It’s Official…The Wii Has It’s Own Exercise Called “Wiixercise”
That’s right, now there is an exercise that is specifically to target the areas that playing the Wii makes you use over and over again. The British Chiropractic Association (or as I like to call them, the BCA) suggests you warm up and cooldown everytime you play your Wii. The warm up routine goes like this:
1) Shoulder Shrug – Slowly shrug your shoulders towards your ears. Hold for 2/3 seconds, and then relax. Repeat 3 times. Because it is easier to relax a muscle after you’ve tightened it, you will relax the muscles in the shoulder and allow the blood to flow into the arms.
2) Wrist Stretch – Slowly stretch the wrist backwards, hold for 2/3 seconds, then Slowly stretch is forwards and hold for 2/3 seconds. Repeat 3 times. This exercise prevents tightening of the wrists.
3) Make a Fist – Hold the arm at right angles from the elbow. Make a fist and tense it, and the whole of your arm. Hold for 2/3 seconds, then relax and let the arm flop to your side. Repeat 3 times. This will help the blood flow and tone the muscles.
4) Neck muscle stretch – Try to make a double chin, to stretch the muscles at the base of the neck. Hold this position for 2 to 3 seconds and repeat 3 times. Always stretch very slowly.
5) Lower back loosen – Stand with your feet shoulder width apart slowly circle your hips 5 revolutions to the right and then 5 revolutions to your left.
But remember warm up exercises shouldn’t be painful, so if they are stop!
Oh yea…I’m feeling the burn already.
December 27th, 2006 at 8:02 pm
Sorry I am not warming up for a video game ! Pish Posh , Bloody Brits!