Nintendo Wii Fit Bundle - A Personal Impression

Yes! I've finally decided to catch the wave! A couple of days ago, I made the hard decision of getting the Nintendo Wii Fit Bundle. I admit I may be exaggerating, it's not really that hard because I got it at a fantastic discount. When the package arrived, I couldn't contain my excitement. After all, the Nintendo Wii Fit is the latest groundbreaking workout equipment out there nowadays!

The Nintendo Wii Fit Bundle

As I take out my Nintendo Wii Fit package carefully, I realized that numerous items are included. There's the Nintendo Wii game console (which I've also bought to add on to the bundle), the Wii Fit Balance Board and a couple of accessories including the console stand, remote for the games console, nunchuck, AV adapter & cables. Complementary with the balance board is a disc which contains activities or exercises such as the yoga, body balance, muscle building and aerobic exercises and routines. My Wii game console was also accompanied with 5 Wii Sports games for Bowling, Tennis, Baseball, Boxing and Golf.

Now, you'll need the game console before you can tap on the Wii Fit system. When I was first preparing for my purchase, I realized that many packages were selling at cheap prices everywhere online. But caveat emptor, most of them don't come with the game console! You're just buying the bundle. In the end, you may land up poorer than if you've just paid for them together in a package! If you don't have the Wii game console, the more economical choice will be to go for the full system as merchants tend to package the bundle with it at an awesome price.

My Workout Experience With the Nintendo Wii Fit

After setting up the Wii Fit system, I started exercising on it with a pulse rate monitor strapped on my wrist. It took a while for me to get used to the menu navigation though frankly, they're pretty user friendly. It may take some time off the workout time but I'm sure that can be reduced once I get more acquainted with the system.

What I've realized was, some of the activities didn't gave me as good a workout as I expected. The soccer heading game was a disappointment and didn't even increase my pulse rate above the minimum. And when I analyzed my statistics across activities such as the Yoga, Strength Training, Aerobic and Balance, the aerobic section was outstanding.

My favourite by far was the Hula Hoop game. As I tried to stay balanced, keeping all the hoops in the air while grabbing some more, my heart beat was raised to 172bpm. I've to admit it. It was a fantastic workout!

In case you're wondering if the Nintendo Wii Fit is a good way to reduce weight. Personally I don't think the Wii Fit can really help to reduce much weight since the activities aren't much of a fat burner. Maybe a pound or two a week. But I'm sure they'll be quite good in another area of your life.

Life-style and play.

About The Author:
Marlene Gardner writes on a part-time basis. Here's her other article on the Nintendo Wii Fit Bundle. Also check out this Nintendo Wii Fit specialty store for major discounts.