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Weight Loss through Dance Dance Revolution?
An anonymous reader writes "Looking at the beer gut that's developed over the winter, and the excercise schedule that I haven't kept for more than two days at a time, I realize that I need a new plan. A gym isn't the answer; I can't keep a schedule for working out in my apartment, there's no way I could make it to the gym on any regular basis. I've had multiple people in the last few weeks tell me stories involving weight loss through Dance Dance Revolution, and it sounds like a great idea to me! working out is hard, playing video games is easy, and dancing is fun. But a Google search turned up way too much info, and way too little of it was useful unless I want to spend the next four weeks researching this. Does the Slashdot community have any ideas, suggestions, or personal experience that they cared to relate on any of these topics?"
"First, what's the best pad to get? What kind of differences are there between pads? Is it worth spending $100+, or will the cheaper pads do? Second, what software is best to use? Ideally I'd like to have something expandable, which means getting a PC rig rather than a PS2 one. Are there any open source DDR-type programs? How does one acquire songs?"
Leave some raw pork and fresh tuna out in the sun for week, and then eat it.
You'll be spraying the weight out of you from both ends.
Do that once a month and you'll easily lose a few stone.
Energy out > energy in = weight loss.
Yup, remember that E=mc^2, so if you want to drop a kilogram, you only have to have a net energy expenditure of about 9E16 joules... no problem!
Engrish is not my language, you, insensitive, clod!
Yeah but the only game it was really cool for was track and field and to actually do good at the game you had to pound on the thing with your hands. In fact me and my sister usta both beat on the thing at the same time. I don't think professional runners ran fast enough to be good at that.
Trust Your Technolust
The only reason that you think the women in the gym don't mind you looking at them is that you are not the most obnoxious creep in the gym.
As long as you are not the most creepy person in the gym, you're safe.
This is America, damnit. Speak Spanish!
The scenery.
The most fit I've been in my adult life (i.e. since I discovered alcohol) was when I was working at a college, where I had free access to the campus athletic facilities... complete with exercising college students. It's easier to keep your pace when trying to keep up with a nice-looking runner ahead of you on the track, or to squeeze out another 10 reps on the weight machines when there's a pretty young thing doing situps in your line of sight.
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...half a gramme of Cocaine a day allowed me to lose a buttload of weight two years ago. As for addiction, I guess I must not have an addictive personality as I just stopped one day, with no ill effects or cravings. I was also able to stop smoking like that, just picked a day and stopped, havn't touched one since. Addiction is the consequence of a weak mind.
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Anyhoo, back to the Cocaine weight loss programme. First of all, Cocaine is a stimulant so your metabolic rate is raised (along with your body temperature and heart-rate). It is also an appetite suppressant, so not only are you eating next to nothing, you're burning up calories at a faster rate than you can take them in, net result? Effective weight loss, I've managed to keep the weight off for 2 years now, so it does work, screw atkins!
Hello, I am a 15 year old male, and after realizing i gained 9 pounds in only 3 months, and looking at my stomache, seems like it went there. So my friend got into DDR, and i decided to follow suit. To me, DDR isnt just excersize, its also very fun. I have lost 7 pounds in a period of...oh a month and a half, playing around 45-60 minutes a day, drinking 3 bottles of water ^_^. All you need is a pad, any will do, and the game (total around 60-70USD). Once your skill level gets good, and you find that the crappy generic pad slides too much while doing complex dance moves, you might want to invest in a better pad, such as the DDR Extreme 2.1 (www.levelsix.com) which is in the mail for me right now ^_^. Also, i must stress that you should stretch for around 5 minutes before playing, and start with slow songs for a warmup, procede to the faster songs, then when you figure its time to stop, do a couple of slow songs for a cool down. For great motivation try to get a friend to do it with you. Hope this helps, DDR sure has helped me!