Monday 5 March 2012
Wii Fit Plus review
Dear readers,
Well some
of you already know but I decided to buy a Wii console. I am not a very advent
(let alone good) gamer, so I certainly did not buy it to play Mario Carts or
anything (although that game did come with the console). No, I bought it to be
able to gain exercise with the Wii Fit Plus system. It took me a very long time
to decide whether or not to buy it, since the system does not come cheap (the console it self cost me 133,- euros and the Wii Fit pack (game + balance board) cost me 88,- euros). I have had the game for about three days now and I thought it would be nice to write a review on it.
As many of
you know I am very busy with work and school and can therefore not find the
time to join a gym or something. However, I noticed that because I do not get
enough exercise I was rapidly losing my energy. I thought the Wii Fit Plus
system would be the perfect solution, since I would not have to leave the house
(and loose 30-60 mins traveling time). Although I have only been using it for three days now, I have to admit it really does what it promises... I feel the muscle ache
already hahaha.
So how does
it work? Before you can start training the Wii Fit system will first ask you a
couple of questions about your age and height. It will calculate your weight
and it will ask you to do a "simple" balance game (after it has first
measured your center of gravity), after which it will calculate your Wii fit
age. Your wii fit age is heavily influenced by the balance test, so if you
believe you can do a lot better than your first try, feel free to do the test
again (I took about 7 years off the age when I retook the test).
After all
the measurements are complete the Wii Fit System will ask you to set a goal. I
set my goal at losing 5 kilo's in 2 months. I primarily chose this set-up so I
could test if the Wii Fit system is useful for losing weight, since I thought
that some readers might benefit from this. It is not my ultimate goal to lose a
lot of weight with the help of this program; I just bought it to stay fit
really.
Next you
are asked to chose between a friendly male and female trainer who will guide
you through the Yoga and muscle exercises. You are good to go afterwards.
There are
five different categories which hold different exercises, namely: Yoga
training, strength training, aerobic exercises, balance games and the Wii Fit
Plus Games.
- The Yoga
training section contains some of the basic Yoga exercises such as the tree
pose, the warrior pose and the chair pose. The balance board measures your balance
whilst you are doing the exercises to give you feedback on your posture.
- The strength
training section pretty much does what is says; here you will have to do
sit-ups, pushups etc. Both in the Yoga and strength training section you will
be guided by the trainer that you have chosen.
- The
aerobic exercises, on the other hand, you will do without your trainer. The
games featured here are, for example, hula hoop, steps, but also rhythm boxing.
- The
balance game section features games such as ski jumping, ski slalom and
snowboard slalom. At first these are quite tricky, but they really do help you
to improve your balance. The results are really quite visible once you retake
the body check after doing a couple of these games for a few days; your center
of gravity will be more towards the middle.
- The Wii
Fit Plus games are by far the most fun ones. These games are often a
combination of the aerobic exercises and balance games. There is a game that
asks you to jog and keep a close eye on your surroundings. You will be asked a
few questions about your surroundings after you have finished jogging. Again
another game has you cycle (you use the wii control to steer) whilst clearing
flags.
For those
of you who are interested I have selected youtube videos of some of my favourite
Wii Fit Plus games.
First of
all there is Rhythm Kung Fu. You have to match your kung fu movements to the
beat.
Then there
is Rhythm parade. Here you have to step on the balance board whilst matching
the rhythm of the music, whilst waving the controller when the bubbles with
icons in them hit the circles. It really is harder than it seems as sometimes
the bubbles do not match the rhythm of the music.
Another
favorite of mine is Perfect ten. You have to shake your hips to hit the
mushrooms which have numbers of them. Your goal is to make 10 as quick as you can.
Well that
is it for now. I hope you have enjoyed my review so far. I will keep you guys
up to date on my progress, merely so I can report if it will allow you to lose
weight or not. One thing is for sure; it will definitely allow you to work on
your muscle strength and stamina ;).
Love,
Blacky
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