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09. Jun 2007
A Father's Day Dream Gift
My husband is a big fan of The Sopranos! Trouble is, he's a very busy man and can't always match his schedule to the CTV schedule. He'll be so pleased! Now he can watch "Tony an de boyz" anytime the mood strikes him.
Great acting and cinematography. Love the music, and the "Jersey" settings are perfect! If you want a gritty look at the characters living just outside the law, this is the series to watch!
12. Jun 2009
Fantastic Results!!!
4 von 4 finden das hilfreich Pros:
No dressing, no driving, no excuses
Excellent combination of aerobics, strength training, yoga, and games
Great results, if you're consistent and dedicated
Good motivator; it tracks your progress day by day
Personalized Mii is fun to create
Cons:
The "encouraging words" can get very old very quickly
A bit unstable for yoga poses requiring one-leg balancing
Time wasted introducing, scoring, encouraging, and transitioning
Nintendo's lawyers have been all over this. Before you start, you have to watch two warnings TWICE.
Overall: The best full body workout for just pennies a day!
I first tried the Wii Fit at a neighbor's. My husband was skeptical, but I bought one. Today was my 100th Day! I've logged over 140 hours, and I still hop on it 1st thing in the morning.
Since starting the Wii Fit, I lost 14.6 pounds, dropped over a size, my lipid profile dropped 29%, my blood sugar is back to normal, my bone mineral density improved, & I just feel better generally. My internist loves my Wii Fit almost as much as I do! My posture, balance, flexibility, and stability have also improved. I know because my Wii Fit tells me.
A quick overview:
The Body Test: You have to take The Body Test or you don't get a stamp on your calendar. Standing on the balance board, your Body Mass Index, Weight, and Center of Gravity are measured. You can also take two of about 6 balance tests. Wii chooses them more or less randomly. You do get credit for all the exercises and activities you do.
Yoga: 15 poses, easy "you've got to be kidding". Best done on an uncarpeted surface. Even then, the balance board is jiggly. You'll need a yoga mat.
Strength Training: 15 workouts designed to work on specific muscles and paired to a yoga pose. I try to do these first. For me, they're the hardest. If I wait, I won't do as well on them, if I have the energy to do them!
Aerobics: 3 of activities @ 3 difficulty levels -- Hula Hoop, Dance, and Running. Hula Hoop sounds easy & fun. Not totally so! The balance board measures shifts in your center of gravity to determine if the hoops keep spinning or fall off your Mii. Try that for 10 minutes! Dance is my favorite. I do Basic Step & Advanced Step twice. Add 6 minutes of Hula Hoop & you have 20 minutes of aerobics. I'm not a big fan of running, so I've only done the easy one a few times..
Balance "Games" - These are fun, but they're a lot more than games. They are tests of your body-mind coordination, agility and accuracy.
Take Soccer Heading: a bunch of Miis line up & kick soccer balls TOWARD you (not right at you). 80 balls in beginner & 120 in advanced. Mixed in are soccer shoes and panda heads. You earn a point for the 1st soccer ball you head. Keep heading them w/o missing one -- or heading a soccer shoe or panda head -- & you earn more points for each header, up to 10 points for the 10th and subsequent balls. Heading a soccer shoe or panda head costs points (1 & 3) and ends your string. In theory, you could earn 755 points as a beginner (1155 in advanced). That's a perfect score. Thing is, you'd have to head EVERY soccer ball and miss EVERY soccer shoe & panda. You have just a fraction of a second to decide which is which and how far to lean to head the right one. It gets harder & faster; then they're kicking two things at a time! In 359 tries, my best scores are 397 @ beginner & 180 @ advanced. Pro beginner; amateur advanced. Champion? I don't even know the cutoff score
08. Mär 2009
Working Out Rocks!!!
The Nintendo Wii console is probably great, but I bought mine with a Wii Fitness platform and software -- and Wii Fit really rocks!
There are lots of different kinds of activities: aerobics, yoga, strength building, balance -- and each activity has a dozen or more ways to work out while having fun doing it.
Every type of activity gives you three or four games to play initially. The more you play, and the more time and points you rack up, the more activities are open to you.
Everyone in your household can create their own Mii and then keep track of their progress as they work out and play. You can chart a goal for weight loss or gain, changing your BMI(Body Mass Index), and it even keeps track of your fitness age.
My Wii Fit console and Wii console arrived Wednesday evening. I set it up right then and started working out. It's now late Saturday night, and I've racked up 4 hours and 57 minutes of exercise and training time. As I improve, I can challenge myself with more difficult balance games, combine strength training with yoga or aerobics, basically, create a workout that suits you.
I first experienced Wii at a dinner party last Saturday. By Monday, I had bid on and won my set up, and now I'm clocking in the time. There are so many different activities, it's not like an exercise bike or treadmill. You can really mix it up. It's right there whenever you want to use it. No dressing out and driving to the gym. No concerns that the weather will interfere with your routine. And because it's right there, should your regular day get changed around, you can still probably work in 30 minutes.
Two things I could live without: Every time you turn the Wii Fit on, there's a series of warnings and suggested precautions, plus an explanation of how to use the remote. It takes a couple of minutes, and there doesn't appear to be a way to skip it. The other thing is the verbal interface. The "voice" of the Wii sounds like a borderline obnoxious kid. The trainers, whether you chose the babe or the dude, can become pretty tiresome with their tips and encouragement. Fortunately, with a few exceptions, you can mute the sound.
So, the WII Fit is exercise made FUN, CONVENIENT, TIME AND ENERGY EFFICIENT, AND DID I MENTION FUN?! There's something for everybody, and even if you don't think you'll like a game initially, if you're at all competitive, you'll be punching the "Retry" button over and over again, trying to edge out someone with a higher score, find out what's at the end of the river or tightrope, or just plain compete to better your own score.
There are apparently tons of games to use on the Wii, plus mine came with four sports games that two or more people can play together: tennis, soccer, boxing, and golf.
In short, have fun while you're getting or keeping yourself fit!