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Best Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: July 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well, I must reluctantly admit that I've actually begun to enjoy exercising. I didn't really expect Y!F to be motivating and addictive, but it is!! The simulated personal trainer, Maya, probably does as good (if not better) a job as a real trainer. For one thing, you can workout at your own schedule, in the privacy of your own home.
Since starting Y!F two months ago, I have lost 5 pounds and about 12 inches. Maya's workouts are challenging, but they are worth it! I wish I would have discovered this game sooner.

I heart this game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: August 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Finally something for mom! I love this game and feel like I have my very own personal trainer! I ahve been using it for two weeks and have lost 4 pounds. I love the variety of workouts and the menus. I like that I can custom tailor it to me!

Great motivator

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: October 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I know almost nothing about exercise. I've always wanted to have a good exercise program, but I can't afford a personal trainer and gyms intimidate me. Yourself Fitness has worked out just like I hoped it would - as a motivating personal trainer that keeps me exercising in the privacy of my home. I like it. And, even better, my wife likes it! From my perspective as a video game junkie, ANY game my wife likes is a great game, since it helps her put up with all the time I spend gaming!

Game has a purpose in an overall fitness program

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This "game" is a pretty neat concept and for a first of its kind workout program is pretty good...better than I had expected. When you first start the program you create a "player". They put you through a series of questions and exercises to see what level they need to start you at. Questions include your weight, etc., what equipment you have (weights, exercise ball, step, heart rate monitor) and then ask you to do different exercises for a certain time to see how in/out of shape you are. Once you have done all of this you are ready for a workout. It asks you how much time you have for your workout. Then you choose what type of workout including cardio, upper body, lower body, yoga type of stretching etc. You choose your location (you get more to chose from the more you work out). It asks you several times throughout the video how you feel in order to give you the right level of difficulty. It gives you a running bar at the bottom to see what exercise you are on right now, what level of difficulty and what is coming up next. These are helpful. Also tells you the heart rate you should be in if you have heart rate monitor. Negatives: When you are doing the warm-up/aerobic part of the routine that begins most of the workouts, the "instructor" does not make smooth transitions from one exercise to the next. I have learned to just watch the bars at the bottom and make smooth transitions myself (thus be out of step with the instructor). Also, there seem to be the same 5 or 6 moves in the aerobic section...they just don't repeat them in the same order. This can be good for someone wanting non-complicated moves with little variety. I am quiet overweight but in better aerobic shape than I look and am able to keep up well with the program.

I actually LIKE using this exercise product!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: April 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This is the first exercise program I've ever actually enjoyed using. I started out as a serious couch potato, and to be honest, I still am. BUT...I would huff and puff my way through only the WARMUP with Maya in the beginning and am now up to 45 minutes with exercises I never thought I'd be able to do and lost 20 lbs, all within 6 months! I have to admit, I say some pretty awful things to my virtual trainer at times, but Maya gives me a great workout and constantly pushes me. Maya has been designed to be in-offensive to everyone; she isn't a stick-thin avatar that I would want to push down if she were real, lol.

The only glitch I've noticed with Yourself!Fitness is that once you're over the 15 minute workout mark, it will skip the second rest period. It shows it coming up, but jumps right over it. I've gotten so I work right through that, but the program can be paused easily enough to get a needed rest.

This is a wonderful, dynamic program that can be used with or without any additional workout equipment. I started using nothing but the program itself and gradually added an exercise ball and hand weights when I realized I was sticking with it. If you've decided it's time to start getting fit, I would highly recommend this program! It's working for me and I'm just about as lazy as they come.

INCREDIBLE!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: February 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

this is without a doubt the best workou video i have ever used. it has helped me to lose weight and tone my body.... im getting married in july and have been trying to find a workout thats fun and actuallly works... well look no more!!! this is a must have!!

Sounds great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 21
Date: November 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I ordered this but I have not received it yet, I will edit this once I have. But as to the person thinking you get to open new places to soon...coming from myself who hates any exercise and 2 times a week for 5 mins is to much...thos of us need incentive to keep going. We need to take baby steps and if you do only a bit and get something new, then you want to do a bit more,etc. But maybe they need to make it so one can set it to take longer to open something up or shorter time, what works for the person.
I got this the other day. I like it but it won't let you say you can not get on the floor,etc. At this time I have a bad back and can only do the warm ups. I can NOT get on the floor and no cruches or sit ups, most of them,even the most easy, are on the floor,etc. I can not say I have to stand or sit in a chair, so at this time it is more then I can do. Have to stay witht he R Simons one where you sit in a chair or wheel chair, but it is only 15 min's and won't but you if you miss a day. In time this will be good but not now, was hoping hubby could use it too but he is parlized on one side and can not get on floor, it won't let you input this kind of thing. oh well, almost a great one. it has droped between a 2 1/2 and a 3 star now.
Kathy

Worth the money

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: March 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I've been using this workout video for just a week and am very pleased with it. As a stay-at-home mom it is great for the days where you just don't have time to get to the gym and back, but can squeeze in some time during the day whenever it's convenient. I thought the fitness assessment was very helpful, and like that the workouts are tailored to focus on my weak areas while still giving me a choice for variation if I want.

Pros: Adaptability. Allows you to increase or decrease the difficulty of a workout while in progress. Adaptable to the equipment you own. Animated instructor is surprisingly non-irritating, unlike real-life instructors in many workout videos.

Cons: Instructor does not mirror your movement with her instructions. Good aerobics instructors mirror your moves and give verbal instructions for "left" when they are using their "right". Fortunately, most of the moves are basic enough that you can ignore the "left/right" and just follow her visually.

still alot of work.....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: August 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

i thought it would be easy to lose weight. lol nope i was wrong i still have to get off my lazy butt and do the stuff. but its been fun trying to lose weight i personally like the game and still use it.

Good overall

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 2
Date: September 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I liked this software overall, but I wish I could pick exersizes myself.

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