Stop the presses; cancel your membership to Bally's Total Fitness; get a Wii. Yes friends, the stats are in and they're pretty amazing. Based on the latest figures, using a 180 lb. male as an example, the following results are stunning.
20 minutes of jogging burns 198 calories
1 hour of PS2 or Xbox, burns 204 calories
30 minutes of aerobics - 242 calories
30 minutes of Wii boxing - 250 calories
1.5 hours of weights - 842 calories
1 hour of Dance Dance Revolution - 900 calories
15 minutes of Sex (yes Sex) - 33 calories
7 minutes of Wii Tennis - 46 calories
So the next time your Mom says "get off your ass and do a little exercise" just say "Don't worry Mom, I'm on the Game Plan".
sign me up to the wii gym!
And let's not forget... hooking up any gaming system or electronic component can take off not only hundreds of calories, but years of life!
This is wonderful.
I can just fool around with my video games all day and claim that I am exercising