More Effective Burned Calories - Wii Sports or Real Sports

Ever wondered how many calories you’re burning while playing some Wii Sports on your Nintendo Wii? The American Council on Exercise is a little late with their ‘Wii Sports fitness study’, but they did some great research. Here’s an overview of the calories burned per minute when playing the real sport compared to the numer of calories burned when playing Wii Sports:

Tennis:
The real sport: 8.1 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 5.3 calories per minute

Boxing:
The real sport: 10.2 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 7.2 calories per minute

Golf:
The real sport: 3.9 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 3.1 calories per minute

Bowling:
The real sport: 7.2 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 3.5 calories per minute

Baseball:
The real sport: 7.3 calories per minute
Wii Sports: 4.5 calories per minute

Off course everyone expected that real sports make you burn more calories than the Wii Sports games, but during their research they certainly didn’t play too active. The just flicked their wrists and didn’t throw their whole body into the game.

Source: Ace Fitness