What the @$%#!
Ok seriously…for real. WTF is that! If you are reading this with out watching the above video you need to STOP and watch the video first.
Now…moving on.
We as a society have finally reached the point where our attention span is soooooooooo low that exercising out side has been eclipsed by exercising indoors in front of a TV. I know this is no surprise to some people, but you can’t do yoga out side if the bugs are bad. Just like you can’t do a step class out side if there is no one there to lead you (i.e. on TV). But there are so many things wrong with this concept:
Running on the Wii - holy shit. Running. In place. Does not take the place of running out side, nor does walking in place vs. out side. The whole reason why walking and running are good for you and burn calories is that they require you to actually push against the ground and use a lot of muscles. Where as lifting your legs up and pretending that your walking will most likely make areas that are already tight and weak more so.
Squating/weight training on the Wii - I shudder to think how many people this will cause knee problems too. I mean the next best thing for a 400 lb person to do is to squat…after running for 20 minutes. I joke. How about the Wii Nutrition? You could hook up one of the joy sticks to the fridge so that every time you open it the TV would yell out profanities and ego whippings. People, you can exercise all you want but if your diet is crap you won’t go anywhere. Just take a look at the local “high end” gym. Tons of people exercising, not many people really going anywhere.
I can’t think about this anymore. It is like a train wreck.
