| The Nintendo Wii Fit Plus system was Nintendo | | | | My wife is a physiotherapist and her department are |
| recently given the Change4 Life award by the UK's | | | | all enthusiastic about its potential use in helping their |
| National Health Service, thereby becoming the first | | | | patients get back into exercising properly, as the Wii |
| computer game to be recognized as a true Health and | | | | makes it really easy to monitor your results. Therefore |
| Fitness Product. | | | | patients (they think) will be way more likely to stick with |
| This is all achieved by using the Nintendo Wii with a | | | | an exercise plan that involves the use of the Wii than |
| Balance Board and the Wii Fit Plus Games package. | | | | they would be to stick with plain old fashioned floor |
| The system is designed to allow you to monitor your | | | | exercises. |
| weight, and that of several friends or family and you | | | | Of course the Wii works in conjunction with a |
| can all compete to see who achieves the best results | | | | television and you watch the demonstration exercises |
| by exercising along to the Wii. | | | | on the screen as you perform them on the balance |
| Not surprisingly the game and software have become | | | | board. there are actually some really good videos on |
| a big hit in the UK market and it is certainly going to be | | | | You Tube if you want to see a live demonstration of |
| one of the best sellers for Christmas and will be on | | | | how it all works. |
| many peoples wish list. There are five modes Yoga, | | | | The package also includes some aerobic exercises |
| Strength, Aerobics, Balance, Training Plus and you | | | | that you need to do to play games it will have you |
| choose your level and away you go. It is a lot cheaper | | | | flapping your arms around to make birds fly and guide |
| than a gym club membership and way more fun as | | | | parachutes on to targets all the time while watching |
| the whole family (or street ) can join in the fun. | | | | your progress on the screen. It is all highly addictive lots |
| The system uses a Body Mass index and lets you | | | | of fun, and at the same time good for you. So why |
| know how many calories you have burned as well as | | | | not try the Wii this Christmas and actually have fun |
| the food equivalent of those calories so you can really | | | | losing weight and staying fit? |
| see the benefits and use it in a weight loss regime. | | | | |