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The workout is ok and fun, but there are other options now for this type of game.I like the EA Sports Active much better
My wife and I love the WII Fit. It's gotten us both exercising and it makes it fun.
This is an excellent way to do just that - the exercises are fun, the graphics are engaging (albeit rather low-rent looking and oftentimes too "cutsy" for my taste) and the routines are effective. I don't have problems motivating myself to exercise, but variety is essential to keep yourself engaged in the process and striving for continual improvement. I've been very happy to have added this to my work out routine.
This game is more for people who can't find the time to go to the gym, and want to get in shape and work out but don't want to kill themselves doing it. I found some of them to be way to easy. 170. I was really excited when I got this. The game doesn't take into account muscle mass at all - My recommended weight was 170. My top two are the "Plank" for abs, and the Hula Hoop game.
I will say, for the most experienced gym rats, and those who are already in good shape - you may not find these workouts to be satisfying at all. I love to work out - I run/lift weights 5 times a week and take a boxing class once weekly. I'm sure this has been said many times before here and everywhere, but Nintendo needs to fix it's BMI problem for the next game. I'm 205 right now, under 8 percent body fat. I guess you could say I am a little more on the muscular side - I stand 6'1 and weigh around 200. I have Wii Fit and recently Wii Fit Plus.
To have someone tell you you are overweight, when in fact you are ANYTHING but, is one of the most insulting things imaginable. OK, so moving on now.There are some pretty fun workouts here.
It shows you on a graph. I don't like when it "grills" me. Have you been eating too much. Don't count on that. You can work your way up to running for 30 minutes at a time if you care to.
It was ridiculous to me that a couple of days before, when I had gained a pound, it was understanding and then a couple of days later, I had not even gained a half pound and it was giving me the third degree. That's the hula hoop and the boxing.The running will get your heartrate going, also. It said, "Why do you think you gained weight. (probably fluid retention) and then a couple of days later, I had gained only 0.3 pounds--not even one pound-and it started grilling me. If you set it that your goal is to lose some weight, it makes comments about that. I will share my personal experience with that. My husband and daughter, who don't exercise much, play the balance games.One thing I like about it is that you can use it to track your weight. Now-while I appreciate that it said such a thing because there are some people who might need that kind of tough-love, I did not need that.
It said something along the lines of, "Due to complex changes happening within your body, you could see a weight fluctuation of as much as two pounds." That's all fine. If you want a better workout, try EA Active. The next day, I was down a pound. If you workout already, you won't be challenged.There are only a couple of things on it that get your heartrate up-and when it does-it's not for long. I set my "goals" to be that I want to GAIN weight. Then, it doesn't do that any more.The fact that you can add on to this product makes it somewhat worthwhile.
The balance board is good for other games available. Perhaps they should modify it so that comment would only come on with a 5 pound gain.Once I had gotten similar comments after that, I had figured out how to bypass it entirely. It's mostly just a game.If you have very little workout experience, you might benefit from it. I use it only for the running. I had gained one pound from the previous day's weigh in. Do you not know." and I entered that I didn't know-because well-I was eating well AND exercising so that was my only other option--and then it lectured me about how I should pay more attention to what could cause such a thing to happen.
If you want a game-get Wii Fit. Wii Fit won't make your body transform. I like that I can weigh in on it and look back to see what I weighed a month before. Have you been slacking on the exercise.
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