Wii™ Fitness for Dummies®

Chapter 2. Understanding Your Baseline

In This Chapter

• Finding your center of balance

• Controlling your body

• Determining your Wii Fit Age

• Setting goals

• Monitoring your progress

• Using a password

When following an exercise regime, determining your baseline physical fitness level and recording your progress may prove both challenging and time-consuming. This is likely the reason why many people don't bother to keep a fitness log. Yet, a record can be invaluable in identifying trends and assessing your overall progress. Fortunately, Wii Fit Plus makes the process simple. You can perform a series of tests, and Wii Fit Plus saves this information, which it then plots out for you in graphs for future reference. This format is certainly easier than reading chicken scratch on paper and it saves a few trees in the process. You can even record physical activities outside of the Wii Fit Plus program.

This chapter provides an overview of your center of balance and the Wii Fit Plus Balance and Mind and Body Tests that are used to assess it and your Wii Fit Age. We also explain your Body Mass Index (BMI) and weight assessments, review how to mark your results, and go about setting realistic goals. Guidance on navigating the many charts that track your progress is also provided.

Finding Your Center of Balance

Your center of balance, more commonly referred to as your center of gravity, is the point between the left and right sides of your body in which your body mass (weight) is considered to concentrate and ...