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My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout (Wii) |  | From: Ubisoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: £14.99
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Rating:  reviews
Sales Rank: 522
Format: Unknown format
Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: edutainment-games
Media: Video Game
Operating System: No Operating System
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 3307211630178
EAN: 3307211630178
ASIN: B002E9HO9A
Release Date: July 17, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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Product Description
Following the success of My Fitness Coach: Get In Shape, this new title focus on cardio exercises. Inspired by boxing training, My Fitness Coach: Cardio Workout comprises exercises and challenges that will get your heart pumping! - Experience an intense cardio workout through exercises and moves inspired by boxing, including rope skipping, hitting mitts/sandbag, squats and more!
- Learn boxing via the Shape Boxing section
- 5 varieties of lesson program rank: Easy, Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced and Special programs
- Over 30 songs to work out to
- Wii Balance board compatible for a greater and deepest cardio-fitness experience!
- Use the calendar to show what day you worked out and check your results with the punch count graphs that shows by day
- Create your own avatar and unlock items and clothing to personalise him/her
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| Customer Reviews:
 Great for toning! September 18, 2009
kat4s (Scotland, uk)
70 out of 71 found this review helpful
This was exactly what I was looking for to compliment my wii fitness regime! I had read about Gold's Gym and was really keen to try it, and disappointed when I first heard it was not available here. So delighted when it came out under this cover. I have read the other reviews, and am slightly baffled at the people who rate it really low for poor graphics etc. If you were getting this type of game for the graphics then I would be surprised, and frankly I can't see a problem with them. There are loads of different lengths and difficulties of warm ups and shape boxing programmes, each of which tells you how many calories you can expect to burn before you go in, so you can really tailor your workout for what you are hoping to achieve. The 'exercise' things (skipping, sawing logs etc) are less of a draw for me, as I am happy losing myself in the boxing, although there is one that has you ducking and dodging punches from a strange terminator type machine (!?), which if you do it everyday as part of your routine will bring great results for the old waistline. If you do an 8 min warm up and then 16-20 workout I would challenge you not to feel as if you have had a good workout and be sweating. A real plus is that you have to keep your legs moving so it is for the whole body, not just the arms. Beware the first time you use it as my arms and legs ached the next day!
I suspect that like all other exercise games for the wii you would eventually get tired of this if it was all you did. Personally I combine a 20-25 min work out on EA active, 30 mins on this, and 10 mins yoga on wii fit to get a really good all round work out, that IS bringing results (visible shape change within a week :-)
I didn't know boxing used that many muscles! August 19, 2009
E. Sargeantson (Sheffield, UK)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
I bought this to use alongside My Fitness Coach: Get in Shape because I always do the cardio workouts on it and I wanted to shake things up a bit to keep my motivation to exercise up. It's based on Gold's Gym Cardio Workout in America, but rebranded for release here.
I have to say, i'm very impressed. As opposed to Get in Shape, this one feels like a game rather than an interactive fitness DVD. There is an exercise section where you can do squats, skipping etc but the actual boxing lessons are far more fun (although try as i might, i can't get the skipping exercise to work for me!). You box in time with the instructions on screen and do the type of punch it says e.g. right hook, left jab etc. The music sounds like computer game music from the 80s even though a lot of the tracks are based on actual released tracks, they have been changed into what sounds a lot like midi files! Having said that they are easy to keep time with and do help motivate you and make it feel like you're playing a game.
Another big motivator is that after every exercise you earn gold. You can spend this gold on outfits from the shop. This might not work to motivate some, but being a completionist gamer i want to buy everything so it works for me!
At the beginning you create a little avatar. The game has a japanese cute feel and your avatar is no different. Surprisingly, you can make a cute person that does look a bit like you from the cartoon faces and hair! When you input your weight your little avatar does get fatter (but not like on Wii Fit where your belly pops out) instead your avatar gets bigger but remains in proportion, which is much better.
I've been using this game for three weeks now and my muscles still ache the day after playing it. I expected my arms to hurt but i was amazed at how it affected my back and legs and even my innner thighs (the difficult bit to tone up). The only area i'd say you might want to do extra exercise for is your abs, as i haven't noticed a difference there.
Overall, i didn't expect to get as good a workout as a i do from this game and for the money it's well worth it!
terrific workout, basic presentation August 19, 2009
Mac (uk)
17 out of 17 found this review helpful
ok, let's get the badpoints out of the way first: the graphics are basic - there really isn't any other way to put it - they're basic. And moving between the excercises could be quicker and given this is for the wii: slicker. There'you go those really are all the bad points. Now on to the good ones:
i've owned this cheep n cheerful software for 3 weeks and used it 5 days a week. In that period my 35" waisline has dropped to 31", my flabby chest and arm muscles have firmed and are taking on a better defined shape and my tum, as mentioned, is flattening out a treat. I've not changed my diet at all, just used this for at least 30 minutes per day.
If like me the thought of going to a gym or jogging around the cold wet streets on your average British summers evening does not motivate you, then I really recommend that you try this out - it's working wonders for me!
By the way, go easy for the first few days as your arms and shoulders are going to ache, ache, ache.
Brilliant- I am loving this one! July 21, 2009
Red Star (UK)
30 out of 32 found this review helpful
I have been tracking this workout game for some time now, it is know as wii gold's gym cardio workout in America. The cardio in this workout game, is based around boxing.
First you create a profile, which includes height, weight and age, then it is onto the basics.
The first stage is the basic section, which took about 30- 40 mins to complete.
Basics consist of teaching you how to jab, hook , upper cut, foot work and how to hold the controls correctly. Each lesson is followed by a small shape boxing session 1 -2 mins, so you can practice what you learned. I have to say that this section is brilliant, especially if you have never done boxing before.
The workouts
After basic, you unlock the entire shape boxing sessions, which consist of beginner, intermediate and advanced.
Before each session beginnings you get to choose a location and the song tracks you want to workout to. I started with a beginner warm up jab session, which took 5 mins to complete, burning 51cals, ( the calorie estimated is based on your height and weight, so the estimation is more accurate.)
While you cannot create a playlist of sessions, like with EA active, this becomes insignificant. For example two combo sessions ,last 30mins and burns 350cals, so not much time spent navigating menus.
Statics
Wondering what your stats are? No problem, all your information is stored in My Data, which is set up like a calendar ( much like wii fit), it stores, workout time, calories burned, and score for the day.
Exercise Training
There is a bonus section, which includes, jump rope, mitts work, dodging and weaving, with a further un-lockable, punching bag, jogging, squats and push ups. I found the mitts work and the punching bag to be a little un-responsive, how ever the jump rope was brilliant and the jogging was fun, intense and hilarious. I also was having trouble with the uppercuts, but my boyfriend, seem to got it figured out and it on to the advance sessions already, it seem that you got to get the timing right for full marks.
I only wish it had a 2 player session, so I could workout with my partner.Overall I think that this is a brilliant addition to my gaming exercise experience on the wii. It has bought some much needed variety to my workouts. It is an intense fun and brilliant workout.
Great little budget boxercise game August 17, 2009
Digdug (Nottingham, UK)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I loved rhythm boxing on the Wii Fit and found it the most effective of all the workouts for getting a sweat on. So I was excited when I found out this game (known as Gold's Gym Cardio Workout in the US) was getting a UK release.
Although the cover & title give the impression of a general fitness game, this really is cardio boxing and little else. And the choice of graphics style is a bit odd: arcade-style cartoony graphics that would appeal more to kids than the adult market fitness games are presumably aimed at.
However, to me the cosmetic style isn't important - the two important questions are: 1. Does it give a good workout? and 2. Is it enjoyable enough to make you want to play again and again? The answer to both of these is a resounding YES. I did over 1,000 punches on my first go (one warm up, one main programme and a few go's at the boxing exams) and my arms ached for two whole days afterwards. The punches come thick and fast, ensuring you really do work up a sweat, and the fact that the game encourages you to bob up and down on the spot like a real boxer means your legs get a workout too (my calves ached next day!) I also enjoyed the fact that different types of punches are included (jab, uppercut and hook) as well as duck and weave. This means you have to think as well as punch quickly when doing combos: this is actually a GAME rather than a pure exercise tool like EA Fitness and the first My Fitness Coach. The exams in particular really do have that 'just one more go' factor as you want to beat the test and get to the next level.
The controls generally work well although they do take a bit of getting used to when doing the specialist moves. I found it helps to really exaggerate your moves, e.g. if doing an uppercut start the punch from really low down. The fact you can use two wiimotes instead of wiimote + nunchuck is a nice thought by the developers - no more stupid cable getting in the way. I did find that sometimes when doing the more complex combos the game occasionally struggles to keep up with your moves, so one star off for that. But overall this is a great little budget fitness game that really does give you a proper workout, and at the price it's an absolute steal.
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