Some fitness on the Wii

A lot of people have the Wii these days and have had fun playing a variety of games. We have one family that is participating in the Challenge that found some luck with getting some physical activity by doing exer gaming (that's when you use gaming for fitness).  This is a tip from Ellen. Her son is a print reader and a participant in the Challenge.

From Ellen: Just to share some good information....I was looking for a fitness game for the Wii. I went to Game Stop and the salesperson was more than willing to help find a good game for Alex to use when he cannot go outside for exercise.  He scanned the bar code on the games and I was able to preview to see if Alex would be able to play the games...first one was Family Party Fitness Fun. (We played last night and it is a fun challenge some games harder than others and it will take practice.) The other was Fit in Six....that had yoga and strength training but was too hard because it requires a camera to participate and that was hard to get your body in the right line of the camera eye.

 

Today we picked up the Wii balance board that came with Wii Fit that has everything Alex needs to work on such as core strengthening,balance  and flexibility. It should be fun! Will fill you in on how much fun!!

 

If anyone has a tip or something that has (or has not) worked for you, please email me so I can share!