| Tuesday, January 6, 2009 |
| Wii Fit Blog Day 3 {PROLOGUE} |
No, I haven't done my workout yet. And sadly I promised myself no computer time until I do my workout (for fear of slacking off). However I made an exception due to a complication in my workout.
As Steggy so aptly pondered, how accurate are the Yoga exercises in Wii Fit?
As it turns out, not exactly as accurate as I previously thought. Sure the AI mimicry of true Yoga poses seems fine. Your "trainer" does all the same moves you see on Yoga websites and workout videos. However there seems to be a missing key ingredient: how to do these poses correctly for both the maximum benefit and to avoid injury.
Even a reviewer on Amazon.com who happened to be a Yoga instructor, warns of the danger of seriously hurting yourself if you do not do these poses correctly. Obviously I didn't want to do that... so I took it upon myself to look up the poses on yogajournal.com.
Again it wasn't that they were so far off the way the Wii was telling me, it's just that it kind of forgot to emphasize the bits about lining up the parts of your body (if I'm not mistaken.. you're trying to get your Chakras in alignment?). I think this is a key point in getting the Yoga to actually work for you.
This does not discourage me from using the Wii Fit, in fact all I will probably do is incorporate the new found knowledge into the workout. I don't expect the WiiFit to entirely take the place of a real workout. I think it's basic point with the software bundled with it is just to get you moving. As such it has accomplished that, and then some as the strength exercises at least make me feel like I've done some serious work.
I think their intention with the yoga portion (since you do them first) is more to warm you up to do the more strenuous exercises rather than as a real honest-to-goodness Yoga workout.
Another minus is the fact that you have to continually stop what you're doing to select the next exercise. This doesn't keep your heart rate at a constant rate, which is something I think a exercise routine is supposed to do.
As a general rule I believe the companion CD is meant more to introduce one back into the habit of exercising and to help the users feel less intimidated. In this manner I believe it excels. There are current and pending titles for the balance board that I believe will focus more on maintaining a "real" workout. Currently on my radar is the upcoming EA Sports "Active" {5/1}, which promises to give more "in depth" instructions as well as a secondary peripheral (used in conjunction with the balance board); leg straps where you put your controller/nunchuck combo into for a more one-to-one analysis of your actual body movements. Until then I'll just keep working on this title with modifications as I see necessary. :-D
In non WiiFit related (but still Wii related) news: woo upcoming "Samurai Shodown Anthology" {3/9}, those games will totally rock with a Wii Controller (I hope)! |
posted by IshtarAndromeda @ 4:54 PM  |
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