a question about wii

iojoi

i have some vigourous games on the wii that i can do
but i broke my toe some weeks ago and have some probs with it so cant use most of my gym equipment
i figure some exercise is better than none although it will be mostly upper body stuff, i can use my rowing machine as i wont be standing with full weight on it then, or pusing off souly on that foot

does anyone have any figures for calories burned per minute for using the wii ? or an idea of some exercise i could relate it too ... to give me an idea of calories burned
i do need to do something if not il find it hard to get back into it again

iojoi

i have some vigourous games on the wii that i can do
but i broke my toe some weeks ago and have some probs with it so cant use most of my gym equipment
i figure some exercise is better than none although it will be mostly upper body stuff, i can use my rowing machine as i wont be standing with full weight on it then, or pusing off souly on that foot

does anyone have any figures for calories burned per minute for using the wii ? or an idea of some exercise i could relate it too ... to give me an idea of calories burned
i do need to do something if not il find it hard to get back into it again

iojoi

# 125 calories in 15 minutes of Boxing
# 92 calories in 15 minutes of Tennis
# 77 calories in 15 minutes of Bowling

its ok i found some info to help and have now entered it in the database

for anyone interested i sourced it frome here
http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/wii-calories.htm

Hanna1983

Hi iojoi

I have a Wii as well and I have burned 503 calories in 1:45 hrs of doing the boxing game on it. So in 15 minutes I burnt roughly 72 calories and I was really going for it, nowhere near the 125 calories you mention above unfortunately. I dont think you can generalise burnt calories as every one is different. :ohwell:

I know how many calories I burn with the Wii, because I bought a HRM. It is very accurate and I use it every time I do the boxing, aerobis, running or any of the other sports games.



I hope this helps :flowerforyou:

iojoi

ok thanks i wil bear that in mind

jodazary

thanks for entering that i had been wondering my boyfriends son has one and im hooked on the bowling lol

DBranchaud

I should probably start doing Wii again... i stopped doing it at the start of my new semester.

iojoi

i found i exercised this morning for 15mins on the rowing machine which seemed like eternity
but when i checked out long i had been on the wii 40 mins had flown by because i was having such a good time .. so i guess a mixture of the 2 until i can use my gym again is the answer