Health & Fitness? *munches on a footlong hotdog, and washes it all down with a chocolate milk shake* I'm out. 
To the point of "why bother", keeping your body active and healthy has a lot of unintended consequences. For many years I figured I was healthy as long as I was "not fat". But like I said, I had muscle pain all the time, I was depressed and anxious a fair amount. After getting back into regular exercise one day I noticed I hadn't had a migraine for at long time. Then I ran into someone who asked me how my back was -- and I realized I had not had back pain for a long while. When I started becoming more active, those health goals did not even occur to me as being a possibility.
If your environment allows, getting outside on a daily basis alone has a very positive impact on your mental condition. If you can combine some exercise with that, all the better. What's the down side in giving it a try?
aspro said:To the point of "why bother", keeping your body active and healthy has a lot of unintended consequences. For many years I figured I was healthy as long as I was "not fat". But like I said, I had muscle pain all the time, I was depressed and anxious a fair amount. After getting back into regular exercise one day I noticed I hadn't had a migraine for at long time. Then I ran into someone who asked me how my back was -- and I realized I had not had back pain for a long while. When I started becoming more active, those health goals did not even occur to me as being a possibility.
If your environment allows, getting outside on a daily basis alone has a very positive impact on your mental condition. If you can combine some exercise with that, all the better. What's the down side in giving it a try?
All wise words and I have tried before. What usually happens is my situation doesn't change so life still feels a little pointless and then there is a huge period between end of September to spring next year when it's too fucking cold to excercise and I hibernate.
SteelAttack said:Ok, starting tomorrow, I'm going to take the first steps towards my physical improvement. I'm going to cut down on caffeine and sodas, and start eating healthier. Easier said than done, since I abhor veggies.
I own Wii Fit and both EA Sports games. That should help as well.
Those are quite good products, and I have been using them (fairly consistently) over the last couple of years, and have seen noticable results. Wii fit is more of a "game" and it's not a very intense workout, but it can be fun and it also give you info on your bmi and help you keep track of your weight (even though that can be a double-edged sword). I don't use wii fit that much anymore but it may be good to get you started, especially if you are finding EA Active to be hard work.
I used the first EA Active on the Wii for a considerable length of time (I went through 3 resistance bands) and it's really helped me not just to get fitter but also to gain some definition (people would always assume that I went to the gym). I am very pleased with the results of using it.
I just started using EA Active 2. I bought the PS3 version so that I wouldn't need to hold the wiimote and nunchuck and have the option to hold dumbells instead. At this stage I want it more to compliment my daily run (5 miles) which is by far the most strenuous exercise I do. It's good to do a more comprehensive workout every other day so as I work all sets of muscles. It seems pretty close to the original though it's much more "hi-tec" with the heart-rate monitor and the arm and leg trackers.
Not sure if I would recommend one over the other. Maybe WiiFit to start then EA Active for a harder workout though WiiFit is still useful as it offers a good number of yoga and breathing routines which are fun (and also useful)
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Best thing is to get a cross training machine and then with your hands free you can play games. Since you are making a running motion though it doesn't work well for a traditional two handed controller but works fine with the Wii's split controller. Apart from in shooters where you have to aim at the screen.
De Blob is a particularly good game to exercise to with this method as the music is cool too, I always need good music to excercise to. Wii Sports Tennis works too and put the Rocky soundtrack on in the background.
Is said hole hairy?