Your Shape - Wii Game (Retro Fam)

This is great at home workout. If you know you will join a gym and never go, and you are disciplined about fitness, this could be for you. The activities range from a few minutes for warm up and cool downs to 15 minutes with extended time options. There are some workouts for kids and seniors, zen-tai chi-like, yoga, kickboxing, dance moves, cardio, body-part specific toning, and a program mode to let the game decide what your workout will be based on your input. There are classes to learn the routines. It also has some recipes to help with calorie intake. I would have rated it 5, but I found it a bit difficult to find the workouts I wanted. There is a to do each day, but no way to know if the Cardio Dance Workout they mean is in the Cardio section, the Acitivity section or the workout section. There needs to be a link between the needed activity and which ones it is. An easier way to view all activities/workouts/classes would be nice since I often spend too much time trying to find what I want. Overall a good workout system and will know in a few months how effective it is.

I would give this 5 stars, but I used to have the Yourshape for X-Box and was disappointed at the differences between that one and this. The workouts are all solid and challenging. You can design your own program, which is great for getting back into a regular routine. I also like the fact that you can use rewards to shop for new workouts. I don't like the fact that you can't choose the gender of the instructor, and the program is somewhat sexist in how it assigns them. Guys get more traditionally difficult workouts like kick boxing and total body workouts, while women are assigned dance and yoga based workouts.

The Yoga and Zen exercises are perfect after a long, stressful day at work. The breathing exercises allow me for calm down my anxiety and panic bouts as well as manage my stress and high blood pressure. Great product, thank you!