Mark Cavendish is a two-time track World Champion and had the most victories of any rider in the peloton in the 2008 season, but he has come to woe in the off-season because, of all things, of a computer game.
He was playing a snowboarding game on his Nintendo Wii console when he fell from the board and hurt his calf muscle. "It's a pain, but it's a minor injury in the off-season and not a huge problem," Cavendish told eurosport.uk.
The 23-year-old sprinter still plans to join his Team Columbia teammates at a training camp on the island of Mallorca this week, where he will no doubt be the subject of jokes and comments.
One-legged standing on a wobble board or balance disc, minimum 5 minutes per day and Cav would not have screwed himself up.
Jackov
Maybe they can make Wii wobble board game.
Jackov
Or a Wii wobble disc
Jackov
Or maybe wii bike
cyclingtv
yep.. a willy willy wii bike
last km
how bout a willy wonker......
Slapshot 3
as long as it's not a wii willy...no one would ever want that
last km
Personally I cant see anyone with a brain wanting a Wii...... but what do I know.........
Slapshot 3
last km wrote:
Personally I cant see anyone with a brain wanting a Wii...... but what do I know.........
They are amazing for keeping kids quiet.....best reason of the whole lot
maffy
Slapshot 3 wrote:
last km wrote:
Personally I cant see anyone with a brain wanting a Wii...... but what do I know.........
They are amazing for keeping kids quiet.....best reason of the whole lot
if i was looking to replace my megadrive i'd probably go with wii over xbox360 or ps3...
Personally I cant see anyone with a brain wanting a Wii...... but what do I know.........
They are amazing for keeping kids quiet.....best reason of the whole lot
I'd just send them out of the house to have them experience a life
of youthful activities while I enjoy some peace and quiet with the wife
imo.. 'playing' video games are not that constructive or beneficial of an activity..
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cyclingtv wrote:
Slapshot 3 wrote:
last km wrote:
Personally I cant see anyone with a brain wanting a Wii...... but what do I know.........
They are amazing for keeping kids quiet.....best reason of the whole lot
I'd just send them out of the house to have them experience a life
of youthful activities while I enjoy some peace and quiet with the wife
imo.. 'playing' video games are not that constructive or beneficial of an activity..
Parenting 101.....
In this day and age no matter how hard you try kids often won't do the "go out and do something" approach and in some cases you wouldn't want them to. Drugs, Alcohol abuse...worse, I'd rather know what mine are up to
cyclingtv
Slapshot 3 wrote:
Parenting 101.....
In this day and age no matter how hard you try kids often won't do the "go out and do something" approach and in some cases you wouldn't want them to. Drugs, Alcohol abuse...worse, I'd rather know what mine are up to
we had all our kids involved in scouts/guides.. evening classes like piano lessons..
plus dance.. martial arts.. involved in organized sport basically all year round..
wore them out pretty much.. avoiding drugs/alcohol?? common sense on their part..
Slapshot 3
cyclingtv wrote:
Slapshot 3 wrote:
Parenting 101.....
In this day and age no matter how hard you try kids often won't do the "go out and do something" approach and in some cases you wouldn't want them to. Drugs, Alcohol abuse...worse, I'd rather know what mine are up to
we had all our kids involved in scouts/guides.. evening classes like piano lessons..
plus dance.. martial arts.. involved in organized sport basically all year round..
wore them out pretty much.. avoiding drugs/alcohol?? common sense on their part..
Yeah, we do all those activities too. Only problem is, we thought early on that would wear them out and thus keep them out of trouble. Instead, we've learned (much to our dismay) it just makes them stronger . . . . they have more endurance and stamina . . . and ENERGY . . .
Kinda like the Kanya West song: that that that that don't kill me, will only make me stronger.
CapeRoadie
last km wrote:
Personally I cant see anyone with a brain wanting a Wii...... but what do I know.........
The Wii has amazing clinical applications in physical medicine and physiotherapy. And it's less expensive than a lot of the stuff being used for similar treatment out there.