{"id":556,"date":"2008-01-24T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T00:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2008\/01\/24\/wii-put-to-the-intensity-test\/"},"modified":"2008-01-24T16:23:10","modified_gmt":"2008-01-25T00:23:10","slug":"wii-put-to-the-intensity-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withamymac.com\/news\/2008\/01\/24\/wii-put-to-the-intensity-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Wii Put to the Intensity Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wii.jpg\"<\/a>It is a question that has been posed since the release of the Wii —
\nCan the Wii be a source of exercise?<\/p>\n

Someone finally took the initiative to run a study.\u00c2\u00a0 The study came back that the intensity level is not enough to count as ‘exercise.’\u00c2\u00a0 However, if you compare sitting and playing a video game versus sporting it up with the Wii, I think the higher intensity and more calories burned would be found with the Wii.\u00c2\u00a0 Now we know that it doesn’t qualify in fitting the definition of ‘exercise’ or ‘sport.’\u00c2\u00a0 This means that you can’t skip your workout to play video boxing.\u00c2\u00a0 However, every step does count so instead of sitting and watching TV – get out the Wii!<\/p>\n

<< Read the full article on the study! >>\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is a question that has been posed since the release of the Wii — Can the Wii be a source of exercise? Someone finally took the initiative to run a study.\u00c2\u00a0 The study came back that the intensity level is not enough to count as ‘exercise.’\u00c2\u00a0 However, if you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[20,10,12,23,9,22,8,27,11,26,14,15,28,29,21,13],"class_list":["post-556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-amy-mac","tag-diet","tag-exercise","tag-fit-life","tag-fitness","tag-fitness-attack","tag-health","tag-lifehack","tag-nutrition","tag-nytimes","tag-podcast","tag-podshow","tag-productivity","tag-slashfood","tag-withamymac","tag-workout"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t