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[barita_lola]

Friends, I think Wii is the best game for those players who have gain alot of weight by sitting on their couch. I think it will be better if you watch out using the Wii for fitness when that fitness involves flinging around one's arms without hitting or catching anything. One of the Emergency medicine docs I know says that folks can develop "Wii Shoulder" by playing tennis with the Wii. If one justs thinks about the physics of forces it makes sense. While playing tennis with the Wii, one is swinging but not actually hitting a ball. The force of the the swinging arm is not dissipated by actually hitting a ball. It is dissipated in the shoulder muscles (SITS) of the rotator cuff. Great way to develop a roator cuff tendinitis.

[kaos]

The Wii is a video game console not a game...

[Reedbeta]

Besides, I don't know if you've ever played tennis in real life, but hitting the ball does not dissipate that much force! Your arm and racket are a lot more massive than the ball. I quite doubt Wii exercise puts you any more at risk of injury than playing sports.

[anubis]

The chance of knocking someone out with the controler is far greater !

[TheNut]

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gain alot of weight by sitting on their couch.

Actually, you're losing weight even when you're sleeping. It's the foods you eat and the portions of them that contribute to weight gain.

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The force of the the swinging arm is not dissipated by actually hitting a ball.

Nintendo representatives have stated numerous times that you do not have to swing your arms. You can play all those wii games with just simply nudging your wrist. People just like to exaggerate the effect by swinging the whole arm. That's their problem if they overdo it or accidentally throw the controller at their best friend rendering him unconscious for several hours ;)