Workout with your Playstation

Post #264,518 by SpiceWare 8/10/06 10:36:03 PM Reply	Workout with your Playstation I started a workout with [link\|http://www.dignews.com/review.php?story_id=13241\|Kinetic] this week on my PS2. It uses the Eye Toy camera to put you into interactive games which are designed around 4 fitness zones: Combat, Cardio, Toning and Mind & Body. Kinetic comes with the Eye Toy as well as a lens adapter that expands the field of vision. Luckily enough, my family room is big enough that I don't need the adapter as I accidently gave it to my dad when I gave him the camera to use as a web cam(I already have an Eye Toy camera hooked up from a prior game). You can free form the games or choose a personal trainer which sets up a 12 week plan based on your input of age, weight, activity level and so on. I opted for the 12 week plan. It has you workout 3 times a week: Sun/Mon, Tue/Wed and Thu/Fri/Sat. The start of each workout begins with a warmup routine. After that are some games that Kinetic picks out(so far I've had 2 each day, don't know if that will change), followed by a routine that you get to choose. The session then wraps up with some stretching. The games it picks out are from the 4 fitness zones. Combat games are short in duration, but intense, while cardio games last the longest and keeps you moving the whole time. Toning, is well Toning, while Mind & Body has things inspired from Yoga and Tai Chi. I've just finished my 3rd working. After each workout my cloths were drenched and I'm currently feeling like I did back in high school when football practice started up so I gather it must be working :-) Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]
Post #264,601 by imqwerky 8/11/06 2:42:02 PM Reply	Too cool! Since my kids have abandoned their PS2, I can commandeer it for my own purposes. School starts next week, so looks like I can be a sweat-buddy. Thanks for the heads-up (and the elbow-up, and the knee-up, and the heart-rate-up) :-D Smile, Amy [link\|http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?Amy%20Rathman\|Pics of the Family]
Post #264,613 by folkert 8/11/06 5:55:39 PM Reply	There are a few for the XBOX as well. One I used a long time ago was a combo of Yoga and modified excerise to go along with the Yoga style. Worked, but very tedious. As is any "video game for excercise". -- [link\|mailto:greg@gregfolkert.net\|greg], [link\|http://www.iwethey.org/ed_curry\|REMEMBER ED CURRY!] @ *i_wethey* Freedom is not FREE. Yeah, but 10s of Trillions of US Dollars? SELECT * FROM scog WHERE ethics > 0; 0 rows returned.
Post #265,713 by SpiceWare 8/23/06 9:21:36 PM Reply	Still at it The first workout this week had 3 games, so they do vary the quantity. The rest of this week has 2 games for each day. I'm also starting to notice a difference, my yardwork didn't take as much out of me last time. My mom noticed too - during our last video conference she asked if I was losing weight as my face looked thinner. Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]
Post #265,721 by Meerkat 8/23/06 11:42:30 PM Reply	Woo, I'm getting me a PS2! Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #266,260 by SpiceWare 8/29/06 10:42:58 AM Reply	they cranked it up a notch this week and boy am I sore today :) On this week the first and last workout have 3 games with the second workout only having 2. I did find a problem last week - I normally do my workouts in the evening. I did my last workout during the day on Saturday and was having a lot of false hits. I guess the extra light was overdriving the camera. Because of this, I ended up scoring a D. All my prior workouts scored A or B. The personel trainer was "that's alright, at least you're working out and that's what really matters". I also realized that trainer has a different set of workout cloths each time. It'd be nice if they had different warm-up and stretch sequences as well. Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]
Post #267,168 by SpiceWare 9/10/06 7:53:00 PM Reply	having to take a break I finally picked up a floor mat for the stretching and floor work. I didn't think to move it during the game portion of the workout and caught the edge of the mat and twisted my ankle :-( Last week the workout increased to 4 days, with the first 3 days having three games, the last having two. Darrell Spice, Jr. Trendy yet complex\nPeople seek me out - though they're not sure why\n[link\|http://spiceware.org/gallery/ArtisticOverpass\|Artistic Overpass] [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare]

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