Losing Weight With Nintendo Wii?

The long awaited Wii Fit game launched with success outperforming all play.com’s records by selling out their entire stock in one single day. It looks like Nintedo has got another hot selling title under their belt, this one aiming to be the fastest selling Wii game ever.

Opening the Wii Fit package you’ll find the actual game and a wireless Balance Board. When layed on the floor in front of your TV, this board is used to interact with the game using it’s pressure sensitive technology. It picks upp all directional shifts in balance which is used for different game variations.

The big question people have been asking “can this really get you fit?” In fact several studies have claimed that Wii games can help you with fitness and even promote weight loss because they’re so physical. John Moores University in Liverpool found that users could lose up to 12kg a year from exercising daily using Wii Sports sessions

Wii Fit is divided into 4 categories of exercises: Aerobic exercise, Muscle Conditioning, Yoga Poses and Balance Games. In total there are around 40 different activities included. Examples of the training are:

Step Aerobic Exercise: In this game you need to step on and off the Balance Board to music being played in the background.

Muscle Conditioning: Controlled motions using arms legs and other body parts.

Yoga exercise: Make classic poses in this exercise to focus on balance and stretching.

Ski jumping: Whereby the player squats as low as possible, while maintaining his or her balance, and then quickly stands as fast as possible in order to gain a good jump

Balance Games: Wii Fit features fun activities, such as heading soccer balls and hula hooping, that challenge the Wii Fit player’s overall body balance.

The Wii Balance board doesn’t end with Wii Fit. Nintendo has already planned at least 10 more games that will support it’s unique balance-based interface. All kind of games from fighting to sports games that suit this kind of controller.

A Wii Fit feature is the daily Wii Fit tests where results will be tracked and viewed by everyone via progress charts:

Body Mass Index (BMI): A weight calculation based on a ratio of weight to height. Wii Fit Age: Mesured by factoring the Wii Fit player’s BMI reading, testing the users’s center of gravity and conducting quick balance tests.

The Wii balance board has a weight limit of 136kg so if you want to use it and your already over that weight you’ll have to start loosing weight now!! Once your down to the weight limit and you start using the wii fit board im sure the weight will drop off you and you’ll be as fit as a butchers dog!