http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/ Engadget Comments for Wii Fit found to have 'little effect' on family fitness level, boredom seems to be the main culprit http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pr3NEF0kIAg
not a rick roll, i promise ]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
Maybe if the experiment was looking to find if "Wii Fit is boring for adults" it would have been a successful scientific method.]]>Dec 17th 2009 2:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
That WAS the whole point of the experiment, what do you think they were testing?

The whole claim with the Wii exercise bullshit is that it would make exercising fun, this study shows that Wii usage rapidly declines (i.e. fun factor doesn't work) and that naturally there are no health benefits.

There are two layers to the test: "the usage and fitness impact."

The first order question is whether Wii fit actually engages people enough that they keep using it.

The second order question is -- if people are using it -- does the exercise regime the Wii Fit promotes work?

To my mind the second order question is much less important. Even mild physical activity like yoga helps your health, it's not like we really need another study to prove that. The real question is whether or not Wii Fit can actually engage people enough for them to keep using it, which it obviously doesn't.]]>Dec 18th 2009 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
Couldn't agree more. Talking about exercise and repetitiveness... there's a reason why weight lifts are measured in "reps".]]>Dec 30th 2009 2:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 2:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
...while I'm 40lbs short.. meat just doesn't grow on me..]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
It took you a whole week? -1 for stick-to-itiveness]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/

.....That's what she said


Sorry, I couldn't resist.]]>Dec 17th 2009 8:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 2:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
like a lawsuit from an american mother whose kids died of starvation]]>Dec 17th 2009 4:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
not the amount of weight you lose, the amount of calories you burn. There's a big difference. If you're starving, you probably don't have much energy to burn calories.]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
Wii Fit.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
Wii 'Explitive' Fit. For those that LOVE to burn calories.]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 3:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 3:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 3:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 3:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 4:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
... GENIUS!
]]>Dec 17th 2009 5:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 5:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Jan 5th 2010 6:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 5:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 6:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 7:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 6:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/I felt the same way about the wii fit. My gf picked up EA Active a few weeks ago, and that is a good work out... you can choose from many different pre confirgured workouts that last between 15-60 mins. There is a video that shows you how to do everything, but after seeing them once, you don't watch them again, and it only takes a couple seconds to switch between workouts (there's no going back to menus... it just goes to the next workout in the routine). I've done it a few times, and I struggle to finish the easy workouts... and I consider my self to be in OK shape.]]>Dec 17th 2009 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
The trick is making a workout regimen that works for you and push yourself to the limit doing the harder exercises. The Wii Fit board won't lose the weight for you. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 7:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
No, you don't, but I'm just trying to make the point that it is what you make of it, like any other home exercise machine. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
Everybody wants to lose weight, nobody wants to work for it. There's no secret to weight loss. Generally, if you burn off more than you put in, you lose weight. The most difficult part is finding something you can stick with, because once you start taking breaks it all falls apart.

Congrats on your results.]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
Can we just beat the general jerks and idiots with the bat as well? Or create Miis of the people we hate and beat them?]]>Dec 17th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 10:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
Why the heck wouldn't you control for time spent exercising in this study instead of tossing it into the conclusions? I mean, other than being able to write an inflammatory abstract for the study...]]>Dec 17th 2009 3:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 17th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Isn't that the truth. If they did, it'd cost $2000.00.]]>Dec 17th 2009 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Even the US high officials agreed on this fact. The ones that didn't, a.k.a McCain, didn't get elected. ]]>Dec 17th 2009 8:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
Oh yea, Glenn Beck is definitely on the same level as terrorists. You stupid pos. have you even ever watched his show? Or just listen to the rest of the mainstream media when creating your opinions.]]>Dec 18th 2009 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/
There are all sorts of criminals, but I am just worried about the ones who live near me.

There are all sorts of diseases, but I am just worried about the ones that I might catch in my everyday life.

There are all sorts of terrorists, yes, but I (and many) are just concerned about the ones out to kill us at the moment. The main group of people out to kill us at the moment are radical islamic terrorists.

It is ok to discriminate in certain circumstances, and it is ok to profile.]]>Dec 18th 2009 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/17/wii-fit-found-to-have-little-effect-on-family-fitness-level-b/Dec 20th 2009 11:03AM