friend of mine is mighty petite, and even she waggled a few pounds off just hopping around. But i dont like the Wii, it fills me with rage you see.
How lame would it be to set up an excersie bike, or maybe a small treadmill somewhere in the livingroom? Very lame im guessing... But am i the only one who has considered this?
These guys have the right idea
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Oooh shit.
I tend to lift free weights if i think of it beforehand in yappy games with plenty of cutscenes. But yeah, having a tiny pedal bike or stair master would be prime, something to keep my lower half busy.
... rofl
...I'm even tempted to get one for myself, now.
Guitar Hero and walking sounds awesome! like a music video! AWESOME!
I was going to second that. The only thing cooler than playing guitar standing up, is playing it walking on the spot. With a swagger!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5zWaTEVkI?
I usually bring my PSP with me to the gym and bust out some FFT or Jeanne d'Arc. There's also Boogie if you can get into it.
That made me laugh so hard, thank you.
FUCK DDR.
I hate that shit. But if you did lose weight due to it thats totally awesome, and i Hi5 you.
there's more than one way to keep your lower half busy
I'd imagine you could do the same with weights if you fully mimicked the punching motions. Are weighted wiimotes next? Think of the TV damage!
In fact, "wii" + "exercise" seems like a great way to accidentally explode your television.
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Bahaha, thats sweet. Kind of what i considered too, i was just thinking a bike would take up less space.
The many... many hours im going to sink into Oblivion could make me a Greek God. Or at least tony little
What's so bad about it? It's probably one of the best ways to be active and play games at the same time. If you just feel stupid doing it, that is one thing, but you can just do it in the privacy of your own home. My sister lost a good bit of weight playing this for half an hour every day. I used it to help me keep it good shape during the summer.
I was born with Danceophobia. Anything remotely dance or dance related is beyond my mortal comprehension. I CANNOT dance, my brain will not let me. And i know its just hopping in DDR, but even the act of freely moving about to music fills me with dread.
Also i really dislike rythym games in general. Guitar Hero, Pa-rappa, whatever it is... They have never appealed to me in the slightest
Well the least it will do is give you a decent cardio workout, and thats some of the healthiest shit to do exercise wise. I mean it wont train specific muscles but it will help for sure.
Note, i dont know anything about exercise, but ya know.
I would recomend heavier fucking weights. They don't just come in pussy size you know.
There was one dude I remember who lost weight by cycling whenever he played WoW. I think it was on joystiq.
Satans..... hints.....
I guess until then we just have Wii Fit.
thats what I'm looking for.
Looks like Amazon has several different varieties.
edit - This one sounds better. == http://www.amazon.com/Isokinetics-Inc-Pedal-Exerciser-Assembled/dp/B000KDWA82/ref=pd_sbs_hpc_img_1
edit2 - they don't ship to Canada.
OT: Getting a stationary bike would probably be your best bet.
I went through lefty flip easy on GH3 while riding on it. That was pretty decent.