Wii Fit Day 7 - Part 2

Total Workout Time: 1 hour 2 minutes!! WOOHOO go me!

oh man

i can tell that I am getting better at most of these, but WHEW am i still tired out

Aerobics - Hoola Hoop, Basic Step and Advanced Step as usual. Decided to go the long route on the jog this time, and was not anywhere close to out of breath when done. yay me!

Some thoughts on Advanced Step: Its really difficult to get the Wii Balance Board to recognize the side steps. Its kinda frustrating because you are doing the steps, but the board isn't recongizing them, and it ends up stopping so i can "catch up."

Some thoughts on Rhythm Boxing: in order to get any kind of real benefit out of this, you need to throw the punches like you mean it. Don't just shake the wii mote. Pretend like you are going to knock out your sworn enemy and then really go at it during the bonus round and you'll feel like Rocky Balboa.

Strength Training: I can defintely tell i'm capable of more reps on some of these. Tomorrow I'll begin gradually increasing reps on certain exercises.

Still having difficulties with the Push Up and Side Plank exercise. My upper body strength just isn't there yet.

Likewise around the 8th rep, I start having trouble with the Lunge.

The Rowing Squats bug me. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to get my center of balance into the blue box to get credit for the exercise. I do the exercise, but i just can't do it, maybe my balance is that bad :p

Two new exercises today - the Tricep Extension and the Arm and Leg Lift, both of these utilize the Wiimote instead of the Balance Board

The Tripcep Extension consists of you putting tension on your tricep muscle with your hand and moving your arm while holding the Wiimote. I thought "oh fooey, theres no way this will work your muscles...my arms are like Jello"

The Arm and Leg Lift is 2nd hardest one, next to the Plank. I can really feel myself working at it.

Yoga - I'm going to keep singing the praises of Yoga here. It stretches out all the muscles you just worked on, and makes me feel limber and good. Not to mention it helps to keep you from breathing like a maniac in a slasher film.

A whopping FIVE new yoga poses today The Triange, The Downward Facing Dog (no jokes :p) the Dance, the Cobra, and The Bridge.

The Triangle is some sort of contortionists nightmare, it was tough.

The Downward Facing Dog is pretty much making an arch between you and the floor, looks really easy, was actually pretty tough. It felt like it was working muscles similar to the Plank.

The Dance looks lie some sort of scorpion thing, and hard to boot, but was actually easier than I expected.

The Cobra and the Bridge both felt so good on my back. Nice stretches.

I skipped balance because they just bore me and remind me of kids games. Maybe fun for little ones or when you have a group of people, but i don't see any real fitness benefit.

Overall Impressions so far: I feel great. I may not look great, but i've noticed a downward trend in my weight and BMI, and mentally, i just feel really good about myself, and i feel really good that i'm doing something about my weight. Hope you all are pulling for me just as much as I am.