Can You Game Yourself Fit?

on 2/14/2009 | filed in: Exercise and Workouts / Health
Can You Game Yourself Fit? There's nothing worse than getting ripped off.

To invest your hard earned money on a product that promises results that aren't delivered.

That's how millions of new Wii Fit owners are feeling right now, and I don't blame them.

The Wii Fit is marketed as the latest and greatest way to lose weight and be fit. The specialized Nintendo is supposed to do the job of your gym, your treadmill and even your personal trainer.

That's a lot of pressure for a video game.

With all the buzz surrounding the Wii Fit, I decided that some research was in order. What is this Wii Fit, and how is it qualified to get you into the best shape of your life?

The Wii uses television and a wireless "balance board" that is about two feet wide and half as deep. The board is basically a fancy scale, which measures your weight and detects your equilibrium. To play Wii Fit, you stand on the board and do a series of games that fall into one of four categories: aerobics, balance, strength, and yoga.

My research did turn up some cases of documented weight loss as a result of Wii Fit play time. In each case the person went from a sedentary lifestyle (basically a couch potato) and saw weight loss after doing the Wii Fit for 30-60 minutes per day.

Walking for 30-60 minutes per day will give the same results.

To really understand the purpose of this product I did a search on Shigeru Miyamoto, he's the creator of the Wii Fit.

What he said may shock you.

"I don't think Wii Fit's purpose is to make you fit; what it's actually aiming to do is make you aware of your body," he said. "That's why we wanted people to talk with their families about Wii Fit, and become aware of these things together as a group."

The purpose of the Wii Fit is not to make you fit?!

But what about the marketing pieces that are telling you to use the Wii Fit as your one-stop shop for fitness and weight loss?

What about the people who purchased a Wii Fit with the hopes of losing 30 lbs?

It's time to call the Wii Fit what it really is: a video game...entertainment, and that's it.

Don't get me wrong, the Wii Fit is a fun, interactive game that gets you to burn more calories than you would just sitting on the couch. People enjoy playing it with their kids and it sure beats lounging on the couch watching T.V.

But it's just like the creator of the product said; it's not intended to make you fit. Sure, it may be marketed that way but that's not what it's for and that's not what it does.

Don't sell yourself on the idea that a video game will get you into great shape.

Play the Wii Fit. Enjoy the Wii Fit. Burn a few calories with the Wii Fit.

And then contact me for a workout that will truly change your life and get you the body that you want, because all of my programs were created with the purpose of getting YOU fit.

You can quote me on it.

No Short Cuts. No Games.  Win.


Dave Gleason
www.HomeOfficeWorkouts.com
"Fast, Repeatable, Effecient, Effective"

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gaztkd gaztkd
April 22, 2009
11:45 AM
Wii fitt ....Mahhhhh, its a huge con that attracts the average Joe. (or people who do not take sport serious/have no idea about fitness) I hear people saying "I did 6 rounds of boxing on my wii today and burned 3000 calories" << that says it all for me apparantly it has some point system call kalories and it tricks people into thinking they are calories they burned. all i can say it congratulations to Nintendo for making so much money out of theese suckers :L

 
charlievan The Beast April 22, 2009  11:56 AM
LMAO way to put it to words G lmao more and more the more I read it. Its just another way to give the lazy ones anexcuse to stay home.

Lacus Lacus
February 15, 2009
12:36 AM
I haven't tried the wii fit, but I know that it is not the only game that will "get you off the couch". Dance Dance Revolution has been around longer, and is a fun game. If you practice it enough, you can lose a pile of weight playing that as well. But as with any "fitness tool" there is NO benefit if it's not USED.

MoneyShot MoneyShot
February 14, 2009
9:56 PM
wii fit is such a joke. i look down on people who own it for reasons other than "it's fun to play"

OldeButGoode DareDevil
February 14, 2009
7:53 PM
You said it " No Short Cuts, No Games. Win " !!

sexybeast sexybeast
February 14, 2009
7:23 PM
Nice post man. I think you said it best. It's intended to make you have fun. I may also encourage people to get outside and actually do something when they loose a few pounds, but other than that, it's just entertainment.

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