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Nintendo Wii Fit Girl and Playboy women equal a nice workout

You may have heard about the Wii Fit girl and thought it was a form of viral marketing by Nintendo but we are hearing this is not the case. Wii Fit Girl’s real name is Lauren Bernat who is 22-years old and has become extremely popular after more than 3 million people watched her do the hula-hoop on Nintendo’s Wii Fit.

The YouTube video was called “Why every guy should buy their girlfriend Wii Fit” and they could not be more right, I love the Nintendo Wii and what they have done with the balance board but watching women workout can be more fun than even using it yourself. Millions of people watched the YouTube video and this proves that women and Wii Fit go well together. It does not stop there, as other sites have started showing women working out on the Wii Fit in just swimwear.

Lauren Bernat has even got her own fan club now on Facebook just for dancing on the Wii Fit, another site that has been showing good-looking girls using the Wii Fit and Balance Board is Playboy. They have a few videos that are very tame and just show some girls doing Yoga and other workouts; these include Boxing with Wii Fit, Snowboarding with Wii Fit and a sexy yoga workout video.

This is all good for Nintendo and their new fitness gadget, viral marketing or not…more Wii sales are sure.

You can see them videos on the Playboy website, have a watch and let us know what you think of them and also if you have seen the Wii Fit Girl video.

Nintendo Wii Fit story of a former pro athlete and dancer

I’ve now had the Wii Fit for about 3 weeks and LOVE IT!! I am a former pro athlete and dancer who has been stuck behind a computer for a few years and therefore was in the worst shape of my life (although still better than most since I don’t own a car and walk almost everywhere).

In the past 3 weeks I have faithfully worked on a routine with Wii Fit with cardio 6 days a week and strength training 3x a week. I’ve had a gym membership for many years that I haven’t used in the past 3, so I know Wii Fit is way more motivating and addictive than any gym (this coming from a former gym rat, used to go there for 4 hours most days) plus buying it cost less than one month at mine. Best of all, I actually have muscles again! I’m underweight but was still flabby and now I can see the fat melting away and the jiggling stop. Plus, my weight is going up due to the newly increased muscle mass.

To top it all of, I no longer crave sugary treats like soda and cookies. When I’m hungry I find I want fruit, veggies, good proteins, etc. I was a Coca-Cola addict and haven’t touched one in over a week just because I don’t want it anymore. I’m way more in touch with my body than I have been in a long time and it’s benefiting me in every way. None of this has ever happened with any other exercise routine I’ve ever been on, including when I spent 8+ hours a day on physical activities when I was younger.

Frankly, I find it way better than the gym because it really motivates me. Even when I’m not in the mood to exercise it makes me bother and then I feel better. My old personal trainer was easier to cancel on!

Seriously, I have lots of muscle definition, less flab, and way more energy than before! If those aren’t the major reasons to get fit for most people, I don’t know what is. To top it off, I now feel ready to go back to some of my more casual sporting pursuits again, like joining my local soccer team and taking figure skating lessons as soon as I have the money. So, basically, it’s a wonderful way to jump-start your body and may even inspire you to go out and do more. What could possibly be less than excellent about that?

BTW, I’m almost 32 and think it’s especially good for us over-30s. The routines are mostly low-impact (unlike jogging or other exercises recommended in some of the comments, of course, the jogging game is the highest-impact) and don’t kill my sports-addled joints.

Of course, it only works if you commit to it, just like any exercise. That’s where Wii Fit is superior for the average person and couch potatoes, it makes you bother! I’m not saying I wouldn’t like a harder version to eventually progress to, but those are on the way according to reports. I’ve also been faithfully loggin my extra exercise and it’s wonderful to see just what I’ve accomplished laid out in front of me.

Oh, and I’ve read very good exercise books that suggest routines almost exactly like the ones you can create in Wii Fit (by alternating the exercises, either by doing a routine like mine or alternating muscle groups each day). Why is it any better to do push-ups without the game than with it, for example? The game pushes me harder than I can push myself in each exercise, making sure I hit “overload”. Fantastic! Sure, a personal trainer does the same thing but how many people can afford one? One session is often the same price as Wii Fit, two to four cost the same as the Wii itself.

And to anyone who thinks yoga is a joke, the people I know who only do yoga for exercise are in much better shape than anyone else I know. It’s not just about toning your muscles but it also has incredible benefits to your metabolism and brain/body chemistry in general that makes your whole self work better. Not to mention that it increases flexibility, making other exercise much easier and less likely to hurt you. I start off every day with yoga and it’s definitely had a huge impact on not just my posture but absolutely everything. Best of all, it’s amazing for one’s sex life! I’ll leave all the reasons to your imagination and just recommend that everyone give it a go.

The fact of the matter is, even the laziest people I know are starting to snap up Wii Fit and use it daily (or close to) and every single person is benefitting right from the start. Fantastic!

Are you going to get huge muscles from it alone? No way, but how many people are looking for that? I’m female, I want long, lean muscle with nice tone and for my true body shape to shine through. I want to look damn good in a bikini, and I’m a heck of a lot closer to that than I was 3 weeks ago. That is an accomplishment already! Wii Fit is a fantastic tool for what I want. All my other exercise gear is collecting dust while my board needs dailing cleaning from all the use it gets.

Sorry to go on and on, but I think anyone who scoffs at Wii Fit either hasn’t tried it or has unrealistic expectations.

Source: Thanks to LT

Nintendo Wii Fit Shortage: Planned or Popular?

Looking at the history of Nintendo product launches, you can see that it’s not the first time they have had shortages and as the latest “Must Have” product, the Nintendo Wii Fit has hit a massive shortage. Having looked around at local stores, wherever you go they all tell the same story when asked if they have stock of the Wii Fit Balance Board, the answer is no and when asked if they know when stock is coming in, they say “No Idea, everyone wants Wii Fit”. This makes me wonder if the Wii Fit shortage is a planned strategy or just because it’s very popular.

The moment the product was launched in the UK it was met with out of stock signs within hours; I bought Wii Fit the moment the stores opened on the day of release. If you did not do the same, you will find them near impossible to find currently. Did Nintendo expect this demand, if so, why did they not create more Balance Boards before launching, unless this makes everyone want them more, we all like what’s in fashion or popular and word of mouth is the best source of promotion. Its not just offline shops that are reporting shortages, no less than five major video game retailers online were also reporting Wii Fit sell-outs from the moment of pre-order. Nintendo did release a statement that explained “All retailers in the UK and Ireland have been aware of their Wii Fit allocations for launch since early March”, they then went on to explain that stopping pre-orders would be a sensible precaution, so stores can meet current orders.

Have you got your hands on Wii Fit yet and what makes you want to buy it?

It’s ok for Nintendo’s Wii Fit to call a 10 year old overweight

It amazes me how people attack a product when it tells them the truth, The truth hurts sometimes and when Nintendo’s Wii Fit tells a 10 year old that she is overweight, its ok, but the Daily Mail are reporting that its not and even go as far to reword what the Wii Fit really said. The Wii Fit does not use words like “Fat” as reported by the Daily Mail, in fact it would say “overweight” and if that’s the case then we have to exercise more and keep an eye on what we eat.

That’s why the U.S. and UK have many children that are overweight, because we do not like facing up to what is happening to our children and blame a product, when all its trying to-do is help us have a healthier lifestyle and some fun at the same time. My daughter tried the Wii Fit and when it said she was overweight, she run to her room crying. I asked her to come down, and after explaining that she looks good but needs to work out a little and not eat chocolate everyday…my 9-year-old daughter understood and now uses the Wii Fit everyday. This new lifestyle for her of having fun, keeping fit and watching what she eats will carry on into adulthood.

The Nintendo Wii Fit is for children and adults and if so called “Obesity experts” get their way by making parents think “it is not suitable for their offspring”, we could have a much more overweight nation. Just because a child is told she is overweight, does not mean it’s a bad thing, it’s how the parent’s respond to this and what help they give their children. If a child is overweight, we need to help our children live a better lifestyle and not just say, “It could damage children’s body image”.

The fact is the Nintendo Wii fit is telling children and adults all over the UK, U.S. and the rest of world that they are overweight. The reason it is selling out everywhere is because many homes are now keeping fit indoors, just like we have for years with home gyms, but the Wii Fit does a lot more to help keep us all in trim and learn about our balance. Well-done Nintendo.

Nintendo Wii Fit: Keeping consistent and your tips

The Nintendo Wii Fit is so popular that you will be lucky to get your hands on one, with online stores like Play.com and Amazon selling well over price at around £100, I bought mine from a local store in the UK and got it for just under £70. So it’s a mystery why other stores are selling them at £30 more, other than the demand is massive. The Balance Board has changed my life and made me cancel the gym, but how do you keep consistent with using it everyday, what are your tips?

The main way for anyone to keep up something is will power; this goes for stopping smoking, not over eating and keeping consistent on the Nintendo Wii Fit. I am sure I am not the only one who has missed days, for me my work life has ended up coming before my keeping fit life. That stopped yesterday when I restarted my daily plan of using the Wii Fit for fun and fitness, but keeping it up and not letting work life come first is the real challenge. Getting back on the Wii Fit yesterday really reminded me of how good the Balance Board is, how much fun it can be and how much it hurts those muscles that never get worked out.

So lets get started with your tips on how to keep consistent, leave a comment in the box below on any tips you may have and also tell us your Wii Fit Story.

EA Skate to use Balance Board: not just for Nintendo Wii Fit

If you were a game developer who was working on a new game for the Nintendo Wii then the first thing you should do is to make sure that the game will utilize the Balance Board. EA are working on a new game from their Skate franchise for both the DS and Wii, and Electronic Arts have said that this game will be using the balance board. Skate is being developed exclusively for both the Wii and the DS so that they can take advantage of both consoles controls.
EA will be using their Flickit technology for both the DS and Wii, on the Nintendo Wii the Wii remote will be used to take advantage of Flickit as well as working together with the Balance Board so that Skate is able to break new ground. By using the Balance Board, EA will be able to offer innovative support and bring a new freshness to the franchise. Skate has now been designed from scratch so that these fresh new designs in the game will work in harmony with the Wii Balance which can only be used of the Wii Fit at the moment. When using the Wii on Skate this will allow you to flip your skateboard as well as perform your great moves, well not if I was the one trying to pull the moves.

Using the Wii Board for Skate is a great idea, just using it on the skiing helps to perfect your balance while having fun, so these will do the same job. There is one drawback, your teenagers will now want to stay in more.

As Skate is being developed for the Nintendo Wii, the Xbox 360 and the Sony PS3 are to get Skate 2, however there are no more details on the game or a release date.

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Nintendo Wii Fit 5 out of 10: Swedish magazine Super PLAY, spend more time

Not many people in the United States or the UK have heard of Swedish magazine “Super PLAY”, but if their latest review of the Nintendo Wii Fit is anything to go on, then I am sure they are one of the less experienced magazines around. How can a gaming magazine rate the Wii Fit at 5 out of 10? It’s hard to believe they have even used it, or maybe they reviewed it for a one-hour or so.

I have personally reviewed the Wii Fit and Balance Board for over 20 hours and that’s over a lot of days. Have I been sold on how good the Wii Fit is? Hell yes. Nintendo have produced a life-changing device in the form of a fun way to workout, it has replaced my gym and flattened my stomach. Working out on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes to 2 hours a day, will change your life forever. With the help of the instructor in Wii Fit, you will start to develop a better balance, centre of gravity (core balance) and become more toned all over.

What amazed me is how hard some of these workouts are, I have really pushed the Jackknifes hard and now have reached 30 reps. This exercise will help flatten your stomach, and if your like me and have never tried Yoga, you will be pleasantly surprised and the results it can give you in breathing better and balance. The muscle workouts made my muscles ache more than being at the gym, and after completing the Yoga, I felt so relaxed.

So back to this latest issue of Super PLAY, you guys better spend some more time with Wii Fit. You may learn something.

My daily Nintendo Wii Fit plan and review

I used to be a member of my local gym, but after almost a year I just do not feel as fit as I thought I would be. However; the reason for this has to be my fault as I work from home and sometimes find it hard to tear myself away from my PC, so I would skip days sometimes weeks without visiting the gym. Then i started to listen to all the hype that surrounded the Nintendo Wii Fit and how much it has changed people lives, that was when I made the decision to throw in my gym membership and get myself a Wii Fit.

So I now have the Wii Fit and I unboxed it and placed it on the floor, all I did for the next few minutes was to stare at this white thing on the floor and thought “what the hell will this thing do for me?” Well I have been using the Nintendo Wii Fit for the past two weeks and I have to say that I am, feeling the difference. When you look at some of the workouts, you have to laugh, but then you actually get round to doing them and the smile is wiped right of your face.

I do not want to be a health freak and try and do all the fitness programs, there are only a few areas that I need to work on to feel happy with my body. I work more on my abs so I do a lot of the jackknife challenges as well as the press up challenges. The rest of my Wii Fit time is spent on the Yoga programs, as I do get a lot of pain from my neck so teaching my body the correct posture will help to relive my pain.

My posture is getting better everyday, but I do find it hard to stand on one leg too long as I have a bad ankle, but I feel that this is helping to strengthen it, so this balance will also improve.

Ok I had better go now as my Nintendo Wii Fit is calling me.

Nintendo Wii Fit Challenge: How much weight you lost? 3lbs in 1 week

The Nintendo Wii Fit has amazed most people that have used it and this is not for just losing weight, people have gained a lot more insight into their body, posture and worked muscles they never knew they had. Now that its been around a week since we did our first hands-on with the Nintendo Wii Fit, we should take a look at the results in weight loss and balance.

When we took some photos of the box, contents and Balance Board the first impressions were good. After one hour of personally using Wii Fit I was impressed even more by the amount you can do in this relatively low priced package of Wii Fit and the Balance Board. On the next day of using Nintendo’s new fitness gadget, I found working out for just one hour the day before had not even touched the amount of exercises you can do, so I moved onto more advanced Yoga and Muscle exercises, these worked parts of my body I have never worked out in this way before.

It amazed me that just using one simple device can achieve so much; it’s not just the technology but also the personal help from the Wii Fit trainer that helps improve technique and fitness. One week on I have lost 3lbs, quit the gym and feel much more relaxed and an improvement of fitness and breathing already.

Last night a member of the family popped in for 5 minutes and as I told them how good the Wii Fit was, they laughed and said “What that piece of plastic?” oh so little they know. This shows, that until you have used Nintendo’s Wii Fit, you have not got a clue.

If you have used Nintendo Wii Fit, let us know how much weight you have lost and how it has made you feel.

Quit gym for Nintendo Wii Fit after 5 days

Five days after doing our first hands-on with the Nintendo Wii Fit, I can now report that I have quit the gym for the Wii Fit and amazing yet simple Balance Board. In the last five days, my whole family has been using the Wii Fit everyday and we have all seen improved results in not only weight, but also our core balance and this has led us to save money by leaving the gym.

The reason we choose to use Wii Fit and the Balance Board instead of the gym, is because the amount our bodies have improved in this short time, it’s amazing and something that was not expected from a games console. The Nintendo Wii has proven itself to be much more than its competitors (The Sony PS3 and Xbox 360), one example is just last night when we had a group of friends over, our Sony PS3 did not get touched and I had just purchased GTA 4 as well.

As summer is approaching I will be outside jogging, but with one hour of step, hula, muscle workouts, yoga and more, this is more than enough to burn calories, increase muscle and strength and improve our balance. If you have used the Wii Fit for a week and everyday you will know what I mean, if you have not then I suggest you go to a friend or buy the product to see how good Wii Fit really is.

This is just one story of how our gym has been replaced by a better product, although we will still jog outside. Tell us your story and experience with Nintendo’s Wii Fit. Also let me point out that our local health club/gym does not let children use the gym (only swimming), so my son and daughter are getting more exercise at home thanks to Wii Fit.

2 Days with Nintendo Wii Fit: the Balance Board is life changing

It’s only been a couple of days since we posted a first look with some hands-on photos of the Nintendo Wii Fit and Balance Board, on that day I decided to spend time everyday using Wii Fit and to see just how good it was, as the Nintendo Wii needed to get some time because it was just sitting there not being used. Now only two days later I am amazed at how good Wii Fit is, it has changed everything for the Wii and not only am I using the it to keep fit, but also my wife, daughter and son.

I can tell you first hand that the Balance Board and Wii Fit is truly life changing, I not only know I am overweight and have a high BMI but I am even learning about the way I stand and how it is very wrong and bad for my health. Last night I was waiting for my brother to arrive outside his home and I realized I was standing with all my weight on one leg and I corrected this to a better posture like it shows you in Wii Fit…things are changing already.

There has been times when I go to bed feeling fat as I have eaten late, but over the last two evenings I felt great as I spent 30 minutes on the Balance Board doing some step, press ups and even some jogging on the spot which works amazingly well. Now my whole family is not only keeping fit and working towards our own goals, but we are also competing for the top place on the scoreboard for each task. Even my mother-in-law came over and used the Wii Fit, I am also sure we’re not the only family that has had its daily life changed thanks to Wii Fit….gaming and fitness is going to change many lives and save money on healthcare costs.

If you have not got Wii Fit yet, I would strongly recommend you do so, as my mind has been changed from the view that the Wii is for kids and the PS3 and 360 are the real games machines to the Wii being in another interactive league compared to the other next-gen consoles.

In Summery: Wii Fit 10/10, best £69 I have spent in a long time.

Wii Fit will help Nintendo crush Sony PS3 and Xbox 360

No one can deny that when it comes to the best games consoles for their graphics and pure power, the Xbox 360 and the Sony PS3 are at the top of their game. Ok we do not want to get started as to which is the better of the two, although I know which one I would choose, but I will not say although I do love watching Blu-ray on mine.

There are some huge games coming out for these consoles that will only help drive up sales like Grand Theft Auto IV, and that game itself will sell by the bucket load. However there is one console that outsells the lot of them, and that is the Nintendo Wii. However, they still hold another trick up their sleeve, and that is with the release of the new game for the Nintendo Wii called Wii Fit.

So far the game has only been released in Japan and over 2 million copies have been sold already, but with the Europe release soon and the release in the U.S. next month sales of the Wii Fit will go mental. When we first saw the launch of the Nintendo Wii many of us presumed that it was just another stupid system from Nintendo that was not going to do well at all, well the graphics looks stupid compared to that of the Microsoft Xbox 360 or the Sony PlayStation 3.

However, the Nintendo Wii is not all about how great the graphics are the company went back to basics about gaming and that is to make if fun for all. Nobody can deny how fun the Nintendo Wii is and great when there is a whole bunch of you playing.

The Nintendo Wii has proved everyone wrong and the sales figures show this, and with the Wii Fit about to reach the rest of the world, it seems that Nintendo will crush both the Xbox 360 and the Sony PS3.

Source - Blorge

Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board and membership to cost $90

It seems like so long ago when we first heard that Nintendo was to introduce the Wii Fit, this balance board was going to be Nintendo’s fitness-gym-in-a-box. In the summer last year the rumor of the price was about $70, however that price was a little on the cheap side, the Nintendo Wii Fit and one-off membership will cost $89.99 and will be released on May 19.

The reason that the Nintendo Wii Fit with Balance Board is more expensive than was first thought is being blamed on the weak dollar. The Wii Fit was launched back in December in Japan and has been a huge hit; the people over in Europe will be getting the balance board on April 25, which is over three weeks before the U.S. will get their hands on this fitness-gym-in-a-box.

However if you do live in the US then the Nintendo World store in New York City has a great little offer, if you put down $5 on a Nintendo Wii Fit any time after April 18 you will receive a free limited-edition T-shirt with a print of Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto as well as a signature. However, you must hurry as this is only limited to the first 1,000. This is the first time that Nintendo have developed something to exercise the body instead of the mind, now your parents can no longer say that playing a games console is bad for your health.

Source - Gamespot

Wii Fit by Nintendo: pre-orders sell out in just a day

We knew that Wii Fit by Nintendo would be very popular, but I did not think that the pre-order sales would sell out in just one day. Well that is what has happened with Play.com; Wii Fit could very well become the fastest selling games on the Wii so far.

Nintendo Wii Fit will launch on the 25th April, however the game was launched over four months ago in Japan, and as a result sold over one million copies in just it first month. The game to date has now sold over five million copies, and that number will grow once released in other countries.

Source – Pocket Lint

Nintendo Wii Fit with the Balance Board: ships May 19 for $89.99

We reported in January that Nintendo’s Wii Fit would get a U.S. release in Q2 2008; today we can confirm that the Nintendo Wii Fit with the Balance Board will ship around May 19 for $89.99. The date and price comes from reports that GameStop have been sharing, the new Balance Board was first thought to be a high price but it looks like this is not the case and $89.99 for Wii Fit and the Balance Board seem like a real bargain.

Remember that the price can change before the date of release.

Via Gamestop

Nintendo Wii Fit: preview of what’s to come and balance board

Roughly the size of two bathroom scales the Wii Fit Balance Board senses movements you might not even be aware you are making. While the Wii Fit balance board aims at helping people becoming slim and trim, it does have its limits like the 300-pound weight limit Read more