My Fitness Coach (Nintendo Wii)

I'm in my middle 40's and really never really got much exercise over

the last 20 years;

so I bought the Wii fit a while back,

This made a gym in my own living room possible,

I LOVE WORKING OUT in the privacy of my own home, no gym fees, no pretty little gym outfit to buy,

I lost weight and gained muscle mass within a few weeks.

The exercises are fun and some can be quiet exhausting,

I love using the Wii fit with the balance board but after a while it got a bit boring just doing all the same things all over again,

So this is what I did:

I bought:

My Fitness Coach by UBI Soft

And

Gold's Gym Cardio Workout (you can use the Wii Balance board with it)

I also bought some hand weight and a stability ball (to use with the fitness coach)

Now this is my exercise regiment every day:

Wii fit + My fitness coach on even days

Wii Fit + Gold's Gym Cardio Workout on uneven days

Now people that is FUN!!!

I'm working full time but I'm looking forward to my workout at night.

Fitness coach and Gold's Gym Cardio Workout will give you a total workout without having to constantly switch between different exercises,

In the fitness coach you can choose the workout time and in the Gold's Gym Cardio Workout you can choose a prepared workout or an a la carte, where you can actually choose how hard you want to work out.

Let me tell you, I had muscle aches on muscles I did not know I had ;-)

I love it and everyone should have it and live a little healthier and (maybe) live a little bit longer!

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I bought this just based on the recommendations. I was leaning towards other products that used the WII Fit balance board, but they mostly had horrendous reviews.

My fitness coach is just a well-designed tool to walk you through a workout based on your goals. It's easy to use, has a wide variety of routines & exercises, and simply focuses on fitness goals as opposed to flash & gimmicks. I can't give it a high 'fun' rating, but it definitely does what is sets out to do.

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First of all, I like how you do an intial evaluation so that the game knows approximately how fit you are. It then tailors workouts to your fitness level - unlike a DVD. It'll also ask after workout segments how difficult or easy they were for you - another way to get the workouts tailored correctly for each individual. A DVD gives the same workouts for everyone.

Secondly, I love how you have a long term goal, and then a focus goal for the day - that way you can work on your long term, as well as short term, and the workouts are different every time you do them.

Third, If you have hand weights, or a balance/stability ball, heart-rate monitor, or step bench, you get a chance to use them by telling the game which you have - and if you don't have them, you won't see any exercises featuring them.

Finally, you can choose your workout backround, and backround music.

I was going to get the Jillian Michaels game originally, but after I read the poor reviews, I decided to get this one instead, and I am very happy with my choice!

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