I would really love for my wife to get into better shape. She is a little overwieght and I worry about her. I originally bought the treadmill for her. She used it a few times, and that was about it. THen I bought her an elliptical. She has used that more, but still very sporadically and only for a short amounts of time. But she will sit on the floor playing Playstation with a Spyro game.
Then I saw something about the Wii. There are some games that require a lot of movement. I started researching and found some people have actually used the Wii for exercise to lose weight. I thought that if I got my wife a Wii and a few good games that would require movement to play, I could…um…trick her…into exercising…er…playing the game with lots of movement…
I originally starting looking a little bit for a Wii before Christmas, but they were impossible to find. I was told they would be available after Christmas. So in the beginning of January, I started looking for a Wii. Nobody had them. Store would advertiste them, but they would actually have any, or maybe they would have only three or four Wiis that would sell immediately. I was calling place daily, but no one had them. I would check online, and no one had them. Though they were appearing on eBay and Craigs List for highly inflated prices! I wasn’;t going to give in to these scalpers! I would also find bundles with alot of software I didn’t want. Finally using an online tracking place that would email when one was available, I finally bought one from Sears.
I also started researching games. The unit comes with Wii Sports. The boxing and tennis games are supposed to help work up a sweat. I am not sure if my wife will get into those. I found a few other recommended games. Rayman Raving Rabbids; Mario & Sonic At The Olympic Games; and Wario Ware: Smooth Moves. All these games are supposed to require a lot of movement, but be fun also. I have ordered Rayman Raving Rabbids. I am still trying to find cheap used copies of the other two games.
Anotehr thing that is available in Japan and should be coming to the USA anytime is called Wii Fit. I have seen video demos and from what I have seen I don’t think my wife or I will get into it. But I have read that it is hugely popular in Japan and most people who had tried it have liked it. I will check it out when it is available. First thing is to get my wife playing the Wii. I am debating about giving it to her for Valentines Day or just giving it to her right away.

Posted by Rob in Whatever on February 3rd, 2008 |