Wii Sports vs. Real Sports: Burned calories calculated
Ever wondered how many calories you’re burning while playing some Wii Sports on your Nintendo Wii? The American Council on Exercise is a little late with their ‘Wii Sports fitness study’, but they did some great research. Here’s an overview of the calories burned per minute when playing the real sport compared to the numer of calories burned when playing Wii Sports:
Tennis:
The real sport: 8.1 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 5.3 calories per minute
Boxing:
The real sport: 10.2 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 7.2 calories per minute
Golf:
The real sport: 3.9 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 3.1 calories per minute
Bowling:
The real sport: 7.2 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 3.5 calories per minute
Baseball:
The real sport: 7.3 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 4.5 calories per minute
Off course everyone expected that real sports make you burn more calories than the Wii Sports games, but during their research they certainly didn’t play too active. The just flicked their wrists and didn’t throw their whole body into the game.
Source: Ace Fitness
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August 4th, 2008
August 4th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Great info
August 5th, 2008 at 7:42 am
This doesn’t work, kcal burned depends on a person’s weight and sex. Generally this information applies to average sized males. For this information to be useful, it would have to be given as a calculator.
August 5th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
So working out with Wii really does help burn the calories to lose weight and improve sport fitness. But looks like the ‘real sport’ still burns most calories.
August 6th, 2008 at 9:57 am
“[...]but during their research they certainly didn’t play too active. The just flicked their wrists and didn’t throw their whole body into the game.”
Wrong. The linked pdf says the opposite.
August 6th, 2008 at 6:06 pm
@wii fan: We here at WiiHealthy have our own definition of ‘playing active’
I’m sure they just flicked their wrists and didn’t do much of anything else…
August 19th, 2008 at 12:55 am
when I play baseball on the wii, I get my entire body into the swing. I go to hitting practice in training mode, 30 hits. repeat…work on 10 home runs. repeat…
When I play baseball for real (and that was when I was a kid and there actually was a team to play with), I just strike out and wait for the inning to be over.
So which exercise burns the most calories? Sitting in the dugout most of the time or hitting over and over again?
March 24th, 2009 at 12:48 pm
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March 24th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
I dont h8 wii, my friend just wanted me to get spammed, sorry for the inconvienance
March 24th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I h8 wii,
You all should get a life,
and a girlfriend
Even the girls reading this should get a girlfriend
But any single guys,
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July 14th, 2009 at 12:00 am
I’m surprised that wii games have you burning half the calories or more of the real sport.
January 20th, 2010 at 12:46 pm
Ahhh, they should have used the jOG as well…
http://www.mariowii.nl/Review.php?Nintendo=jOG
March 10th, 2010 at 5:09 am
It’s fascinating that you can burn so many calories i.e at a comparable level with playing out int he field, without throwing your whole body into the game. I like the fact that you have fitness alternatives now that you can pursue within the confines of your home to achieve real results.
June 15th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
I can’t help but get into the games…they are so fun! Got the Wii at Christms and have dropped my BMI by 2 points, lost 18lb and 2 pant sizes….and that is playing sporadically. If it did nothing else, it got me off the couch and playing with my kids!
July 17th, 2010 at 6:22 pm
I am getting the wii fit plus in a week, but I love playing my wii sports too, my favorite is tennis, my husband cracks up at me because I get into so much.
I played for 1 solid hour tonight, first I did my wii age, then played 2 games of baseball, 1 game of tennis best out of 5, then I boxed 3 games. Now my arms feel like I just worked out in the gym hitting a punching bag. Whoever said it dont work, well you arent playing it properly. It is all you put into it.
February 1st, 2011 at 2:22 am
I have to say. anybody that thinks that this is not as good as a real work out is wrong. put as much effort into the game as you do in the gym and you will see what I mean. Also it is great stimulation for the brain.
June 9th, 2011 at 8:28 pm
Wow the wii is the greatest invention ever. You get to play video games AND be burning half the calories of the real thing.
It’s amazing to have the wii considering today we have so much junk food and overweight kids these days.
January 30th, 2012 at 6:18 am
Well, i have to say that this is a great stimulation voor the health, body and mind. I play this game since christmas and we can put as much effort into the game as we can and we se the results.
This games bring so much fun..!!