That said, I am really enjoying it and look forward to the sessions, though unfortunately I think all the wine and lunches out are cancelling out any weight-loss benefit at the moment!

Bex

My goal with Kinetic was for general fitness, toning, and feeling better in my clothes. I can tell the difference but am looking forward to working on harder routines in the future.

I also have the Fitness program but haven’t started that yet. Seems like that might feel more like exercising.
Bleck. I’ll probably give it a go after finishing this Kinetic cycle. Don’t have time for both.

Have you tried Play 2 with Eye Toy?

I think creating your own routine on non-workout days to “push yourself a little harder” is the right way to go. The last thing you want is for the normal workout to become too strenuous or difficult on you–it might discourage you from keeping up the program. Regular, consistent exercise, even at a lower impact, is better than becoming discouraged and stopping to exercise at all.

Once you complete one cycle of the program, you can definitely start another one and you’ll find that it should get harder much quicker as you’re no longer learning the routines and consistently performing well on them.

Are you exercising for general fitness, weight loss, or body conditioning? How’s it going? Are you seeing the positive results you were looking for?

Thanks for sharing!

Do you know how often the program re-evaluates your progress? I’m now starting week 11 and plan to finish but am still hoping the difficulty from my personal trainer will increase.

Another question: why does the day’s routine show “Hard” for some components yet when it comes time to play that game, it only gives me medium or easy difficulty?

Whilst the concept of games and fitness training is fantastic, it’s true to say that if you don’t have a very large, pefectly-lit room you’re going to get frustrated with it. Our lounge is fairly spacious but even I had to re-arrange the furniture every time I wanted to use it, and this became a pain. Secondly, you need very good light and a contrast-coloured outfit. We were trying to make do with side-table lamps which simply weren’t bright enough and in some games the sensor would trigger itself – rendering my score unusable and bringing down my average somewhat. Very disheartening. Sometimes my own shadow would cause the triggering but there was nothing I could do about it as I was lit from the front! White tee-shirts against a cream wall also appears to be a no-no as the camera can’t always spot where you are.

So, when I finally get a place of my own I may consider installing a decent light system to address these problems and having a white wall or pull-down screen for a background. By then the PS3 will be mainstream and maybe there’ll be a new generation of Hi-Def Kinetic. We’ll just have to wait and see…

Thanks,
roger!