Yourself Fitness
Yourself!Fitness is the first game to combine home health and fitness with the power of your Xbox. You'll meet Maya, the interactive personal trainer - she'll help you build an interactive, personalized fitness program for you. She'll keep you motivated and deliver the results you've always wanted.
Yourself Fitness Accessories
 Yourself! Fitness
Xbox DVD Movie Playback Kit
Xbox 360 Wireless Controller
Xbox 360 Wireless Network Adapter
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 3
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 4
Yourself! Fitness
Xbox 360 Live 12 Month Gold Card plus 1 Month Bonus
Xbox 360 Quick Charge Kit
Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix
Yourself Fitness Reviews
The other neat thing about the program is - during your workout - she stops for a break every now and then to see how you did on that part of the workout - she will give you 3 different things to chose from and based on your reply - she will make changes to the workout to best fit your needs. I like the way she is set up and how she encourages you daily - even if you miss some workouts - she doesn't scold you too bad - but she does remind you how important it is to maintain commitment in order to reach your goal. I can get back into my jeans already and I'm feeling more confident about myself daily. She even suggests what she thinks you should focus on, but you can still chose whatever you want.
As you go through the program, you have several different selections that become upgraded as you progress through her workout on a daily basis. She also checks you again after your 1st couple of weeks and takes you through the Vitals and Stamina Regime to see how your improving. The initial set up is soooo neat. But I've already lost a little weight and some inches. Another neat aspect is the chart that you can go and look at to see a progress chart of your improvment. They like meeting the goals and getting rewarded with new workout areas and new music.
This is the funnest Work Out video I've ever done. One last thing - My kids have even set themselves up a workout routine with her and they love it. You go through your vitals and then do a regime of exercises and go through your vitals again and then she designs a workout program to fit your goals. Whenever I started this program, I was out of shape, and I still am as far as what my goal is set for.
The second time practically every exercise was some form of squat or lunge.so I decided in the future if it's harping on one area too much, I'll just do a different exercise on my own. I found that the first time I did a lower body strength session it was pretty well rounded. I would recommend it as better than videos, but don't expect too much. If you are looking for something like an exercise video that mixes it up so you don't get bored, I would recommend it. Another thing is that sometimes the exercise sessions are a little uneven. It gives me a good workout at home, makes me push myself, and I'm doing some new and different exercises. However, it could use a lot of improvement.
I've just been disappointed in some areas. I read somewhere that they didn't want to make her too repetitive, but when you're doing exercises, you appreciate some verbal cues. I have been using yourself fitness for two months now, and am generally satisfied. The most annoying thing is when you are doing exercises in which you cannot look at the screen and also keep proper form, she doesn't count or say anything such as "right leg, down, left leg, down" to let you know how long you are supposed to hold a position, or how quickly or slowly to move, so you end up either guessing or hurting your neck trying to watch her while doing the exercise. There are a couple of other little things, but I don't want to rag on it all day because in the end I'm still using it.
I use my Yourself Fitness XBOX game atleast 3 times a week, and because fo the changing workouts, scenery, and excercise, it has kept me excercising. I'd highly recommend this for those wanting to work out but don't have time to go to the Gym.
I did not change my diet much either, just tried to eat less as I can not give up chili dogs or pizza. YF has given me just what I need to stick to a workout - choosing the days of the week to work out and the time period and the ability to change the time period right before each workout if you are unable to complete 30 or 45 minutes that particular day, being able to change the focus of the day as well from, for instance, cardio to core body strength or something else. Updated 11/8/07. We live out in the country about 30 minutes from town so going to a gym was not only too expensive but unreasonable too. I have missed a couple of workouts which Maya got on my case about so I do my best not to miss, I hate feeling guilty. What a great concept. Definately a GREAT fitness program.
Now that I have been working out with Maya for about 2 months now I can really tell a difference in my energy level and just feeling altogether better about myself and I have lost about 3 pounds so far. Also the rest periods between cardio exercises are very short whereas the rest periods when doing exercises with weights or crunches or the like seem too long sometimes. My friends laugh at me when I tell them about Maya and the workouts she puts me through. I think the biggest one for me is when she is doing a cardio (my least favorite)exercise and you see a rest period coming up, then it skips right over it and she keeps on doing that same exercise for another minute or so. I still love YF. Overall YF is a great fitness motivator.
I have started up again to lose just 10 more pounds and am looking forward to it. Yeah. Of course they are some glitches as mentioned in the other reviews but they are not big enough glitches to keep me from working out. I am a mom of 2 very active toddlers and I was having a hard time sticking to a workout and YF gave me just what I needed. I received YF for Christmas and as soon as I got home, the next morning I set up my profile and have been working out since. Due to some unforseen circumstances I was not able to continue exercising from June through October but I was still keeping quite active and I did not put weight back on.
I started working out in January 2007 and had lost 20 pounds by June and people could tell I had lost weight. Exhausting.
This game is nice b/c once you get all the info stuff entered in, the "virtual trainer" knows what you need. I'm not the type of person to actually watch the tutorial, and some of the exercises are the kind that you need to be taught to do them right, so I improvise a little. This "game" has been great to add variety to my workoutsit's very cold where I live in the winter, so I'm inside on the treadmill a lot, but that gets boring. I'm sure I look hysterical, but heck, as long as it burns calories, I'm okay with it. I recommend it to moms, especially, probably because I am one, but also because it's convenient to do in incrementsif you want to do 15 minutes at a time, the game lets you do that. The workouts are as easy or as hard as you want them, with plenty of opportunity for your input.
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