WII Fitness

I have the wii plus and I would diffinately reccommend it for working out especially for beginners. If you want a super intense workout probably not. But it is alot of fun and can diffinately work up a sweat. But depends on which ones you do also .

i love it! you can weigh yourself check your bmi workout do yoga it has a mini personal trainer. lots of fun

I borrowed the Wii Fit (the original, not the Plus or anything) from a friend who wasn't using it anymore. It has a balance board and will not work without it.

The scale part is NOT accurate on carpet, but seems to be accurate on a hard floor. The activities will work fine on carpet.

It starts the day with a Body Test that takes your weight but shows it as a BMI measurement. If the family is in the room, they won't see your weight unless you choose to display it. It tests your balance and tells you how you did, then lets you chose to go about your day or do some Body Training.

Training comes in categories. Yoga, Aerobics, Strength, and Balance.

The yoga is very simple poses that you don't hold for long, but it does work muscles you didn't know you had. It's a good way to stretch.

The aerobics section is pretty limited. There's step aerobics (my favorite), running (in place), hula hoop, and boxing.

The strength training is floor exercise using your own body as resistence.

The balance section is games that you play with your full body. My husband and daughter love those.

The MFP database has very limited options for recording Wii Fit activites, and seems to have really low calorie estimates. If I had the disposable income, I'd want a HRM to get an accurate calorie count. As it is, I went to about a dozen websites and found some complicated algebraic formulas to help me estimate my expenditure.

I think it's a Wonderful tool for a beginner. Walking up the stairs or going to get the mail used to be about the most exercise I'd get, and I'd avoid doing either as much as possible. There's no way I'd go into a gym like this. I think the Wii Fit will help get me to a place where I'm comfortable joining a gym, but I doubt it will serve me as a weight loss tool on its own for more than a few months. One of the upgrades might be a good idea for me soon.

I do work up a good sweat. I do the Free Step every day, which uses the balance board to record your steps and uses the Wiimote to give you a beat but lets you change channels so you can watch tv while you step. I use my mp3 player instead and follow the beat of my own music. it sets the beat at 800 steps in 10 minutes , which is 2400 steps in 30 minutes, but by following my own beat, I routinely get 3200-3400 steps in 30 minutes. I also use hand weights to make it a little more intense.