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	Personal trainers using Nintendo Wii to shed pounds

lordthor

4-9-2007 11:49 AM

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weight loss, nintendo, wii

lordthor says:

Apparently using the wii to play wiisports (with your mii - god I love the rhyming) is as effective (or more so) at losing pounds than is running or cycling.
I may get one of these myself....

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4-10-2007 3:04 PM

Kayedon

Hahahahaha, sweet.

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