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Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 4th May 08 1:35 pm
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Bought Wii Fit yesterday. First tried it today.
My centre of gravity was good, if not slightly back, and I scored a fitness age of 21.
BMI was 26, classed as overweight. How, I don't know, but muscle is heavier than fat, still, lets see if this can take me down to BMI of 23 in the next 14 days (unlikely, since I go to the gym every week).
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 5th May 08 9:09 am
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Impressive. I was almosy underweight with an age of 38. +14 years oin my normal gae
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 6th May 08 11:56 am
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And I will have to steal this game off one of you...
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 6th May 08 5:10 pm
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I got 20 yesterday. Just going to the gym, when I get back I'll do more wii fit.
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 9th May 08 6:40 am
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Day 5 yesterday, scored 26, mostly because I had a new test where I have to stand still. The screen shows your COG but then start moving the area, and I thought I had to follow it at first, so my balance sucked on that test.
Did 35 minutes and it told me to have a break, I just switched it off.
Press ups on the balance board are so bloody hard. The dimples press into your hands, and it strains your wrist. I generally use dumbells because you can hold on to the bars, and it doesn't strain your wrists.
Any improvements over 30 minutes / 5 days so far? None that I can tell.. A bit tender in the morning as usual, but no substantial changes.
Today I'll do another 30+ minutes, but I'm going to use a stop watch, because I'm not convinced the minute is an actual exercise minute.
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 11th May 08 5:26 pm
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Yesterday I timed it.. Near enough, I think it rounds up, and I got 20, lost 4lbs.
Today, I got 20, gained 3lbs, probably because of the curry I had the night before, also crashed my bicycle, got a fair few bruises and cuts and dislocated my little finger. fortunately I don't really use it for typing.
I bombed it down a cycle path and my wheel turned independantly of the handle bars, and I took a big tumble. The problem is that I have to undo my handle bars so I can get the bike into the basement, I must not have dome them up tight enough.
Still, without a helmet I'm pretty happy with the result, I mean, I could have very easily have cracked my head open on the pavement or cut my face to pieces, or even landed in dog shit, but I didn't.
Let that be a lesson to all, make sure your bicycle is fit to cycle before you bomb it down a hill or something, and even then, wear a helmet.. I won't, I'm too cool for that, plus it's too hot, I'll just take things steadier from now on.
As for me, my knee hurts like hell and my bruises and cuts are sore. As a result, I'll probably miss a day of Wii Fit until I can stand without pain in my knee.
But anyway, my first week summary:
I started with a Wii fit age of 21, and since it's pretty much been 20 except that one time I was caught off guard with the standing still test. Has this improved my posture? Not really, but I'm more aware of how I'm standing and walking than I used to be. After gaining 3lbs, the game made me confront why I had gained it with a selection of fixed answers, such as snacking and ate too much. I guess admitting if you're snacking or eating too much is a good step on the road to fitness.
Has this generally improved my fitness? A bit soon to tell, results will show in about 2 months. Lack of any direction is a bad point, you're pretty much left to yourself to decide what you want to do and how much you want to do, which makes it difficult to achieve your targets.
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 11th May 08 6:38 pm
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... Bombed?
You bombed it down a hill?
Dude, my friends say that, and their vocabulary mainly consists of words like "Innit geez man."
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 11th May 08 8:05 pm
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How else would you describe it?
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 12th May 08 6:56 pm
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Bombed is a good word. When we go biking you "bomb" over a jump.
Ben, what bike do you have ?
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 13th May 08 4:40 pm
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x-rated it says on it.. It's charcoal black, suspension on the front, front disc break. 21 gears.
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 16th May 08 6:50 am
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Skipped 4 days due to bad knee, but continued last night. Age 20, gained 3lbs apparently. Did about an hour of exercise. I'll do more tonight.
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 19th May 08 5:50 am
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End of the 2 weeks is up.
Lost nothing. Gained some.
Overall, Wii fit is used with other regular exercise and healthy balanced diet in order to loose weight. People will be delusional if they think this game made them lose weight without that.
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 7th Aug 08 12:55 pm
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since i got my wii fit i rarely used it due to time/work. Damn!
Gotta make a program of sorts...
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 7th Aug 08 2:04 pm
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i havent heard any success stories with wii fit used to lose weight i think people are just stuck in the hype of the game because it sposed to make you fit
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Mock, YEAH, Ing, YEAH, Bird, YEAH, Yeah, YEAH!
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Re:Wii Fit - progress
Posted: 7th Aug 08 9:24 pm
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I agree, Wii Fit is overrated. Here in New Zealand it costs $200!
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