19 May 2008
Investing in your health – the joy of exercise
If you read the About this Site page, then you will notice that I am not limiting my posts to information regarding investing in real estate, stocks, or other monetary investments. As I stated there, life is a series of investments of time, money and love. This post is about an investment of both time and money as many things are. When it comes to exercise, most of us have either purchased large machinery for hundreds of dollars that we subsequently stuck in a garage sale for $25 because we never used it, or we joined a health club for hundreds of dollars a year and eventually quit because we never used it. Can a video game replace these with better results?
On Wednesday, Nintendo will be releasing their latest game for the Wii, which is named Wii Fit. A few weeks ago, my wife and I purchased a Wii and have been enjoying it since. This new game is seriously tempting. It looks dangerously addictive, but when the addiction is to exercise then can it really be that bad? Basically, the game comes with a weight sensitive platform that you use to play the more than 40 activities that come with it. These range from sports games, to yoga, to push ups and even a rolling ball game that is very reminiscent of Marble Madness. I watched a video of a couple of people trying out the yoga. It was very cool, because on-screen, it showed your center of gravity so that you adjust your stance for a more proper form. One of the pictures below even shows a day-to-day record of your BMI, which could be a great motivator to play more games.
Now my question is, does a game like this make a sustainable fitness plan? I personally know one person who got a lot of exercise out of a cheap children’s game called Veggie Tales Dance Dance Dance. But many games have come and gone without a spokesperson to tell how much weight they have lost (I want to see a Subway Jared for the Wii Fit. OK, no I don’t. I can only take one Jared). The Wii Fit costs $90. Do you think it’s a good investments. It will be a while before I even have to make the decision; I hear they are already sold out even though they are in pre-order right now.
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