Gaming Lifestyle article

Gaming Lifestyle

What people usually think is that keeping a healthy lifestyle and gaming is one or the other, but I am going show you that it is not a choice and you don’t have to choose between them and I am going to show you how to balance the two...

There have been a lot of health problems related to gaming such as ‘trigger finger’ which is dysfunction and pain usually of the index finger, another health problem related to video games is obesity which is due to video games replacing physical activities that people should usually take place in, but if you are not a huge sports fan then all it takes is a few trips to the gym each week and you will not have to put up with these problems at any point in your life, is that not worth it?

I talked to a young man from Darlington who also makes it a necessity to balance gaming and keeping a healthy lifestyle, do you enjoy your gaming? Yes I do enjoy it put I don’t play video games very much, I only really play them when a new game comes out so I can play with my mates, which means keeping socially active while having fun at the same time, how often do you go to the gym? I go to the gym about 4-5 days a week, this like gaming keeps me socially active with my mates while staying physically active, do you have a gym programme? I kind of do have a programme, but its not wrote down its just in my head as I know what I am going to do and what days I am going to do for example when I go on Monday and Thursday I do Chest, Back and Legs this helps me to get work done on every body part so I don’t end up looking like a human chicken wing.

There are also a lot of athletes that play video games, which they can play for pleasure, and even sometimes it can help them with their job, for example football players play the video games FIFA for pleasure and even sometimes it can help them with their jobs as it can give them a sense of awareness of the pitch, and can also help them get to know the style of formations in case they have to play it in real life it would help them to adapt quicker.

Programme

1 warm up set – on the lowest weight

3 pyramid sets – each set has to 3 mini sets involved and you build up by kg each time until you reach the highest you can lift.

Day 1 & 3

Chest – Bench press, Incline press, Decline press and flies

Back – Wide gap lateral pull down, Narrow gap lateral pull down, Dumbbell row and seated or flat row

Legs – Leg press, Leg curl, Leg extension and calf raises

Day 2 & 4

Biceps – dumbbell curl, preacher curl, isolated curl and big bar curl

Triceps – Dips, pull down narrow, pull down rope and dumbbell extension

Shoulders – shoulder press, front lateral raise, side lateral raise and shrugs