Kate Can Cook

[caption id="attachment_269" align="alignleft" width="208" caption="Bunnah Snowboarding"][/caption] [caption id="attachment_271" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Screen Shot"][/caption] I’ve been more or less trucking along with the Wii Fit exercises. I’ve opened up many of the higher reps and advanced exercises. I’m starting to actually like strength training, too! One great aspect is that when you get past the advanced step exercise, you open free step. This means that you can watch TV for 10, 20, or 30 minutes, while stepping, and the Wii Fit will count that time and those steps. I added something like 3200 steps while watching 30 minutes of What Not to Wear.

The first picture is me in the middle of boxing. The boxing is fun but rather confusing. I actually prefer the Wii Sports Boxing to the Wii Fit boxing. I think the workout may be better, and you don’t have to figure out weird (albeit short) boxing choreography.

The second is of the snowboarding game. I am awful at both the snowboarding AND the skiing. This just solidifies my view that I should never be allowed to go cavorting down mountains at breakneck speeds on two skinny board or one slightly fatter board.

The third is of me in the middle of the tree pose. I love the yoga poses, but I don’t have very good balance or enough strength to properly hold some of the poses. BUT! I’m getting stronger.

The last picture is my trainer. You can choose between a male or female trainer. She’s sort of boring, actually. Also, it’s annoying because she’s digital, so obviously yoga poses are no big deal. In strength training, you can open challenges where you compete against your trainer in certain exercises, such as the jackknife. I was thinking, “What? There’s no way I’m beating a digital trainer.” Oh, but Wii has you covered. The trainer “struggles” to compete 10 jackknives the first time you challenge him/her, and then “barely” finishes 20 the second time. Can I guess that next time she will “almost pass out” after 30?!

All in all, I’m glad I got it. I needed something to push me to strength training, and this is it. I don’t think this will work for everyone. It takes time, especially when you get started. Like any exercise, you have to commit to it. Also, you get out of it what you put in. There are ways to “trick” the Wii into thinking you are exercising when you aren’t. For example, I quickly figured out that I could shake the Wiimote during the running, and the Wii thought I was running quickly, even though I wasn’t. (I don’t trick the Wii though, that was just an observation.)

Bottom line so far: it is pushing me toward gaining strength, and I can see the results in my strength improvement. No weight change, but that’s okay. I’m having fun, and that’s the purpose, after all.