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I’m not a great fan of games consoles and perhaps a little suspicious of people my age who are. Over the last couple of years Nintendo has at least changed the landscape by offering more player involvement with both the DS Lite and Wii.  I must admit I’ve been tempted by the Wii, not least because of the Tiger Woods PGA Tour game, which I first saw at last year’s London Golf-Show.

Nintendo has now made an even more compelling purchase decision with the release of Wii Fit, which was released here in the UK yesterday.

The Wii Fit has  4 training categories:

1. Aerobic Exercise 
2. Muscle conditioning
3. Yoga
4. Balance

Can you think of a sport that would benefit from improvement in each of these areas?  I can - Golf!

The Wii Fit comes bundled with a pressure sensitive, balance board (which looks like a set of bathroom scales) to wirelessly control on-screen activities.  The program begins by assessing your BMI (Body Mass Index), Center of Gravity (good for correcting postural imbalance) and initial fitness levels and gently introduces you to exercises to improve in each of these areas.  All the training categories are designed to help develop bodily balance control, burn fat, help tone and condition muscle, as well increase aerobic stamina, in a fun and interactive way for all the family.

If I wanted my kids to play a video game then this is the one.  If I could improve my Golf conditioning as well, then its a win-win.  Nintendo doesn’t make any great claims to changing peoples’ lives with Wii Fit, but when it comes to Golf I’m sure that every little bit helps - to get the edge.

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