FitSugar is probably going to hate me for posting this cause she's a "get outside and go" kind of girl, but May's Wired Magazine features a fun little Game Gut Begone chart, which provides video game alternatives to more traditional workouts. While I'm not ready to turn in my gym card, the reminder that I am burning calories when I jump around playing video games is pleasing. One hour of DDR sounds like complete bliss.
| Instead of.... | Play... |
|---|---|
| 1.5 hours of weight lifting (842 calories) | 1 hour of Dance Dance Revolution (900 calories) |
| 30 minutes of aerobics (242 calories) | 30 minutes of wii boxing (250 calories) |
| 20 minutes of jogging (198 calories) | 1 hour of PS3/Xbox on the couch (204 calories) |
| 15 minutes of sex (33 calories) | 7 minutes of Wii Tennis (46 calories) |
*Caloric expenditure is based on a 180-pound male. So clearly, caloric expenditure will vary.
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I love the Wii...I wonder how many calories I burn playing Wii bowling? Probably not a lot but I am addicted!!
1It's true- Wii boxing will really make you work up a sweat! I love it!
2oh yeah, I esp love how the Wii will tell you "Maybe you should take a break? You've been working pretty hard"
315 minutes of sex burns only 33 calories?
My husband has been LYING to me. Now I know better!
I love that DDR burns 900 calroies an our. That's awesome! I should throw a DDR party a few times a week at work... Or gyms should start offering classes that are DDR-based.
4I didn't know sex burned so few calories!
5I don't care about the calories, I just can't believe they're suggesting you swap out sex in favour of Wii Tennis!
6This is so cool. I can use this in my arguement to get a Wii!!!
7Hey, I'm sweating way more during sex than I am during wii boxing!
Wii sports and ddr seems to be great work outs. I love it.
8Wii boxing really wears me out, and so does DDR...but Wii Tennis is pretty light on the exercise in my opinion, Im suprised it even burns up 46 calories.
9DDR is awesome--I played that in high school and over the course of a couple of months, I lost 10 pounds!!!
10DDR is a great cardio workout! I love doing that. I'll have to tell my husband that I can't have sex... the Wii burns more calories. That will go over well.
11A friend of mine lost 30 pounds playing Wii and DDR every day. Now he's got his parents doing it too.
12Wow... now that you have quantified the disadvantage of the number of calories burned the ROI on a Wii is a lot more satisfying--Ooh YEAH BABY! (^_^)
13Wow, the Wii boxing burns that much?
14Wait... the last one is the only one that I can't consider as an "alternative". They're not even close... and only 33 calories? Geez, i guess i've only been burning 10.
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