The Biggest Loser Wii – Night One
One word “Exhausted.” It best describes how I’m feeling right now. Last night was the first night of The Bigggest Loser Wii Game at our place. I started a new profile on the game labeled “Matt” and input my age, height and weight. Then I chose my trainer (Jillian), I think she’s very tough on the contestants. Then I selected a four week training plan as a beginner. In this time period I’m aiming to lose at least 10 pounds. Little goals at first and then I’ll work my way up.
After I got my profile out of the way, I decided to do the warm-up. The warm-up did a great job of preparing me for exercise. It’s basically a six minute series of stretching and loosening exercises. At first I wasn’t going to do it. But then I remembered the importance of stretching from high school PE class. Most of the stuff I did during this phase was very basic. It reminded me a lot of what was taught in high school PE and health class. I was very glad that I did the warm-up. Because nothing else could have prepared me better for the next thirty minutes.
Moving on to the main exercise. At first I was like “Yea, this isn’t much different than Wii Fit.” Then I realized it was nothing like Wii Fit. The exercises are completely planned out in circuits. My character on the screen worked outwith me, right along side Jillian. They showed me everything for a few brief seconds and then kicked up. Literally. Each circuit began with marches to get your heart rate up. Then we did squats with kicks exercises. Not to mention round-house kicks. The hardest for me, were the floor exercises. They were very simple, lay on your back and lift your butt up. Some of the exercises reminded me much of Tae Bo, mainly the kicking and squats. I would start to slow down, only to get harassed by Jillian (just like the show). Near the end, my lower back kept hurting. But the short breaks between circuits helped out.
After the 30 minute main exercise, I moved on to the cool down stage. Again at first I didn’t think it was that important. I just wanted to go sit down on the couch and just crash. But I found the post-exercise stretching incredible. Some of my aches and pains went away. It really did cool me down. I was sweating like I’ve sweat before. Ok, I know that sounds gross. But you get the picture.
I enjoy the constant feedback from the game. I like how Virtual Jillan and Bob provide feedback the whole way. Based off your inputs through the Wii controls, it has a sense if you’re doing it right or not. It’s almost like they’re playing bad cop/good cop. One minute Jillian will knock ya down and then Bob will pick ya up. They encourage you to drink water during your breaks. I thought was very informative. A lot of people forget to drink water while exercises. It’s very easy to get caught up in working out, forget to drink water and then get dehydrated. The plans are customizable. But I’ve decided to see how the basic program works first. Keep in mind, I have little workout training experience beyond Wii Fit, walking, jogging and running for exercise. So you could say, I’m learning as I go. I’ll post up more in later posts and keep you informed on how it’s going.
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I’m proud that you’re sticking to your goals and working out! The wii fit looks so fun. I hope you take away alot from the experience!! (20sb, we love comments)
Way to go! Don’t ya just love the contentment you feel after having worked out? Love it.
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Consistency is the key..Keep the plan going on schedule.
Hey Matt, great ‘review’ of the game! I might have to dust off my Wii.
As I posted on your bloggers profile about your weight loss goal:
Good luck mate! Just keep working at it, for me eating smaller meals (but more frequently) and just getting out more has caused me to steadily lose weight over the past few months (down 35 lbs… heck at this rate I might be able to make my own weight loss book and become rich… ‘Code Justin’s Killer Programming Diet’) haha
I would also say that when I first started I was working out 5 days a week and eating very little… well I lost like 20 lbs but then starting getting it ALL back when I cut down my work outs… so I think its better to slowly build it up over time so your body keeps working hard and doesn’t peak so fast.
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Man, I wish I had a Wii! This game sounds great!
Good for you! Keep at it. I am addicted to the Biggest Loser.
Huzzah! good for you!
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Hooray for Matt. Great review there. Hope your weight loss goal is achieved. And All the best with the tough trainer….:)
Hey Matt,
Glad to see you sticking with it, even while it was kicking your butt! (btw, glad to hear to decided to do the cool-down and stretch after the workout, trust me your body will always thank you for it)
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Wow, that’s a really cool idea! We had the Wii fit but we ended up selling it because we never used it, because we never felt like we were getting any kind of workout whatsoever. This looks awesome, though!
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I really, really, really, really, REALLY want a Wii. I have one of the BL DVD’s and my mom just bought Jillian’s 30 Day Shred. I think it would be so neat to work out using the Wii, even with Jillian yell at me. I NEED Jillian to yell at me to keep me going!
She’ll keep you going for sure! Some people would call it “Verbal Abuse,” I call it “Motivation!”