Nintendo Wii Fit Balance Board

Whilst I was pregnant with my first son I gained three and a half stone, since having him 5 months ago I have been desperately trying to lose it! I have managed to lose quite a bit and only have 8lb to lose to get to my pre pregnancy weight. Anyone who has a small baby will know how difficult it is to get time to do anything for yourself, let alone exercise and by the time the evening comes and my husband gets home from work; the last thing I feel like doing is going to the gym or swimming. This is the reasoning behind us getting a Nintendo wii and wii fit, due to the cost of the package myself and my husband decided to go halves on it and it would be our ...  Read the complete review

Every once in a while a product comes along that everybody wants to get their hands on (or in this case, stand on), and the Wii 'Balance Board' is definitely one of those items. Even now, months after its original release, people are paying way over the odds for the product, and it's still sold out in most UK shops and online. The Wii Fit Balance Board is basically a set of interactive bluetooth weighing-scales which are designed to work with Nintendo's 'Wii Fit' software. Comparable in size to a DVD player, the board itself is an extremely well put together, minimalist construction which can be safely used by people weighing no more than 330lbs ...  Read the complete review

The Nintendo Wii was originally designed with 'Active Play' in mind and with the addition of the Wii Balance board is takes it to a whole new level! The balance board was originally made for and comes complete with the Wii Fit software. Using this software you can work on your posture and balance, excercise, lose pounds and tone muscles, engage in some yoga, track your progres towards reaching your ideal B.M.I and all whilst having fun. The balance board is extremely easy to set up and install, you simply press a button and the computer connects it for you. The first time you play you have to create a profile for yourself. You ...  Read the complete review

When I first heard about this product I was very sceptical-computer games don't make you get fit and lose weight, I thought-that'd be exercise and healthy eating you're thinking of! However I didn't realise the full capabilities of this board and its software. The Wii balance board is a wireless platform which you stand on to play the Wii fit games. It can sense whereabouts on the board you are standing, where your centre of gravity is and how you are moving. This is used in a variety of games which work on your muscles, balance and posture. There are also games which provide aerobic exercise. Each game is played using the normal Wii remote, ...  Read the complete review

The release of the Wii saw people of all ages getting into gaming, making the Wii a hugely successful family console. One of the sole aims of the Wii, apart from making it appeal to any age group, was to make people active whilst playing games, instead of sitting in front of the TV like previous consoles have intended. This is where the Wii Fit balance board comes in. Designed first and foremost in conjunction with Wii Fit, the balance board allows a different approach to gaming. The balance board acts like a set of bathroom scales. The player stands on the board, and their weight determines their actions. Wii Fit allows the player to monitor ...  Read the complete review