stacey79
12-13-2004, 05:28 AM
My husband and I have both been trying to lose some weight lately. We've not been nearly as active this year with my bladder problems. Plus, he broke his shoulder in the spring. (Not a good year for our bodies!)
Anyway, there is a new XBox game called "Yourself Fitness" that is like a personal trainer. You spend about 30 minutes entering some information about yourself and doing "tests" so the "trainer" can understand your abilities. There were jumping jacks (YIKES!), stomach crunches, some stretches, etc. You can set however many workouts you want each week for however long. I'm starting with 15 minutes, four days a week. Even though I'm having lots of pressure right now, everything seems to be low impact enough for my bladder to handle. There is also a yoga section, which is nice and even more low impact. There's also a nutrition guide included with recipes, but most of them include unfriendly food for ICers, like fruit and stuff. I'm not using that part.
The game cost about $35 at Best Buy. That's pretty cheap for an XBox game (they usually run around $50). My husband is really into games, so we already had the XBox and everything. The other nice thing about this is you don't need to have any workout equipment (though, the trainer will work with whatever you have if you enter that information) and you can do everything in your own home.
Just thought I would share for any of you out there who have XBoxes. So far I've been pretty impressed with this and it's compatibility with my bladder. :)
Anyway, there is a new XBox game called "Yourself Fitness" that is like a personal trainer. You spend about 30 minutes entering some information about yourself and doing "tests" so the "trainer" can understand your abilities. There were jumping jacks (YIKES!), stomach crunches, some stretches, etc. You can set however many workouts you want each week for however long. I'm starting with 15 minutes, four days a week. Even though I'm having lots of pressure right now, everything seems to be low impact enough for my bladder to handle. There is also a yoga section, which is nice and even more low impact. There's also a nutrition guide included with recipes, but most of them include unfriendly food for ICers, like fruit and stuff. I'm not using that part.
The game cost about $35 at Best Buy. That's pretty cheap for an XBox game (they usually run around $50). My husband is really into games, so we already had the XBox and everything. The other nice thing about this is you don't need to have any workout equipment (though, the trainer will work with whatever you have if you enter that information) and you can do everything in your own home.
Just thought I would share for any of you out there who have XBoxes. So far I've been pretty impressed with this and it's compatibility with my bladder. :)