Video Gaming Exercise

[Darth Sensei]

I know you can get exercise with DDR, and there are some specialized controllers which work with various exercise equipment. However, is there a video game/exerciser that's actually worth working out on? I get so bored riding my airdyne and I use my arms to pump that while riding so I can't play.

Any ideas?

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[chadtower]

I have actually spent quite a bit of time thinking about this one. I've thought up all kinds of things from a treadmill attachment with a joystick on it to some even weirder stuff. The simplest I've probably found is using a recumbent bike and just gaming regularly... unfortunately, I don't think there really are a ton of ways to do this.

[jhd7]

All I can think of is the LifeCycle. There are two pics at my site.

http://nestral.topcities.com/gallery/misc/life1.jpg

http://nestral.topcities.com/gallery/misc/life2.jpg

Jeff D

[chadtower]

The links don't work, and the LifeCycle is quite hard to get...

[gamergary]

Power pad for nes.If you jump from button to button then you will get more exercise then if you just step there.

[Kroogah]

There are plenty of foot workouts between the power pad and DDR (and its Japanese sister Aerobics Revolution) but the only home game arm workouts I can think of are Drummania and Para Para Paradise. And PPP isn't that much of a workout.

[chadtower]

There are plenty of foot workouts between the power pad and DDR (and its Japanese sister Aerobics Revolution) but the only home game arm workouts I can think of are Drummania and Para Para Paradise. And PPP isn't that much of a workout.

Dude, the power pad gets really boring after about 5 minutes.

[digitalpress]

The 16-bit era had the Batter Up! and Tee-V Golf controller, both good for some mild exercise. Both of them worked best when you played the game in a practice mode, like home run derby or driving range.

How hard would it be to rig a regular exercise bike up to a game like Decathlon or Track & Field where your revolutions each equal a single click in either direction of the stick (or taps on the T&F controller)?

Where's superstonic, master of hardware modifications, when you need him?