The geek physique
Thanks to a medical command regarding diet and general health here at Chez Spwug my dearest and I have started on a diet. Also I am making him take a couple of short walks every day to help him get into better shape, as he is, well… prone to sitting rather than moving. Thanks to the demands of various works (including helping out with Diginin Publishing,) and then the natural desire to relax after a day full of various work, he is fairly chair-and-sofa prone. Upon reflection I realize that I, too, have gravitated sofa-ward. I mean, I even play WoW from my sofa (can I just mention off topic here how much I love love love having a laptop these days?)
This sudden need to shake that lifestyle up has coincided rather interestingly with the advent of the Wii Fit, thus making me really start thinking about geeks and health. It is, after all, a fairly well known stereotype- the overweight pimply geek that either games nonstop or hangs out at the local comic book store. We all know the image, but how many of us actually conform to it? I have a number of friends who, in addition to rather serious gaming habits manage to make time for rock climbing, for body building, and for martial arts to name a few. They are distinctly not conforming to that geek physique image. The advent of Dance Dance Revolution got millions of gamers off their butts, and the Wii Fit is sure to do the same, though for a somewhat different reason I suspect. I’m personally looking forward to seeing how it pans out. I myself need to find an exercise based fun thing that I can do to get ME off the sofa a bit more- is there anything you guys could recommend to busy chick?
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June 10th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
My mother and I (yes, we are both geeks) have often had… motivational issues… with excercise. Right now, I find Wii Fit does help for me a bit, because it’s got several fun games in it. But what does work for both of us is the fact that we listen to podcasts and audiobooks while walking or whatever. I still don’t excercise as much as I ought to, but I no longer feel like I’m wasting time that would be better spent reading or playing games, because I can do them both and keep myself healthy at the same time!
June 10th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Oh, I like the podcast idea. Wonder if I could get the S.O. to grumble less about walking if I could find a really good audio book or something for him?
We missed out on getting a Wii Fit, unfortunately, but we’re keeping a sharp lookout on the news sites for word of another release. Damn those things went fast!