Buy Walking VideosWhat I’ve Learned About Fitness from Animal Crossing
I have been playing Animal Crossing to an extreme over the last couple of weeks. It’s the reason there were a couple of days without entries. I’ve played it at home on the sofa and on the treadmill and at my friend’s house, linking to their towns. It is a game in which you create a town. Various talking animal creatures move in with their own personal obsessions.
I have two guys in my town that are obsessed with exercise and body building. Here are some of their quotes:
When you try to visit their homes while they are out, the notes on their door say, “I’ve gone out for a run.”
“My hobby? It’s fossil collecting , of course! See, if I did sit-ups while holding a fossil, it’d ROCK my lower abs!”
“He sounds homesick. I’m gonna invite this kid to my next 5-hour squat session.”
“I’ve got the perfect nickname for you: Dumbell! What?! Then you think of a better nickname!”
I can see these two characters running around the town, even though it’s the other townsfolk walk. What have I learned from them?
Weight training is good.
Never call your friend “Dumbell.”
Why walk when you can run?
There are snooty females in the game as well. One particular character said the following to me:
“Have you gained weight? Oh, that’s right. Since I’ve lost weight everyone else looks so huge to me.”
“Could you return that diet book I lent you? Oh? That wasn’t you?”
What have I learned?
- When I am totally on program, I need to shut up about it to everyone else. It sounds like an insult to them if I talk about it.
Who knew that I was going to learn ANYTHING from this game. I’ve enjoyed myself while playing it AND I learned a couple of important life lessons.
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October 18th, 2006 at 6:46 am
Weight training is da bomb. Absolutely my favourite form of exercise!
October 19th, 2006 at 6:48 am
Maybe because I don’t lift weights that often I’m not exactly sure what “on program” means. Is that like being on a diet? But with exercise? Are you training for something specific? I know I sound dumb, but I thought it was about lifestyle. Always try to eat healthy. Always try to stay active. I know I sound critical. I REALLY don’t mean to. I used to train for marathons. I would get obsessive. Kinda like people and dieting. It wasn’t fun like it was supposed to be. I know I may not make sense, but i hope a few of you understand what i mean. Stay healthy, do what feels right for you.
October 19th, 2006 at 10:47 am
I’m 20 and training for my first marathon. I know what you mean about it getting obsessive. Everything I do revolves around eating and running; long runs, intervals and speed work, eat more of this and les of that… ect. I’ll start to taper off next week and the race is 2 weeks away. – I used to love running and thats why I decided to do a marathon, but training for it has made it no fun anymore. I can’t wait until it’s over and I can just run when I want and where I want and for how long I want. ahhhh!