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• Brand: Nintendo
• Model: RVLRRFNE
• Released on: 2008-05-21
• ESRB Rating: Everyone
• Platform: Nintendo Wii
• Dimensions: 13.00" h x 3.00" w x 20.00" l, 10.00 pounds

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The active-play phenomenon started by Wii Sports now spreads to your whole body thanks to Wii Fit and the pressure-sensitive Wii Balance Board, which comes bundled with it. Used together players will experience an extensive array of fun, dynamic and surprisingly challenging activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and balance oriented games (Wii Fit,Wii,Fit,Workout,Yoga,Yoga For Kids,Yoga Wii Fit,Wii Wii,Fit Fit). The focus of these activities is towards providing a "core" workout, a popular exercise method that emphasizes slower, controlled motions, but it's the fun approach to fitness of Wii Fit that will keep players hooked on fitness for years to come.

Have fun while you get fit

The Wii Balance Board. View larger.

Calculate your BMI and Wii Fit age. View larger.

Enjoy a wide variety of mini-games. View larger.

Follow your own personal trainer. View larger.

Track your progress against friends. View larger.

The Wii Fit Balance Board
The primary tenet of Wii Fit is balance. Your center of balance, the point between your left and right sides when you stand upright, has a lot to do with your health. Those without an even center of balance will be unnaturally compensating for this imbalance, which causes their posture to become misaligned, increasing the possibility of putting unnecessary strain on their bodies. This is where the Wii Balance Board comes in.

Similar in appearance to a step aerobics board, the Wii Balance Board is much, much more. Easily capable of supporting weights up to a maximum of 300 pounds, it is sturdy and precise, able to measure weight and register pressure accurately when placed on a variety of flat surfaces. This advanced level of sensitivity allows for both the wide range of activities found in the Wii Fit software as well as the board's amazing ability recognize individual players by their weight alone.

Getting Started: Create a Profile
Before you jump into doing exercises and activities, you'll start by creating a profile. This is done easily and intuitively by simply choosing a Mii, entering your height and age information, and doing a few quick tests that will serve as a baseline for your new Wii fitness regimen. These tests are:

• BMI Check: BMI, or Body Mass Index, is a measure of body fat based on height and weight that is the standard used by agencies such as the World Health Organization and the National Institute of Health. To check your BMI, you'll enter your height then stand on the Wii Balance Board and let it read your weight.
• Wii Fit Age: After you've checked your BMI, you'll do a basic balance test and find out your current Wii Fit Age. This basic balance test measures how well you can control your left and right balance. Based on the results, you'll be assigned a Wii Fit Age.

Four Categories of Fun
Once you have created your profile it's time to have some fun. Wii Fit features four main categories of exercises to choose from: Strength Training, Aerobics, Yoga and Balance Games. Wii Fit will guide you through the first three with the help of your own virtual personal trainer, while the balance games offer variety and fun to help keep you engaged and excited about your fitness goals (Wii Fit,Wii,Fit,Workout,Yoga,Yoga For Kids,Yoga Wii Fit,Wii Wii,Fit Fit). In addition, as you spend time exercising, you'll earn Fit Credits that unlock additional exercises and activities within your favorite categories that will allow you to continue to push yourself. See more detail on the four categories below:

• Strength Training: Put your strength to the test with muscle-toning exercises like Single Leg Extension, Sideways Leg Lift, Arm and Leg Lift, Single-Arm Stand, Torso Twists, Rowing Squat, Single Leg Twist, Lunge, Push-Up and Side Plank, Jackknife, Plank and Tricep Extension. Challenges include Push-Up Challenge, Plank Challenge and Jackknife Challenge.
• Aerobics: Get your heart pumping with fun, interactive Aerobic exercises like Hula Hoop, Basic Step, Basic Run, Super Hula Hoop, Advanced Step, 2-P Run, Rhythm Boxing, Free Step and Free Run.
• Yoga: Work on your balance and flexibility with Yoga poses and activities like Deep Breathing, Half-Moon, Dance, Cobra, Bridge, Spinal Twist, Shoulder Stand, Warrior, Tree, Sun Salutation, Standing Knee, Palm Tree, Chair, Triangle and Downward-Facing Dog.
• Balance Games: Get into the action with fun, balanced-based games like Soccer Heading, Ski Slalom, Ski Jump, Table Tilt, Tightrope Walk, Balance Bubble, Penguin Slide, Snowboard Slalom and Lotus Focus.

Keep Track of Your Progress
Because keeping fit is an ongoing process, Wii Fit also tracks the activities you do the most and puts them into your Favorites category (Wii Fit,Wii,Fit,Workout,Yoga,Yoga For Kids,Yoga Wii Fit,Wii Wii,Fit Fit). With this information players can note exercises and activities that they are strong in, as well as others that may need to improve at. Some of the ways players can use this information for are to:

• Keep tabs on your daily progress with easy-to-understand graphs and charts. Using your personal profile, you can set goals, view a graph of your BMI results over time, see how many Fit Credits you've earned, check your Wii Fit Age and even enter exercise time you've done outside of Wii Fit. It's all about coming back and exercising a little every day, and the personal profile makes tracking your daily progress simple and easy.
• Quickly check your Wii Fit Age and BMI without even putting the game in the console by going directly to the Wii Fit Channel.
• Allow up to eight family members can create their own profiles in Wii Fit. On the profile-selection screen, everyone in the family can see each other's recent BMI progress and Fit Credit total. This will allow families to have a friendly competition to exercise and get fit.

Variety, fun and progress tracking; Wii Fit has it all. So, Wii owners if you ready to reclaim your balance and get fit all you need is Wii Fit, a few minutes a day to play and the urge to have fun. Get on board today.

Customer Reviews

Like other fitness tools, much depends on the user
The Wii Fit is a great tool for staying fit or getting into better shape. But, like all other fitness tools, it depends upon the user to take it seriously.

The product itself is great. It keeps track of your weight and body mass index (BMI). There are a wide variety of fitness options including yoga, aerobic, balance and strength (Wii Fit,Wii,Fit,Workout,Yoga,Yoga For Kids,Yoga Wii Fit,Wii Wii,Fit Fit). These programs range greatly in difficulty and it is up to the user how hard he or she wants to workout. The balance board that is included with the product is very sturdy and durable.

Overall this is an excellent fitness product and does all that it can to keep you interested in your own fitness (Wii Fit,Wii,Fit,Workout,Yoga,Yoga For Kids,Yoga Wii Fit,Wii Wii,Fit Fit). It keeps constant track of your BMI and this can help serve as motivation to obtain a more ideal weight. The fitness programs are also about as fun as anyone could hope for when working out.

As long as you maintain the motivation to use this product regularly, and not just on the more easy workouts, it does a great job of helping your fitness.

This System is GENIUS!
This system is a great tool to squeeze in some exercise in an effective, fun way. I run marathons and weight train regularly and I still work up a sweat with this system. It's easy, it's fun and it really works.

Another benefit is that it gets my kids up off the couch to play games. My son, who will have nothing to do with outside sports, (Wii Fit,Wii,Fit,Workout,Yoga,Yoga For Kids,Yoga Wii Fit,Wii Wii,Fit Fit) works hard enough on these "games" to sweat.

I am delighted that Nintendo has come up with a system that gets families moving and creates games that we, as the older generation, can play with our kids.

You won't be disappointed with this system if you want an easy, fun way to work out and to track your weight and BMI. It's interactive, it's fun, and above all, it works!

Could exercise be more fun?!
I finally got the Wii Fit(I waited too long during pre-order with it in my cart and got bumped:( Moral of the story....? Don't wait on those popular pre-orders! The Wii Fit is a total blast. I am a 42 year old wife,mother,physical therapist.... who falls in the "overweight" range, or so the bouncing little board tells me(he is very reminiscent of the ever so helpful microsoft paper clip). The first thing you do is take a fit test to ascertain the bad news that you are indeed 'fat' (Wii Fit,Wii,Fit,Workout,Yoga,Yoga For Kids,Yoga Wii Fit,Wii Wii,Fit Fit) and not 'fit'. After that you get to pick from a bunch of different activities from yoga,strength,balance games and aerobics. The more time you log, the more activities you open up. Hula Hoop is a lot of fun and so are the balance games. They are a bit addictive and before you know it your tired old body has racked up 1.5 hours of play time and you can hardly get out of bed in the morning. Seriously, I really felt it in my arms and ankles. So far, my favorites are the skiing games, hula hoop and the boxing. The penguin slide is cute too. I finally unlocked snowboarding and am about killing myself to do it. I'm not sure if you are supposed to be squatting down and holding the edges of the board to complete it, but that is what I end up doing. FEEL THE BURN! My kids(6,10)love it too. I highly recommend this for the wii!

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