This might not be the info you want to hear if you have someone in your house that is a big-time gamer and does nothing else. However, if this is actually true, they might have a good argument! A new study found that two hours of playing video games can burn as many calories as 1,000 sit-ups.
Now keep in mind, this study was done by a gaming app called Stakester, according to the Daily Mail.
Researchers used smart devices like Fitbits to track heart rates and calories burned while people played games or did sit-ups.
Guys burned an average of 210 calories an hour while gaming, while women burned 236 and it took around 500 sit-ups to burn the same amount.
Of course, just sitting and doing nothing burns 100 calories an hour. So, it's not like gaming burns a ton more. But a separate study last year found gamers are 21% more likely to have a healthy body weight. So who knows?
Burning calories isn't the only thing you have to worry about if you want to get in shape though. Plus, gaming probably won't strengthen your core very much.