New Gamepad Designed To Build Muscles? 441
Robmonster writes "The BBC are reporting a story about a product designed to address both exercise and videogaming in one fell swoop. According to the piece: 'A new type of gamepad from a US fitness equipment company aims to turn the couch potato gamer stereotype on its head. The Kilowatt controller by Powergrid Fitness is designed to build up muscle while playing a PlayStation 2, Xbox or PC game." The article explains: "In a racing game like Gran Turismo, the harder you push on the joystick, the faster a car goes, while pulling back slows down the vehicle."
White House Approved Lifestyle (Score:4, Funny)
The World Health Organization recommends [who.int] eating better but they have probably never played video games.
not new. (Score:5, Funny)
(I obviously havnt read the article)
I can see it now... (Score:5, Funny)
This is great (Score:4, Funny)
Change of tact? (Score:3, Funny)
So they're saying... (Score:3, Funny)
Woohoo! Bring it on!
If you want a workout (Score:5, Funny)
Re:not new. (Score:3, Funny)
Aha! (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I can see it now... (Score:5, Funny)
Sweat (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Nintendo had this in the 80's, it was a flop. (Score:2, Funny)
Woo Hoo (Score:3, Funny)
Seriously -- rememeber the Chris Farley Skit: "My God, these Hideously Oversized and Freakishly Strong Children Will Surely Rise Up And Destroy Us?"
Re:This would be more helpful (Score:5, Funny)
Re:not new. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:not new. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Nintendo had this in the 80's, it was a flop. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:not new. (Score:3, Funny)
It was fun, though!
Re:We need a total body workout (Score:2, Funny)
Re:I can see it now... (Score:5, Funny)
York has a new fitness game for geeks... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What the hell is this? (Score:2, Funny)
Oh yea? (Score:3, Funny)
Why buy? (Score:5, Funny)
This is a step from the wrong direction. (Score:2, Funny)
I'm serious. They already as gizmos about calories burned, heart rate, miles traveled, and other crap to these bikes for infotainment. Why not take the next step? Hell, you could make people pay for rides with quarters and turn every fitness club in the country into an arcade.
Re:I can see it now... (Score:4, Funny)
don't gamer's already have that motion down? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:not new. (Score:2, Funny)
Even older... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:What the hell is this? (Score:2, Funny)
Dr. Nanny, Ph.D? (Score:1, Funny)
Back in highschool we found that some of best lifts for cranking your max were incremental lifts, stop 10 times up and down, you could only do about 1/2 as many reps as you would normally do with that weight. You'd only want to do this on your last rep. Incidentally Fran Dresser (the Nanny gal) claims that her secret to looking good (say what you will about her voice, she has a nice bod) is isometric excercises anytime she sits.
Thanks for letting us know Dr. Fran Dresser's latest research on the subject of physiology. This, coupled with the detailed studies you conducted in high school has given me the confidence to give up my doctor-approved workout regimine and adopt something that takes less time and effort.
Buddy, I hate to tell you but celebs are not a wonderful source of fitness knowledge. Most of them are genetically very lucky and would look pretty damn good regardless of what they do.
Re: In other news... (Score:2, Funny)
Experts in the field were quoted as saying that the majority of software development is now done on the equivalent of 486/MHz machines.
Re:not new. (Score:3, Funny)
That game was the quickest way to break an Apple][e joystick.
I remember Nintendo put out the Power Pad for that game.. great leg workout, although most people just knelt down and hit the pad with their hands.
Re:This is great (Score:5, Funny)
1.) It builds strong forearm muscles (Make sure to swap hands, occasionally for equal development of both forearms. Hey, it's "like a new lover!").
2.) Good for the prostrate and related muscles.
Damn! I thought of this. (Score:3, Funny)
Another right handed exercise.. (Score:3, Funny)
Ok, you get a strong right hand, right arm, right everyting..
There are other exercises you can do to achieve the same result :-D
We should stick to Dance Revolution, at least the side effect is that you can pretend to have a fit.
Here's a game for the upper body.... (Score:2, Funny)
Note that this game is my invention and I do charge a royalty to use it.
Re:We need a total body workout (Score:5, Funny)