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Nintendo rang the doorbell at 8:30AM to give me some training in Wii Fit. They calibrated the board to my body by taking my age and measuring my weight. I did some basic yoga stretches, and found them surprisingly hard. My BMI is 25.99, which makes me overweight. My body age, which is much like a brain age score, is 42. Not good. The good news is that between the tracking of fitness, the variety of actual exercises like running in place and pushups and squats, and fun balance games like ski jump and tightrope walking, I might actually get off my ass and use this thing. Often.
P. S. Nintendo, thank you for the grippy Wii Fit socks.
UPDATE: OK, 16 minutes in, I'm tired and my back is spasming a little. The balance exercises have rendered the bottoms of my feet useless. The board's quality is very high, although you're not supposed to jump on it. And the sensors are accurate. I'm not sure what I think of it. Give me a few days to get used to having Fit around.
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Does it feel well built? Does it have a weight limit?
It comes with socks!!! sold.
is it worth a purchase?
They took your age and weight and then measured your weight? Was it that obvious that you were lying?
One size Fits all.
@GeekyNerdGuy: He told them he was a 19 year old female that weight 110.
Of course, on the side of the box it says "No fatties."
Nice legs.
If it comes with Socks, I am buying three!
@adamgamble: I think we all have on of those avatars somewhere ...
Wait, what?
nice socks
Lam, did you mean measuring your height?
@GeekyNerdGuy: My girlfriend changed my master chief in halo 3 so that it was a girl with pink armor. I swear thats the only one!
@adamgamble: Was she also the one who installed the voice changer on your Xbox Live microphone?!!!
Just take up smoking, is way easier, and cooler.
(No one mention the leg mustache. He hates that.)
I am more captivated by the glimpse inside the glamorous living room of a jet-setting Gizmodo writer.
A couch! A lamp! Oh, what an opulent and hedonistic life they must lead.
Was calibrating the board to your body as sensual as it sounds?
Jeeze, sweep your floor much?
like your decor, looks like a page from the Ikea catalog.
ummm... that's about it, can't think of any other ways to dis your pad
Wow Lam... you know what they say about big feet?
No really! What do they say about big feet? And who are "they"?
I signed-up for mine. Do you really get socks???
I signed up for mine already. Do you really get socks???
Did it ship with Wii Family Ski? I've been hearing a lot about it from the Japan-side Wii blogs, and thought it was included.
I think oopl signed up for his
Ya wanna try mopping your floor from time to time?
@B1663R: Ahh, you beat me to it.
No video after the jump please.
socks are photoshopped
If they would have Tony Little to be their spokesman, i woulda gobbled this up.
The Gazelle Wii-style, i can see it now!
@P3nnst8r:
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"WiiFIT combines the perfect balance of barely moving, and doing mundane things…"
I'll have to pass on this.. not just because I'm what science refers to as a "Fat ass", but mainly because everything I buy for my Wii only gets used for no more than two weeks. I played Mario Kart for 2 days and haven't touched it since GTA came out. Plus if I really wanted a work out I'd just go walking or something. It costs me nothing except some questionable stares from the local squirrel population.
@P3nnst8r: Gizmodo comments hate my images.
Does it come with socks or are those only for bloggers with sexy legs?
Blam, you gonna give away those socks as Fanswag? I smell (pun intended) contest!
Interesting device, but I don't need a Wii Fit calculating my BMI to tell me that I am obese. My bathroom mirror already does that. Still, as of this past Monday, I've started a fitness program of my own. It's called, "Eat Less, Move More".
But I'll give my personal story a little Gizmodo spin. Part of any weight loss/fitness regimen is discipline and commitment. So, as part of my commitment process, once a day you will see me conclude one of my various (hilarious! informative! and wildly entertaining!) comments with a negative number representing total pounds lost thus far. That little number--measured via an electronic gadget!--will be my way of staying committed via a public declaration. Feel free to bombard me with peer pressure as desired.
And no, I'm not going to tell you up front how much I need to lose. For that you'll just have to watch that little number's progress...
(-4)
I'm looking forward to using one of these to weigh boxes of donuts while I empty them.
Dude, you need a waxing. But those are some cool socks - gimme!
@bosskev:
I agree, right on brotha!
Since i started my "diet" in february (and i quote diet because i've been eating not-so-healthy things a lot, just less often and in smaller proportion) i've lost 15 pounds, and they keep coming off! Although this is obviously more of a novelty game/glorified scale than actually helping you lose weight (as detailed earlier), i think it does have some good in keeping you informed and aware of what you need to do to help out getting your body in shape, and not munching on cheetos.
As long as Nintendo isn't trying to replace having to step outdoors entirely, tho.
If this was me, this is how the delivery would go down....
*knock knock*
Nintendo: "Wii would like to play"
MrBlahBlah: "no, we would like to go back to sleep. who is up at 8:30, go away."
i am not a happy camper in the morning.
I wonder if thick-ish carpet will affect the accuracy of this thing...
To all chubby people: I love and accept you AS YOU ARE. I have seen first hand the damage of anorexia, and its not pretty. Love yourself for all your wonderful qualities and not because some number on a chart says youre "normal".
ps-I work out 4 times a week, its for the cardio thing and I have learned to accept myself as I am, which is not a size zero, and I still have curves, which men have liked all along, God bless them.
@adamgamble: Hah! Way to describe me! Now it's going to think I'M a liar.
@davezatz:
no self respecting heterosexual male waxes ANYTHING. Shaving the nether regions is ok but only because it increases the likelihood of getting an awesome blowjob. Hell, i know i dont like sticking my face into a huge bush.
@nutbastard: Well I don't want my tongue sand papered off. If you shave, you better do a dang good job at keeping it consistently smooth. Otherwise trim.
/off topic
@nutbastard: "Hell, i know i dont like sticking my face into a huge bush."
So George (Sr.) was overheard saying about Barbara...
@Curves: Thanks for the loving words, Curves. You're right, of course, about anorexia, no jokes here, it can be devastating. And what we in America think is "beautiful" is so often, in reality, an already dangerously thin model made even thinner through Photoshop. Does nobody watch "Ugly Betty"?
In my case, unfortunately, I had passed "chubby" long ago and was quickly approaching "Harvey Fierstein-esque". And, more than an image problem, it is for me a health issue as well.
@CasualGeek: they say that guys with big feet have a hard time buying shoes.
For the record; I biked 24 miles Monday, 25 yesterday (Wednesday) and have a 1.5hour tennis lesson tonight. Plus I have a 60 mile bike ride Saturday.
The scenery keeps me motivated, and gentlemen, I'm not talking about trees. (Especially now that spring is in the air)
@Curves
Chubby/overweight people always say that they are fine with their weight and how they look (I love me exactly how I am!). Then when they lose a few pounds they are telling everyone that will listen. In reality they really don't want all of that weight, yet they are also unwilling to put the work into losing it. I once was overweight, too and it has been a struggle to get down to a more reasonable weight/size. I've been working out for 5 years off an on, and I've been able to keep dropping weight. Fitness is truly a lifestyle change!
@Curves: Turns out 'overweight' is really synonymous with healthier.
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Of course, exercise is still always a good idea.
Can we just get something clear? There is NOTHING big or beautiful about being overweight!
Wait ... no, I'm wrong. The big part is right.
Don't forget Blam... the Wii Fits, they do nothing!
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