Wii found a way to make exercising FUNNNN!!!
trying to stay fit, an at home exerciser, Into walking, trying to lose weight, making good lifestyle changes, married, First-time mom, budget conscious
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MAY
25
2008
Wii Fit in a nutshell:
Wii fit is a "board" that comes with a fitness "game". The board is placed on the ground, and you stand on it. When you first play it, you will make a character mii, and it will take you through a balance test and give you your fitness age based off of your performance and your bmi. My first test had me 9 years older that I was, YIKES! Since this is sensitive and personal info, you can create a password so that noone else can view your bmi, weight, etc. You then get games and training exercises in the following categories: Strength training, yoga, balance games, and aerobics. You also get to pick a trainer for strength training and yoga, either a male or female. Strength training is different exercise, such as push ups, lunges, and many others. Yoga is yoga stretches, aerobics has games that get you going like hula hoops, step aerobics, running, and others, and balance games are mini games that test your balance, like walking a tightrope, skiing, ski jumping, and others. You get coin points for every minute you play, and after so many coins, you unlock new games, yoga poses, and different things in every category. Also, as you improve on certain games, you will unlock advanced versions of the game you were playing-for example: when I got good at hula hoop, I unlocked the advanced hula hoop game. After you play, you can do another test and see your progress. I have decreased my age by 8 years after all my playing. You can view your charts and see your progress too! Now, this is just a basic description of the wii board and wii fit game, there is so much more fun and other details.
My thoughts:
I pretty much love the board and game. I think anything that makes exercising fun is a great idea and gets thumbs up from me. I think that these games are great and I do feel like I get a great workout by using this. I really like that you can pick any game you want, in whatever order you want, so you can mix up your work out daily. I also like that it is great for beginners or advanced people. I am not a small fry, so I was a little scared that I might not be able to keep up, but I have advanced greatly on each game and love beating my previous score. Since it keeps track of your scores and anyone else who plays, we have fun competing here in my house for the top scores. You can also log outside exercise, so I like that I can see what I have done each day. I walk a trail by my house, so I always add the time spent there to the log, so then I can view my total minutes with the wii fit to see how much I worked out any particular day. The games are fun, and the strength training and yoga are rear-end kicking, but great anyhow. I look forward to completing a new pose, or whatever it may be. I have not even remotely gotten tired of anything on there, and look forward to using it each day. I really think that even when I unlock everything, I will still be using it. My main complaint is that every day I have taken the test, it shows that I have lost between 2 and 4 lbs and that is in no way possible. So, I don't know how acurrate the scale on the board is, so I don't hold my results on weight and BMI with much credit, but I do tend to believe the balance scores. I do think that this will help my posture, at least I am now much more aware of it. I also wish that it counted calories as you worked out, that would have been a great accessory for this, especially since the over-all goal is to either lose weight or gain strength. This is a great thing to have and fun to play, regardless if you want to lose weight, become stronger, or just have fun!! Two fit thumbs up, way up!!!
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