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I got up at 7:25 am to drive to Target to make sure I could get a Wii Fit. There were like 8 people or so who showed up before 8 am, and almost all of them were women. Not really all that surprising giving that it's Wii Fit, but they seemed to know more than me when it came to the availability... that is weird.
After an hour and a half of working out, it's better than I thought it would be. The stretching and balancing pushes me a lot more than I thought it would, and some of the strength training stuff is downright grueling. The games are fun, but are more of a workout than they are fun (but it'll help motivate me more to workout when there's some tangible goal and fun involved).
Probably the best thing about it is that it tracks your weight, bmi, and balance over time. I started exercising during two semesters ago, but the most difficult part about it was the difficulty in tracking my progress. I didn't have access to a scale, so the best method was using the same machine to run, and then any increase in resistance or time meant I was making progress. But sometimes it was hard to tell if I should have been pushing myself more or easing up...
So anyways, I'm happy with my purchase. I don't have a gym membership and I'm currently at home. I dislike running outside due to the heat, and I have allergies that can flair up rather easily and make it difficult to breathe, and running on roads is really rough on my joints. So I haven't been exercising at all since the semester has ended. I think Wii Fit is pretty much exactly what I need to keep myself working out, so it's all good.
My one big complaint is you can't input a custom amount of time or reps to do things. There's presets you have to follow. You can do the exercises as many times as you want, but after finishing once, you have to restart and it eats up time. This really sucks since the longest running track is about 5 minutes in length.
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i was thinking about doing a wii fit blog as i have been using it for over a week now, so i'll just chime in here.
About the reps and stuff, the more you do the activity, you will unlock it with more minutes/reps at a time.
I like the yoga but fuck me, i've unlocked all poses now and the last few are going to kill me. I think i'll just jam with the mother fucking half moon pose for awhile.
It's good in that it teaches you stances and exercises, but sometimes i don't think you get the full efficiency of it as you do not hold these stances for long (like palm tree)
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Yea I had seen these in the newspaper a couple of weeks back and it looked like just a flat panel that you stand on? So do you run in place? Reminds me of the 8-bit Nintendo that had the big pad and there was a Olympics game of some sort that you were just basically running in place. Wow im getting old.
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On May 22 2008 00:52 Kennelie wrote:
Yea I had seen these in the newspaper a couple of weeks back and it looked like just a flat panel that you stand on? So do you run in place? Reminds me of the 8-bit Nintendo that had the big pad and there was a Olympics game of some sort that you were just basically running in place. Wow im getting old.
You stick the wiimote in your pocket (or hold it) for running. I think everything else uses the balance board (but I haven't unlocked 3/4 the stuff yet xD).
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Ez solution to the 5 minute track time being too short. Do it while wearing weighted training equipment. :-)
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I'm kind of surprised they didn't include an electrolysis body fat scale in the board. The BMI stuff is causing problems, especially because it doesn't apply to most people and it definitely doesn't apply to kids.
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United States3749 Posts
On May 22 2008 01:06 Jibba wrote:
I'm kind of surprised they didn't include an electrolysis body fat scale in the board. The BMI stuff is causing problems, especially because it doesn't apply to most people and it definitely doesn't apply to kids.
Yeah, I remember hearing about the BMI stuff pissing off a bunch of European kids (they got Wii Fit earlier than the US), especially with younger girls. Nothing like having a game introduce an eating disorder early in life!
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instead of kids jumping on the wii fit, they should just get on a fucking treadmill and start walking for at least an hour. >=[
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United States17042 Posts
On May 22 2008 01:06 Jibba wrote:
I'm kind of surprised they didn't include an electrolysis body fat scale in the board. The BMI stuff is causing problems, especially because it doesn't apply to most people and it definitely doesn't apply to kids.
It would be way cool to have one, but it's not that useful- your fat content changes even faster than your weight (weight change in <1-2 weeks is usually water weight). BMI is the more accepted measure, along with being easier and not as hard on the batteries (remember that you need power to run electrolysis)
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On May 22 2008 04:43 JudgeMathis wrote:
instead of kids jumping on the wii fit, they should just get on a fucking treadmill and start walking for at least an hour. >=[
Treadmills are boring. And probably cost more. At least if you already have a Wii to begin wtih... :>
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