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2070 of 2086 persons found the following review helpful.
WiiFit Newbie – LOVES the FUN new games!!
By MariaSmiles
INTRO:
After years of wanting a Wii, we in the end got one! And, of course, like any overly-excited newbie, I couldn’t wait to get the new WiiFit (WiiFit Plus). I picked it up at midnight, with the Balance Board. (TIP: if ur buying from brick-and-mortar stores, call ahead, it took me an hour to convince them that it was ok to trade it to me, and it was already 12:30a!) I got home, set it up (took just a few minutes, largely unwrapping) and played until 5am! I was closely falling asleep amid games, but it was so much fun, I couldn’t stop! Now, THAT’s a motivator to work out! It even asked if I was a ‘NIGHT OWL’ and I had the option to keep my “day” ‘open’ until 3am, for those late-night workout sessions!
598 of 621 people found the following review helpful.
A Must Have for anybody sentiment out of shape and GREAT for those recovering from Injury!
By WhispersToPigs
Ok, so I’m in my mid 40′s, I’ve broken everything from my neck in 2 places to my ankle in 3 places, my knees were rammed into an engine block at 65mph when I was 25 and haven’t been right since, ad in 2 concussions in this lifetime so I don’t have the best remainder to boot. Then toss in a nice little dose of being peri-menopausal and HATING doing anything outside in the FL Summer, which lasts for 7 months of 90 degree plus weather, and sprinkle that with a tad of depression from NOT being outside which doesn’t incisively have you running when it comes to the house singling merrily while pushing a vacuum and you have 15 extra lbs that you haven’t a CLUE where those little suckers came from 
, and you are flopping and sagging in places you never knew you had to start out with to ad insult to the poundage! Now according to the wii I’m just above normal putting me in the hardly overweigh category, but I FEEL overweight and I recognise I’ve gotten weaker/un toned and I FEEL it.
I recognise I necessitated to and WANTED to get and feel more fit but I HATE gyms, gym rats, the stereo typical gym ANYTHING. I don’t want a good deal of sleek 20 year old in my face saying “AGAIN, do it AGAIN” I,.e. (you want to look like me, you never ever will..but try, undertake HARDER) No thanks!
I don’t want some guy telling me ‘a moment on the lips a lifetime on the hips!’ either. And tho I think I’ve seen each late nite infomercial for each get fit contraption there is, and nope, I have not parted ways with my $19.95 yet, nor is their a bow flex in the corner of each room, yet I see galore of them for sale in the flyer for $50 bucks HMMMMMMM!
So, for with regards to a year now I’ve been eyeing the nintendo wii with the wii fit. Here, there, everywhere. Then they drop the price. Hmmmm And then they come out with a wii fit PLUS…HMMMMMM. Ok, so me and my $300 dollars took a prospect and parted ways. (for the consolation plus the remainder board and wii fit plus)
I LOVE THIS THING! Not only does it calculate your BMI and weight and all that. (Even has a place for you to put Fido or Fluffy on the “scale” but I’ve been too selfish to percentage yet and see what that’s all about. IT’S FUN! And don’t let the little weeble looking characters fool you, you WILL get a work out. But what’s great, is you’re in truth smiling because it is cute and engaging and you don’t feel the pain till after the fact. And you find yourself wanting to…go do galore more, too! I’ve given it a committed TV and room so I may just wander in there and do 1 or 2 exercises, or spend an hour. It likewise tells you how a great deal of calories you’ve burned for each action and keeps a running tab-it will tell you how long each day you worked out (cumulative) as well as calories burned, (so I may have that moment on the lips without the lifetime on the hips) for each actively as well as for the day. And IT’S CUTE and it’s FUN, I can not say that enough. And it may look easy, but ITS NOT.
Now I think any GQ gym rat out there who may do 500 chin ups and runs 5 miles each morning might laugh at it. But if you are just an intermediate person who doesn’t want to get out of shape or out of shape person, which are in regards to 90% of us, then it is great. Their are a couple more severe sections, Yoga and Weight Training I think, that have more adult looking trainers to guide you, but the rest of the actions are colorful and you are a “weeble”. And it lets you know when you are doing outstanding or not so great, and it is not belittling at all, if anything it makes you want to try to do better next time.
My ONLY complaint is I hate have to push “A” 3 times to get to a game I already played and recognise how to play-now if you push A fast you may skip past the tutorials pretty quickly, but it still annoys me, because I want to PLAY IT AGAIN. But on a good note, you may walk away from it or get off of it without messing everything up.
And as a person who has been beaten up pretty bad (auto wreck, high speed horse wreck/fall) and who has expended WAAAAAYY tooo much of her life in PT (which may be even MORE demoralizing than a gym), let me say this, THIS is a GREAT rehab tool. If they would have had one of these in the hospital I would have gotten so much better so much faster. I hope PT rehabs/hospitals and even nursing homes will get and use these! My leg isn’t right, nor are my knees or my remainder for that matter, but, wow, I may see betterment already! And I go to bed happily sore, but look forward to DOING IT AGAIN! 
So even if you have a heap of disability you may still use this! I even cheat when my leg has had sufficient and may sit on the board and use my tush for a lot of of the games just as well, and I’m still active and moving my upper half! Oh and another helpful hint…don’t do it barefoot like on the box, at the very least wear socks and after hurting the bottom of my sensible footsie, I now wear rubber soled lightweight slippers to give numerous cushy to the bottom of my boney feet. Works GREAT.
The only thing I find a little disturbing is the board says something like “ouch” or “oh” when you step on it. If my scale did that I never would have put on 15lbs LOL!
So what are you waiting for…GO BUY THIS, (and I suggest a bottle of Motrin,and perchance a heating pad, because you’ll be having too much fun to detect the pain and soreness till after the fact!)
279 of 288 humans found the following review helpful.
You may genuinely feel it
By G. Serra
So, after 5 days playing and getting exercises with my Wii Fit Plus (from now on WFP), I think I am ready to write a review, I will undertake to make it short but utile as possible. (English is not my native language, you will observe immediately).
First, regarding me:
I do not go to the gym (have tried but don’t get used to), nor do exercises, or run… but I do move around a lot because of my job, I work on the field, so I have to walk a lot, also I do eat consciously, from December 2008 to lately I have lost 15 lbs and was decisive to not go back.
So I was looking at Wii Fit this summer, and knew with regards to WFP and decisive to wait. Meanwhile, I was on the blogs, the forums, online videos, with regards to persons experience in regards to this game, and I wanted to get fit and have fun.
Then, I got WFP:
I explored the games, the routines, I was doing my each and everyday body tests, I am unfeigned with regards to this and I want to get fit. At the end of the second day with WFP, I felt the lack of exercises in my body, for example the Rhythm Kung Fu, a good deal of think this mini game is lame, but my biceps were hurting, probably because of the fast move of the arms forward. The Jack-knife made my abs to shake, I was amazed regarding how weak I was, when I try to hold a pose and get started shaking after 10 seconds, I struggle to keep the poses because I know it is working out my body; I feel it, a commence to a better life, so, if you are true regarding this game, pardon, “Investment”, you will feel the work out.
Game play review:
The game fits my needs; I have a wide potpourri of choosing how and where I want to work out. Example I may choose a category of exercises to work my arms, abs, legs, etc. Also I may combine those to keep away from interruption, and the best of all for me, I may select how long I want to work out, 10 minutes, 15, 30… and the game will arrange the exercises to fit that time, in any of Yoga, Yoga & Strength, or Strength only category, and as you do the poses, the game will put a checkmark on it and continue, so you will “carpe diem” that time as much as possible.
About the remainder board:
I detect without delay something was not right when it comes to my weight according to WFP, so I equated my weight on the remainder board to a professional scale (you know, like one of those the doctors have on their office), the scale is calibrated correctly, 1 litter of water is precisely 1 kg, since the weight I get from the pro scale is as I am, with my cloths on (unless I want to weight without cloths, then I will have to weight without cloths on the remainder board, that would be the more precise weight of your body), I chose a cero lb discount (the percentage where I am asked to select the weight of my cloths), and I did the numbers, and found out and offset of 3 pounds, incisively 3 pounds, my remainder board is measuring 3 pounds lower than real weight, and I use the remainder board on hard floor, so I do not need the leg extensions.
Other than that, it is very sensible and does the job… oh! by the way, you will need a yoga mat if you work on hard floor, as a lot of poses requires you to bend on your knees, and if your hands are sweating, or your feet, you will slide off, so get a yoga mat for extra grip and soften bones/floor contact.
So, that’s it, my final review, invest on WFP, do not get it just for the games, they do work you out, but I think this game is purposed to do the fit exercises (Yoga and Strength), after your routine, play a heap of mini games to “carpe diem” your every day use of WFP, as those counts too towards your kcal goal (or Cal, with capital C) and time spent.
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