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I can't get enough!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: December 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this in hopes that I could add more variety to my workout. I get bored very easily with my workouts and was starting to get to the point where I dreaded my daily workout. This is my new best friend. The workouts are designed around you and I was a little afraid that I would be too advanced for this but she adjusted my workouts when they were too easy and I love it! I haven't been sore in a long time but this surely did it to me. I highly recommend this to anyone looking for a wide variety of exercises.

Too good to be true?

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 13 / 13
Date: November 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Definitely not. After reading all the rave reviews this "game" is getting, I decided to be a sceptic and buy it for the sole purpose of finding it's flaws.

Then I met Maya, and she showed me all of my flaws instead. And then I started to hate her perfectness even more, because she showed me my flaws nicely!

I had no idea how out of shape I truly was until my fitness evaluation. I rolled my eyes and trudged through it, saying aloud that it was so lame, but secretly thinking it was the coolest, most innovative thing ever. I looked at Maya, and sad, "Seriously. Jumping jacks??!! Puh-lease. Are we in third grade gym here?" Then I began doing them.

So after I regained consciousness, I huffed and puffed through the rest of the evaluation. Then I was given a workout schedule recommendation, and a plan for healthier eating. I was happy with how thorough it was. And the food is very simple, yet extremely yummy! Nice, normal, healthy choices. Things I actually have in my house!

RUN, don't walk, to go buy this right now. It's wonderful for beginners, or even the advanced who is looking for a change of pace to get away from their latest plateau. The Yoga Meditation Garden is wonderful, the workouts are wonderful, Maya in wonderful, the food plans are wonderful. I know I sound like a broken record, but it's truly that impressive. My entire body aches so bad that it's painful to type this review. Who knew I had muscles in there somewhere?

A thousand times cheaper than a gym membership and a personal trainer, even if you have to buy an Xbox for it. They are planning to release a PS2 version in January, so it would be a great gift for the New-Years-Resolution-to-get-in-shape person. There is also access to a wonderful, supportive companion site where you can post a journal if you'd like, or just share your "war stories" about Maya.

All in all, this is the best thing I have ever bought for our Xbox. Besides Halo 2. ;)

I am editing this review today, Friday March 4, 2005 (originally written in Nov. 04) to add that with the help of this game, I have gone from a size 20 to a size 14. In 4 months!!! I follow Dr. Phil's food plan, and use this program 5 days per week, and the pounds have just melted off. Not a week goes by that I don't see improvement.

ALL I CAN SAY IS "WOW!"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 13
Date: November 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am an avid gamer ever since star wars galaxies online came out, but the only problem is that after a year and a half of playing the game I packed on some extra pounds, and I figured with Everquest II coming out this month that I had better do something. Then I saw an ad for this game, and I bought it, thinking well it is a game, so maybe it won't seem as much like a workout:) I bought it and I loved it:) OMG it gives you a great workout adjusted to your body needs, and if something is too easy or too hard during the workout Maya will adjust it the next work out:) I will be on my 10th workout tomorrow and I have already dropped 2lbs:) It has a ton of recipes too:) The yoga is awesome and very relaxing:) I am even letting my 10 year old daughter use it:) It customized a workout to her needs, and she loves it:) My husband is going to start using it too:) It has changed the fitness outlook of our whole family:) It is very exciting to watch the bars go across as you come close to finishing a routine, and you know that you have made it:) And it is very exciting when you unlock a new place to work out, and gain levels to go up to new exercises. You also unlock new music:) This game is great:) I have seen in the last week a change in my energy and sleep. I am sleeping much better:) Also I am already beginning to see muscle definition in my arms:) This is awesome:) If you have found yourself having trouble sticking to a workout program in the past you should definetly try this:) I guarantee you will love it:)

Good Luck and Stay Healthy:)

Great idea that needs some improvement

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: April 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

You can read other reviews for the good things about this title. Here are a few problems:

1) Sometimes the program just won't do the workout you select. Three times today, I tried to make it give me a core workout and it kept doing upper body (which I just did yesterday and didn't want to repeat so soon).

2) I use other programs or running for cardio, so I'm already warmed up when I start YF. There's no way to tell the program to just get to the exercises. And there's no way to input workout data so the program knows you're doing cardio elsewhere. It will keep suggesting you need it.

3) There's no way to tell the program to not use a particular exercise. If you're bored by a move or it exacerbates an injury, too bad. Chances are, it's a move the program will use over and over for minutes at a time.

4) There's no option to build your own workout. I really wish the program was more customizable, giving me a list of exercises to string together to work the muscles I want to work on any given day.

5) It asks how groups of exercises made you feel, but there's no option to indicate a particular exercise is too much. You can make the whole workout easier, but that's not necessarily a good thing. For example, yesterday's upper body workout kept hammering me with pushups. I simply couldn't keep up. Telling the program to ease up only meant the next few exercises were shown without weights...but those exercises were for my biceps. I needed to tell the program enough already with the pushups.

I haven't decided if I'll keep using the program or not. It's definitely good to have some variety in my workout, but it's not good to feel frustrated by limitations and glitches.

good stuff

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: December 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

So Im a college student. Spent a couple years partying, eat bad food and sitting around. Ive never been the lazy type until I hit college and thats when the pounds started adding up.
So yeah naturally Ive been playing tons of video games when Im not studying (yeah...) or partying. Anyways I was just looking around Amazon and found this game on with a couple good reviews. I was skeptical at first but i decided to give it a try. And today I recieved the game (or fitness game thing) and was surprised. Maya is a hottie and she likes to keep you motivated. You start by doing a simple fitness profile where maya asks you some questions and you fill in the blanks. Of course in that profile thing you must do some routines to see what level of fitness you are at. But altogether it took about 20 minutes to do. The cool thing is that you can schedule what days you want to work out and the duration. There is meal planner that helps you count cals. and even gives you recipes for tons of meals. I was impressed.
The workouts were challenging. Although I have only completed one workout since I got it today, they emphasize the fact that no two workouts are the same. Maya uses over 500 different techniques from pilates, yoga, strength, cardio. WOW. you can even incorporate your own equipment in the workouts.
Im excited to see how this will turn out.
The best thing about it is that you get a personal trainer, meal plan and schedule all for about $35. This is a bargain compared to gym memberships, and real personal trainers. So if you have an Xbox and you feel that you have gained some lbs. over the past couple years or if you just want to stay in shape with the holiday season here, i would recommend this product. Quality. It also makes a good gift!!

No one to embarrass but yourself

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: November 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I have a gym membership, as do many people. Like many people I tend to walk around, get frustrated and make excuses not to go.I won't do aerobics classes because I can't seem to follow the instructors, and I worry about keeping up with the class.

So I bought this virtual personal trainer, and I am impressed. Difficulty is scaled to your fitness level, she keeps up with you rather than you trying to keep up with her. I've been training for almost three weeks, and have discovered two important benefits:

1) I feel small muscles I haven't felt in a long while. This is a great all around workout, and I have noticed some improvement in my ability to keep up.

2) I'm eating less, and that's without help. For some reason the exercising is curtailing my eating habits. My appetite is the same, it's just taking less to fill me up. Probably has to do with the stomach crunches.

She will work with a heart rate monitor, a ball, hand weights, and a stepper. I have the ball and hand weights, and am considering purchasing a stepper.

I can honestly say my energy levels have improved, and I look forward to the workouts and feel bad when I miss one. For 35 dollars xbox owners should try to make this a best seller, I would like to see more products like this on the market.

A workout you will stick to!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: June 08, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Since there are already lengthy reviews detailing what this program does, I won't repeat those. So here's the bottom line:

Greatest thing about this product: if you have trouble (as I do) sticking to a workout routine for more than two weeks, the variety in Yourself! Fitness may fix that. I have been working out with Maya for eight months now and I am not bored! My interest began to flag a little a couple of months ago, so I purchased a step bench, which Maya added in to the workout, giving me twice as much variety as before.

Other things I like:
- ability to increase the difficulty over time. Unlike a workout video, once the workout is no longer challenging you can tell Maya to make it a little harder.
- ability to track my progress and improvement within the software. I couldn't do 10 pushups when I started and now I can do 50!
- 8 months of this has made me look and feel stronger. I have much more energy at the end of the day. I stand up straighter. I even have the beginnings of a six-pack.
- To my surprise, I like the ability to change the workout environment that Maya stands in.

Needs improvement:
- I don't like the way that yoga is included in this software. I don't think the positions are very well explained, so it's not suitable for people who have never done yoga before, and the positions are often put in a strange order, where standing positions alternate with supine positions (gives you a terrible head rush). Several of the positions are also just not suitable for people who aren't very flexible -- a yoga instructor in a class would recommend alternative positions, but Maya just stands there with her hands flat on the floor and her leg straight in the air and expects you to duplicate it. Maya ordinarily recommends workouts in a rotation of 1 day each of arms, core, legs, flexibility (yoga); I have taken to replacing the yoga with another "core" day, and feel like I get better results from that.
- the music is pretty repetitive, but you can't turn it off or use your own because Maya uses it to set the rhythm of your exercises.

Great idea--fun, but room for improvement

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: January 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've been using Yourself Fitness for 3 weeks now, 4 times a week, and I am still enjoying it. Another review made a great outline of the pros and cons, so I'll just add a few different insights:
1) It really isn't as diversified as I anticipated. Regardless of whether I choose cardio or upper body strengthing, I still get pretty much the same set of 20 or so moves. The duration or frequency may change, but not the action. Since there are 3 of us using the same program, I know this is not just due to my ability level. They get the same moves I do!
2) While it does include stretching at the end, I've yet to see any stretching other than quad and hamstring. It's a wimpy effort to seem comprehensive. I generally do my own stretching at the end to be thorough.
3)The meal plans are great! I don't use them off the Xbox, though, since I don't have it set up with a printer and I'm not sure how to do so. The menus are available online for free, though, at yourselffitness.com.
4) The equipment list only includes 3 things: balance ball, handweights, and heart monitor. I have many other fun items I'd like to incorporate, like a jump rope or bands.
5) When using handweights, there's no way to track the weight used or make recommendations for moving up.
I do enjoy the program and it's interactive nature, and I think the idea is fantastic! The music is fun and I definitely work up a sweat. I just hope they'll update the program with the mentioned improvements. I do recommend the program as a part of your fitness routine, but not as the only source of exercise.

This "Game" needs to be tried by all

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 9
Date: February 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Yourself Fitness is not a game, it is a personal trainer for your XBOX. From the rest of the reviews, you can see that this game is well liked. I have been using the workout mode extensively and after three weeks or so, I feel great. My endurance is much better and the physical challenges in the game have helped track my progress. There are a few things that I would like to see in the next version of this product, including a more substantial amount of time dedicated to traditional stretching after each workout.

Yourself fitness is strangely addictive and it will give you a great workout. The workouts are always changing so you never get bored of the same thing. Also, the more often you work out, the more environments and musical styles you unlock. It is well worth the money if you are looking to get in shape or stay in shape at home.

This will change your Fitness Life!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: January 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I've never been a very fitness oriented person. I did a sport (Swimming) in highschool because my parents made me.

Now that I'm in my late 20s I realized I really need to start making Fitness more of a priority before my metabolizm catchs up with me and I'm overweight like the rest of my family.

For me working out at the Gym was just not an option. It took too much time. I tried work-out videos but man even 30min can be hard to find some days and the work outs are never at my level of ability. Oh and exercise equipement... Tried that but man that is so repetative and gets so boring even if I can watch a movie while working.

One day while my husband was looking for a new video game I came across this title. I laughed and thought it was stupid.

Then as I thought about it more and more, I thought out this might really be something that would work for me. So I finaly went out and bought it.

I've now been training every weekday with Maya since Mid Oct 2005 (it is now Late Jan 2006). I love it!!!

I can't say enough good things about this. I started at 15min a day because I thought I could at least find that much time. But as of the New Year I bumped it up to 30min because I can truely see what good it is doing in my life. I have never been so excited about working out or fitness in my life for so long.

I can totally tell this is not a fad for me. I just don't know what I will do when the X-box breaks (it is a few years old and sometimes it glitches while playing games so I know it will happen.)

I loved the program so much I even got a fitness ball and hand weights for Christmas, and wow does that open up a whole knew world of working out.

If you are like me and just can't find time for the gym or hate borring repetative workout videos then you need to get this program. The personalized workouts realy make you feel like you have control over your fitness and motivate you to continue coming back for more.

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