Aha! Proud owners, tired users, of the new Wii-Fit. Apparently, just as with the Wii-Sports, we were fortunate having pre-ordered before the release date…arriving two days following it’s release. I was actually frustrated when it came while I was in hospital, not knowing when I’d be able to try it out but I did, about two weeks later. Now, besides tennis, bowling, golf and baseball it’s running, walking a tightrope, hula-hooping (my favourite…lol), yoga postures, headering soccer balls (and shoes and panda heads!). I have tried a little of the push-ups but I stall…not my forte although I probably will force myself eventually, once I get over the fear of being stuck forever in a jack-knife or wrists buckling on a simple push-up. Worst problem is the rhythm exercises. Hey, I can dance, beat out a rhythm on imaginary drums but this exercise gets my feet all tangled. It does, however, afford great exercise for the lungs…at least for my partner who finds watching my attempts hysterical. Umm…well, that and my Sonny Bono impersonation as I fly down the ski-slope, not just missing every gate but hitting all of them. My pay-backs are her attempts at hula-hooping and yoga. ROFL!
This does appear safer for the furniture, dogs, cats…and us…than the Sports edition. No spills…physical or otherwise, no bumps or bruises, yet. And you really do get something of a work out…perhaps not the same as a gym. I wouldn’t know as a gym is the last place you would ever find me but an hour’s worth of this and you can break a pretty good sweat and enjoy a pleasant tired feeling. That’s not even going by me…but Ms. Activity (my partner) who can’t sit still for five minutes at any time, more athletic than I am (way more!) and never seems to wear down. Plus…plus…never breaks a sweat because no matter the weather, unless it’s 90 degrees never even feels anything but cold. One thing’s for sure…the balance board (the integral component to this ‘game’) is a very interesting piece of equipment…figure an hour to actually exercise and fifteen minutes to marvel at the technology. Seriously, while checking the web recently for Wii-Fit reviews (and not finding many, probably since it’s so new) I did find quite a number on the Wii-Sports and many by rehab centres. One is actually calling it’s programme Wii-Hab and has the real elderly…into their 90’s, in fact…being more active than they’ve been in years plus enjoying things they’ve been unable to do for a very long time. Hey, it’s better than Richard Simmons!
Anyway, we’re thinking it might be time to consider the Olympics for 2012.
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