Who says you can't get in shape playing video games!

[TedEBear]

Hi everyone,

 

Started playing CoH again after almost 15 years!  It's fantastic, totally impressed and thankful the team here revived it.

 

During WoW raiding days, I setup the treadmill and a projector so I could raid while walking.  Worked really well.  I decided to try that with CoH and so far, the pounds are coming off!  

 

Thought I would share the health impact the game is having.  

 

 

[Ukase]

I think that's fantastic! 

When I started playing this game way back when, movement for me had basically stopped. When the game shut down, I started walking and moving around and the weight came off. 

Now, I refuse to sit on my keester for hours on end, having learned the body was designed for movement. For every hour I play, there's 1k of rowing to look forward to the next day, above my standard 8k. 

I just wonder ...during the more intense parts of the game...do you find yourself walking faster? 

[EggKookoo]

That's awesome!

[Coyote]

Brilliant.

I used to do the same thing, and found that I preferred to play masterminds when doing it, since it was easier to control pets than constantly swap targets for controlling. I also added ankle weights... heh, let me tell you, doing the old Positron TF on the treadmill LITERALLY is a contest of endurance 😉

 

I do suggest that you add another clip or something to clip the shelf onto the other clips or the treadmill... I found that in more intense fights, I might lean one way or hte other and risk tipping the shelf I made, until I attached it more securely.

[TedEBear]

14 minutes ago, Coyote said:

Brilliant.

I used to do the same thing, and found that I preferred to play masterminds when doing it, since it was easier to control pets than constantly swap targets for controlling. I also added ankle weights... heh, let me tell you, doing the old Positron TF on the treadmill LITERALLY is a contest of endurance 😉

 

I do suggest that you add another clip or something to clip the shelf onto the other clips or the treadmill... I found that in more intense fights, I might lean one way or hte other and risk tipping the shelf I made, until I attached it more securely.

This is great and hilarious because I have been on groups, took a bad step during intense fights, had to scramble to get back on and balanced and the group is like "hey, are you drinking over there or what?"  

[TedEBear]

1 hour ago, Ukase said:

I think that's fantastic! 

When I started playing this game way back when, movement for me had basically stopped. When the game shut down, I started walking and moving around and the weight came off. 

Now, I refuse to sit on my keester for hours on end, having learned the body was designed for movement. For every hour I play, there's 1k of rowing to look forward to the next day, above my standard 8k. 

I just wonder ...during the more intense parts of the game...do you find yourself walking faster? 

That's why I did it.  I love this game like so many others and wanted to mix it with some exercise.  

[TedEBear]

1 hour ago, EggKookoo said:

That's awesome!

Thanks, it's actually really fun and the time goes by like nothing.  It's amazing that an hour, 2 hours will pass and I totally forget and am huffing and pufffing a little when I turn up the incline and speed.  

[Tony Amore]

Well done!

[Xeres]

Round is a shape!

[Nemeroff]

Nice!  Gives me some ideas too.