I started playing DDR back in April of 2001. When I first saw it, I was like "....what the hell? Thats retarded." I didn't have any problems with dancing or anything, but a dancing video game? Gimme a break. But just for kicks, I tried it out. After my first game, I was saying "Okay, how can I buy this to play it at home?" I was hooked. And I had only played 4 songs, and I had worked up a considerable sweat. I ended up playing about 3 more rounds and I was completely wupped.
I bought the recently released home version of the game and played it all the time. I was at 235 pounds at the time. 5 months later I was at 170. I had increased stamina, increased energy, and I just FELT better. I had tried just going the classic route of just walking/jogging or working out in a gym but I could never make myself stick to it, which is why I think DDR worked so well because I wasn't playing it to lose weight. I was playing it because it was FUN. With DDR you have specific goals, like beating a specific song or getting a full-combo (hitting every single step in the song with a Perfect or Great score) on a song. It wasn't like "okay I'm gonna go workout!" it was "ok I'm gonna go try to pass Afronova Maniac". And because of these goals, its what kept me doing it and in turn what made me drop the pounds. I still play to this day and I'm still at my 170 weight, and I feel awesome. I can pass the Maniac (hardest difficulty) songs with no problem. I think the gym program is excellent! Give the kids a workout that they ENJOY, and are EAGER to do, and you'll see results.
Although I thought was funny about the report (if you watched the actual video of the report) was they called it "Dual Device Revolution, or DDR"... Hahaha what the hell?
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I started playing DDR back in April of 2001. When I first saw it, I was like "....what the hell? Thats retarded." I didn't have any problems with dancing or anything, but a dancing video game? Gimme a break. But just for kicks, I tried it out. After my first game, I was saying "Okay, how can I buy this to play it at home?" I was hooked. And I had only played 4 songs, and I had worked up a considerable sweat. I ended up playing about 3 more rounds and I was completely wupped. I bought the recently released home version of the game and played it all the time. I was at 235 pounds at the time. 5 months later I was at 170. I had increased stamina, increased energy, and I just FELT better. I had tried just going the classic route of just walking/jogging or working out in a gym but I could never make myself stick to it, which is why I think DDR worked so well because I wasn't playing it to lose weight. I was playing it because it was FUN. With DDR you have specific goals, like beating a specific song or getting a full-combo (hitting every single step in the song with a Perfect or Great score) on a song. It wasn't like "okay I'm gonna go workout!" it was "ok I'm gonna go try to pass Afronova Maniac". And because of these goals, its what kept me doing it and in turn what made me drop the pounds. I still play to this day and I'm still at my 170 weight, and I feel awesome. I can pass the Maniac (hardest difficulty) songs with no problem. I think the gym program is excellent! Give the kids a workout that they ENJOY, and are EAGER to do, and you'll see results. Although I thought was funny about the report (if you watched the actual video of the report) was they called it "Dual Device Revolution, or DDR"... Hahaha what the hell?