Wii Fit-mania is sweeping the nation. Thanks to a big PR and advertising push by Nintendo, people ranging from soccer moms to celebrities have the Balance Board on their minds. With its release just a week away, it's poised to become the must-have title of the season alongside the still impossible-to-buy Wii.
Interestingly, though, Nintendo has never made the claim that Wii Fit will change your life. Rather, it's pitched much more softly: it's supposed to make you think about your lifestyle and becoming healthier in general. While Nintendo may be restraining themselves from making such a claim for legal reasons, I'd like to find out the truth.
Over the course of the next thirty days, I will be conducting an experiment: if you perform one hour of Wii Fit a day without changing any other lifestyle habits, can you make a difference in your overall health?
To make sure my results are as clean as possible, I'm going to be sticking to a hard and fast set of rules:
Every Wednesday, I'll post a progress report of the previous week, letting you know how I'm doing. I've already started with my first day, and I can tell you already that Wii Fit is not forgiving—as I write this article, I am the sorest I have been in a long time. My stats as of today are as follows:
I do not regularly exercise; I'm not overweight but am far from being in-shape. I haven't been to a gym in almost a year, and I do an average amount of physical exertion each day. In short: I'm just an average guy submitting to the will of a talking Balance Board.
I hope you enjoy following my progress, and we'll see where Wii Fit takes me at the end of 30 days.
Interestingly, though, Nintendo has never made the claim that Wii Fit will change your life. Rather, it's pitched much more softly: it's supposed to make you think about your lifestyle and becoming healthier in general. While Nintendo may be restraining themselves from making such a claim for legal reasons, I'd like to find out the truth.
Over the course of the next thirty days, I will be conducting an experiment: if you perform one hour of Wii Fit a day without changing any other lifestyle habits, can you make a difference in your overall health?
To make sure my results are as clean as possible, I'm going to be sticking to a hard and fast set of rules:
- Must wear the same set/type of clothes for every workout session in order to keep weight variances constant.
- Must perform one hour of in-game play time, according to the in-game counter, per day, every day. No days can be missed, and catch-up days are not allowed.
- Must not change eating habits throughout the thirty days, and every meal must be recorded.
- Must do every exercise available at least once within the hour limit.
- Body test must be done prior to each daily session, and does not count toward the one-hour time.
Every Wednesday, I'll post a progress report of the previous week, letting you know how I'm doing. I've already started with my first day, and I can tell you already that Wii Fit is not forgiving—as I write this article, I am the sorest I have been in a long time. My stats as of today are as follows:
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I do not regularly exercise; I'm not overweight but am far from being in-shape. I haven't been to a gym in almost a year, and I do an average amount of physical exertion each day. In short: I'm just an average guy submitting to the will of a talking Balance Board.
I hope you enjoy following my progress, and we'll see where Wii Fit takes me at the end of 30 days.