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Asking the right questions

October 21, 2009
Asking the right questions

As I carried a Wii Fit set home from Costco this afternoon, balanced atop a large, heavy box of groceries, a gentleman passed me, saying, “You need to be fit just to carry it home!” It was then – laughing with him, that it dawned on me I was asking the wrong question! [See last Wii [...]

Is this exercise?

October 15, 2009
Is this exercise?

A viable form of exercise or purely entertainment? Playing new generation active computer games uses significantly more energy than playing sedentary computer games but not as much energy as playing the sport itself. The energy used when playing active Wii Sports games was not of high enough intensity to contribute towards the recommended daily amount [...]

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