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4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 10
Date: December 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is a good motivator with a variety of workouts and I do recommend it. However, a word of caution, this is geared more toward women then men, with a lot of aerobic type activities. Still a good buy, it is keeping me going.

A good tool to have in your fitness tool box.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: March 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

With a busy schedule, this "game" is a very convenient way to slip in a workout when one gets a free moment. It is relatively engaging (much more so than a DVD workout) and the variety in the workouts is an added bonus. Workouts are customized for the individual (based on age, gender, weight, fitness level, personal goals etc.) and they increase in difficulty over time as one's fitness level increases. This proves to be so much more rewarding and beneficial than a "one size fits all" exercise DVD, where you either can't keep up with it or it's no longer a challange. I was expecting much more of a aerobic-cardio focus, but there is a significant amount of strength-building exercises also. I've been using for about 30 days (two or three 45-minute workouts a week) and I definitely notice additional muscle definition in my shoulders, arms, chest and legs. One additional benefit is that the program tracks one's progress, and it is gratifying to be able to look at one's stats and see the pattern of progress.

I've tried the home gym and the exercise bike, but they get so tedious and boring...difficult to stick with. This product is engaging enough and has enough variety and (dare I say) fun so that it overcomes the boredom. I foresee this as something that I can stick with long term.

Bottom line is that if you are a hard-core fitness guru, this probably isn't for you. However, if you're a 20 or 30 or 40-something working professional and/or parent and are tyring to figure out a way to incorporate a sustainable exercise/fitness progam into a busy lifestyle, this is a good option.

Fun and challenging! Will get you in shape in no time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: January 15, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I own Yourself Fitness for almost four years already - got it when it first hit the market. And I totally love it - I even canceled my gym membership.
There are some glitches in the program of course, but I found the way to work around some of them.
1. Music is the worst - other reviewers are right about that. I usually turn its music off completely and leave only Maya's voice on (there is such an option). I use my own music instead and it really does make a difference.
2. I don't care that much about progress monitoring feature. I'm in pretty good shape and the whole purpose of working out for me is to keep it this way. So my progress report pretty much is a horizontal line. Hence a physical challenge is a boring and time-consuming hassle for me. But those challenges determine array of exercises for the next ten sessions. Basically it depends on what Maya thinks your weak side is and her recommendations for cardio, or upper body strength or etc. So with these challenges i manipulate her to do more of those exercises what I'm interested in. If i want more of core exercises i show bad performance in that group and so forth. The key is to show a moderate performance in a cardio group because focus on cardio/aerobic workout comes as a default recommendation. You need to have heart rate of 120-140 b/min after hops in physical challenge that it would consider it as a medium or moderate level for you. More or less than that and you will be stuck with a focus on aerobic exercises for the next ten sessions.
3. I saw some reviewers complained that Maya doesn't adjust the level of difficulty after she asks about it. Well she does but for the next session. She actually says it, that she "will adjust the difficulty for segments like that" and the next segment usually comes in the next session. To adjust the difficulty during current session (or for any given exercise) you need to pause the game and choose `adjust the level' from a drop-down menu.
4. The most irritating for me is when it got stuck doing the same exercise over and over again. When it happens I pause and adjust the level of difficulty, then it skips to the next exercise.
Bottom line is that this is the best (and the only) fitness program on the market and in spite of all its problems it really does make you stick to exercising routine. Hey, I stay with Maya for four years already and don't plan to leave any time soon. Well, unless the second version comes out - and there are such rumors.
PS BTW it works with Xbox 360 as well but you're going to lose all the data when you switch. So if you have an advanced status at PS2 you'll need to start all over again as a novice.

Yourself!Fitness

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: June 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Awesome! I feel like I have a personal trainer sitting right in my room with me, every step of the way. I totally sweat to this workout. Worth every penny!

Fun and a Workout at the same time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: April 03, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I read about this "game" in a gaming magazine.
It sounded good,so I recently bought it.

Think of all the money you pay into commitments
with health clubs!,there are no fees here.

Maya walks you through the member set up,
height,weight,gender all that.
Then she customizes your program.

Overall,I would love to see more like this.
If there is a "your fitness" follow up,
I'm gonna buy it!

Hope you had as much fun with this as I have,
remember no pain no gain..

Y!F Highly Underappreciated Title!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 07, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Some time ago when I was in xbox1 land (approximately 2 years ago) I bought this title to help get into shape. It was challenging, but that is why I liked it so. It got me into decent shape fairly quickly, so much so that my SO who fastidiously exercised on things such as stair masters, stationary bikes and some sort of a device called an 'elliptical' could not keep up during our jogs.

Interestingly enough I only jogged with her because she did not want to do Y!F with me, I capitulated after some discussion and so we started jogging...

Whereupon I blew out my knee because I could 'run through the pain' I had one day. OK so I'm a dumbass. The point being Y!F got me into awesome shape without blowing my knees out.

I am in the process of rehabilitating my knee through performing low impact isometric exercises while I brush my teeth(50 reps each leg)! I'm a busy student, ok a busy and somewhat weird student(But my time is optimised!).

My teeth are brighter and my legs/knees/lower abs are stronger. Since I now own a PS3 and my legs and knees are stronger it is time for me to revisit this classic and get back into shape. I had planned on getting into yoga recently when I remembered that Y!F had awesome yoga instructions as well as cardio and strength training in it already!

This is the first 'game' I will have ever have bought multi-platform, I highly recommend it.

Really like it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 29, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Bought this because my wife loves Yoga and I thought that it would be nice for her to be able to track her progress. What I didn't realize is that it also shows the correct way to do the postures, incorporates other exercises and allows you to use exercise equipment you already have in the house. What a hit this was with her. Glad I found it.

Lots of fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: July 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This really makes exercising easy- it keeps track of progress, varies the routine, and is very energetic and encouraging. My only issue is that since I am fairly athletic to start with, I found myself approaching the cap of many of the exercises- this program is more suited to beginners.

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