Just Dance

My kids play games on the Wii - I'm in it for the exercise. And if you can have fun while you exercise, how great is that!

I started out with Wii Fit and the balance board. Highly recommended, especially for the balance exercises. If you THINK you have decent balance, you will find out that you're kidding yourself. Next I went on to Wii Walk It Out. Wowser - it was so fun that I didn't notice how much I was walking.

Now I have Wii Just Dance and this is just sooo cool. Going by the scoring, I am really really bad, and I'm not arguing with that! But if there was a fun-meter, I would be at the top. It is really easy to see what the avatar (or whatever they call the dancing figure) is doing. Yet it doesn't feel like standard exercise tapes (which I have tried and conveniently lost). It isn't a cartoon figure, they used live people and it makes it so much better.

No matter what level you're at, you can do this dancing exercise. For example, make it easier by just doing the arm movements and leaving off the leg moves. (Which I have to do until I've played a dance a few times anyway.) Which brings me to another benefit over just walking - you use your whole body. Arm movements, hip movements, waist movements. You are using your whole body, again, making it as low impact as you need to.

Right now, my routine is to warm up with the low-impact stepping exercise on Wii Fit. Then I go on to the balance exercises on Wii Fit. Then I do a little harder walking on the Wii Walk It Out. Then I end with dancing on Just Dance. All of a sudden, the time has flown by and I'm late getting to an appointment.

Warning: My 14 year old son came in and watched me on Just Dance, and nearly hurt himself laughing.

Very Very recommended!

If you are going a function or family gathering that may be a bit boring, this is a great tool to get just about anyone that can walk or anyone that can sit involved. This game will get any part of your body moving and you'll have a great time seeing and laughing at yourself and others. I highly recommend this product.

I thought this game would be entertaining for our two 10 year old house guests. Not only did they love the game they had all five adults over 30 years old (even the men) up and playing the game. We still play this game and cannot wait for #2 to come out in October.

I originally rented this game through GameFly. My 5.5 yr old daughter loves it, and so do my wife and 3.5 year old son. Very fun, and something that everyone can play regardless of age. I bought the game after we found that we enjoyed it alot.

If you like to dance and have fun this is the perfect game for you!!! Playing this game you actually burn almost the same amount of calories doing a Zumba class!! :)
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