Comments on: Wii Fit – A Workout for the Fattest Generation http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed improve your health, habit by habit Sat, 20 Mar 2010 08:40:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: healthhabits http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-3222 healthhabits Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:58:06 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-3222 Congrats Melissa Congrats Melissa

]]> By: melissa http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-3219 melissa Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:42:40 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-3219 Wel to be fair im 13 and i got the wii fit for christmas and iv been on it everyday, my bmi at the start was - 21.35 its now down to 20.56 which is like 3 or 4 pounds iv lost added with healthy eating. Sooo i think the wii fit judgement is unfair...sorry Wel to be fair im 13 and i got the wii fit for christmas and iv been on it everyday, my bmi at the start was – 21.35 its now down to 20.56 which is like 3 or 4 pounds iv lost added with healthy eating. Sooo i think the wii fit judgement is unfair…sorry

]]> By: wii owner http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-225 wii owner Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:18:08 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-225 you don't need wii fit to jog on the spot moron you don’t need wii fit to jog on the spot moron

]]> By: Journi167 http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-224 Journi167 Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:00:21 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-224 I have a Wii Fit and have been using it for about a week now. I put my heart rate monitor on one day to see what I was burning in an hour of working out. Turns out I burned 479 calories. Now, had I gone outside and briskly walked or lightly jogged or done an eliptical work out, I would have burned around 550-600 in that same hour. But I don't want to do either of the later right now. I used to run 5 miles a day 3-4 days weekly and strength train with a trainer 2 days a week. I am burned out, not to mention broke from all the money for the trainer for 22 weeks. My knees started to hurt so the runs turned to walks. It began to snow, so the walks turned to gym visits on the treadmill. And get this....I have gained 40lbs since Feb 2008. I do know that there are some factors that make it difficult to pin point what is happening like age (41) and all of that jazz. But at least on the Wii I am motivated to do it daily. I want to see the scale change and my BMI change. I am now 70lbs overweight and in moderately good shape. I can do pushups and planks and all the yoga poses and the balancing games. I am just fat! If I allow the fact that I am not an Olympic athelete in training sink into my head, I would probably veg to 300lbs because it is just not something I believe I can do. So for now, its the Wii Fit daily. Perhaps I will play more than an hour to burn even more calories. But like someone else said, I am doing something. I do work up a sweat and push myself to my limits not the game's suggested limits. That's my two cents... I have a Wii Fit and have been using it for about a week now. I put my heart rate monitor on one day to see what I was burning in an hour of working out. Turns out I burned 479 calories. Now, had I gone outside and briskly walked or lightly jogged or done an eliptical work out, I would have burned around 550-600 in that same hour.

But I don’t want to do either of the later right now. I used to run 5 miles a day 3-4 days weekly and strength train with a trainer 2 days a week. I am burned out, not to mention broke from all the money for the trainer for 22 weeks. My knees started to hurt so the runs turned to walks. It began to snow, so the walks turned to gym visits on the treadmill. And get this….I have gained 40lbs since Feb 2008.

I do know that there are some factors that make it difficult to pin point what is happening like age (41) and all of that jazz. But at least on the Wii I am motivated to do it daily. I want to see the scale change and my BMI change. I am now 70lbs overweight and in moderately good shape. I can do pushups and planks and all the yoga poses and the balancing games. I am just fat!

If I allow the fact that I am not an Olympic athelete in training sink into my head, I would probably veg to 300lbs because it is just not something I believe I can do. So for now, its the Wii Fit daily. Perhaps I will play more than an hour to burn even more calories. But like someone else said, I am doing something. I do work up a sweat and push myself to my limits not the game’s suggested limits.

That’s my two cents…

]]> By: Brian http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-223 Brian Fri, 15 May 2009 13:40:12 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-223 I consider myself fit but have always felt I could improve my stretching. We bought a Wii Fit for fun and I must say the yoga has improved my flexibility and balance. I can do this early in the morning and late at night in addition to my normal workout. The strength exercises like the push-up side plank and the arm and leg lift aren't bad for the core either! I consider myself fit but have always felt I could improve my stretching. We bought a Wii Fit for fun and I must say the yoga has improved my flexibility and balance. I can do this early in the morning and late at night in addition to my normal workout. The strength exercises like the push-up side plank and the arm and leg lift aren’t bad for the core either!

]]> By: c http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-222 c Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:40:41 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-222 thank you for your help on the wii fit. i think im going to buy one now. see i dont have a license so i walk everywhere and on my days off i just dont feel like going out so i stay in and ive noticed that im gettting fatter and fatter so by buying something that will keep me exersizing even tho i dont have to leave the house. i think thats wicked. thank you for your help on the wii fit. i think im going to buy one now.
see i dont have a license so i walk everywhere and on my days off i just dont feel like going out so i stay in and ive noticed that im gettting fatter and fatter so by buying something that will keep me exersizing even tho i dont have to leave the house. i think thats wicked.

]]> By: DR http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-221 DR Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:14:07 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-221 Hi Deets You're correct that 15 minutes of any activity is better than none. And for some people, 15 minutes on the WiiFit or going for a walk may be all that they can handle. And if that isn't an indictment of our Western society, then I don't know what is. Obviously, I went wrong somewhere if I gave the impression that we should all train like Olympic athletes. Your lifestyle is different than mine and is different than your fellow Scottish diner who lost 35 lbs. What is a tough workout for an Olympic decathalete would probably kill your slimming Scot. But, back to the WiiFit...Nintendo is making a ton of money off of a product that is sold on the promise of weight loss and better health. And for some extremely out of shape people, this product may help them succeed at it. However, for the average person, this workout should be a joke. Our great grandparents were more physically active in a single day than most of us are in a month. We should be ashamed that a WiiFit workout is actually challenging Hi Deets

You’re correct that 15 minutes of any activity is better than none. And for some people, 15 minutes on the WiiFit or going for a walk may be all that they can handle.

And if that isn’t an indictment of our Western society, then I don’t know what is.

Obviously, I went wrong somewhere if I gave the impression that we should all train like Olympic athletes. Your lifestyle is different than mine and is different than your fellow Scottish diner who lost 35 lbs. What is a tough workout for an Olympic decathalete would probably kill your slimming Scot.

But, back to the WiiFit…Nintendo is making a ton of money off of a product that is sold on the promise of weight loss and better health. And for some extremely out of shape people, this product may help them succeed at it. However, for the average person, this workout should be a joke. Our great grandparents were more physically active in a single day than most of us are in a month. We should be ashamed that a WiiFit workout is actually challenging

]]> By: Deets Johnson http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-220 Deets Johnson Wed, 04 Feb 2009 20:27:10 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-220 I wonder if this attitude is, in part, causing America to be a fat nation. In a good portion of the world, exercise is a part of daily life: walk to the subway, stroll down the street to see friends, go hand out at the park. In America, if we aren't training like athletes, we have some body tell us that we aren't doing enough. Many who aren't incline to keep up with those expectations give up. Why not celebrate the innovative way to get people off the couch? Wii Fit won't be creating hard bodies or athletes, but if it is an encouragement for some to get up, then celebrate it. Now, I'm not saying that it is doing that. I don't know if it is or isn't, but the one comment that you made and the method of the study cited both indicate an all or nothing fitness. I rather our attitude be that of Scotland. Apparently they are running public service adds to suggest that 15 minutes of anything is better than nothing. The reports I hear are encouraging. People are doing _anything_ when they were doing nothing. Of course, there are few Scots who will be in the Olympics because of these ads, but I had dinner with one who lost 35 pound in 6 months just because he didn't feel too overwhelmed and discovered that it didn't have to hurt to work. Just an idea. I wonder if this attitude is, in part, causing America to be a fat nation. In a good portion of the world, exercise is a part of daily life: walk to the subway, stroll down the street to see friends, go hand out at the park. In America, if we aren’t training like athletes, we have some body tell us that we aren’t doing enough. Many who aren’t incline to keep up with those expectations give up.

Why not celebrate the innovative way to get people off the couch? Wii Fit won’t be creating hard bodies or athletes, but if it is an encouragement for some to get up, then celebrate it.

Now, I’m not saying that it is doing that. I don’t know if it is or isn’t, but the one comment that you made and the method of the study cited both indicate an all or nothing fitness.

I rather our attitude be that of Scotland. Apparently they are running public service adds to suggest that 15 minutes of anything is better than nothing. The reports I hear are encouraging. People are doing _anything_ when they were doing nothing. Of course, there are few Scots who will be in the Olympics because of these ads, but I had dinner with one who lost 35 pound in 6 months just because he didn’t feel too overwhelmed and discovered that it didn’t have to hurt to work.

Just an idea.

]]> By: DR http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-219 DR Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:01:23 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-219 Deets, Surprise surprise, I disagree with you. I don't think that a 20 minute walk through the park at the intensity of a WiiFit workout is exercise. It's barely transportation. If you're not stressing your body, it's not going to force a response and it's not going to improve fitness. To elicit a fitness response, you can work with a number of factors - intensity, volume, time under stress, range of motion, speed, etc... I just don't think that the WiiFit is a very effective tool. But, maybe I am wrong. Considering the popularity of the device, I am pretty sure that it is being tested by medical researchers somewhere. If you hear of anything, please shoot me a link. I would be happy to eat my words. Deets,

Surprise surprise, I disagree with you.

I don’t think that a 20 minute walk through the park at the intensity of a WiiFit workout is exercise.

It’s barely transportation.

If you’re not stressing your body, it’s not going to force a response and it’s not going to improve fitness. To elicit a fitness response, you can work with a number of factors – intensity, volume, time under stress, range of motion, speed, etc…

I just don’t think that the WiiFit is a very effective tool. But, maybe I am wrong. Considering the popularity of the device, I am pretty sure that it is being tested by medical researchers somewhere.

If you hear of anything, please shoot me a link. I would be happy to eat my words.

]]> By: Deets Johnson http://www.healthhabits.ca/2008/06/19/wii-fit-a-workout-for-the-fattest-generation/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Deets Johnson Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:23:58 +0000 http://healthhabits.wordpress.com/?p=229#comment-218 Here's the thing, you say, "Low intensity plus short duration does not equal Olympic marathon champion." Got news for you. Neither will going for a daily stroll through the park, but I doubt that you'd say that going for a walk wasn't legitimate exercise. It doesn't sound like the study you quote really evaluated the tool, Wii Fit, for effectiveness. It looked at only a couple components of the game. I think we can agree that charting weight can be a motivator to weight loss and getting your butt off the couch is a good thing. Setting the standard at Olympic athlete or marathon racing is only discouraging to most folks. Perhaps it should be evaluated based on what it can do for the typical game user. Here’s the thing, you say, “Low intensity plus short duration does not equal Olympic marathon champion.”

Got news for you. Neither will going for a daily stroll through the park, but I doubt that you’d say that going for a walk wasn’t legitimate exercise.

It doesn’t sound like the study you quote really evaluated the tool, Wii Fit, for effectiveness. It looked at only a couple components of the game. I think we can agree that charting weight can be a motivator to weight loss and getting your butt off the couch is a good thing. Setting the standard at Olympic athlete or marathon racing is only discouraging to most folks. Perhaps it should be evaluated based on what it can do for the typical game user.

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