I Stand Corrected
When we first got the Wii Fit, I was convinced that you couldn’t get a real workout from using it. Sure, the yoga is great for stretching, and the strength exercises will kick your ass, but a REAL workout? I was a non-believer. Until today.
From the beginning, I was pretty good at the soccer ball dodge. I wasn’t great, but I was decent. Today I was bound and determined to get better at it, so, after my 15 minutes of yoga and 15 minutes of aerobics, I attacked it. For TWO hours. I finally got 3 perfect scores in a row (perfect on the beginner level, anyway). 555 beautiful points. Naturally, I figured I could do the same on the advanced level. Yeah, not so much. The best I could do was 607, and my feet, my calves, by hips, my abs, and my butt are screaming at me.
So yeah. You can get a real workout on the Wii. You just have to stick with it for a couple of hours. It’s not crazy cardio (that’s what the treadmill and the pool are for), but for a core workout, it certainly does its job.
And just in case you’re wondering, we had fat-free chili dogs for dinner, and I made the Hungry Girl recipe for 2 Good Twice Baked Potatoes (scroll down a bit; it’s in the middle of the page). They were delicious. I could eat one of those babies every day.
June 5th, 2008 at 8:44 pm
You’re hella good at that Wii Fit. They need to integrate the running into a Halo-like game.
June 5th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Nah, if you do the running enough, there’s a lot of scenery and other fun stuff.
June 6th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
It really is a good replacement for nights that we don’t go to the gym.