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[merylsilverburg]

Whoa, Xbox...are they losing sales so badly they have to resort to fitness strategies? j/k

This game (could you call it a game?) is called "Yourself! Fitness" and it's a program designed to make you workout to your "personal" trainer...which is yourself. To make it more clear, the article is below:

"A Trainer to Call Your Own" Shape magazine November 2004

If you or your boyfriend/husband owns an Xbox game system, you can afford a trainer at home. Meet Maya, the virtual personal trainer who stars in a new fitness game, Yourself!Fitness. Start by answering questions about your vital stats and personal fitness objectives, such as improving your cardio or increasing upper-body strength. Then, Maya recommends a program and workout calender. With almost 500 different moves (created in consultation with certified trainers), no two workouts are ever the same, and Maya adjusts the difficulty based on your progress. Other cool features include tutorials to explain the moves, calorie-burn totals at the end of each workout, and a choice of workout enviroment and music genre. You'll also get a meal-planning program with access to more than 4,500 recipes. Yourself!Fitness ($35) is available in stores in October.

This game reminds me of some Japanese games, such as "Aerobics Revolution" where you work out and lose weight and it's a "game."

[kupoartist]

Hehe.... this doesn't sound such a bad idea. I mean, i'm not exactly going to rush out and preorder my copy, but an interactive training video is a better idea than one of those fitness tape thingies... I'm sure it's no use to me (I don't have an XBox, I don't want/really need to get fit, and to the best of my knowledge, I don't have a Boyfriend/Husband - I think i'd know if I did ) but I'm sure someones got some use for it. Who knows, perhaps it'll get some of these people to boot up an actual game.

The title sucks though: "Yourself! Fitness" indeed....

[Uchiha Sasuke]

Just buy DDR. Thats a good enough workout.

[baumer]

YES!!!! DDR!!!! I believe that DDR is a better attempt (actually it wasn't even the attempt they were making) to make a workout game. You can go on DDR forums and read about people losing weight like crazy. I mean, it's so fun and addictive, and you are moving around the whole time. Forget Y!T get DDR!

P.S. It's not like they don't have a workout mode on DDR anyways...

[merylsilverburg]

Hehe, I agree with all you guys. DDR is a better workout that's actually fun (but it's painful on the knees...at least for me) but I just couldn't believe this "game" that's being released on Xbox, that's all.

The name is really terrible though.

[Chara]

Hey... I guess they gotta make the Xbox appeal to everyone...

And about the DDR... man that game makes you look like a fool. Never have yourself videotaped while playing. >_> Although I gotta admit it does look pretty cool when 2 people are playing the same song on the same difficulty and are actually moving together.

[dan da man]

Buy a treadmill or join a gym instead of using a video game for your fitness, it wont have the right motivation. I cant believe there selling crap like that you really think your going to be mega fit lol.