A lot has been made of the Wii fit and it's potential ability to actually get kids and family members to exercise and move around. With claims like that coming from a video game system, Scott Owens of the University of Mississippi conducted an 8 week study.
In those 8 weeks, he followed 8 families that were loaned a Wii fit. Before the 8 weeks, they were measured in regards to their aerobic activity, lean muscle mass, and a few other measurements.
After the 8 weeks, they noticed that kids actually did see a rise in their aerobic levels, but adults didn't see anything. Both kids and adults didn't see any rise in lean muscle, flexibility, balance or body composition.
Bottom Line:
If you want to get fit and really change your body then a video game system will not work. I said it time and time again, you need resistance training and intense cardio training.
There are no short cuts to anything that is worth going for in life and fitness is one of those.
