{"id":144,"date":"2009-03-31T07:15:48","date_gmt":"2009-03-31T15:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/?p=144"},"modified":"2009-03-31T07:15:48","modified_gmt":"2009-03-31T15:15:48","slug":"quite-a-workout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/31\/quite-a-workout\/","title":{"rendered":"Quite a Workout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wiifit.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-145 aligncenter\" title=\"wii-fit_300x300\" src=\"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/wii-fit_300x300.jpg\" alt=\"wii-fit_300x300\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/wii-fit_300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/wii-fit_300x300-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As part of our goal to get healthier and lose weight, both Kylah and I had wanted to find something we could do to have a more steady workout.\u00a0 We thought about a gym membership but that isn&#8217;t overly feasible since we&#8217;d have to go at different times in order to watch Connor.\u00a0 I have my bowling but that is only once a week and while helpful, isn&#8217;t the best way to really help get in shape.\u00a0 We wanted something we could do together, at home, and not too expensive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Enter the Wii Fit.\u00a0 After a couple of weeks of looking for one and stores sold out, we finally got one yesterday.\u00a0 The process starts with analyzing your balance and taking your weight to calculate your BMI.\u00a0 From there, you can set a goal; and start your training in four different areas.\u00a0 Yoga, which helps with stretching and breathing; Strength, nothing with weights, rather using the Wii Board and your body; Aerobics, get that heart rate pumping; and Balance, exercises to help improve posture and coordination.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After we both got our first body analysis, we went through some of the exercises.\u00a0 It was actually quite a workout and fairly difficult.\u00a0 The board is very sensitive so maintaining good form throughout is essential and tricky.\u00a0 There is a bit of a learning curve, but we like what we see so far.\u00a0 We finished up doing a two person run which really got our heart rates up.\u00a0 Our plan is to each do a workout on the Wii every evening after we put Connor to bed and before we relax\/watch TV for the evening.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Nintendo has really stretched the limits with their Wii console.\u00a0 They came up with ideas that are so nice and fresh to help get people active while playing video games.\u00a0 I&#8217;m quite impressed with a lot of the things they are coming up with.<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/31\/quite-a-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-facebook-plugin\/facebook_share_icon.gif\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of our goal to get healthier and lose weight, both Kylah and I had wanted to find something we could do to have a more steady workout.\u00a0 We thought about a gym membership but that isn&#8217;t overly feasible since we&#8217;d have to go at different times in order to watch Connor.\u00a0 I have [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"facebook\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share.php?u=https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/2009\/03\/31\/quite-a-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-facebook-plugin\/facebook_share_icon.gif\" alt=\"Share on Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spencer.stantonfamilyonline.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}