| dib8rman said: 1. Lol WoW since when was the developers purpose for something the consumers purpose. 2. you telling me that rergarless of there being a floor or a pad there that doing yoga for 2 hours a day for 7 days a week wont have an effect 3. In the more reasonable cases people who only have 15-30 minutes to play games have used Wii fit to get results. 3.5. From what I've read, they have 4. It all depends on purpose, if your trying to look like super man then probably not, unless you add weights to the work out. 5. Regardless of the application, this gets people working out, but that's not the issue here is it. No the issue is that Wiifit is threatening *allegedlly* the fitness industry, so how does this differ from exercise products that claim to be home fittness machines? Simple it's cheaper, ok that was answered above so let's move on. Nextly Wii fit has a person on the box doing yoga so clearly thats one of the developers intentions (or so I'm led to believe) the reality is Yoga performed properly is very very good for your body as it massages your organs. Now before Gyms people would do what? Work right, let's look at the idea of a non-over weight person in the 1600's, they would more than likely swim, jog, fence, go to bath houses etc, etc.. All of these needless to say are phyiscal activities. Moving your arm in Wii fit to match a yoga position will build eventual muscle, but adding weights will help with density, don't think otherwise. The main benefit of Wii fit is it's a attempt at a fitness tool but it's a video game and not the other way around, meaning it has replay value and gives a real life achievement as well as an in-game reward to boot. I believe I covered all bases but I'm sure you'll find something, which is good cause I like good debates that don't get insulting. (Sorry for the late reply, just got home) |
A few things:
People of this era rarely swam because of the lack of spare time in which to do recreational things and also the simple fact that in 1600's Europe, less than 1/5 of the population could swim at all, and most of those who could swim were not very good at it. The did not go jogging either, why would they? Again, a recreational hobby belonging to modern society. The most common pasttimes that were non or only semi-jobrelated were various crafts, gardening (for those in rural communities) and basically just sitting around enjoying an ale with locals and chatting up on subjects old and new. After a hard days work the last thing they wanted was go running for no damn reason at all, and the only proffessions that would require it would be scouts and pages. The urban folk (which made up the vast majority of the populace) were not very active at all beasides those who were carpenters, masons or cartwrights or smiths for instance, they were a slow moving lot who enjoyed a docile lifestyle. Not to mention the fact that an urban environment would house little to no opportunity and/or locales for physical activity. Fencing was extreme upper class only, a sword or rapier back in those days would set you back 3-4 years worth of an average wage, and the notion that everyone bore massive blades in their belt in something out of movies quite frankly. Nobles loved fencing and could afford it, and some of the very richest in society (well paid merchants, noble relatives etc) also dabbled in it. Bathouses were very uncommon in Europe at the time, this is/was in fact a habit and trait of older societies like Ancient Greece, Mykenos, Rome and Egypt. Bathhouses in the 1600's were reserved for nobility, very very rich merchants and possibly the most astute among the clergy in some cases (as it is assumed that nearly 1/3 of all the currency at the time was possessed by the Church). The laymen would have to suffice with a wodden tub or even hollowed out barrels to wash themselves, and soap was of the crude sort made basically from animal fat.
Extremely off topic I know, but it seems clear you know little of older societies! No offense, its just that this is one of my favourite subjects.
