The Geekercise poll is now closed and the results are in! Thanks to all 919 of you who voted!
So there’s a fairly strong contingent of geekercisers here when you add together the “I do alright”s, the sports players, and the workout junkies: 33% in total! And I suspect the “I could do better”s are at least getting some exercise, er, geekercise. I put myself squarely in that group, although if I can keep up my current rate of working out for the next month then I might graduate into the “I do alright” group.
Some of the comments reminded me that I should give Wii Fit and Dance Dance Revolution a chance. I used Wii Fit a few times for the novelty of it when we first got it and now the balance board is collecting dust. And I’ve never tried DDR, and I really should because I love dancing!
One of my first gaming experiences was with the Power Pad on the NES. My friends and I played the olympics game that came with the NES Power Pad bundle. But like most people we found that using our fists to pound the pad as fast as we could was more effective than doing it the right way.
So in short, good job Geekercisers! Just don’t grow any mutant arms or get involved with cultist mice.
DDR is amazing. It’s most of the exercise I get, but since I’m currently doing 10s and 11s it’s pretty nuts xD
It’s time to start thinking about tee shirts. I don’t need desktop wallpaper. But I would wear an NPC tee shirt. Maybe cafe press or suit yourself with 100 options these days… What do you think?
I have the EA Sports active for the wii, tried it a few times. It’s a decent work out… I should try it again. I have the dance pad for my 360, it too is collecting dust. Hmm, gaming AND exercise perhaps it is time to combine the too, again.