Keepin' Mii fit!

Advantages: easy, fun and works!
Disadvantages: a couple activities were hard to do but have sussed it now!

...I'm starting 2010 off the way I mean to go on, (hopefully). My other half went and bought the Nintendo Wii for Christmas. I decided after hearing all the hype to go out and buy the Wii Fit Plus as a gift for myself. Thankfully unlike most holidays we didn't have family at our house so I didn't eat half as much as I normally would have! Once the family had a night of Wii mania I decided to get started with my new fitness regime. First things first I set up my Mii which is your game character. I made mine look as much like me as I could. The Wii will then ask you to enter your name, age, height and birthday. The worst bit comes next! It's now time to stand on the balance board and find out your BMI (body mass index) and weight. You will first be asked to estimate the weight of your clothing so that it can be subtracted from the total...

znh3ra54 07.01.2010 · Read review
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  Wii Fit

Advantages: great for weightloss, fun for all the family, improves posture, balance and health
Disadvantages: expensive, can only register up to 8 family members

...acquire different stamps including a pink heart, blue flower, orange foot etc. Once you have done the test you can then proceed to training and games (although it is not essential to take the body test before doing this). You can take the body test again later in the day and will then be given the option whether you want to overwrite your earlier results. The Wii Fit suggests that you try and weigh yourself at the same time each day as you weight can fluctuate by a few pounds throughout the day. If you put on more than a couple of pounds you will get a screen and asked to select an option to record on your chart the reason for your weight gain. This includes options such as 'ate too much', 'drank to much' etc. During the body test you will be given on screen fitness tips. These are generally pretty interesting and offer suggestions on how...

ilusvm 29.10.2008 · Read review
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Wii Fit

Advantages: Helps you lose weight, tracks your progress
Disadvantages: You need quite a bit of space for the balance board

...As someone who has a bad back, and could also stand to lose a few pounds in weight, I finally gave in and bought the wii fit. Basically, all it consists of is a balance board and CD with the Wii Fit activities on it. Like the Nintendo Wii controllers it is completely wireless which is great for storage, when you finish you can just slot it under your bed or in a cupboard. To start off you create a character for yourself in the Wii Fit Plaza, which is based off your Mii. The main idea is to have a daily body test which charts your weight, bmi, wii fit age etc and then go on to do some training in the form of either balance, aerobic, muscle exercise or yoga. This is kind of embarrassing, especially for me when my mii suddenly got a lot fatter! After completing the body test you are given a wii fit age, which you aim to reduce by...

tor0908 12.06.2009 · Read review
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Family Fitness

Advantages: Fun for the family
Disadvantages: None

...The first thing I noticed, when I opened the box, was the great hardware build quality. To me, the balance board has always looked very fragile in promotional pictures. I've seen people waving it around willy nilly so I thought it would just be lightweight plastic tat. It's actually a really sturdy, well made piece of equipment. You connect it to the Wii like a wiimote and the software also installs a special Wii Fit channel on the main menu. So, onto the Wii Fit software. As with Nintendo's other games, your profile is saved under your Mii. It's just like Brain Training with a daily test, complete with a slightly abstract body age which seems completely based on your ability to shift your weight around. During the test your Mii's physique is adjusted to match your BMI. This was hilarious as my little guy was inflated to become a fat...

parkiboy 27.01.2009 · Read review
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Keeping fit

Advantages: something different, fun for all
Disadvantages: doesn't exactly count as a weight-loss program

...that a game like this came out. If we can?t get our children off the video games then why not change game play altogether? The Wii and Wii fit both help increase the amount of activity in a child?s day while giving them the challenge of a video game that they love. One aspect that I want to talk about is the graphics. Sure the Wii is not a Hi Definition console but the graphics seemed pretty neat. The avatars in the game can be visually customized to your liking. But these avatars are a bit dull compared to those found in Wii Sports. The graphics also contain charts giving info about your body like your Body Mass Index (BMI) etc. These are available in neat and informative charts and the period of time can also be changed to your liking. The graphics during training are also pretty decent and illustrate a blank person showing you the moves...

Yiazmat 31.07.2009 · Read review
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Wii Fit

Advantages: Easy way to keep fit.
Disadvantages: Can't think of any.

...some crap they seem to have made up to encourage you to the yoga activities every day. It's really how balanced you are, for example my balance was 48.9% Left and 51.1% Right at the last test so I've got almost perfect balance. Next up is the optional Athletic Tests. These are also a measure of your balance but are used to determine your Wii Fit age. My last Wii Fit age was 19 - 3 years older than I actually am! The balance tests include walking on the spot and twisting and turning to try and hit blue squares with your red dot. Once you've completed the daily tests you get a stamp on the calendar. This is similar to Brain and Sight Training for the DS, where you get a stamp for every day that you use the software. There are 8 stamp designs to unlock. The final one is unlocked when you've collected 30 stamps and it's a picture of your...

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Wii Fit

Advantages: The Balance Board technology is outstanding
Disadvantages: It can be quite expensive

...Intro Wii Fit is something quite difficult to review. But people think that playing things like Wii Fit, is doing them good. Like take Brain Training, it would make you smarter, or something like Guitar Hero would make them feel like rockstars. But does Wii Fit actually make you fit? I think yes. It does make you fit. It does actually work! Like balancing on the Balance Board improves your posture and balance. Muscle exercises grows and tightens your muscles. Aerobics games make you lose weight. Which in fact it does. But personally, I went jogging for 20 minutes and it said I GAINED one pound. Which must be a glitch, if you ask me. And today, Wii Fit costs £69.99 ($89.99) which may be a little on the pricey side. But amusing if you can afford it, it is so much worth to buy and helps you stay much in great shape. It's so very worth...

UKJaguar 16.07.2009 · Read review
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Better that Wii Fit but ........

Advantages: A great improvement on Wii Fit
Disadvantages: You need to be self motivated to stick with it

...which changes seconds later. One thing that I really like about Wii Fit is that you can do more than one Body Test a day and then save the result you want to save. This is different from Brain Training where you can only do a single test each day. I found when I first did the Body Test my Wii Fit age was similar to my real age, now I am fairly consistently around 36 which I find quite flattering as my real age is 50+. It is really bizarre that I hate it when it rates me in my 40s (which it does if I do badly on the tests) and I am quite elated if I get 26 when really I should be grateful or anything less than my real age! After doing your Body Test there are lots of exercise options to choose from. When you first get Wii Fit not all of the exercises are available but if you use it daily you should have them all unlocked within about...

laramax 01.11.2009 · Read review
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Watch Mii get fit on Wii fit!

Advantages: Balance board a great device, entertaining games for all, physical activity.
Disadvantages: Wii Fit age a little suspect, balance board not for sitting on!

.... Before getting into the training you need to create a profile which involves providing your date of birth, height and choosing a character for yourself. Wii Fit then takes you through a number of tests that include what I believe to be a fairly accurate Body Mass Index and Weight. From these you can also pick a weight loss or gain target and it is nice to see that the product recommends you lose or gain no more or less than 2lb a week so you sustain the losses or gains. After completing a body test which is fundamentally some balance games you are given your Wii Fit age. This can be disheartening! Mine was fifty-four, twenty-four years older than I actually am. However, this does give you a target to aim for and I am now down to thirty-three, only three years to go! The Wii Fit age is a small issue for me as it does not seem to be tested...

Shortsharpshock 12.09.2009 · Read review
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wii fit plus :)

Advantages: see text
Disadvantages: see text

...Hi there! well let me start by saying we got our original wii fit in november 2008. Starting out with just the standard Wii fit & wii fit balance board and we upgraded to the wii fit plus in november 2009 so we've had it for around three months now. You still take the daily body test and it determines your bmi etc. The wii fit plus allows you to see how many calories you have burnt in each work out with its calorie count, youre able to pick specific areas of your body in which you want to work at and create your own personalized workouts which suit you! These can be saved and therefore you can just set it up and away you go every time! It has a multiplayer mode which means you can jog with another person - losing weight together is always easier than going it alone! It has new and improved games; they're mentally stimulating now...

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