Apartment Therapy Unplugged | Gamer Gut Be Gone!

Gamer Gut Be Gone!

Sure, cleaning your place burns calories, as does going to the gym, but here's a way to do it while having more fun: Wired, in their May edition, proposes playing video games instead. Check out what burns more calories than 20 minutes of jogging or 1.5 hours of weight lifting after the jump...

• Instead of 1.5 hours of weight lifting (842 calories*)...try 1 hour of Dance Dance Revolution (900 calories)
• Instead of 30 minutes of aerobics (242 calories)...try 30 minutes of Wii Boxing (250 calories)
• Instead of 20 minutes of jogging (198 calories)...try 1 hour of PS3/Xbox on the couch (204 calories)
• Instead of 15 minutes of sex (33 calories)...try 7 minutes of Wii Tennis (46 calories)

*Calories for a 180-lb (82 kg) guy...results may vary, as they say.

DDR mat pic from Sillygwailo, and
Wii boxing pic from Minuk.

Comments (7)

Instead of 15 minutes of sex

What! Why!

posted by Julian on April 30th 2007 at 12:06pm
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ha!!!!

posted by elizabeth in AL on April 30th 2007 at 12:14pm
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1 hour of DDR... My downstairs neighbor would love it!

posted by Anne in Chicago on April 30th 2007 at 12:58pm
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My girl is still bitter I got rid of our DDR dance pads after moving into a top floor unit. She hasn't warmed up to the Wii yet unfortunately (though she seemed to enjoy Wii Boxing).

Those numbers for Wii boxing must be off or the players must be swinging like pansies. Wii Boxing is a way better cardio workout than DDR, unless you're half-assin' it.

posted by gregory on April 30th 2007 at 1:12pm
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The upside of living in a basement ;)

posted by olya on April 30th 2007 at 1:17pm
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This is the *only* reason I would consider getting a video game system.

posted by Blue_roses on April 30th 2007 at 1:30pm
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The higher level wii boxing opponents are uber hard, you really feel the burn in the deltoids after a few rounds. No better way to work out those arms for the summer, it won't give you arms like arnold but it'll get rid of those pesky flaps under the arms. You know what I'm talking about ladies ;)

posted by DarrenL on April 30th 2007 at 3:52pm
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