Playing Warcraft for fun and fitness
by Elizabeth Harper 
Oct 31st 2006 at 5:30PM
It's not often you see World of Warcraft mentioned in the same sentence as physical fitness -- at least not in a positive sense. However, someone has managed to bring Warcraft into their fitness regimen in a positive way -- since you do tend to stop noticing the passage of time during play-sessions, why not do something useful with that time? Greg lost 41 pounds in 3 months and attributes some of his success to his "warbiking" cardio routine.
[Via Joystiq]
Filed under: Odds and ends
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Afroloop Oct 31st 2006 5:44PM
41 pounds is great, good for him.
librak Oct 31st 2006 5:55PM
huh... funny enough... let me try it...
Druid dude Oct 31st 2006 6:12PM
That's awesome!
How cool would it be if there was a way to hook that bike's pedals up to WoW somehow, so that when you run back, you really do have to run back. AQ40 would make us all olympic athletes!
Keirha Oct 31st 2006 7:23PM
Classic
paul Nov 1st 2006 12:39AM
use the bike to move would be sweet!
Big Dan Oct 31st 2006 9:22PM
That is an awesome idea. You could even save some money on the electric bill by hooking the bike up to a generator that powered the computer by pedaling the bike. Then I couldn't forget to pedal! Good Idea! (Heads off to fool around with explosive tech to get the job done.)
David Nelson Oct 31st 2006 11:56PM
This is really great. My nightly treadmill sessions would be a lot better if I could play WoW. I tried playing Madden once on my XBox while walking on my treadmill, but I almost killed myself. :)
Theadrick Nov 1st 2006 9:20AM
I just have to say congrats... I have a recumbant bike almost exactly like that one, but I have to content myself with the TV for entertainment.
Jen Nov 18th 2006 12:52AM
That's so awesome! I'm glad to know that i'm not the only one who lost weight thanks to wow. My setup was nothing like that, i just got so lost in WoW that i forgot to eat! No worries though, that passed and now that i've lost 20 pounds, i've found other ways to keep the weight off! But my hat's off to you, gratz on the amazing weight loss. :)
carpeicthus Nov 10th 2006 1:19PM
I do push-ups when I'm on a gryffon. Something about playing WOW makes me terribly afraid to turn into Eric Cartman.