Wii Fit

The Nintendo Wii has become wildly popular all over the world and many people are actually amazed by its success thus far. The Wii isn’t some super powerful gaming system, it’s actually fairy weak compared to the other two latest generation consoles on the market today, so you have to wonder why it’s so popular.

Well it’s popular because it’s more of a family centric and actual, physical action oriented console gaming system, there’s really never been anything like it available to consumers.

The Wii fit has become one of the most popular accessories or games for the Wii, we all want to be healthy, and the Wii Fit makes it fun and easy to do our exercises. The whole point of the Wii Fit is to make exercise fun and exciting, and if the sales numbers of over two million plus sold are any indication, it’s doing a good job.

The Wii Fit consists of a balance board that measures the users weight and can figure out the center of gravity as well, the included software can then calculate the body mass index after the player inputs their height and weight.

There are over forty activities included with the Wii Fit to get you on your way to a fit and healthy body, the activities are broken into four categories, Yoga, with several exercises included, Balance Games like Soccer, Skiing, Ski Jump, and Table Tilt. There’s also several strength training games included as well and even an Aerobics section which includes things like jogging around a virtual island and using a Hula Hoop.

The Wii Fit isn’t just all about exercising, it can change how you balance, how you move and how you exercise overall, it combines fitness and fun in one product.

One of the things that makes the Wii Fit so engrossing is that it’s personalized, it includes a personal trainer just for you that uses the information about you that you’ve given it to help you along with your training and exercise regiment. Just like areal trainer, you’ll get helpful guidance along the way, and tips on how to best perform the exercises. The trainer will guide you and let you know just how to do things the right way. The Wii Fit board is very sensitive so the trainer knows if your shaking, or leaning off to the side in one of the Yoga exercises, then you’ll get corrective advice to help you perform the task better.

For all of the exercises you’ll receive detailed animations of exactly what you’re supposed to be doing, and afterwards you’ll get feedback from your trainer to praise your work, or helpful feedback to help you improve the next session.

As you’re doing each exercise or task you’ll earn points, or ‘Fit Credits’ that go into the Wii Fit Bank to help you unlock new activities or games. The credits are accumulated not by just playing, but by actual time doing an exercise, so you have to work to get the credit for it. This system actually works well because you have to be doing something, it only includes actual time spent exercising and not just overall time playing the game, so you have to actually be doing an exercise and getting fit to earn your rewards.

As you progress in your routines, newer ones will be unlocked depending on how much time you have already spent on the task. Just like a real gym, once you master one exercise you can move on to the next, harder level to continue your training and improve yourself.

One of the main features of the Wii Fit is the ability to chart your progress though the software, this not only gives you an idea how fit you are becoming, but it give you a nice comparison to go by with your original body mass index, you’ll be able to see visually your progress, or lack thereof.

There’s also an included activity log so you can even add the time you’ve spent exercising other places other than the Wii Fit so you can really get a good idea of how you’re doing.

One of the things interesting about the Wii Fit is the possibility of it being integrated with WiiConnect24 to keep in contact with a doctor to help with a persons rehabilitation or you could even connect with a real trainer to help with your training.

Of course though it’s not all about working out, it’s about having fun and getting fit in the process, making exercises something fun for everyone. The makes exercising more enjoyable, and some of the activities even allow for more than one person to play, so you could take a jog with a friend and get fit together.

The Wii Fit is for all ages, everyone can use it a benefit from it, not only is it a way to get healthy, it’s a lot of fun along the way to a healthier you..