Getting (Wii) Fit

We happened to come across a Wii Fit in the past couple weeks and have been giving it a go lately. Actually, it was a gift from the wife's parents and a reward for her upcoming successful completion of the Derby Festival Mini Marathon (late April). We are just impatient and decided to open it early with the excuse she could use it as cross-training. Either way, this is my take on my Wii experience...

The setup process is somewhat involved even if you already have a Mii created. You have to have a balance and weight check while recieving all sorts of explanation for why you're doing these things. Eventually it asks you to set a goal. My big complaint here is that it uses the BMI scale to analyze you...obviously it's a simple formula, but it doesn't take into account muscle mass. Basically it's fine, since the bulk of the people who will be using it for fitness are likely not going to be muscular, or even generally athletic. So, really I'm just complaining about BMI because it doesn't really work for me. Wii fit told me I should lose 22 lbs...a feat I've just recently accomplished...not too sure I could pull it off again.

Once in the game, there are a variety of exercises categorized into either aerobic, strength, balance games, and yoga. The exercises and the balance games do give you a legitimate workout assuming you don't cheat, but they are too segmented to make it so you can get a solid quick workout in. I have yet to unlock all the events yet, but the longest exercise is only about 5 minutes before you have to go back to button pushing to setup something else.

Don't get me wrong, I do enjoy the Wii Fit and think it's more productive than your standard video games. I was and still am planning on using it to practice flexibility through the yoga moves. That will provide a good compliment to the class I try to get to on Sundays. I also found that I likely have some muscle imbalances that I can work on with the balance exercises. My wife puts me to shame with her stability.

Anyways, just wanted to share my thoughts on the Wii Fit...otherwise I'm in my recovery week before heading into Base2 and training is going pretty steady. I've got lots of upcoming posts I want to put together, so hopefully this blog will be abuzz with activity soon. Until then...