If the hassle of having to actually jog whilst playing Wii Fit is too much for you then maybe you should try sitting on an exercise bike instead. That’s exactly what one Australian couple is doing. You can check out the video below.

Chad Sapieha over at globeandmail.com has been recording his wii fit experiences over the past three weeks.

However, as promised last week, I did focus on Wii Fit’s yoga exercises. In fact, I’ve unlocked them all, including the scary looking Shoulder Stand pose, which had me balancing my entire body on my shoulders and elbows (but not on the balance board—Nintendo had the good sense to keep players on the floor for this one). My Wii coach said the Shoulder Stand was supposed to help my “inner harmony.” Unfortunately, I found the pose made my neck feel as though it was about to snap, making it difficult for me to achieve any sort of accord between mind and body.

Here are his numbers for the week

Weight: 179.9 pounds (Down by 0.2 pounds this week, 2.1 pounds overall. It’s not Slim-Fast, but at least I’m heading in the right direction.)

Body Mass Index (BMI): 27.27 (A drop of 0.08 this week, down 0.33 in total.)

Wii Fit Age: 29 (An increase of 7 years. Again, I’ve found this figure can fluctuate by decades from day to day depending on the random balance tests I am instructed to take, so it seems a somewhat useless indicator of one’s fitness.).

You can read the whole article here

It seems that bloggers just can’t get enough of Wii Fit. We’ve come across another two Wii Fit Experiments today alone.

Engadget

Ryan Block over at engadget is recording his findings with Wii Fit following a set training plan

• I’ll be working with Wii Fit out about 20 game-minutes a day, 7 days a week.
• My program will consist of five minutes each of routines and games from the four fitness categories: strength training, aerobics, yoga, and balance games.
• As a control, I won’t be dramatically changing up my eating habits. I’m already a reasonably healthy eater, so any physical changes will be more easily attributable to the Wii Fit regimen.
• I have about a week of travel scheduled this month, so for whatever days I miss on Wii Fit I’ll be extending the trial.
• I’ll chart my changes in weight, BMI, coordination, etc. and thoughts on the experience in a weekly update for the next five weeks.

You can check out the whole article here

El33tonline

Next its over to Lisa at www.el33tonline.com.

Just when I thought I was getting the hang of this I unlocked new games as well as new difficulty levels for some of my favourites. Oh boy…time to rev things up a bit.

Staff at popular retailer Game have been trying out Wii Fit and documenting it on the company’s website. The team have been trying out everything from Step Aerobics to Ski Jump. They are only one week in but so far things looks positive as they keep a watch on their BMI. You can follow the experiment here

In other news, Game have actually stopped taking pre-orders for Wii Fit due to overwhelming demand.

There’s an interesting article over on one of the Wired blogs reflecting on one months worth of Wii Fit usage. The findings by the author, Chris Kohler, praise the balance board.

All in all, I’m quite impressed with Nintendo’s exercise software, especially the Balance Board. Wii Fit is certainly not the first example, even in recent times, of a product that attempts to turn exercise into a videogame. But it’s probably the most successful one, and a lot of that is thanks to the controller. Since the board can determine quite accurately how well you are performing a set of standard exercises, the feedback that you get from the game is meaningful.

The gradual increase of difficulty that Wii Fit provides also seemed to help with making progress with your training plan.

Wii Fit itself has ramped up the challenges for me as I’ve gotten better at them. Doing six reps of the push-up game used to be all I could manage, but I can now do 20. Finishing that for the first time with 100 points felt great. Same with the jackknifes, which are like crunches but you pull your arms and legs up into a V shape: Doing 30 or more of those with decent form is no longer an issue.

Its a good article that’s well worth checking out. Click here to read it.

Vinnk, the owner of www.4colorrebellion.com is undertaking a Wii Fit experiment in order to try and lose weight for his upcoming wedding. As part of the experiment he will attempt to use Wii Fit every day for a minimum of 30 minutes doing a variety of different exercises. He is going to keep his diet as it currently is, 3 daily meals with snacks once or twice a day.

He is three days into the experiment and you can follow his progress here.