The Los Angeles Times has a new article out, but it’s nothing really new if you’ve been keeping up with the news. It sums up the Wii’s astronomical success, Mickey DeLorenzo’s weight-loss experiment, and the medical experts’ responses. Check out the excerpt below, and hit the link for the full article.
“The problem,” he says, “is you get someone who’s a couch potato, and put them in front of a TV, swinging their arms countless hundreds of times, and that’s enough to cause injury to the soft tissues, whether it’s the muscles, tendons or ligaments.” For Wii newbies planning marathon sessions, Klion has some advice. “Start slow, 10 or 15 minutes at first, and work up from there.” But ultimately, Klion agrees with McLean-Foreman and others that even though playing a game in the living room is no substitute for working up a sweat outdoors and sucking in some fresh air, it’s still better than nothing.
