On May 22, 5:42 pm, "group.owner" <internet.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Finally North American get the Wii Fit. Share your experience if you
> get one.
I've done a lot of the exercises and I am much more impressed with the
results than I would have deemed possible. My only peeve is that the
Wii Age algorithm seems flawed: My results keeps jumping up and down
by 20 odd years at a time which tells me that they picked some
exercises that just don't give an overall view. I'm pretty bad at the
standing still exercise and when that is part od the Wii Fit Age test,
I better prepare myself for a pretty bad result. Maybe if they had
added a third exercise to the test, it would have been a bit less
volatile.
BTW: If you click the balance board in the background on the TV
screen, you can challenge it to a special balance test which is
murder :-)
I got mine on Wed, 5/21 from Amazon. Have used it everyday since. I
discovered I have very bad balance. I enjoy the yoga but the tree
position has me baffled and falling all over the place. Strength
training is going to take some time to get used to as well. I've
unlocked a few new postions and games but not many. One thing to note
is that if you have carpet in the room where you will use the Wii Fit
board, attach the included leg extensions before starting up the
program. I did not do this and my first weight reading was 91 lbs!!
At 6'1'' the Wii thought I was malnourished. It set my weight goal
wrong and I am having troulbe finding where to change the goal.
On May 22, 11:42 am, "group.owner" <internet.g...@gmail.com> wrote:
I got mine four days ago and have been using it every day....and
enjoying it. My problems is not overdoing it. I still have tennis
elbow from wii tennis (wore an elbow brace for a few months which
helped) and am anxiously awaiting it to finish healing so I can dare
wii sports again. Anyway, I am limitting myself to 10-15 minutes a
day to avoid hurting some injury prone back muscles.
They have done a very nice job with variety both in terms of an
assortment of flexibility, balance, strength and aerobic exercises and
varied presentation so that you don't get bored.
> I got mine four days ago and have been using it every day....and
> enjoying it. My problems is not overdoing it. I still have tennis
> elbow from wii tennis (wore an elbow brace for a few months which
> helped) and am anxiously awaiting it to finish healing so I can dare
> wii sports again. Anyway, I am limitting myself to 10-15 minutes a
> day to avoid hurting some injury prone back muscles.
> They have done a very nice job with variety both in terms of an
> assortment of flexibility, balance, strength and aerobic exercises and
> varied presentation so that you don't get bored.
Okay, I have had the wii fit for two weeks. I have done a totsl of
130 minutes and have lost 5.5 lbs. I LOVE THIS! I live in hotels
mostly due to business travel, so I bring the wii (and now the wii
fit) because it gets me off the computer and makes me move.
Maybe some people don't sweat... but two rounds of the hula hoops (I
prefer the unlocked advanced as it makes me use the left swivel, too)
and I am sweating. By minute 23 it is rolling off me. I try to do
about 30 minutes of aerobics, to warm up, then go to the yoga,
strength and balance games.
To be honest, my motivation in keeping on trying the things that are
hard are because I come within points of beating my 13 year-old
nephew's score. He used it for an hour last weekend and I have to push
him off the scoreboard.... (yes, I STOMP HIM! Evil laugh.)
I also like the weight/bmi feature. I had not worked out for about 4
days and when I got on, I had lost 4.4 lbs. I was thrilled! I am obese
but working my way down slowly. For me it is perfect. I can do it in
the privacy of my hotel room, at whatever time I want. Can't sleep? Do
some balance games and help my body in the process.
At the ripe age of 47, this is the coolest thing ever!
k
