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11/17/09
Next, someone find a similar problem with her pants. #sportsauthority
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I'm not that much interested in Wii games, but if Nintendo picks up the fitness+fun idea, I'm all for it.
Because I hate walking on treadmills and riding ergobikes while staring at walls, and it's the main reason (boredom) why I won't do those.
And yes, I know I should go walk and ride bikes outside, but it's not that simple living in a city that not only rains a lot, but also is kinda dangerous to go walking around at night (which is when I have free time). #thesportsauthority
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Wii Fit is pretty much worthless exercize-wise. It's a little pathetic that a sport/exercise store would push it like that. Kinda like if they started selling those fat jiggling machines you see in cartoons. #thesportsauthority
11/17/09
@WhiteMåge: Oh. They were real my good man. Those jiggle machines existed. For what reason? Who knows.
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Go ahead, partake.. I'll also accept "shenanigans", "bull" and "bogus" #thesportsauthority
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What is all this skullduggery? #thesportsauthority
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@cokefan999: I CAN GIVE YOU THIS INSTEAD
[i165.photobucket.com] #thesportsauthority
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It almost seems like this post needs a sarcasm tag. #sportsauthority
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It just seems like they want more people walking into the store and I see Nintendo gaining from this more than these guys to be honest. #sportsauthority
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I'm a bad person... #sportsauthority
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What? It's a console...duh.
Also, I guess it works. It's probably about finding a balance though. And not getting board with it.
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Sorry... your stuck with it, man.. #sportsauthority
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The fitness/training industry has never shied away from pushing anything under the sun under the guise of something that 'shreds your abs' or turbo-charges your workout or whatever. #sportsauthority
11/17/09
And I'm not saying I wouldn't have lost more weight if I had used other more proper exercise equipment, because I would have, but I'm not going to. I'm not going to spend my money and time on a pirce of actual excercise equipment.
But I already had a Wii. And I was interested in other uses of the Balance Board (though I have yet to use it for anything other than Wii-Fit).
Which I think is the main point of this. It isn't trying to sell this to its current customers, it's trying to branch out to people who wouldn't otherwise exercise at all. They're trying to increase their customer base and thus improve National fitness.
Another thing I've found about Wii Fit is that it is a game. When I started playing, it was a game I wasn't very good at. That inspired me to get better at it. To get fitter. It's a shame it's not on 360, because imagine how much fitness training teenagers would get if there was a 150Point achievement for being in your ideal weight band, and a 200Point achievement for being your ideal weight exactly. #sportsauthority
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Like those, WiiFit can make you lose weight, if used regularly AND with a proper diet. #sportsauthority
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Fixed it for you. #sportsauthority
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Only leaves me to wonder, then why the hell sell it at a fitness store? #sportsauthority
11/17/09
*Sales Person points at the Wii Products display*
If you were trying to get fit, and you had never seriously exercised before, don't you think you might go to a store that's well, practically designed to sell fitness products, like a Mother who wants to buy a game, or game console for their kid, but has no experience with such things, will, oh I don't know, go to a video game store? #sportsauthority
11/18/09
I've never written this much on here, all I'll say in closing is, if people are seriously attempting to get fit, and are really serious about it, then they go buy a Wii, then they are only kidding themselves and honestly aren't that concerned to begin with.
Good luck with your pursuits Cptn. whatever they are, Lord knows in about 8 days we could all probably use some exercise. Peace!
11/18/09
Hhhmmm... I will ignore your spelling etc errors, and just quickly suggest using {br} (but with the More than/Lessthan signs) to add a blank line into long pieces of text to break them up a bit.
Then I will shout the following:
Whhhhhhhhaaaaaaaatttt?!?!?
People would seriously get advice on stuff they have zero experience on from places like Walmart? But with Gardening, you can't just planet stuff and water it and expect it to grow, most of the time you would end up with no results, or just a load of dead plants. And with Exercise, if you really need to get advice beforehand. If you just jump into it without knowing what the hell you're doing you're more likely to do more Harm than Good.
Are People Stu- Oh.... Ohhhh.... Right...
And oh, your example is very strange to me, as I live in the UK. We don't actually have many places like Walmart (Sure we have department stores and such, but they're half the size, or perhaps a quarter of the size of US ones, and I suppose Tescos[A Supermarket Chain] is Trying, but I don't think they're anywhere close yet), and Garden Centres are very common, so I think here most people would go to a Garden Centre for gardening stuff. But I suppose Gardening Centres are not as common in the US?
But I'm surprised at the suggestion most people would jump straight into something they had no experience of instead of asking advice from some who many have a fair bit more experience, like someone who works in a Store devoted to it.
Mind you I'm a strange bred of perfectionist who likes to know exactly what to do, and how to do it, so as to do it perfectly, before I do something. Most of the time. I have some kind of fear of failing I believe.
11/18/09
Forgive me country and kinsmen, but; honestly, most Americans are that stupid. Truth be told. There's enough of us now to run into morons everywhere you go! I love my country and I love the people in it, but there are a vast amount of people that would do just that. (Go strait into something before knowing dick about it).
As for the spelling errors, I don't give a crap, and you might do some pre-reading as well ;)
As for the line breaks, that good sir, I will take your advice on. Thanks.
PS ~ You are most definitely in a league of your own, as I believe most of us on this site are because we are info whores. I am in your boat when it comes to being a perfectionist in certain aspects of my life; and I too would only be lieing if I said that I didn't have a fear of failing from time to time as well. Cheers!
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