Me, I Want A HOOOOOOLA HOOOOP!

[bloodyrosemccoy]

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I has a WiiFit!

 

Now I just need to get me a Wii.  Priorities, yo. But since I am using my sister’s till she goes of too Teh College and takes it, I can play it and get my own for my birthday. I will have to start all over at that point and re-unlock all the things I had previously unlocked, but it is important to set goals so whatever.

 

I love the way this thing has opinions.  You step on the board, weigh yourself, it thinks for a minute, then pronouces you Big Fat Ugly Beetle-Faced Baby-Eating O’Brien.* Then it puffs up your Mii and is like “Get to work, Tubbo.”

 

It also tells me off if I start it late at night: “WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING UP, WEIRDO.”

 

Editorializing machinery.  I love it.

 

I’m liking this a lot.  I hate gyms, so it’s nice to be able to have a structured workout—however mild—in your own home—one that, unlike that ancient Jane Fonda tape we have floating around on Betamax in the basement, can give you pointers. I think I’m playing video games, and I’m exercising!

 

So far the best bit is the hula hoop game, but I also get a kick out of the yoga stuff because I picked the male trainer and when it’s loading the loading circle appears right around his batch and I just about died laughing the first time.** Although I did spend a few minutes telling him off when he told me to put my right foot on my left thigh, extend my hands upward, and stay standing on my left leg for 30-40 seconds.  That is just inviting disaster.

 

And now it’s going to yell at me if I don’t keep it up! I may wind up moving more than I ever bothered to before.  At least, I’m gonna try to make this more than a very expensive hula hoop.

 

I love Nintendo.

 

 

*Unless you are Bean, in which case it thinks for a minute, then says, “No, seriously, step on the board.”

 

**Rumors that I chanted “Look, look, look at my crotch!  Look, look, look at my crotch!” are nothing but filthy lies and slander.

Comments

[jesuitfluff.livejournal.com]

THE WIIFIT IS SO AWESOME.

I recommend the free run for ten minutes. It is a lie that it is like running, because you get no stride running in place; it is more like jumping rope for ten minutes, and it is hard core.

I wuv my WiiFit, even if the little board makes sadface at me when I skip a day.

[placetohide.livejournal.com]

As I'm someone really serious about fitness, WiiFit actually makes me a little angry. I think that it's a good tool for people who wouldn't exercise at all otherwise, but anyone who really cares about their health needs more than a video game. It's not serious exercise. It's like... Exercise Lite.

I think it's a fun utilization of the Wii, but that's about it. :[

[jesuitfluff.livejournal.com]

Dude, I'm a personal trainer. I shout at people every day to get them motivated to move around. I think that the WiiFit is an excellent tool to get people moving. (And I think that the yoga programs are genuinely excellent pose practices.) I mean, let's be real - there's no way that it would be of actual assistance to an athlete or someone who is already capable of beating the strength programs on hard, but for your average gamer?

WiiFit is going to be the thing getting them up off the couch, and as such is wonderful. I've already watched three of my friends have more success with using WiiFit every other day than they had just going to the gym and flubbing around on the treadmill for twenty minutes.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Very much agree. There seems to be a mentality that you either need to commit to a serious regime, or why even bother. In reality, the Fit is good because it gets people doing something--which is indeed better than nothing. There's a pressure at gyms that intimidates or just puts off people (myself included), and exercise on one's own can be more like floundering. The WiiFit strikes a good balance between the two--keeping the intimidation of the gym away while still having enough structure to keep you with it. It's not going to turn you into an athlete, but you'll be better off.

And yeah, the yoga? Damn useful. I want my balance back. Between the WiiFit and my renewed attempts at Tae Kwon Do forms, this is more than I would do if I tried to commit to a gym program.

[jesuitfluff.livejournal.com]

either need to commit to a serious regime, or why even bother.

:( That makes Baby Jesus Jogger cry. The WiiFit is good because you bop around heading soccer balls in VR. Fun! Boosting metabolism however so slightly!

The yoga is awesome because you get useful critiques on your form while at the same time giggling at the girl!trainer's silly hair or the boy!trainer's silly voice.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

And you get to have the peanut gallery point and laugh when you take a panda to the head! It's actually fun!

I tend to converse with the male--but I address him as Slab, Crud, Gristle, Blast, Smash, etc..

[placetohide.livejournal.com]

I don't think it's a bad thing and didn't say it was. I think it's like DDR in that it's going to get a non-exercising gamer up and about, and I think that's definitely better than nothing! I just hope that people will use it as a stepping stone to a genuine interest in fitness rather than as the foundation of their interest in it.

Ironically, opposite of your experiences, I've had friends get into DDR or WiiFit and be disappointed because they think that casual use of games like that is all they needed to get in shape, and it didn't work out for them. I just wouldn't want people putting all their eggs in one video game basket, so to speak.

[jesuitfluff.livejournal.com]

OH ha ha ha sorry, I think I misread your original statement and got overdefensive. Sorry! Didn't mean to snap.

But yeah, it's a hard balance - people thinking that this is going to get them down four sizes with WiiFit and nothing else, versus people who go, wow, I just did all of these programs on hard, I wonder what else I can do? I know, maybe I'll start running around the block! I've had more personal experience with people doing the latter than the former, but that might be because I subtly (ha) also leave around all of my fitness magazines and diet plans which they pick up and go wow, veggie burgers will give me energy to do the ski jump on WiiFit! HURRAY.


I just hope that people will use it as a stepping stone to a genuine interest in fitness rather than as the foundation of their interest in it. EXACTLY. I am vastly in favor of it as a gateway toy.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Fair enough. But hey--casual use is better than none!

[bean-bunny.livejournal.com]

*Unless you are Bean, in which case it thinks for a minute, then says, “No, seriously, step on the board.”

I lolled pretty damn hard. It makes my Mii do something I have dubbed 'the noodle dance' every time it decides to tell me that I'm made from marshmallows and toothpicks.

I'm going to have to check out that circle around the male trainer's batch.

... for research purposes.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

*tips hat* In tribute to your uproarious posts about Bean's Adventures With WiiFit.

Male Trainer seems to bring out the MSTie in me (what doesn't?). As I pointed out above, not only did I do the "Look at my crotch!" song, I also wound up giving him a name when I talk back to the screen. Lots of names! "You're a little off-balance. If you want to work on tone and balance, I'll be here." "Any time, Crud."

[bean-bunny.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I only use the male trainer when I've decided that the next "You're a little shaky!" from the chick trainer will send me into a Joker-esque killing spree.

[kt-n-dd.livejournal.com]

Doesn't it yell at you, though? I was intrigued by the concept of WiiFit, but everyone seems to be saying that it's so mean it makes them cry. (Though I doubt they mean literally). Is it not that bad?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

It does tell you you're overweight, and tries to motivate you to stick with it, but it tries to put it delicately. Also, it's tremendously inaccurate on your "fitness age," so after a day or two of fluctuating between 20-47 years old, you start to take it with a grain of salt.

[elvenmoon.livejournal.com]

I has a WiiFit, too. Apparently I often trip over my own feet. And I'm 15+ older than I actually am according to my Wii Age *kicks stupid board*

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

*tips hat* Thankee! Yeah, it yells at me a lot, too. And the hula hoop is my favorite--though it scares my cat. Soccer game's pretty good, too!