Time to get a Wii bit fitter
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My lovely wife bought me a copy of Wii Fit Plus for my birthday this year and I think it’s fair to say I haven’t used it nearly enough. It’s great fun to play, but since it involves your whole body really does require you to be in the right mood, a mood different from regular gaming.
But since winter is coming to an end and spring is just around the corner, I’ve found my motivation to get stuck back into the whole exercise and eating right groove.
Yesterday I was all fired up to go for a run, but it was raining and after a stop at the health food shop on the way home, it was getting dark. I thought about what I could do and decided Wii Fit was the way to go, burn some calories, have a bit of a laugh and get back to Prince of Persia, my current gaming fix, tomorrow.
Foolishly, I let the Wii pick the exercises for me and it started me out with a couple of yoga poses. The first one, downward facing dog, wasn’t too bad, the ones I really struggle with are the ones where you stand on one leg due to poor proprioception.The next two yoga poses were a nightmare, the tree, where you stand on one leg with your other foot on your supporting thigh, and a single leg twist which is a knee raise like exercise but the leg you are raising never returns to the ground.
After feeling like a total klutz, I moved on to a couple of exercises I can do and enjoy: rhythm boxing and rhythm kung fu. Both are simple to master, require only a small sense of timing and build up a good sweat.
Super Hula Hoop popped up next, again good fun and good work out, before I finished off with a nice relaxing round of Ski Jump.
All in all, I think that Wii Fit actually gives a pretty good workout and I think I’m going to make an effort to play everyday this week. It’s fun, it’s easy and it’s in my living room, basically it’s the perfect workout.
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