Using Laser Shootout! and other outdoor games to fight obesity

For the longest time we have been trying to convince schools that the best way to fight obesity is to get the students to play games.

Think about this: if kids can grow fat because of lack of exercise as they spend more and more time infront of the computer either doing school work or playing games, the opposite could happen if they are constantly out of the house playing outdoor games like laser shootout!

Laser Shootout is a fairly physical game, depending on the mission that we paly, some of it may require participants to do a fair bit of sprinting, espeically if they are trying to dodge enemy does fire or to run to a high ground before the enemy. The laser tag equipment are also of realistic weight, at about 1.7 to 3 kg.

Typically when a child (or adult) plays 3 missions with us, the amount of calories burnt could be comparable to playing an hour of street soccer or basketball. The good thing is that they do not feel that they have to will thenselves to run a little longer or harder, beacuse it is such a fun game and because their team mates are out there depending on them, they will just run even if you feel a little tired.

Playing games also makes the session fun instead of stressful. Players can also progress slowly by taking up different roles in a team, if someone is not as fit initially, they can take on the defensive roles first and as their fitness level improves, they will be able to join their friends in the counter attack missions and flanking manoevours.

If you enjoy playing first person shooting games, or if you simply like sports or games that keeps your adrenaline pumping but you have not tried a game of laser shootout!, you do not know what you have been missing. What’s more, there is a promotion now on!