There are two ways that you can exercise with it. One is Wii Fit (or the newer version, Wii Fit Plus). Played with the Balance Board, it has an assortment of strength and yoga activities, as well as games for balance, aerobics, and general fitness. I like the games better than the "training routines" (among other things, the perky trainer [available in male and female; perky, alas, compulsory] is only in the training routines.
My favorite games so far are: rolling a bubble down a river (balance game) - control speed by leaning forward and backward, control direction by leaning side to side. I don't make it very far yet, though. "Perfect Ten", which is one of the general games. Your Mii (avatar) is standing in the middle of four bumpers. Numbers appear on the bumpers and you have to swing your hips to hit a combination of bumpers that add up to 10. I like it because it's a thinking as well as moving game.
The other way to exercise with the Wii is with sports games. Because you control the game, in part, by swinging the remote, it's possible to get quite a workout playing tennis, or bowling, or slicing things up with a sword (one of my favorites from Wii Sports Resort), or canoeing, or playing Frisbee...
There are also a lot of other sorts of games available for the Wii, lest you think it's a gym in disguise. I've got Trivial Pursuit, and a puzzle game called Safecracker, and I just picked up (but haven't played yet) something called Igor: The Game. I just couldn't resist...
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There are two ways that you can exercise with it. One is Wii Fit (or the newer version, Wii Fit Plus). Played with the Balance Board, it has an assortment of strength and yoga activities, as well as games for balance, aerobics, and general fitness. I like the games better than the "training routines" (among other things, the perky trainer [available in male and female; perky, alas, compulsory] is only in the training routines.
My favorite games so far are: rolling a bubble down a river (balance game) - control speed by leaning forward and backward, control direction by leaning side to side. I don't make it very far yet, though. "Perfect Ten", which is one of the general games. Your Mii (avatar) is standing in the middle of four bumpers. Numbers appear on the bumpers and you have to swing your hips to hit a combination of bumpers that add up to 10. I like it because it's a thinking as well as moving game.
The other way to exercise with the Wii is with sports games. Because you control the game, in part, by swinging the remote, it's possible to get quite a workout playing tennis, or bowling, or slicing things up with a sword (one of my favorites from Wii Sports Resort), or canoeing, or playing Frisbee...
There are also a lot of other sorts of games available for the Wii, lest you think it's a gym in disguise. I've got Trivial Pursuit, and a puzzle game called Safecracker, and I just picked up (but haven't played yet) something called Igor: The Game. I just couldn't resist...