Wii Fit

casualsax3 · Post by **casualsax3** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:31 pm

Anyone else got one? I picked it up for my girlfriend when it came out and then got hooked on it myself.

I've been going to the gym 2-3 times a week for a year or so now, but the Wii Fit got me more interested in cardio and weight loss as opposed to just weightlifting and strength training. It's very gratifying to see tiny incremental losses in weight tracked on a graph every day. Even though you can't feel it, it definitely provides a bit of motivation as you can see your hard work actually doing something.

I do 15-20 minutes on an elliptical at the gym, and a workout on the Wii Fit on the off days. Combined with proper diet I've gone from 185 to 175 (6'1") in a bit over a month. Good stuff.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:58 am

I'm 17 years old, about 6'2", and weigh about 218 pounds. ;_;

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:20 am

I'm hoping the 218 pounds is mostly muscle.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:22 am

snkcube wrote:I'm hoping the 218 pounds is mostly muscle.

Probably mostly... but I have gotten pretty badly out of shape...

... I was sick for most of the last part of school, and didn't and still don't have very many options as far as physical activities go. :/

adventure_of_link · Post by **adventure_of_link** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:13 am

Try going to the gym

Or walk. Or do pushups.

All good choices really

Louis Cypher · Post by **Louis Cypher** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:20 am

Walks are great. I've recently gotten into letterboxing, which gets me out hiking and climbing mountains and shit that I wouldn't normally do.

Post by **badinsults** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:45 am

I went up a hill that was about 300 m high the other day. That doesn't sound impressive, except that it was really steep and the terrain was largely made up of broken up shale, making it quite a challenge.

snkcube · Post by **snkcube** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:56 am

I did quite a lot of walking while staying in Japan. The high heat plus the amount of hills I walked on was quite the work out.

Nightcrawler · Post by **Nightcrawler** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:37 pm

I trained 2 hours a day 5 days a week for many months to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro. On the worst day I hiked for 12 hours straight typically drinking over 2 liters of water a day. Needless to say when I came back from that trip I was under weight. I couldn't maintain weight while I was out there.

That was two year ago. I've scaled back to a more sane workout schedules and am about 10 pounds heavier now and generally weight lift 2 days a week and do cardio the other 2. Sometimes more, sometimes less. As an adult, it's difficult to meet a strict workout schedule with all the other potentially more important things in life going on.

With that said, I have used DDR in the winter months sometimes for cardio. Video games are certainly an interesting way to keep fit. I welcome some innovation in those areas. Anything to make working out more fun. You don't always have a friend to work out with and working out can be less than fun sometimes.

Sferics · Post by **Sferics** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:24 pm

adventure_of_link wrote:Try going to the gym

Or walk. Or do pushups.

All good choices really

Talk about the blind leading the blind

funkyass · Post by **funkyass** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:23 pm

could always buy a 40-pound dumbell.

Johan_H · Post by **Johan_H** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:01 pm

I thought the idea of Wii fit seemed a bit silly when I first heard of it, but I keep hearing really positive things about it, and anything that gets people to exercise and care about their health is a good thing I guess.

Post by **grinvader** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 8:44 pm

Still 130lbs regardless amount or quality of junk ingested.
Bitches don't know 'bout my sheer awesome metabolism.

Post by **Agozer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:19 pm

grinvader wrote:Still 130lbs regardless amount or quality of junk ingested.
Bitches don't know 'bout my sheer awesome metabolism.

110. I win.

Post by **odditude** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 9:23 pm

grinvader wrote:Still 130lbs regardless amount or quality of junk ingested.
Bitches don't know 'bout my sheer awesome metabolism.

Damn, that's how much I weighed when I had mono 10 years ago.

I weigh about 170... and should be more like 150-155. I'd probably be bigger if it wasn't for my formerly sheer awesome metabolism that's started to slow down on me as I get older.

darkbenny · Post by **darkbenny** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 5:38 pm

I weigh about 160 and stand at an awe-inspiring 5'9.5"! I wish I was taller.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 10:16 pm

I wish I was a baller. *runs*

Post by **grinvader** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:13 pm

DancemasterGlenn wrote:I wish I was a baller. *runs*

I'd rather be filthy rich and not spend mindlessly.

Oh wait.

DancemasterGlenn · Post by **DancemasterGlenn** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 11:40 pm

grinvader wrote:
DancemasterGlenn wrote:I wish I was a baller. *runs*
I'd rather be filthy rich and not spend mindlessly.

Oh wait.

lulz.