I'm burning the midnight oil for this post, because my new workout regimen took priority. After weeks of dithering, I finally bought Nintendo's Wii Fit over the weekend. After all, I'm 26 and I haven't gotten regular exercise since I stopped running track in high school nearly a decade ago. I'm going to start paying attention to the warning signs...like tweaking a muscle in my back when I bend down to pick up one of the cats. It's a slippery slope, and I'd like to whip myself into better shape before I end up looking like ol' Walter Young there. Because I'm some sort of glutton for punishment, I do occasionally write at other locales on the Web, and it just so happens that I gabbed at further length about my first impressions of Wii Fit over at Crunchable. Check it out while I collapse into bed.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Walter Young, 2006 Topps Opening Day #146
I'm burning the midnight oil for this post, because my new workout regimen took priority. After weeks of dithering, I finally bought Nintendo's Wii Fit over the weekend. After all, I'm 26 and I haven't gotten regular exercise since I stopped running track in high school nearly a decade ago. I'm going to start paying attention to the warning signs...like tweaking a muscle in my back when I bend down to pick up one of the cats. It's a slippery slope, and I'd like to whip myself into better shape before I end up looking like ol' Walter Young there. Because I'm some sort of glutton for punishment, I do occasionally write at other locales on the Web, and it just so happens that I gabbed at further length about my first impressions of Wii Fit over at Crunchable. Check it out while I collapse into bed.
I saw Walter Young play for the Winnipeg Goldeyes while I was dating a girl from Winnipeg. I spoke to him after the game - nice guy.
ReplyDeleteIsn't hula hooping the most hilarious thing ever?
ReplyDeleteCalvin Pickering and C.C. Sabathia have both gotten up over "three bills" (300 lbs.) in the majors. But I do believe Walter was the heaviest man in major-league history.
ReplyDeleteWhat's a Wii Fit?
ReplyDeleteDave - Glad to hear it!
ReplyDeleteStacey - Indeed it is. I tried the super hula hoop, or whatever it is - 90 seconds in each direction - and I thought I might die.
Beefalo (if that is your real name) - Either Walter or fellow ex-O's 1B Calvin Pickering. He was a biiig dude.
William - I wish I could come up with a witty punchline. All I've got is "the bottom partition of my entertainment center".
Hahahaha...but seriously -- what's a Wii Fit?
ReplyDeleteWilliam - It's a fitness program for the Nintendo Wii. It comes with software and a "balance board" that you stand on to do various exercises: hula hooping, step aerobics, snowboarding, lunges, and so forth. It's still exercise, but it's mildly more entertaining than most forms of exercise.
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