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NEWS: CNN Article on the Health Benefits of DDR




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littlegreenwolf



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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 2:06 pm Reply with quote
lol, here I was wondering what I'm going to do to get more fit for beach season, when reading this reminded me I had my ddr pads and the game somewhere in my closet. *wonders if she has enough initive to dig it out*
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BrianRuh



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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 2:40 pm Reply with quote
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JETBLACK87



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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 3:15 pm Reply with quote
If you want an even better video game work out, dig a little deeper into the closet and get out you Nintendo power pad. Laughing
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Kaidan0731



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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 5:35 pm Reply with quote
Just to let everyone know here, it wasn't CNN who made that DDR report. It was the Associated Press (AP), and that news came out on Yahoo! News first.
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AnimEdge



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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 7:13 pm Reply with quote
i have a nintendo power pad in my closet Razz dunno what to do with it though
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JustinSane



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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 8:09 pm Reply with quote
I used to play DDR all the time like a year ago but it just got too much. My friend used to have all the Japanese imports (which were by far superior to the US releases) and we used to play for hours. I never really noticed getting a work out or anything. I never really got tired playing the game, well unless it was like any Max song or Paranoia. Damn, i gotta start playing again, that was fun. Laughing
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Schunoko



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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 10:04 pm Reply with quote
It's about time someone did an article on this.
That damned game has done wonders for my legs! *shows off sexy legs* Cool
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PostPosted: Tue May 25, 2004 11:44 pm Reply with quote
I used to play DDR a couple of years ago. A friend of mine played it so much, he broke the dance pad (but it was the plastic one.)

I actually was going to try to save up for one of those metal ones, but I was just too out of shape to even keep up with the plastic one. And so, I just faded out of it. And thank goodness too, my friend who played it all of the time forgot to put his deoderant on sometimes Shocked Arrow Confused Arrow Evil or Very Mad Arrow Laughing.
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Bakafool



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PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2004 9:26 am Reply with quote
Haha, cool. Really interesting, its great that another alternative to traditional exercise has appeared. I try to play DDR but my eye-feet coordination is terrible. Makes me dizzy looking at all those arrows.
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Shiki MSHTS



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PostPosted: Wed May 26, 2004 5:23 pm Reply with quote
Good ole nostalgia of that game. Sigh. A lot of my friends got tired of it though. Sigh. Good things should never die.

Hope they dig it up again in a year or so.

And for me, well, I was never really good at the game. Could never really do better than a standard level and such. Boy. Acctually, I was terrible. I think it's cause I have some problem with stepping too hard (acctually, that's also a problem when I run as well.).

Heh. ^^;
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Haiseikoh 1973



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PostPosted: Thu May 27, 2004 5:18 am Reply with quote
AnimEdge wrote:
i have a nintendo power pad in my closet Razz dunno what to do with it though


Sell it on eBay.
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