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07-11-2007, 02:26 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: United States
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| | | Nintendo Wii and Exercise
Hello all!
Today at the gaming convention formerly known as E3, Nintendo has announced that they are producing a game called WiiFit that comes with an exercise pad. Check out this link and see a blog from when the announcement was made. There are other things discussed here too, so you will have to scroll down a bit.
I have been playing Wii Sports pretty regularly since I got my Wii. I honestly think this might help me in my exercise plan even more.
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A1C 06/25/2007 10.6%
A1C 09/25/2007 5.9%
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07-11-2007, 04:44 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,048
| | | Just watching E3 coverage now on G4 TechTv. Missed the Wii piece, but they just showed a lady hoolahooping with it. |
07-11-2007, 05:17 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Southern USA
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| | | I can believe that it will be a workout: after playing a few rounds of boxing with the kids on it my arms hurt so much that I KNEW how bad of shape I'm in!
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Incorrectly dx'ed type 2 7/00 
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07-11-2007, 08:11 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Cincinnati, OH
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| | | Don't forget Dance Dance Revolution and the Playstation. ANother great workout. To bad most kids would rather spend 3 hours playing shooter games instead of outside or active inside games. But that's another topic.
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07-11-2007, 09:34 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Salt Lake City, UT
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| | I totally get tennis arm after playing Wii tennis, I love that game. But the boxing is what tires me out, all that flailing! 
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07-12-2007, 01:41 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Kent, WA USA
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| | | I absolutely love DDR for exercise! I don't love that my husband downloaded it for PC use and taught the kids how to play it on the keyboard...they were getting a ton of exercise, now not so much. Though after this week, I'm going to be sure to tell my kids to go outside and play more. They've had a blast!
As for me, I had to stop playing DDR when my lungs started to get bad. I'm hoping to find out for sure what's wrong in a couple of weeks. I can't wait to get back to some sort of exercise!
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07-12-2007, 05:23 AM
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| | | I Get a pretty good workout on my XBOX360!!!!!!!!!!!!
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07-12-2007, 05:24 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: florida
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| | | i bought a wii last night, and my girlfriend and i were up most of the night playing wii sports.
what fun.
maybe it will help kids get less fat.
my arm is a little sore from bowling though.
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07-12-2007, 05:28 AM
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Originally Posted by bryan42  I Get a pretty good workout on my XBOX360!!!!!!!!!!!! | You mean your thumbs do? 
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07-12-2007, 05:47 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg Don't forget Dance Dance Revolution and the Playstation. ANother great workout. To bad most kids would rather spend 3 hours playing shooter games instead of outside or active inside games. But that's another topic. |
This is a big part of my son's hockey training. A couple of years ago my daughter was going at it and I slapped a heart monitor on her: 206! Awesome workout.
Doc also told him to play video games sitting on a swiss ball. It will strengthen the small muscles in the back. |
07-12-2007, 05:50 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
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Originally Posted by spinnb8 i bought a wii last night, and my girlfriend and i were up most of the night playing wii sports.
what fun.
maybe it will help kids get less fat.
my arm is a little sore from bowling though. | Hmmm, wonder what else you can do with a wii?  |
07-12-2007, 06:26 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Macomb Twp, Mich
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Originally Posted by JediSkipdogg You mean your thumbs do? | Yes! My thumbs are "ripped"!
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2000mg Metformin daily,Crestor,Plavix,Atenolol,Pottasium,Diet Coke taken as needed!!
(April '07-A1C= 6.9)
(August '07 A1C= 6.4)
(March '08 A1C= 6.4)
(June '08 A1C= 6.3)
(Sept '08 A1C= 7.4) When signmakers go on strike, is their anything written on their signs?? |
08-07-2007, 10:36 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Wisconsin
Posts: 46
| | | I sell Wii's at my store, and I had a lady "complain" that she had to get out of her chair to play the games, so she didn't like it...
Some people!!! |
08-07-2007, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by bryan42 Yes! My thumbs are "ripped"! | Whatcha play? Gears all day baby.
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08-08-2007, 10:22 AM
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| | | The Wii is going into a lot of elderly care facilities because they can exercise at their own pace.
The Wii is also coming out with a yoga mat this fall. The mat is suppose to tell if you are leaning on the right part of your body. I think someone is trying to adapt the technology to skateboarders and snowboarders
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