Thoughts on Wii Fit?

icimani

I use the Wii Fit Plus with the balance board, and I also have the platform that raises the board up to about 7". The system was great to get me off the couch and moving when I was too big/embarassed to go to the gym.

Whether it's great cardio or not depends on your current fitness level, and also how much you put into it. If you just sit on the couch and flick your wrist it won't do much for you. But if you're playing tennis and you're up and moving around and really smacking the ball, that will give you more exercise and burn more calories.

Just the other night:
20 minutes of Tennis - 90 cals
75 mins of Step, Obstacle Course. Free Step - 460 cals

I can foresee a time when the Fit disc won't give me enough of a workout to get my heart rate up high enough (that's already happening with tennis) so I'll move to something else. But for now, it's giving me a really good workout. 20 mins of tennis used to burn about 200 cals for me, so I can see that my fitness level is getting much better. And I just started doing the Free Step. With that, you can speed up the beat to get more of a workout.


Let people poo-poo Wii all they want - if it gets you up off the couch and moving then it's a good thing. And if it's giving you a good calorie burn (550 cals ain't nothing to sneeze at!) that's a great thing.

And it's just fun!