Heath Bell explains how he lost 25 pounds using the Wii Fit this offseason. I love Heath, but if...

Heath Bell explains how he lost 25 pounds using the Wii Fit this offseason. I love Heath, but if you're a millionaire athlete whose success and livelihood practically ~~requires~~ implores you to be in great physical shape, you've got a serious discipline problem if the only way you can motivate yourself to exercise is with a video game.

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Inevitable bad pun:

So, now the slogan must be “Wii Heath Bell”?

'Oh yes, I know all about that duty-of-a-citizen stuff. It doesn't go. There are exceptions to every rule, and this was one of them. When a man risks his liberty to come and root at a ball-game, you've got to hand it to him. He isn't a crook. He's a fan.'

by Catsmeat Potter-Pirbright on Feb 25, 2009 11:10 PM EST reply actions

I bet Eckstein chokes up on the Wii-mote.

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by Sam Page on Feb 25, 2009 11:14 PM EST reply actions

Haha

That’s the funniest thing I’ve read all day.

by Eric Simon on Feb 25, 2009 11:17 PM EST up reply actions

wii fit is to 2009

as Nomar’s workout was to 1999

Does this mean the ‘steroid era’ is officially over?

by cjmulrain on Feb 25, 2009 11:34 PM EST reply actions

!

This makes me want to go shave my ~~back~~ chest.

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 26, 2009 8:26 AM EST up reply actions

this is more preposturous because it is such a long segment

i guess the rollerblade companies wouldn’t endorse Heath so he took matters into his own belly.

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by itsmetsforme on Feb 26, 2009 1:42 AM EST reply actions

Thanks for updating the text

King of the bling come to lay down the evidence//Not George Bush, L-Millz be da president

by Sam Page on Feb 26, 2009 1:45 AM EST reply actions

Now that's just being lazy.

I understand the Wii is all the rage as well as the Wii Fit, but to use it to work out in order to get ready for the season? That’s pure laziness.

Why not take an old fashioned run for a couple miles? Maybe a cycling class or pumping iron? Hell, Krav Maga could be effective as well, no?

I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!

by R_Adragna on Feb 26, 2009 7:28 AM EST reply actions

Definitely Krav Maga.

Way more fun than Wii Sports.

by BobbyV_Incognito on Feb 26, 2009 6:23 PM EST up reply actions

"When I was" story.

When I was 19 @ 5’9" I was 230lbs. I looked like a large bag of wet play-doh. It took me 8 months of changing my lifestyle: traditional working out – running and weights, and just plain old eating right and I got down to 165. I stayed at that weight for seven years and then age began to creep in.

I don’t give two $hits HOW anyone chooses to lose the weight (naturally) as long as they make a concerted effort to get off of their a$$ and do so. It sets a good example for his kid as well.

*I bet there was a time when people thought that running on a treadmill was stupid too.

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 26, 2009 8:34 AM EST reply actions

My problem

Is not that he lost weight, but that until he discovered the Wii Fit he couldn’t find a way to motivate himself — a professional athlete in line for millions of dollars — to lose weight.

We’re not talking about a 9-to-5er who works all week, takes care of the family and can’t find time to work out. This is someone whose only job is to play baseball, and who would greatly benefit from being in terrific shape, and yet he can’t find it in him to get in shape unless some gimmick comes along to trick him into doing so.

by Eric Simon on Feb 26, 2009 9:29 AM EST up reply actions

Interesting

Maybe he’s not motivated by only making $420,000 for the ’09 season. Maybe it will take the millions he expects to make to motivate him to go outdoors.

It’s very interesting that the same people who can support the idea that players deserve millions of dollars for playing a sport are the same people who find it difficult to understand why some players can’t be motivated by that same money to get in or stay in shape. Why should I expect players to be rational or logical?

IMHO as long as the guy finds something that motivates him to lose weight (in this case the Wii) I’m cool with it. Money didn’t motivate Castillo to perform better. It was his lousy overall play, receiving crap by the fans, negative write ups in the newspaper and the perception that he ‘sucked’ that motivated Castillo.

I don’t know the workout history of Bell. It could be that the guy had a decent workout program but he happened to plateau and / or he got bored with it. It’s not unheard of. Look, I’m actually in agreement with you that the guy should be able to self-motivate due to his circumstances. But at the same time, I’m not going to begrudge him for finding another (some would say unconventional) outlet to shed a few pounds.

I’m just waiting for the report that states: “Heath Bell falls off of Wii and sprains ankle and breaks wrist.”

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Feb 26, 2009 9:56 AM EST up reply actions