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Wii & Weight Loss... Some results. =)

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  • Psychotext 9 Dec 2006 23:18:40 49,221 posts
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    In another thread earlier I made a post saying I'd put on my heart rate monitor and play some Wii sports. Well I'm done and here are some results for half an hour of each activity. Oh, all games were played standing up with full use of stupid looking motions... =)

    Sitting at desk / talking on phone / browsing web:
    67 Kcal burnt
    80 /106 heart rate (bpm avg / max)

    Playing Wii Sports Tennis - 2 players (vs computer):
    99 Kcal burnt
    96 / 112 heart rate (bpm avg / max)

    Playing Wii Sports Tennis - 2 players (1 v 1):
    112 Kcal burnt
    98 / 121 heart rate (bpm avg / max)

    Playing Wii Sports Boxing - 1 player (vs computer):
    165 Kcal burnt
    109 / 125 heart rate (bpm avg / max)

    Playing DDR - Heavy Mode
    326 Kcal burnt
    150 / 183 heart rate (bpm avg / max)

    So there you go... playing Wii sports Boxing burns around 2.5x the calories you burn sitting on your ass surfing the web. I'm pretty fit so I imagine the difference would be a fair amount bigger if you hardly get any exercise at all. Putting the numbers above in simple terms... I'd have to play for just over 2 hours to burn the same amount of calories (230 kcal) as in mars bar. That's taking into account the number of calories I would have normally burnt sat on my ass. =)

    For comparison I'm 5' 10", 68kg (10st 10lbs) and 13% body fat.

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  • Psychotext 9 Dec 2006 23:22:09 49,221 posts
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    Oh... and losing 1lb of fat takes about 3500 calories - that's about 18 hours of Wii sports boxing (numbers assume I wouldn't be eating more and once again counting the calories I'd normally burn doing nothing.)

    Edited by Psychotext at 23:27:54 09-12-2006

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  • djchump 9 Dec 2006 23:26:41 4,463 posts
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    hehe, cheers dude, those figures are interesting, especially in comparison to the DDR game! :-D

    You should email EG and ask to do an article about this - just to show that yes, playing Wii does burn more calories than just sitting down (so will be good for the kids), but no, playing wii isn't a ludicrously tough workout the way some of the Wii naysayers make it out to be!

    :-)

    /applauds thread and Psychotext's exercise efforts
  • Dermoth 9 Dec 2006 23:32:33 10 posts
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    Thanks for posting that - very interesting.

    Any idea how much more benefit is gained if you're ordinarily, for instance, a pathologically lazy chain-smoking overweight layabout?

    For instance.

    Edited by Dermoth at 23:33:33 09-12-2006
  • Psychotext 9 Dec 2006 23:34:49 49,221 posts
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    Dermoth wrote:
    Any idea how much more benefit is gained if you're ordinarily, for instance, a pathologically lazy chain-smoking overweight layabout?
    If I could go back in time about 4 months I'd tell you. I'm still a chain smoker though. =P

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  • Psychotext 10 Dec 2006 12:38:38 49,221 posts
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    Was thinking... I might update this later with half hour on a normal console game for comparison. =)

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  • Razz 10 Dec 2006 12:39:23 57,937 posts
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    It would be interesting to see the results for playing a marathon session of Zelda.

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  • kagtha 18 Dec 2006 16:31:50 1 posts
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    Very nice statistics!

    I have posted your results at Wiiloss.com

    Edited by kagtha at 16:37:08 18-12-2006
  • pjmaybe 18 Dec 2006 16:33:03 70,678 posts
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    djchump wrote:
    ...but no, playing wii isn't a ludicrously tough workout the way some of the Wii naysayers make it out to be!
    Yeah but come on, they were games journalists saying that. And they break into a sweat putting their socks on in the morning!

    Peej
  • York 18 Dec 2006 16:55:35 8,667 posts
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    kagtha wrote:
    Very nice statistics!

    I have posted your results at Wiiloss.com

    Edited by kagtha at 16:37:08 18-12-2006
    I hate you PAEDOS.
  • jaffacake 18 Dec 2006 17:37:35 986 posts
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    What's DDR?
  • gizmo 18 Dec 2006 17:39:17 1,942 posts
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    Well for any shortcomings that the Wii may or may not have, this is a positive thing for sure :)
  • mattman 18 Dec 2006 17:43:22 378 posts
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    jaffacake wrote:
    What's DDR?
    Dance Dance Revolution. Dancing game using a dance pad. Dance for asking.
  • jaffacake 18 Dec 2006 17:55:01 986 posts
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    Ah, we have some dance mat games for the PS2...they kill me too.
  • Psychotext 18 Dec 2006 18:15:08 49,221 posts
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    Funnily enough I got my two new dance pads today from Holland. Just replacements for my soft pads but they seem ot have upgraded them a little from the last set I bought. Good stuff.

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  • Tzetrik 18 Dec 2006 19:08:04 311 posts
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    Hmm I wonder if anyone's measured Karaoke Revolution? Surely the sweating alone before its your turn to get up should shed a few pounds.
  • Khanivor 18 Dec 2006 19:10:28 38,683 posts
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    Get intimate and post the results for wanking and we wil have a complete reference sheet for forumites :)
  • NewYork 30 Dec 2006 11:28:34 24,813 posts
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    Some great press on fitness and the Wii from the New York Times... blog.
  • Poorandugly 30 Dec 2006 12:42:01 550 posts
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    Khanivor wrote:
    Get intimate and post the results for wanking and we wil have a complete reference sheet for forumites :)
    1 mars bar = 5 mins of wanking.

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