The Wii is a workout

[knchatty]

I just finished Wii boxing and I can barely move my arms to type.  Every time I would knock an opponent down, they would get back up on the count of 9. Grrr     One guy took me 4 times knocking him down before I got the knockout.

Do you have a Wii?  You don't know what you are missing if you don't.  Skip the gym, save the monthly fees and get Wii games.   

[annika3in1]

I've seriously been thinking about getting the wii for the workout.  What game were you playing? Was it on the wii fit?  I tried a wii out at a friend's house and it was lots of fun. 

[knchatty]

I was playing the game that comes with the Wii, Wii Sports.  It has tennis, baseball, golf and boxing.  There is something else on it too, I forgot.  I have the Wii fit and love that one too. 

I had to go step outside, I was so sweaty!  When I got out of bed this morning, my body screamed!    That will teach me for boxing men! 

You should get one, there was just a price drop.

[annika3in1]

I'll have to look into what it costs. It could be super fun! I think I played Wii Sports before-- I did the golf and baseball. 

Do you need something special for the boxing? A floor pad or anything like that?

[knchatty]

For boxing you just need the remote and the nunchuck remote.  They connect together, and you hold 1 in each hand. 

Right now the Wii console is $199, I paid $249.

I like bowling, tennis and boxing on the Wii Sports game.  The Wii sports resort is a lot more fun.

[Burton]

We also have the Celebrity Sports Showdown, which is a lot of fun. It uses the likenesses of celebrities as avatars.

You can get a workout just sitting on the couch if you're paddling the kayak, and if you want strategy as well, there's a neat curling game.

[kaseyfan9]

My brother and my sister both have a Wii. I`d really like one. The games are awesome. My kids like the bowling the best. I don`t think my back could take the work out one. 

[Gidget]

We had a wii, but we sold it on ebay a couple of weeks ago.  It's been just sitting there ever since we got the PS3, plus we needed some money to put toward a new computer.  We ended up getting over $300 for the wii with a few accessories and games we had downloaded.  It was a lot of fun when we first got it, but honestly, we just don't have time for videogames these days.  We mostly just use the PS3 for the blueray player. 

I swear there used to be more hours in a day.  LOL

[knchatty]

  I would not sell my Wii, we play it often!  I do agree though that there are not enough hours in the day.  I say we make the workday shorter and the play part of the day longer.   

Anyone can use the Wii, you just have to stretch first.  There are exercises that are great for bad backs.

[Burton]

I avoid role playing games, but I think in my case any Wii gaming I do that gets me some exercise is time well spent.

Probably the least physical games we play are on the Ray Man and the Rabbids disks.