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Get Ripped While Playing With Your Wii

June 26, 2007 in Previews comments 16

Now being addicted to gaming might have even more health benefits than just improving your hand-eye coordination! You can actually get a little muscle on that geeky arm! Wii Weights! Though you could just go with the budget version and hang bags full of dirt or sand on your arm.

The Wii Weights prototype is nothing more than your average strap-on wrist weight coated in white and stamped with that (likely trademarked) Wii logo, but let's face it, if you've got to burn the calories, you're better off doing so whilst playing Wii Sports.
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  • 1
    Final Blade Jun 26, 07
    This is stupid. Kids need to learn to run and eat right. Not wait til nintendo to make weights for it
    • 0
      FRoGBuster Jun 26, 07
      don't worry, they'll probably sell an update that connects the wii to a wireless microwave and you can cook your dinner while you play.
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      volacide Jun 26, 07
      For the first time ever in my life I actually agree with finalblade.

      That being said, this isn't necessarily stupid, it just shouldn't be your main source of exercise, that's for sure.
  • 0
    Kokoro* Jun 26, 07
    Interesting. I already get enough exercise when I play the Wii.
  • 0
    Marcibanjo Jun 26, 07
    Damn. More exercise?? Playing Wii Sports is good enough.
  • 0
    Gary Jun 26, 07
    Wii boxing was a pretty big workout. When I first got my wii I played it for ages and got very sore arms and I'm used to lifting weights etc.
  • 0
    Warsun Jun 26, 07
    I envisioned Wii Weights before the Wii even came out.

    I am gonna be soooo buff
  • 0
    Synthesis Jun 26, 07
    Lol Wii Sports is enough workout I'll ever need.
  • 0
    Cruxis Mana Jun 26, 07
    I think this is a really nice idea - merging extra exercise with gaming (( ... its starting to get rid of the stereotyping : that people who play video games are obese lonely men who still live with their parents XD ... // ))
  • 0
    Guticb Jun 26, 07
    Those are EXTREMELY unhealthy for joints though.
  • 0
    Evanster Jun 26, 07
    If I ever get a Wii I will get a tennis game. I play a lot already but I need to do a little more to improve muscle tone. But I still think that it's better to be out in the sun. Exposure to the sun helps growth.
    • 0
      FRoGBuster Jun 27, 07
      really? That's interesting. They should make a wii-sunlight device that emits sunlight from the wii-bar.
  • 0
    ShadowKing2 Jun 26, 07
    It'd be better simply to go outside, and play it there.
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    skittles07 Jun 26, 07
    These are really dumb. You could easily just make a weight for your wrists if you needed.
  • 0
    Gotenks* Jun 27, 07
    It is an interesting concept. Whether it will go for we don't know. Time will tell.

    But it's not something I would get. I'm already a buffed guy. I can lift more than my weight.
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    chubbie huicho Jun 27, 07
    I think this is an interesting idea but I don't think I will get it since I already exercise

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