week one

More Balance Board games

May 29th, 2008

Anyone who is interested or has bought Wii Fit has probably already wondered what life the balance board has beyond the exercises. I’m glad to report that it looks like there’s lots of great possibilities in the future.

I’m sure you’ve probably already heard about We Ski, the skiing game that extends the ski offerings in Wii Fit, but I was most excited about what I read last night in Nintendo Power magazine. It looks like one of the weirdest game franchises on the Wii will have embraced the balance board when it hits the shelves with its third installment. Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party should be coming to us around the holiday season. Of course, we’ll all be buff from the Wii Fit by then.

Getting serious this evening

May 28th, 2008

Alright, tonight was the night the sweat started pouring and I’m imagining that I’ll be feeling a bit sore in the morning.

I started out with Super Hula Hoop.  Definitely not my best activity.  I’m not so great (yet) at the motion to do it right, let alone alternate it between right and left.  I was asked a day or so ago to make a video of me hula hooping.  I meant to do it tonight, but forgot.  I’ll do it tomorrow.

After Hula hooping, advanced stepping, and a jog, I switched to balance games.  I managed to make new scores in slalom, ski jump, and soccer heading, with 59 seconds, 288 meters, and 88 points respectively.

Before doing my yoga cool down, I cracked open the strength exercises for the first time.  My body popped and stretched all over the place during torso twists and rowing squats, but they felt good to do.  I’ll definitely be doing more of those.

Push-ups/Side Planks = EPIC FAIL.  I gave up mid-exercise.  It’ll be a while before I try tackling that one again.  I’ve never been that good at push-ups, and with the balance board forcing you to put your hands where they really need to be, well…  enough about that.

Body Test results show that I’ve almost gotten my center of balance in the right spot, my BMI has gone down about a half point, and I lost 0.3 pounds from yesterday.  My Wii Fit Age (WFA) is now 37. I’m quite close now to finally having my age and my WFA match.

I’ll start logging and documenting my activity a little better from here on out.

End of week one

May 27th, 2008

It’s been quiet here the past few days because I’ve been out enjoying the Memorial Day weekend.  Time spent on Wii Fit was replaced by a trip to the zoo and playing with my son.  I did spend a half hour on Wii Fit tonight and have found that:

• I’ve lost 2 pounds.
• My Wii Fit Age is now 39.

That’s a decent amount of progress.  Now that the long weekend is over, I’ll resume daily Wii Fit sessions and report progress as it warrants.