http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technolo...ns-of-pilots-but-bodies-of-chain-smokers.html
Interesting article in the telegraph. How do you compare?
Interesting article in the telegraph. How do you compare?
Computer gamers 'have reactions of pilots but bodies of chain smokers'
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The article was about pro-gamers so everything seems pretty logical to me 
If you are going to sit inside and play games all day then you aren't taxing your body physically so not sure what they were expecting to see with this study.
If you are going to sit inside and play games all day then you aren't taxing your body physically so not sure what they were expecting to see with this study.
i have the reactions of a chain smoker and the body of a pilot
Shame it's the pilot of a blimp
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Exercise while you game, problem solved.
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Makes sense i guess, although a 60 year old chain smoker sounds a little exaggerated. I know im unfit but thats pushing it.
This
I question the voracity of those claims, I know that sitting in front of a computer for days on end isn't the most healthy thing, but I don't see how it could have the same effect as 30 - 40 years of smoking on lung function.
What I gather has happened here is that they have picked up 5 or 10 and compared that to a sample size of hundreds of thousands. They probably got a bad bunch.
What I gather has happened here is that they have picked up 5 or 10 and compared that to a sample size of hundreds of thousands. They probably got a bad bunch.
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Makes me laugh stuff like this, so I give up gaming and start watching TV with the time that I would usually game, that would make me some how more healthy!?
Its all down to the person, I get plenty of excercise as I know I need to, if you dont get any excercise because you game and/or watch to much TV then thats the individuals problem
Its all down to the person, I get plenty of excercise as I know I need to, if you dont get any excercise because you game and/or watch to much TV then thats the individuals problem
No then you'd be fat, unfit and have slow reactions ;p
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True but my point is that gaming over watching TV is overlooked
But, exercise is dull compared to BF:BC2
This is true, very true indeed but you dont have to go gym etc you can just walk to the shops instead of going to the works canteen for example, thats a mile round trip 5 days a week for me
But, exercise is dull compared to BF:BC2
Quoted for truth.
"The lungs and aerobic ability of a 60yr old." Seems a little off unless the gamer is a smoker.
But, exercise is dull compared to BF:BC2
Naaaaa. Get a half decent bike and head in the opposite direction or your town / city centre
.Imagine how many man hours and the financial cost to uncover this amazing discovery?!
I mean who would have thought sitting in front of a pc 8h a day will make you less healthy than a trained athlete?
Im flabbergasted!
I mean who would have thought sitting in front of a pc 8h a day will make you less healthy than a trained athlete?
Im flabbergasted!