Video Games : Wii Fit

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from: Nintendo

Price: $163.16

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Amazon Maximum Age: 20 years
Amazon Minimum Age: 60 months
Binding: Video Game
Brand: Nintendo
EAN: 0045496901080
ESRB Age Rating: Everyone
Label: Nintendo
Manufacturer: Nintendo
Model: RVLRRFNE
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Publisher: Nintendo
Release Date: May 21, 2008
Sales Rank: 2
Studio: Nintendo

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Lean to block soccer balls, swivel hips to power hoop twirls or balance to hold the perfect yoga pose. As you stand on the Wii Balance Board, included with Wii Fit, your body's overall balance is tied to the game in a way you've never experienced before
Wii Fit also uses the Wii Balance Board for daily tests. These evaluate two key measures that a household can track via progress charts -
Body Mass Index (BMI) - A weight evaluation based on a ratio of weight to height
Wii Fit Age - The Wii Fit Age is measured by factoring the user's BMI reading, testing the user's center of gravity and conducting quick balance tests
Wii Fit includes more than 40 types of training activities designed to appeal to all members of a household. Training falls into four fitness categories -

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Product Description:
Get a great workout right in your home without going to the gym. Nintendo Wii Fit with Wii Balance Board turns your living room into a fitness center for the whole family. Family members will have fun getting a "core" workout, and talking about and comparing their results and progress on a new channel on the Wii Menu. Aerobic Exercise - 10-minute exercises that are designed to get your heart pumping Muscle Conditioning - Controlled motions using arms, legs and other body parts Yoga Poses - Classic poses that focus on balance and stretching Balance Games - Fun activities, such as ski jumping and heading soccer balls, that challenge the player's overall body balance

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The active-play phenomenon started by Wii Sports now spreads to your whole body thanks to Wii Fit and the pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board, which comes bundled with it. Used together players will experience an extensive array of fun, dynamic and surprisingly challenging activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and balance oriented games. The focus of these activities is towards providing a "core" workout, a popular exercise method that emphasizes slower, controlled motions, but it's the fun approach to fitness of Wii Fit that will keep players hooked on fitness for years to come.

Have fun while you get fit

The Wii Balance Board.
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Calculate your BMI and Wii Fit age.
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Enjoy a wide variety of mini-games.
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Follow your own personal trainer.
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Track your progress against friends.
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The Wii Fit Balance Board
The primary tenet of Wii Fit is balance. Your center of balance, the point between your left and right sides when you stand upright, has a lot to do with your health. Those without an even center of balance will be unnaturally compensating for this imbalance, which causes their posture to become misaligned, increasing the possibility of putting unnecessary strain on their bodies. This is where the Wii Balance Board comes in.

Similar in appearance to a step aerobics board, the Wii Balance Board is much, much more. Easily capable of supporting weights up to a maximum of 300 pounds, it is sturdy and precise, able to measure weight and register pressure accurately when placed on a variety of flat surfaces. This advanced level of sensitivity allows for both the wide range of activities found in the Wii Fit software as well as the board's amazing ability recognize individual players by their weight alone.

Getting Started: Create a Profile
Before you jump into doing exercises and activities, you'll start by creating a profile. This is done easily and intuitively by simply choosing a Mii, entering your height and age information, and doing a few quick tests that will serve as a baseline for your new Wii fitness regimen. These tests are:

BMI Check: BMI, or Body Mass Index, is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that is the standard used by agencies such as the World Health Organization and the National Institute of Health. To check your BMI, you'll enter your height then stand on the Wii Balance Board and let it read your weight.
Wii Fit Age: After you've checked your BMI, you'll do a basic balance test and find out your current Wii Fit Age. This basic balance test measures how well you can control your left and right balance. Based on the results, you'll be assigned a Wii Fit Age.

Four Categories of Fun
Once you have created your profile it's time to have some fun. Wii Fit features four main categories of exercises to choose from: Strength Training, Aerobics, Yoga and Balance Games. Wii Fit will guide you through the first three with the help of your own virtual personal trainer, while the balance games offer variety and fun to help keep you engaged and excited about your fitness goals. In addition, as you spend time exercising, you'll earn Fit Credits that unlock additional exercises and activities within your favorite categories that will allow you to continue to push yourself. See more detail on the four categories below:

Strength Training: Put your strength to the test with muscle-toning exercises like Single Leg Extension, Sideways Leg Lift, Arm and Leg Lift, Single-Arm Stand, Torso Twists, Rowing Squat, Single Leg Twist, Lunge, Push-Up and Side Plank, Jackknife, Plank and Tricep Extension. Challenges include Push-Up Challenge, Plank Challenge and Jackknife Challenge.
Aerobics: Get your heart pumping with fun, interactive Aerobic exercises like Hula Hoop, Basic Step, Basic Run, Super Hula Hoop, Advanced Step, 2-P Run, Rhythm Boxing, Free Step and Free Run.
Yoga: Work on your balance and flexibility with Yoga poses and activities like Deep Breathing, Half-Moon, Dance, Cobra, Bridge, Spinal Twist, Shoulder Stand, Warrior, Tree, Sun Salutation, Standing Knee, Palm Tree, Chair, Triangle and Downward-Facing Dog.
Balance Games: Get into the action with fun, balanced-based games like Soccer Heading, Ski Slalom, Ski Jump, Table Tilt, Tightrope Walk, Balance Bubble, Penguin Slide, Snowboard Slalom and Lotus Focus.

Keep Track of Your Progress
Because keeping fit is an ongoing process, Wii Fit also tracks the activities you do the most and puts them into your Favorites category. With this information players can note exercises and activities that they are strong in, as well as others that may need to improve at. Some of the ways players can use this information for are to:

Keep tabs on your daily progress with easy-to-understand graphs and charts. Using your personal profile, you can set goals, view a graph of your BMI results over time, see how many Fit Credits you've earned, check your Wii Fit Age and even enter exercise time you've done outside of Wii Fit. It's all about coming back and exercising a little every day, and the personal profile makes tracking your daily progress simple and easy.
Quickly check your Wii Fit Age and BMI without even putting the game in the console by going directly to the Wii Fit Channel.
Allow up to eight family members can create their own profiles in Wii Fit. On the profile-selection screen, everyone in the family can see each other's recent BMI progress and Fit Credit total. This will allow families to have a friendly competition to exercise and get fit.

Variety, fun and progress tracking; Wii Fit has it all. So, Wii owners if you ready to reclaim your balance and get fit all you need is Wii Fit, a few minutes a day to play and the urge to have fun. Get on board today.

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- Fun for any fitness level
This is so much fun! Everyone that's tried it loves it. It's amazing how in some of the activities you look like you're hardly moving but you can really feel the workout. I love the personalization, and no, I can't do pushups yet...skip that part....:-). But that's okay. There's plenty more to do.

Rating:

- love the wii fit
my kids are loving it!
no problem with this retailer---fast delivery and products works great

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- Great for all ages. Fun, good exercize.
My teenaged granddaughters and I play this together. They are doing it more diligently than I, and the games are a lot of fun, to do AND to watch. Great for balance. Very, very enjoyable.

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- A physical fitness triumph
I am a couch potato but I've been thinking of getting in shape, since I'm 53 I know that waiting only increases my chances of having major health issues of a cardio-vascular type. I've been using the Wii fit for about one month and I feel better overall than when I began using it. The exercises are challenging enough to really make a difference in your fitness. I've read reviews by gamers who dislike this device because it isn't as fun as they'd like. Gamers should realize this is a physical fitness aid, like having your own personal trainer at your beck and call 24/7 and is not a game other than the balance area of the package which I think is fun. If you'd like to get in shape I highly recommend this product. It is great!

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- Start BMI=45, 28 days later, BMI=40. Yeah it's obese, but less than before.
OK so the Wii Fit has a weight limit of 330 lbs. When I first got it, I couldn't use it because I weighed in at slightly more than 330. I have R/A, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue syndrome. I'm a mess. I have been steadily gaining weight in spite of a fairly regimented diet and feeling like there was no way out, along came the Wii Fit. I can't handle ANY kind of impact exercise so I thought maybe this would work for me, and my goodness it does.

The exercises are not easy - well a few are - but for someone as stiff and fat as I am, they are all a challenge. I started with just 10 minutes a day and now I am up to 35 minutes. I have lost 10 lbs in 28 days (and for me, that's great! I don't lose weight easily.) I know I am building muscle and even more important, flexibility. I am careful with my joints and if they show signs of extraordinary irritation, I change the program to accommodate it.

I don't expect to lose tons of weight fast, nor do I want to (well, I'd LOVE to, but I also know I would gain it back even faster if I lost it too quickly.) Once I got my weight down to the 330 limit I started working and now I am below 320. I have less than 100 lbs to go now (I'm a big guy to begin with.)

So, even if you have arthritis like I do, or some other medical condition that otherwise might prevent you from "Gym type" exercises, the Wii Fit might be for you! (Probably should consult your physician first to be sure.) Just DO IT!


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