exergaming beginners guide

i'm obsessed with exergaming have about 30 games. So I thought i'd share my expierence. Lost most of the 74 lbs over the last 4 years with alot of help from the wii and kinect. so heres my top 10 list, hopefully this helps

1 dance central 2 -

fun and a great work out! comes with various game modes n cal counter (kinect/xb360)

2 ea sports active range -

any of them are great but especially recommend ea sports active and more workouts on wii (various)

3 gold gym cardio workout / my fitness coach cardio workout

great if you like cardio especially boxing boxercise (wii)

4 don king boxing (with wii jog) -

you can use balance board but its not worth it. with wii jog u work up quite a sweat!

5 wii sports games -

the boxing but mainly the boxing training on the punch bag, great tension release too burns loads (wii)

6 wii fit plus -

replaces the old game with more exercises. stick to the cardio, rest fun but don't burn much get a step up for bal board too, really adds to the burn (wii)

7 kinect adventures -

free with kinect and a good balance of fun and burn. (kinect/xb360)

8 ufc trainer -

really good manly workout, better for punches n weights n not a laugh a minute, but great workout when it works. (various/ best on 360)

9 fruit ninja kinect -

really good fun (at first) and after the initial fun still a good work out, cheap too. (Kinect/xb360)

10 kinect sports games -

calorie counter for some of these games and great fun. gd burn on most games, good mini games to reach targets too. (kinect/xb360)

as a bonus from kinect labs theres a few more, but check out the excellent junk fu, which is free and feels like a game too, break as many things until you get hit too many times. even logs calories.

also new is the kinect fitness app which logs collective calories in 10+ games including dance central 2, kinect sports 2, junk fu, just dance 3 and your shape 2012 amongst many others. very motivating. Mix it up regularly and boredom rarely comes into it with these games!