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I need to exercise more than my daily walks, but don't have time to get to the gym. We have a Wii and I'm wondering if it would be worthwhile getting Wii Fit to use in the evenings when the kids are asleep. I just don't know if people actually do get fit using it! I also need low impact exercises (no running or steps) due to my dodgy pelvis - would a Wii Fit cater for this?
TIA :D
If you have to go out and buy it, I'd recommend the active over the fit. I am currently doing the 30 day challenge on the active. The challenge has running in it, but you can walk it (on the spot) if you want to or just delete the exercise all together.
Oooh, what's the active? (Can you tell I'm clueless :lol:)
ETA: And do you need a balance board for it?
It's called Wii Active. I think there might be a Wii Active 2 out now as well. You can use it with our without a Wii balance board which I also like, cause the batteries in our balance board seem to go walkabout. Comes with a resistance band so you can do arm work outs etc. But people do recommend buying more resistant resistance bands as the one that comes with is pretty easy. I actually broke mine yesterday LOL. I cut cut off the broken bit and re attached it to the strap, as they are pretty long anyway. Has heaps of activites and if you do the challenge it is something different every day, and you can set your level as well .. easy, medium, hard. I am currently doing medium.
That sounds great! Just Googled and it's pretty cheap :D. I don't have a balance board though, the ad says you get more out of it with a board, but is that just a sales ploy? LOL @ breaking the band, you must be hardcore :lol:.
How are you finding it Kat? Do you enjoy it? Do you feel like it's working?
I might try and talk DH into buying it for me for Mother's Day :D
Yeah it's just a sales ploy LOL. They will do exercises for you with or without a board and asks if you have one or not before you start, and in all honesty I am on Day 11 of the challenge and only had a couple of activities with the board.
You definitely feel it the first few days. Omg I could hardly walk LOL. You do 2 days then they give you a day off, 2 days, day off etc. I've also been watching what I eat during the time as well and have dropped a kilo. I was doing it before christmas too, until Day 10 when I tore a tendon in my ankle from side lunges. So now I just cross out them :D I had lost a kilo in the first 10 days prior to Christmas too, but put it back on over christmas when I was laid up cause of the ankle LOL.
Totally agree with Kat Trish. I have both and the EA Active is far better in terms of fitness. I actually find it better without the board as I can use it wearing sneakers.
When we lived in Darwin last year I lost 5 kilos in a couple of months walking and using it.
I have extra dumbells and step height for mine too, but I do go to the gym and find that on it's own it isn't much of a challenge.
eta I hate side lunges too Kat - always delete them!
Ouch @ tearing a tendon! Think I'll give those side lunges a miss if I get one!!
Thanks Kim! I'm hoping it will be something a bit extra on the side to compliment my daily walking. I don't want to be mega-fit, just feeling fit and hopefully I can lose a few kgs.
I've put on 5kg this year which is unheard of for me! I've always been the same weight (apart from when I've been pg or just had a bub) since my early 20's and am freaking out that I might actually have to do something to keep weight off now :rofl:
LOL Trish that sounds just like me. I was quite happy at my 55kg, in the healthy range for the BMI. I have put on 10kg in 18mths and since going onto the depo injection. Dr said that the Depo makes you feel hungry and it isn't the dep itself.... yeah right ;)
I don't like walking by myself. So a friend is coming out with me from next week and 3 days a week we'll do laps of the footy oval down the end of my road. Oh and on nice days and when I am not at the school myself. I will be walking down to pick the kids up. I used to have to walk rain hail or shine till we got our 2nd car 2.5yrs ago :D which sort of coincides with the weight going on :shhh:
Good on you for organising someone to walk with! I walk to DS1's school each day - it's 10 mins each way and on the way there it's uphill with me pushing a pram. On the days DS2 goes to kinder (joined to the school) I have an extra 20 min walk that day, so I walk about 40 - 60 mins a day - just not all at once!
I guess I'd better start eating a bit better too...:doh:
We're thinking of getting a wii...
Worth it to get the wii active?
i used wii fit in conjunction with an excersise bike (sat it in the loungeroom & watched tv so i didnt get bored).. i lost 10kgs along with healthy eating!
i love the yoga, step class and hula hoops on wii fit!
Very interested in getting a wii. You guys are really convincing me that its worth it....
We love our Wii! We all have a ball with it and my mum loved it so much she and my step-dad went and bought themselves one :rofl:.
I was able to convince DH to let me buy the Wii Active! I will go shopping this week sometime, can't wait to try it out!!
I like my wiifit activities but not the put downs
I don't have the wii active, although I think you've just convinced me Astro!
My only bit of advice, don't use the scales on the board. Use your own. Apparently, I weighed 1kg less before I started an hour long jog around my loungeroom. I did the run around (at midnight mind you) and checked the weight again, and it told me I'd gained a full kilo. I find the weigh-ins to be way off with my scales at home. I lost 3kgs and could feel it in my clothes, and the wii fit again said I'd gained. Great morale booster!
A question Kat!! I went and had a look at the EA Sports Active yesterday (the sales people were HOPELESS everywhere I went :rolleyes:) and they had the first version at one place that comes with that leg strap thingy and the big rope-type thing (can't think of what it's called right now!) and it was $34.95. At Target they had the EA Sports Active 2 which mentions something about a personal trainer and has a heartrate monitor (I think) and it's $99. Which one do you have? I don't know which one I should get!!
I have the original the big rope thingy is the resistance band. I don't have the 2nd one. The first one has like a PT too.
Oh cool! I'm happy to only have to pay $34.95 then! Thanks so much :D
Just thought I'd bump this as I have been using my wii fit for a couple of days now...
It gets me sweaty and hot (as opposed to hot and sweaty :lol: ) and my heart rate rises.
Anyone else use it? What is your fave activity?
I loved the aerobics and yoga exercises. I got a new one a while back that seemed to really get my heart rate up too.
I noticed that the Wii Fit Plus was really good on my abs (you could see definition after a month or so). So if you're after toning, I'd recommend it. And my legs would always hurt a bit afterwards climbing the stairs, so my muscles were clearly getting something out of it!
I'm planning on getting back onto it once I'm past the postnatal six weeks.
Hoola hoops! Works a treat on the mid area :)
Yeah Joeve! I do the hoops. Usually for about 10 mins. How long would you recommend??
Eta: sorry Jen, I missed your post! I am pretty sure I have no abs :lol: I do, however, have a lot of belly flab. I do the step on fast pace for 20 or 30 mins at the moment. I want to get it up to an hour.
I did the max amount (but you have to unlock that, from memory).
Boxing was also a good workout.
I have a step raising base for mine and I find that certainly adds an extra kick.
I like the boxing too, and there's a game where you have to fly and land on islandy things....it makes your arms hurt. And there's also one of the combo games where you have to run and jump and flap and etc etc. It gets your heart rate up too.
I have step raisers but I haven't used them yet. I want to work up to it!!!
Hello Fellow Wii-Fitters!!
I am currently excpecting and so i am only doing the yoga and muscle exercises for the time being and i find them great! I get the slight heart rate rise which the ob recommended and i can feel that my muscles have been working after....let you know in June if the core muscles have been trained enough....lol
We just got xbox and the kinetic one! Hope to loose a couple kilos. I was sore for days doing the exercise one, Want to get the zumba.
Zumba is great!
I'm also using wii fit plus, I do the 'free step' for 30 mins and watch tv while I'm doing it. I've started using water bottles as weights to help tone up my arms.