The best way to tackle obesity...DDR?

Gojira · Post by **Gojira** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 01:51

Exercise by playing video games.

HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!

Let's all stairmaster with Terry Bogard!

Kyosuke Kagami · Post by **Kyosuke Kagami** » Tue Nov 14, 2006 19:12

People that plays any dancing game to lose weight = pathetic.

Post by **SonicTempest** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 07:41

Bumping this to post a pretty interesting article I read over at Ars Technica:
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/gettingfit.ars

So, it IS possible to use DDR as a weight-loss aid, heh. XD

Kyosuke Kagami · Post by **Kyosuke Kagami** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 07:42

DDR is like the dancing game that takes LESS calories.

Pump and ITG would work better.

Post by **SonicTempest** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 07:43

Please don't turn this into a DDR vs Pump vs whatever dance game thread, please. That's not the point of it at all. -_-

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 07:47

Slightly modifying your diet would do much more than simply adding DDR to your repertoire of played games.

Post by **SonicTempest** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 07:55

The author didn't just add it to the list of games he played - he used it as part of his daily workout in addition to another PS2 workout-type game and played it for an extended period every day over a period of a number of weeks, and noticed that he WAS losing weight at a good rate.

In addition, just modifying your diet slightly isn't going to help all by itself.

Eczema · Post by **Eczema** » Wed Jan 17, 2007 14:19

It is if your diet is horrendous in the first place. You won't get a hot body without exercise, but it will make a difference.