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Anonymous
Hello /fit/

I usually go for an evening run for twenty minutes. Today, the weather decided to prevent me from doing that. It's happened before, but in such cases I usually don't do anything. Lately, it's been raining a lot more often in the evenings so I can't take a day off every time it rains.

I have a DDR mat. Would doing 20 minutes of DDR be as good a workout as running for 20 minutes?
>> Anonymous
holy shit just run in hte rain

or jump rope
>> Anonymous
No, but it's something.
>> Anonymous
run in the rain. run faster so you stay warm.
>> Anonymous
The calories lost playing DDR equal about half of that jogging.

If you jog for an hour, it will take about two hours of playing DDR (on Medium mode) to match the calorie loss.

Heavy mode will burn a little more. But not much.
>> Anonymous
>>179078

What about 10 footers?
>> Anonymous
>>179106
Not really worth the time. DDR is a low impact workout, designed to build stamina. And there is little difference between the different modes. Light mode is practically useless though, not even getting your heart rate up. Medium or Heavy mode is ideal, just enough to get the blood pumping, the heart beating, and the lungs working. The 10 foot songs are not much more effective and will simply tire you out too fast. The import thing to remember with DDR is pacing. You want to keep moving, and to be able to move for longer periods of time. Overdoing it will only discourage you.