Play Video Games And Lose Weight
Yes, you heard it right: you can lose weight and play video games. There are several companies that offer you this possibility, you just have to have the necessary urge.
If you’ve ever played video games, you know how addicting they can be. You can play for hours without realizing where the time went. Now imagine how even a half an hour a day of working out with your game system can give you a good workout, but chances are you will keep playing once you get started. Unlike walking the treadmill, you won’t be bored or watching the clock.
Ways to burn calories with video games:
- Baseball
- Tennis
- Soccer
- Football
- Bowling
- Dancing
- Kickboxing
Keep in mind that you won’t lose weight pressing buttons on the keypad from your couch. The idea is to choose sports games and to play actively. This could mean throwing punches, swinging a baseball bat, learning new dance steps or any number of other things.
Run or walk through your favorite games
A personal trainer in the UK is using Nintendo’s Wii to get his overweight clients to engage in some physical activity while playing tennis to lose weight. Research shows that you can burn up to 1,800 calories in a 12 hours Wii gaming week.
Walk, run and steer through your games, with real-time digital accuracy and all of the other functions you need. Intuitive movements mean a short leaning curve. The GameRunner is a gamecontroller & treadmill which folds up when not in use. Unfortunately the “Buy” section of the site is not working…yet, as they say.
Punch or kick them. Have you ever wanted to be the main character in a video game? The EyeToy Kinetic can help you out. The EyeToy Kinetic comes with a small video camera to place on top of the T.V. You appear exactly as you do in real life - which may or may not be a complete bummer - on the screen. The camera plugs into your PS2 and translates your movements onto the screen. The games are simple. For example, floating objects cruise around the screen and you have to punch or kick them.
Tetris Weightlifting. The Tetris weightlifting system consists of two handles hanging from a steel frame. The handles have buttons on them that rotate the pieces to the desired position. To move the pieces left, pull down on the left handle. To move it right, pull down the right handle. And to move the piece down, pull both handles. The weights are held in buckets at the other end of the handles, so controlling the amount of weight you want is not a problem. This product is still in the prototype phase.
Gaming doesn’t have to be unhealthy, you can enjoy and lose weight in the same time!
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