Technology to the rescue?

I really don't like just running for running's sake and I was having trouble coming up with something that would give me an excuse to run around, kind of like when you chop up mushrooms and mix them in with a bunch of other things to get your picky eater kid to eat them. When I was in high school, I played a lot of volleyball, which tricked me into running. You have to run to get to the ball, to get into position, there's all kinds of jumping, and I didn't ever necessarily recognize that for what it was because I was too busy trying to get more points than the other team.

I thought about a treadmill, where I could watch an episode of a show while I jogged. Or at least walked quickly. But where would I put one? About the only place there's room is on the back porch and if I put a treadmill out there, I might as well just go running and enjoy the scenery while I dodge traffic. There are a couple of gyms fairly nearby, but I didn't want to have to go there either before or after work, when I was already at home and comfy. Also, it would cost more money than I'm willing to spend on it at the moment.

It was a conundrum, but then the solution hit me while I was in the shower. Buckaroo Banzai calls them the Three Bs, where we do our best thinking: Bed, Bus and Bath. It's when you aren't actively looking for the answer when the best ones hit you. I was thinking about the Wii Fit and how it's pretty nifty and my Playstation's got tons more computing power, there's got to be something that it can do with exercise. If so, I'd already have the majority of the equipment and it would solve all the disadvantages I came up with for the other ideas I had. All the hesitations, gone. Also, I seemed to remember seeing something about a game that used the camera to track your movements, the trick now was finding it and learning more about it.

Like anyone else would have nowadays, I turned to the all-knowing internet, looking for that Playstation fitness game. Not only did I find it, but I found one for a really good price. It's called EyeToy: Kinetic, developed by Sony and Nike Motionworks. As far as my research to this point suggests, it does pretty much the same things that Wii Fit does, except with fewer silly games and more exercise. I ordered it and I'm guessing it will get here in about a week or so. Now I'll have absolutely no excuses, but I'm thinking I won't need them anymore because I'll have something to play that will sneak in some exercise for me.