Coburn Kids

So I bought Daniel a Wii Fit for his Father’s Day present. He’s really wanted one and my girls just love all things “wii”. So I stepped on and tried it tonight. (Forgive me for sounding like a commercial now). It makes you input your age, height, birthdate, does your BMI for you and everything. Scary. Let’s you set goals if you want to. Gives you a Wii Fit age, I got 29… just as old as I am so good news.

It covers Yoga (my 2 girls are Yoga fanatics overnight), Strength Training, Aerobics and Balance. So I decide to try some of it out, thinking that this would be pretty easy. I’m on the Beginner level with everything. IT KICKS MY BUTT!! The balance games I’m okay on, I can get to about level 5 on them. I get 2 out of 4 stars every time. The strength training… NO ONE DOES LUNGES THAT SLOW. Got 4 stars on that one though. Yoga, it watches your balance and the Wii Fit Board is incredibly sensitive. My girls are doing better at the Yoga then me. Aerobics? Yes, they are very aerobic. I did the running, stayed with my “trainer” the whole time and got 44%. WHAT?! I did the hula hoops, Gena beat me on that and my calves were burning by the end of it. THIS IS THE BEGINNER LEVEL!

So I’m either in really sad shape, or this Wii Fit is indeed living up to it’s name. Reading online reviews, they concur. The Wii Fit will challenge you. It’s fun, don’t get me wrong and at no point did I feel I was exercising. I was working muscles, was engaged, and was getting very hot and uncomfortable after just 20 minutes. So a thumbs up. If anyone out there was thinking of getting one (and you can actually find it), it’s worth it.

In addition, my 4 year old can do any of these games, especially the Yoga and she loves it. My 6 year old is very adept at the games and is beyond excited to be doing this every day. So I have a VIDEO GAME that actually promotes strength, flexibility and aerobic exercise that my kids are loving. I can’t think of a better bonus then this.