Do Video Games Really Count As Exercise?
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- Can walking around catching Pokémon really be considered exercise? What about different consoles? Can you plug one in and skip the gym?
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Play Dark Souls and then do 10 push ups every time you die. Theres your workout
ADrew Wowowow 1 pushup every third death should be enough
we don't slack around here. 10 pushups for every death. Lets go
ADrew muscles of steel incoming
***** ONE HUNDRED. Summers a coming
I actually did this for like a week
Pokemon Go has inspired me to walk an average of 30 miles per week so it's definitely been a form of exercise for me.
***** It's not trash, it's entertainment while you walk, how is that a bad thing?
ShaneD3488 by not looking where u are going and looking at nature and damagingur eyes
CatLover 9000 I always watch where I'm going. The phone vibrates when something pops up near me. The game has inspired me to explore areas of my city that I've never been before. I don't believe there's any evidence that occasionally looking at a phone can damage your eyes.
CatLover 9000 thats an assumption based on nothing. I love to play Pokemon go and take in my surroundings. I've never "not watched where I was going" Did you ever play the game? Did you know there are monuments in real life mapped in the game as pokespots? I learned most of the history of my town thanks to pokemon go. And I don't have to watch the screen to find the monsters. I can just walk around and when I'm near a monster it will vibrate.
Also have my sound on (low) volume. When I walk near a spot it gives me and audible que.
AppleCore360 if thats what it took for u to learn that instead of going out or school, thats just sad.
Doesn't Pokémon Go, already encourage you to go to the gym?
Master Therion check mine out
Master Therion often several in one day.
AHAHHHHH-AAAAAHH
Nah, but it encouraged me to go to the poles.
Pleb on the Web Just don't dab on the Ellen show pls.
mobile devices (tablets and phones) and "games" cannot be in the same sentence... XD
Noelious Cornelious Why?
Bitch, please. When the Switch comes out, what will you say then?
I will say congrats to Nintendo. But to you I will say, you are very polite XD
Lets hope its atleast 4-5 hours.
Pokemon Go won the Video Game Award for best Mobile/Handheld game.
my husband and I now have "poke-dates" twice a week where we go out to some of our most populated area's.. We never used to just walk around in the middle of a week. We have jobs and didn't feel like doing anything when we came home. Since Pokemon go came out we actually have some energy left to do something.
And don't forget that this study started when the game came out (in the summer) and may have ended right now (the winter)
It's not that odd a lot of them stopped playing. No one wants to freeze their hands off. And let's not forget the huge amount of people who stopped playing because the game did't meet their expectations or were disappointed one way or another. I do think that those who play the game and kept playing are walking a bit more then they used to.
This was bizarrely unscientific. Drawing conclusions based on ONE study of a few thousand players within a small demographic based on step count? Seriously?
theMoporter moo
Well statistics is always an incomplete math.
You should take into account that the way DNews explained what this study reveals is misleading. It is said that the number of steps decreased, when from a statistical point of view, and what was corroborated by the authors, their was simply no statistical difference from before the game was installed or 6 weeks after it was installed (the moment people kind of stopped playing it). Also their is no reason to think another sample would have brought significantly different results (here 560 people).
bro playing is excersize, have you ever tried to carrie a team in a moba that shit is hard work XD
Highgrvity same shit in lol XD
I don't have Pokemon Go on my phone (I have a cheap phone with little memory), but I love, love, love the concept. Here's a million dollar idea: an immersive game like Pokemon Go, except in this game you would be running from zombies (or other baddies), and trying to solve puzzles (collecting equipment, fixing broken things, etc)? Imagine it! Plenty of exercise, lots of fun. I think this immersive tech is only just getting started.
what about " Pokemon go to the GYM "
Nishit Dua MOO
What PoGo noobs were only playing 11 minutes a day? I walked for 4+ hours a day, every day, for months when it came out.
Fun fact: the average gamers' fingers are around 3x stronger than a non-gamer. Btw I lost 17 pounds playing DDR.
where do you want to use those fingers for? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Source?
This winter I've been playing pokemon go while skating. There are a lot of pokestops around the pond so I just keep skating around and around without stopping. After more than an hour I'd say I did a fair bit of exercise. It's how you use the app. Also for a lot of gamers that 11min can be life changing.
With pokemon go, I had it on when I was running and I did end up running further to hatch eggs. And I definitely walked more often on my lunch break to visit pokestops
If you're sedentary any of these are a great improvement. it "counts" if your heart is working harder than usual but of course you should continue challenging yourself if you start there. I started with wiifit and moved on to other things.
Trace, how many times have you worn that atom shirt?
Unless your heart rate is being elevated for extended periods an activity does not count as exercise.. silly proposition, the whole premise of exercise is that blood flow must be increased through the body. Walking just narrowly fits the term of exercise and even then it only counts if its done long enough to elevate the heart rate.
With the Pokemon Go study; I'm interested in knowing wether the researchers took differing levels of activity, based on season, into account.
Pokemon Go came out in the summer for UK players. This is a time when people in general are walking around more due to the nice weather.
I'm guessing the study started then and then ended in the winter (a time when people are much less likely to walk around because it's cold and miserable).
To me it seems like the decline in activity cited in this study directly corresponds to both the waining popularity of a game fad, and the natural change of activity based on the change of seasons.
Any thoughts?
Adam Hollingsworth I agree.
What happens if you only take like 100 steps a day?
since 23rd of September i walked 500km playing pokemon go
The reason the steps to drop down even further than original count is because of winter. I play Pokémon go every day but right now during the winter I play less.
Frank Torres it might also be because the game died down. Not as popular anymore. Winter is a good reason too. *I still like Pokémon go though*
So games like Just Dance or Dance Central?
Dudes, when Pokemon Go first came out I was going at least 30 kilometers a day on my bike. It was probably even further than that considering how bad player tracking was.
Im combining cardio with my fitness now, do you think 30 minute jog 3X a week is good enough?
DemonZ BlooD I'm not but thanks for letting me know your opinion xD
You can play any game with any standard controller from a treadmill! I play racing games from a stationary bike and I'm looking to upgrade. From the bike I play racing games because they encourage me to continue pedaling. the nice thing about playing from a treadmill is that the speed is set. You can play a slow paced RPG and still be running at full speed.
I mean I literally walked over 12 miles one day for pokemon go so pretty sure I got a work out
There are lots of other games you didn't talk about - Just Dance to say the least. New video, old information - besides the pokemon go study, of course. DDR, really? :/
Does that really matter ?? It's the same !
+iamSkYliNer well Just dance does require more complex movement then just stepping on arrows like in DDR. So I wuld say u culd get a bit more exercise on tht game instead of DDR.
YEP.
pokemon go increased my daily steps from ~5000 to >10.000 on average. It was fun as long as it lasted. I deinstalled it after a patch that made it impossible to her music/let an audio book be read to me, because it captured the audio while playing, even if in-game audio was set to off.
Woah, I like the shirt. Where do you get that?
I play DDR from time to time, it's fun. I also walk 10km a day while watching youtube which is a good 500-600kcal burnt just for youtubing. It also gets me some fresh air and i do weightlifting 3-4 times a week doing deadlifts, overhead presses and rack pulls.
I lost two pounds a week doing wii fit for 30 minutes every day, doing one of every exercise. So i did the hard muscle training plus the yoga and "rewarded" myself with the boxing at the end. For somebody who is isolated to an apartment in a scary neighborhood with no gym for twenty miles, it's a good alternative. I also would alternate every week during the summer months with the michael jackson game on the wii. I have DDR but my mats were cheap to begin with and are no longer responsive. :/
Been playing DDR since 2004, and it's one of the best games known to man (concerning cardio, anyway). Music + aerobic exercise = success.
I rarely use the bar to focus on my core a bit more. Unfortunately, there aren't anymore working arcade cabinets in my city.
No, try me waste your time on video games.
No its not
I mean LoL sorta is a "sport" it's an esport. You don't actually get physically fit but your mind does.
Am I the only one who doesn't have weight loss in January as a goal? Seems everyone does...
MsAquamonkey I have weight gain goal. I'm trying to gain 35 more pounds in muscle
MsAquamonkey I'm trying to kill Merio
Mine isn't even food related
what about vr? I'm sore from playing all day
What about using an arcade fight stick playing Street Fighter or any other fighting game against another player for several hours
I'm a diabetic and pokemon go has me walking more than I normally would. More importantly it has me running again so that I can hatch eggs and collect buddy candy(yes I'm a nerd). Farthest I've run at a time while playing pokemon go is 10 miles, just gotta keep it under 6.5 mph to hatch eggs.
This brain training game “nonu amazing only” (Google it) specifically restore concentration and memory, also intellectual improvement. I really love this application! I am finding my strengths and also those areas that challenge. I seriously appreciate using this game to help myself progress and have a great time.
To be honest Trace, I have not made a New Year's resolution regarding weight.
Soon in the future I wish that there is VR FPS Game that can let move to cover like in other FPS games because that ould be so cool its like virtual reality that is more realisitic
ehm. does just dance also count? since you are really dancing well "dancing".
you just don't stamp on arrows. but you do hold a controller or nothing but have a kinect. your heart rate does go up
Dutchik not to the same extent
I wonder if that study using the step counter for the iPhone 6 accounted for the car rides. 😂
If the main criteria for exercise is that it gets your heart rate up, I can think of a few movies that do that. Does that count as exercise?
cant wait until there is an exercise machine that works while you sleep.
sebas_pwnage Not sure how that would work when your paralysed...would the muscles still be working properly for it to be effective?
I run around now till i get them 5km or 10km eggs done 😅
Don't play any of these, but tried Pokémon go and we live were you can only ever catch pidgeys, weedles, and ratatatas so...
So this last year I have added walking several miles every day (1088.2 km since July) on top of going to the gym. But it is boring. Did not matter if I was listening to music, podcast, audio book.(and good luck find someone who has the time to walk with you everyday for half a year.) Playing the game just help me take my mind off of doing something I really don't like doing but know i have.
DDR isn't the only dancing game out there. Just Dance is great too for cardio, as long as you really try to do the movements, and not just the arms ones for scoring. It's really fun and it makes you sweat !
no mentions of the onmi treadmill
4:40 Heroin hero
When it released i was in Hungary and racked up 30,000 steps a day
Already knew this. We had ddr in my middle school. *back when I went to grade school*
um some of them yes the main examples are on the Wii and Wii U for the Just Dance games
Trace needs an undercut hairstyle.
if DDR is considered a workout does Just Dance! is too?
Obviously not, totally different games.
you sure they're both about dancing, only diffrence is onse uses dancepad other kinect camera or mobilephone
DDR=stepping on arrows JD= movement tht si more complex. but yea its technically a workout. Ive lost about 10 pounds in 1 month of playing JD. (granted it was mostly water weight)
did you say 10,000? i usually don't make it far over 2,000 steps a day. Still a vast improvement over the less then a hundred steps i walked this time last year. Dang i got far to go though. This town is less the 6,000 steps across, i think(i haven't calculated it. I just know I have walked from one end to the other and back and gotten 9,000 steps. That includes the steps i took in the store i was shopping at.)
That sucks. walking is the only exercise i can actually stand. Even with looking for any reason i can to walk i still usually top out at 7,000 on a good day of walking.
guess its still better then last year. lost close to a hundred pounds so far off of that and changing my eating habits. the weight loss isn't why i am doing it. It is nice though. i gave up on losing weight years ago. I pretty much only gained weight after about 11(was skin and bones up to then. still weighed a lot for my age, that was more to do sear size. not fat though). . last year i was 440 pounds. I finally decided to change my habits to try and be as healthy i could be at my current weight. nice thing is i did lose weight.
DDR was great haha. As a non-runner, did a mile in 6 minutes flat.
Tiny Rails is really good to get my 7 inch train moving.
"All abooooooooard!"
Wait a minute, I'm not sure that is such a good idea ;)
Master Therion lol
I had a college buddy who lost a lot of weight playing DDR. But that was mid-DDR craze and he was playing it easily hours a day (What? My friends are geeks. We're not ashamed to admit it.). He's kept the weight off, but with a decrease in DDR playing he's taken up running to replace it. I liked DDR, but never enough to make it a fitness regimen. I just jumped right to distance running. I, sadly, haven't lost a bunch of weight despite running two marathons, but my issue is food consumption and multi-month breaks between training cycles.
Most people I know played the game for more than 11 minutes. You still have to walk to catch those eggs. I remember the game encouraging me to take walks. I've heard the game has even encouraged families to go out and play for an hour. The adults I know walked several miles to play that game. It depends on how long you play is what I mean. I'm not saying it's likely to make a huge difference but it's at the very least encouraged people to try. Some have gone above and beyond for that game.
Play Crypt of the Necrodancer. It's DDR but actually a game.
But how about Fitness games on the Playstation with the Move controllers?? All that I sweated was for nothing really!!!???
The pokemon study may be a bit misleading. Know what else happened 6 weeks after the study started? Cold fall weather! No wonder people slowed down, they were staying inside more often rather than running around catching pokemon!
I'm that kid who plays Pokemon go on the pc
"Maybe you're losing weight while you're playing games"
Well actually... I've been playing Minecraft so much I've forgotten to eat much all holidays. I've lost 4 kg in 3 weeks.
What is the science behind why we have to try so hard to incorporate exercise into video games? Also, why do some of us find exercise more enjoyable than video games? I either lift, rock climb or run every day and at the end of a workout I feel more refreshed and happy than when I join my friends in playing video games.
YES
I play Pokemon Go. But it isn't just for the game that I go for a walk. I just find it adds time to my walk I was going to have already. The game isn't marketed as an exercise game and isn't touted for weight loss. If you weren't into walking before Pokemon Go you won't be as a result. In the winter months many of us don't want to walk at all because it's so blasted cold.
the wee fit games are really good physio balance training for new amputees. so not all bad. :)
3:22 Shouldn't it be 75 minutes a DAY? 75 minutes a week is not a lot
MrTristan he said vigorous as in non stop balls 2 da wall
Everyone is like "Pokemon Go is dead" like... just because bandwagoners stopped playing doesnt mean a lot of ppl stopped playing.
My coworker lost 10 lbs in the months that we played pokemon. She would go on crazy long walks on the weekends playing the game
Holy Shit that leg ext in the beginning wasn't even complete
You didn't talk about Kinect games
cs go 200 dpi 1 ingame LE, tell me its not exhausting
if video games counted as exercise I would be a sexy bodybuilder
FPS or MMORPG games in VR on special treadmills. Every real gamer would become a marathon runner within a month.
I have sweated very heavily playing DDR. Then I became a hardcore Zumba dude
Dangerous mirrors if it goes out of control
I wonder if osu! counts as exercise, since my body temperature rises and my hands get pretty sweaty.
what about brain excersice? doesnt the brain use up calories too?
the most. but the brain exercises can become routine and it doesn't really burn fat. since when there is too little. at least for me, my brain shuts kinda of. or just tells you to eat something.
the most effective would probably be learning shit tho. give it something to do. read not listen.
he called Pokemon "animals" lol
When we actually bother to play Pokémon Go we usually burn an average of 300 calories. More if we wear a weighted vest or ankle weights. It has been too cold lately to play properly though...
I walk 7000 steps a day by default, my job is nearly a mile from my train, and I refuse to spend extra money to take a bus for that trip
zombie run is a great exercise game!
I wouldn't mind to do "exercises disguised as video games" at all.
Pokemon? Forget that, Ingress is where it's at!
-Less carbs
-More proteeen
-Muscle-building exercises
Doing exercises actually doesn't burn a lot of energy - not enough to worth it's time. But muscles need a lot of energy even if you don't use them. So watch your diet, and do some short, but intensive exercises!
Realistically, video games are anything.
Emperor Tikacuti because you know what's real? scientifically speaking
VR games in roomscale must count as exercise!
You kind of missed the train on this one, didn't you guys?
Short answer: No
I found a dragonite in my bedroom
lol all this talk of pokemon go but playing Vr games (HTC vive) ... there are some really intense games that can get your calories burning ... "fist of physics" is one where you fight robots and you can get exhausted doing this for 20 min ... playing VR games in general is more exercise than mobile games and Wii games
Lol my gym teacher in 6th grade actually had us play DDR in class
I lost 8 kilos in two months back in 2004 playing Pump It Up / Dance Dance Revolution, without changing the calories I consumed per day. :D
could you guys do a "do video games make you dumber?" My professor yesterday said that games decrease critical thinking. could you guys look into this
Warmachine11355 I've heard the opposite that they encourage critical thinking. I'm not an expert though.
Static bikes aren't so bad you just have to set up your laptop and watch something on youtube or a movie like I do
Surly Pokémon go just depends on how much you play
Pokemon GO TO THE POLLS
I played some motion controlled fighting games those things were exercise.