| The Nintendo Wii has been highly rated as an | | | | of exercises you might do in a gym. Others are |
| innovative games machine. It's motion detection | | | | presented as fun activities, such as heading a ball or |
| system has been novel and has helped it to the top of | | | | ski-jumping. There is even a virtual island containing a |
| the best sellers lists. | | | | number of jogging courses! |
| Motion detection, though, can have uses well beyond | | | | You may well think that playing on a games console is |
| simple games playing and Nintendo have realised this | | | | as far away from exercising as you could possibly get. |
| by marketing their Wiifit product for their Nintendo Wii | | | | Well, that's where the Wiifit system is unique. Because |
| games console. | | | | it uses motion detection, the exercising is not just |
| Basically, Wiifit software is intended to help users to | | | | 'virtual'; you really have to do it! Running faster is not |
| improve balance and posture, to lose weight, improve | | | | done by pressing keys faster; running faster is done |
| BMI (Body Mass index) and improve muscle tone or | | | | by ... well, by running faster! Thankfully, you don't have |
| fitness. This all sounds very impressive but can the | | | | to go down to a local gym to do it, you can do it in the |
| Wiifit system really be used seriously as an aide to | | | | privacy of your own home or bedroom! So no more |
| weight loss? | | | | expensive gym fees! |
| The wiifit system is basically an electronic balance | | | | Perhaps now, you can begin to see how the Nintendo |
| board which connects wirelessly to the Nintendo Wii | | | | Wiifit can fit (sic) in with a weight loss routine. By |
| games console. So, in order to make use of the WiiFit | | | | performing exercises in your own home, you are |
| system, you need to have a Wii console. If not, you'll | | | | helping yourself to burn calories and lose weight. You |
| have to go out and but one. Shop around, you may be | | | | are able to do this in your own home, so you have no |
| able to find a package that includes the Wii games | | | | more excuses about paying for the gym or not having |
| console and the Wiifit balance board. | | | | a gym nearby. |
| Included with the balance board is a disc of software | | | | Combine the wiifit package with the Wii Sports |
| which contains, activities, or exercises for the user to | | | | software that is included with many Wii consoles, then |
| use. These include yoga, body balance exercises, | | | | you have an excellent package to help you get fit. Of |
| muscle building exercises and aerobic routines. You | | | | course, like any exercise routine, it is sticking to the |
| can choose which activities to do from a very simple | | | | routine and using the wii fit package regularly, which will |
| menu system. | | | | be essential to seeing whether the wii fit package can |
| Some of the activities are designed to mimic the sort | | | | really help reduce your weight. |