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Computer gamers 'have reactions of pilots but bodies of chain smokers'
Teala
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"A university academic conducted a series of physical and psychological tests to determine whether playing on computers could be defined as a sport. Top gamers can earn tens of thousands of pounds a year in prize money and sponsorship but academics have warned the cost to their health could be devastating." - © Copyright of Telegraph Media Group Limited 2010
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So get up off those gaming chairs and walk, run, ride a bike do a little exercising!
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Your post reminded me of this...
http://cdn.missionreadiness.org/MR_Too_Fat_to_Fight-1.pdf
"75% of all young Americans 17 to 24 years of age are unable to join the military because they failed to graduate from high school, have criminal records, or are physically unfit."
You guys are just now realizing what a joke modern society is?
Welcome to the other side.
I walk to work and back every weekday
If I gotta do more than that, suck it.
Give me liberty or give me lasers
I'm good, I play Wii Fit.
And to think, all the time I spent exercising so that in middle age and beyond I could still "keep up with the kids".. Guess I could have just chugged beer and waited for all the kids to get fat, lazy and out of shape...
Oh well, I guess now, middle age and all, I can say with pride that now all them fat, lazy, out of shape kids have to work to "keep up with the old dude"...
HAHA I love it!!!
How's that new FPS treating ya Junior??? How about a 64oz Mtn Dew to wash down that triple baconator...
"If I'd asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse." - Henry Ford
The trick is to have a wife, family member, or friend to keep you in check. It's hard to say no to your wife when she says, "I'm going for a run. What are you going to do?"
Bring back the Draft. Put them in the Army they will be in shape soon enough.
That is easy, you say, "Oh, I'll just be here, dear... have fun."
At which point, you could just be hopelessly lazy and addicted to your game...
-or-
...you could be hooking up with the girl you just met in your favorite game that does not need to go for runs.
I miss the MMORPG genre. Will a developer ever make one again?
Explorer: 87%, Killer: 67%, Achiever: 27%, Socializer: 20%
Hey now, I walk/run at least 5 days a week anywhere from 3.4 to 7.5 miles per trip and my at rest pulse rate averages around 60. (and my other health factors are all well under norm.)
So overall I'm not doing too badly for a 52 year old.
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Just trying to live long enough to play a new, released MMORPG, playing New Worlds atm
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"This is the most intelligent, well qualified and articulate response to a post I have ever seen on these forums. It's a shame most people here won't have the attention span to read past the second line." - Anon
There are many "sports*" that require little exercise but don't get criticised as much as video gaming, however this is the media and they love anything shunning video games.
*I deem sport activities as more then just running around kicking a ball for example.
stylin'
Yeah, us old guys are doin great it seems.. All those years of being told to take care of ourselves, watch what we eat etc.. finally sunk in..
Too bad nobody bothered to tell the next generation.
Maybe if we replaced loading zone splash screens with pictures of the food pyramid, and a picture of what a balanced meal with proper serving portins actually looks like (most people would probably short circuit at the lack of deep fried food on the plate).
"If I'd asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have said a faster horse." - Henry Ford
Interesting.
Has anyone else noticed that. compared to non-gamers, they also have far superior vision in terms of movement detection, visual memory, peripheral perception, as well as other sensory capabilities like directional hearing and snap decision making?
lmao @ triple baconator.
I would like to see a study of avid TV watchers. They would have the bodies of chain smokers and the reflexes of dial-up.
There are many ways to be too sedentary. It is disturbing in general though.
I live and work in a major city where most residents do not drive. Consequently, most people tend to walk/bike/sk8 a lot and very out-of-shape people are rare. Still, I am constantly reminded how big a problem this is for people that don't live places that are conducive to moving under your own power since we have tourists. Almost as telling as their looking at maps and cameras are how amazingly slow they walk, even when they know where they are going. I tore a ligament and was on crutches and had to say 'excuse me' to many tourists since I still walked faster than they did.
Some day I hope that Wii, project natal, and treadmills, and poweglove, gamepad technologies are merged to make a really intricate full body gaming experience. Actually swinging a controller to control your sword (like Wii); moving your hands in ASL type manners to denote spells (wii+powerglove+natal); running to run in game (natal? usb treadmill?); kicking + needing to kick high to get a torso, higher for a headshot !; ducking to dodge in FPS...you can imagine..
"Never met a pack of humans that were any different. Look at the idiots that get elected every couple of years. You really consider those guys more mature than us? The only difference between us and them is, when they gank some noobs and take their stuff, the noobs actually die." - Madimorga
I pity any pilot with my reflexes. I certainly wouldn't fly with him/her.
"Professional computer gamers have the reactions of fighters pilots but the bodies of 60-year-old chain smokers, according to tests comparing them with international athletes."
Oh, that's very damning, isn't it? Or is it?
Let's compare chess players ( a respectable and recognized sport with huge cash prizes ) with international athletes.
Let's compare spelling championships contestants( a respectable and recognized sport with huge cash prizes ) with international athletes.
Hey, let's compare people like Stephen Hawking to intenational athletes next.
Somehow, comparing the mental athlete with the physical athlete doesn't seem to quite add up, does it?
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-And on the 8th day, man created God.-
"Have reactions of pilots and the bodies of chain smokers"........Hmmmm....I have the body of a pilot and the reactions of a chainsmoker. No matter how hard I try to fit in I just can't!
I work 8-10 hours a day, take care of my annoying ass kids as well. An ancient civilization and a drunk old seer say we are all gonna die in December 2012. I dont have any time to waste exercising so let me get back to my gaming so i can get to lvl cap in Aion and keep up with the most recent gear grind in Wow. I dont have any time to waste on silly things such as my health.
Applications for MMO guilds??? Sorry not that pathetic just yet
I think you misinterpreted the article, or didn't read it properly. The results aren't relative, they're just put side by side with those of athletes to see how the results differed in all categories, which included mental as well as physical tests. That they aren't as fit as international athletes isn't the point, the point is that a 20-something gamer was so unfit that he had the lung function of a 60-year old chain smoker. 25-35 years old is when, physically, the human body is supposed to be near or at its peak.
They only have themselves to blame. Lots of people work 8-10 hours a day and still find time to keep fit, even after a hard day at the office. You can't exactly say you're tired out after a hard day sat in your comfy chair playing video games. Money isn't an issue either, it costs nothing to go for a jog in a park somewhere.