Video Games That Helped You Lose Weight

in gaming •  7 years ago 

Who says video games are unhealthy for you. Okay sitting for x amount of hours is not good for you and you just break to stretch once every couple hours. But there were some games that were physical, so much so they could actually keep you in shape. I remember losing a lot of weight playing DDR on a mat. And yes I probably should not have admitted that publicly :p. Here are three games/accessories that could help you tone as you played.

The Nintendo Power Pad

Back in the Nintendo days there were a lot of peripherals. Some were awesome like the light gun and some, like the power glove, didn't work so well. If I recall the power pad was in the middle. You put in on the floor and you could run and jump on it. It registered your foot movements, not that accurately, but pretty cool for the nes days. I had this running game for it where you raced different animals. There was even a mode with hurdles on it. You could really work up a sweat on that thing.

DDR

No I was not one of those arcade pros who could master two pads by myself. But when it came out as a home version for the ps2 and I could play in the privacy of my own house I kinda got into it. I hid it when friends got over but alone I rocked it :p. Yeah that was a joke my friends couldn't care less. It doesn't seem like a big work-out with only four arrows to press with your feet but faster songs really got you moving. I lost a lot of weight with that game, maybe I need to replay it.

Wii

The wii was good for toning. There was sports games that got your upper body moving and a mat for yoga. I learned some poses with it. It was not a heavy cardio machine but a fun way to be active. Now they moved to the switch, which is awesome, but doesn't bring that physicality to it. In fact it.video-game-console-2202660_1280.jpg
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Feeling good to hear that video games is very helpful for weight loss. Here you tell in details How to play for weight loss. Thanks for sharing the valuable game.

I agree. It was a very interesting prospect about a "lazy" activity.

Yeah video games are very healthy, especially the virtual reality and life simulated games you have to control moving your actual body. This help in losing weight

Pokemon GO !!!!!!
I have lost 10 lbs trying to catch these guys.

anyone else ?

Haha... Those creatures from hell! ;x

I wanted to play that but it wasn't supported in my region

Mortal kombat... I lost weight fighting all the time

That is a good pick, helps you get walking.

I wasn't aware about that, I do cardio for an hour, it sucks, I should switch to gaming.
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You can get a switch and play on the treadmill :p

Oh I remember playing games on wii the graphics were just awful but I had fun with it playing with friends. The best game was dragin ball z tenkaichi 3 for me.

First of all, I want to say a lot of things like playing video games, many feel good to many, and many do not feel good because video games are a very important thing for people's life, because video games can give people a good response from their teigen video games when a person's mother When a person is playing the team, no one can think of them, only that country has to do He tends to be attracted and drawn to their attention, but very useful, because in every human life is ahead of the games, Many people think that playing video games will ruin their lives, but in my opinion, when people play video games, people can get some time off for release or release and video games are a matter by which people do not act like their thinking energy and they have some feeling You can.Everyone plays video games for a long time or a lot of their life and they use a lot of accessories for video games to use them properly, they have to think a bit, but when a person is concerned about his work As soon as the video games are coming, the video games are bringing comfort and peace to the people.

Dude i used to cheat the running game in Wii

I found out that if you shake your controller up and down it runs even faster.

so i just sat there shaking my Wii controller.

but what got me moving was usually the game where you could fly a plane.
Not becuse it requires lot of moving, but i used to get super hyped over that game

lol at least you shook the controller, that is something :p

haha yeah

Excellent gaming post.....But there are some video games that are good for the body.......There are many video games that are very harmful for the body.You have to find out that any video game is good for us and which is bad for us or consult a doctor..........

There was an XBox Fitness service for the XBox One.

The service used the Kinect 2.0 sensor to track the player's heart rate, estimate calories burned, and to provide feedback in form, balance, and power. Using Kinect technology, Xbox Fitness would read the player's heart rate without a monitor and see which muscles are most engaged by measuring the power, force, and transfer of weight in the body. It could also track balance, tempo, and form of the player's body.

For motivation there was also an achievement mode incorporated.
But after some years they discontinuated the service. But I don't know why...:)

I am waiting for the Nintendo Switch version. I got the balance board with the original wii..

my ex-sister in law also sent the controller flying into the old TV.. GOOD TIMES ;o)

The motion controllers were the best part of it.

"I am waiting for the Nintendo Switch version."

Me too, @bearbear613.

My play station controller vibrates every time I kick the ball to hit the woodwork. I play FIFA so much.

I wish you could lose weight while playing Overwatch or WoW. I would be the fittest person alive if that were the case.

lol

that's good.but a little lazy idea.

Great post @whatageek!

I think these are the types of video games that should be most encouraged (and most consumed by the players) because health and entertainment can - and should! - go for a walk together. :)

Guess i should start playing video games then 😂

I lose weight by investing in BITCOIN at 19k.

  ·  7 years ago (edited)

Super smash bros helped me lose weight

because i had for fight for kirby

There's a variation of DDR called PUMP It Up, used to be real popular in Korea. Instead of the arrows being NWSE, it was 4 diagonals and a center button--the presence of the center button allowed for a lot more variety in step patterns than DDR. I played it like mad when I was in middle school in the early 00's, and I think I lost about 20 lbs that way.

Fun memories, thanks for the trip down memory lane.