As a huge ping pong fan, I just have to pass this along:
Pingpong burns calories — 272 of them an hour for a 150-pound person, according to calorimetric analysis. This is not as many as singles tennis (544) or even doubles tennis (408), but a cool 102 more than would be burned by playing [...]
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Got a PC, Playstation, or Xbox? Then meet Maya. Maya is a virtual personal trainer for any of the above gaming platforms for the ‘Yourself Fitness’ program/videogame, and helps you set up a personal training regimen. Then she helps you follow it, including walking you through exercises and monitoring how you did.
Maya is certainly a [...]
Posted by Tobias | on April 1, 2006
in category: Exertainment, Inspirational, Workouts
Tanya Jessen’s story is posted up at a website called ‘Get Up and Move’ which is dedicated to showing people how playing Dance Dance Revolution can help get people fit and active and have a lot of fun doing it.
DDR pads can be hooked up to just about any PS1, PS2 or X-Box gaming console, [...]
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Posted by Tobias | on March 15, 2006
in category: Exertainment, Fitness, Weight Loss, Workouts
USA Today featured an article on Dance Dance Revolution, a videogame that anyone can buy. Many people have used it to lose weight while having a bit of fun, a perfect ‘health hack.’ From the article:
Like many 11-year-old boys, K.D. Jones loves sports. But at 5 feet, 175 pounds, he found his weight and the [...]
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