Angelina Jolie losing baby weight thanks to DS game Let’s Pilates
Angelina Jolie may not seem like the most likely person to be pegged a gamer . . . and indeed, she would not be in the traditional sense, however recently she has gotten into at least one videogame: Konami’s Let’s Pilates for DS.
Pilates, for the uninitiated, is a program/body-conditioning routine (developed by German Joseph Pilates in the early 20th century) that teaches you to use the mind to control the muscles of the body, and focuses on the core postural muscles which help keep the body balanced and which are essential to providing support for the spine. In particular, Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and alignment of the spine, and aim to strengthen the deep torso muscles.
According to SFGate.com, Angelina Jolie has been using the game to help her shape up and get rid of baby fat that she gained while carrying her twins back in July. She has been playing the game on her son Maddox’s DS, using Let’s Pilates to exercise and a family insider stated that Angelina “tries to get in an hour of pilates three times a week” and is apparently already at the hardest setting.
Is this important news? No. But still, it’s always good to hear positive video game stories from celebrities, it can only help the videogame industry when people like Angelina are talking about games. As well as help to show people who don’t game that there are, indeed, games for everyone.
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