Working up a sweat with video games?? According to two recent studies, exercise games like Wii Fit makes players huff and puff to the point where actually burning a lot of calories. Bruce Bailey, an assistant professor of exercise science at BYU says this is the perfect way for parents to get their kids off the couch and out exercising. In the year 2000 Dance Dance Revolution burst on the scene and was super popular! . Today, the offerings are more sophisticated, more challenging, and include even better realistic video effects. These exercise games are featured on almost every game system from Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 with the new Kinect and play station 3. Also, schools, gyms, community centers,and hospitals are putting in workout bikes with games and programs built in.
Now if you're wanting to play a game, try to get yourself off the couch and moving around while you do!
No comments:
Post a Comment