View of Wii-fit from a non-Wii owner's prespective (No Wii owners allowed)

[Fastrabbit09]

a lot of people don't actually understand what wii fit is

it is not like thighmaster or abcizer or those other things that millions of people buy

it is more like a personal trainer...it takes into account your current situation (height/weight/bmi/etc) and your goals (lose 30 pounds in 2 months) and gives you a personalized program to meet those goals

this program may include telling you to run 2 miles each day

you log your non-wii fitness into the system as well (whether that is running 2 miles or lifting weights at the gym) and then you can also do exercises on the balance board itself

the balance board is like a personal trainer because it ensures that you do the exercise properly...

for instance, when you do pushups, it has you do them within a time frame, similiar to how you have to time your notes in guitar hero...so you can't slack and rest before a set is up or do less than you are supposed to...and it can sense your exact balance, so it can see if you are doing the pushup correctly or not and give you real-time feedback

it's much closer to a personal trainer than a workout video because it personalizes the workouts to you and it tells you when you are doing an exercise incorrectly and helps you correct it

u can tell a person how to do a pushup or a lunge or any other exercises, but they may then go home and do it incorrectly and never know that

additionally, it provides motivation for the person, as they can see their progress, and they are told what they need to do each day to accomplish their goal, so they will be more likely to actually go run that 2 miles or go lift those weights than if they don't have anything giving them that incentive other than a vague goal of 'dropping a few pounds this year'

to sum it up, most people need STRUCTURE to get things done, unless the things are something that they truly love or feel motivated to do

 sure there are some people who love to exercise and do it for that love, so don't need any structure to go run every day or go to the gym or do some pushups or crunches...wii fit isn't targetted at those people

 similiar to how there are some people who love playing complex button mashers and 'hardcore games' with existing pads...but most people need accessible controls where they hit 1-2 buttons max and can easily pick up the controller and play a game right away....the wii is targetted at those people, who make up the vast majority of the population

 

 so it is not surprising to find that many people who fit into the 'hardcore gamer' category also think that people 'should just go to the gym' instead of using wii fit

just like there are tons of people out there who look at gh3 and say "just go learn a guitar instead"