Friday, January 11, 2008
DDR Update
I just spent 25 minutes playing Dance Dance Revolution in workout mode. I don't like workout mode because it doesn't track high scores and such, but I wanted to experiment this morning. After entering my weight and height data and dancing for 25 minutes, DDR told me that I had burned 165 calories. The average of calories per song was anywhere between 7 and 14 depending on how fast the game had me moving.
The game told me that I had danced the equivalent of jogging 4 1/2 miles. Um. No. No way. I can't jog across my yard, let alone 4 1/2 miles. A sampling of Internet calculators tell me that burning 165 calories in 25 minutes is about the same as walking at 4mph for 25 minutes. That's much closer to the truth. I used to walk at about that speed for a half an hour each morning, and I can attest that it feels about the same. So if I can get in a total of a half an hour of DDR every other day, burning about 180 calories, I'll be a happy camper.
The game told me that I had danced the equivalent of jogging 4 1/2 miles. Um. No. No way. I can't jog across my yard, let alone 4 1/2 miles. A sampling of Internet calculators tell me that burning 165 calories in 25 minutes is about the same as walking at 4mph for 25 minutes. That's much closer to the truth. I used to walk at about that speed for a half an hour each morning, and I can attest that it feels about the same. So if I can get in a total of a half an hour of DDR every other day, burning about 180 calories, I'll be a happy camper.
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idyllicchick, 9:31 AM
1 Comments:
Morgan, at Jan 13, 2008 11:16:00 PM
I will root for you from my place on the couch