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Good Suplemental Exerciser

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

I had preordered the Wii FIT before it came out and was so excited when it arrived and have used it weekly since. It actually is really fun. As you use Wii FIT more and more, you will also gain access to additional features.
My main complaint is how it uses data on the "age determination" stage. It has rated me as 23 in one week and then 54 the next week (I'm in my 30s). Obviously, not too accurate. Still, it works out muscles that I generally don't get to in my usual daily workout.

Wii Fit is very fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 28, 2008
Author: Amazon User

The Wii Fit is really great. I get a good workout going by doing either all of the yoga poses or all of the strength training poses after doing a hula hoop and advanced step warm up. The more you use it, the more exercises and reps you unlock. I hope they will come up with some more games for it in the future.

A step in the right direction!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 05, 2008
Author: Amazon User

First of all, the game is not a replacement for all your exercise needs. It's a supplement/motivator. Secondly, it's not magic--it's exercise and it's not always enjoyable. Finally, and most importantly, it can really help you take a step in the right direction as you seek to live a healthier life!

Some people (like me) need a little bit of competition in pretty much anything they do. This game satisfies that need.

I also enjoy charting my progress. It's nice, and it helps keep me going as I work toward my goal.

The mini games will never win any gaming awards, but such a critique would be missing the point. And some of the games are actually pretty fun. I used to play soccer so I get a kick out of the "header" game.

This game is also a step in the right direction for Nintendo as it relates to the strength of the presently available libriary of software for the Wii. (Which unfortunately remains weak!)

Well worth the ivestment in the game, and certainly in yourself as well!

--peace

kids present to me

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: September 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

My kids bought me the wii and wii fit for my birthday this last may. Mind you all my kids are grown and have left home. They now spend more time at my house playing this with me than they did their last years of high school. It has brought us back together and we love the sharing and competition as well. I am not much into video games but this being something you can stand up and be active and do is remarkable. We love it and look forward to more games that will get us up off the couch and bring us together for fun.

Not Effective Use of Exercise Time

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I must say though the Wii fit is mildly entertaining, it was not what I has expected when I purchased it.
I thought I would be able to have a fitness class or some training at home. What the Wii fit offers is a demonstration of very short exercises you can choose to do. There is no 'class' or even substantial segment of fitness routines anywhere on Wii fit. You must INDIVIDUALLY select to do a single yoga pose or a single set of push-ups. After each one, lasting approximately 1-2 minutes, you must choose to "retry" or "quit". When you "quit", you return to a menu to select another individual exercise. There are several things in between each and every exercise you complete providing feedback and a score. Not bad information but terrible to stop constantly and push A and wait again for another menu choice. The menu will suggest doing 2 exercises in a row, but you cannot highlight or select that as an option and have 2 in row come on screen.

The graphing and progress reports are interesting and beneficial. The concept of the board being able to measure and assess balance is great. I just don't have the extra time to stop and wait between each movement. Going through the menus constantly is frustrating when I want to exercise. It takes about 55 minutes of time to accomplish 30 minutes of workout as logged by the Wii fit.

Fit @ Home

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a great product for anyone that likes video games and can enjoy energetic full body activities. Wonderful for everyone!

Wii-Fit Supplementary Activity

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: August 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I recently bought the wii-fit thinking it was going to be a hard-core workout like Tae-Bo or something, not the case. It's slow with many pauses between exercise moves. I think its great for the sedentary child or family fun, but definitly not as your sole exercise routine. My advice is buy it for fun, to get the family moving behind the tv set, don't buy it if you want to lose weight, you'll just be disappointed and don't buy it if you are used to intense workouts, you'll only be disappointed. Bottom line- wii-fit is for entertainment, fun and can really get sedentary kids moving! and apart from my stars given, my kids would give 5!

Enjoyable way to exercise at home

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 24, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I really like the immediate feedback on how well I am doing. I have only done it 10 days, but the variety so far is good. I like the graphing and tracking of progress. The exercises are short, so I feel like I am doing a lot of different things. There is a big focus on balance, which is a big issue for me. I wish there were a way to speed up the commentary between exercises, as they are repetitive.

Great family fun!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 23, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is a very fun game for the whole family. Not sure how accurate the BMI is for kids. My 7 year old loves it! Great way to get kids off the couch!

Wii Fit takes the boredom out of exercising..

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 19, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've been using the Wii Fit for 3-4 weeks and still like it. The more you use it, the more activities become available (so you want to keep using it to see what new stuff you'll get). This is probably good for beginners or intermediate exercisers. There's a wide variety of exercises and you can focus on different things depending on your mood. My favorite one is the advanced step where you do step exercises for 5 minutes and its fun and lively and you don't realize you just got 5 min of exercise in. The yoga and strength exercises are also good and challenge you. [...]

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