Mickey Gets Recognition!

Rocky Stairs 

Courtesy of IGN:

Playing the Wii is quite a different experience than the usual sit-motionless-on-the-couch scenario. Nintendo’s new console has gotten people on their feet and using muscles their bodies had forgotten about. One blogger in Philadelphia has lost nine pounds just from playing Wii Sports.

After six weeks of playing Wii Sports for 30 minutes a day, Mickey DeLorenzo dropped from 181 pounds to 172. DeLorenzo came up with the regimen after his first breathless Wii Boxing match against his wife.

His food intake remained the same and he didn’t deny himself the usual holiday indulgences, either. He tracked his progress at WiiNintendo.net, which includes before and after photos.

DeLorenzo told Reuters a fitness Web site has enlisted his help in creating Wii workouts, and he also recently bought the domain name WiiWorkout.net.

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Way to go, Mick!  WiiWorkout.net is actually pretty cool…too bad that I am well underweight!



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  • http://wiinintendo.net/ hey_suburbia

    Thanks Hochiminh.

    Like I said before I’ve been doing TV, Radio, Newspaper, Podcast interviews for the past week. 3 or more a day. It’s been very overwhelming, but I’m loving it.

    I plan to gather all of the press and compile an article in a few days doing a follow up to the “Wii Sports Experiment”. I’ll try to answer all questions and I have a few amazing projects in the works now because of this, stay tuned…

    Also, I made sure to email EVERY single person who wrote me, thanks to all of you who wrote in!

  • http://wiinintendo.net hey_suburbia

    Thanks Hochiminh.

    Like I said before I’ve been doing TV, Radio, Newspaper, Podcast interviews for the past week. 3 or more a day. It’s been very overwhelming, but I’m loving it.

    I plan to gather all of the press and compile an article in a few days doing a follow up to the “Wii Sports Experiment”. I’ll try to answer all questions and I have a few amazing projects in the works now because of this, stay tuned…

    Also, I made sure to email EVERY single person who wrote me, thanks to all of you who wrote in!

  • http://wiinintendo.net/ hey_suburbia

    Also, it’s funny how my fiance, became my girlfriend in some stories and now my wife in this story. It’s hilarious to see how the facts end up. It’s like that kids game “telephone”.

  • http://wiinintendo.net hey_suburbia

    Also, it’s funny how my fiance, became my girlfriend in some stories and now my wife in this story. It’s hilarious to see how the facts end up. It’s like that kids game “telephone”.

  • http://reefinyateef.blogspot.com/ reefinyateef

    Congrats again!

    Your fiance is whoever the media says she is!

  • http://reefinyateef.blogspot.com reefinyateef

    Congrats again!

    Your fiance is whoever the media says she is!

  • http://www.theelusivegoddess.blogspot.com/ Synergi

    I use a heart rate monitor with calorie burn. 28 minutes of Wii sports burned 200 calories. However the first 8 to 10 minutes of this was tennis which does not burn a whole lot.

    Boxing on the other hand burns alot quickly. Plan to test boxing the full 30 minutes soon as I get over the Wii Elbow.

    By the way Mickey, can’t wait to see what you come up with for the new fitness site. Thats simply awesome..

  • http://www.theelusivegoddess.blogspot.com/ Synergi

    I use a heart rate monitor with calorie burn. 28 minutes of Wii sports burned 200 calories. However the first 8 to 10 minutes of this was tennis which does not burn a whole lot.

    Boxing on the other hand burns alot quickly. Plan to test boxing the full 30 minutes soon as I get over the Wii Elbow.

    By the way Mickey, can’t wait to see what you come up with for the new fitness site. Thats simply awesome..

  • http://www.theelusivegoddess.blogspot.com/ Synergi

    I use a heart rate monitor with calorie burn. 28 minutes of Wii sports burned 200 calories. However the first 8 to 10 minutes of this was tennis which does not burn a whole lot.

    Boxing on the other hand burns alot quickly. Plan to test boxing the full 30 minutes soon as I get over the Wii Elbow.

    By the way Mickey, can’t wait to see what you come up with for the new fitness site. Thats simply awesome..