Best kinect game for fitness JULY 2011

Banzai_Joe · 11 Jul 2011 at 13:22

HI all,
put the date in the title as quite a few reviews i've read are from around January 2011 so don't take into account any new games (if any).
Ok, so i want to try out a fitness game/disk.

Seems like the main contenders are:

EA Active Sports (heard it sucks)
EA Active Sports 2 (any better?)
Your Shape
Biggest Loser
UFC Personal Trainer

Any more? and from those who have experience of any of the above what would you recommend please?
Quite like the looks of EAAS2 as it has the heart rate monitor and seemingly loads of DLC.

Your opinions please?

Nismo · 11 Jul 2011 at 13:38

Your Shape gets my vote, it genuinely made me fitter and helped me to lose some weight.

Abooie · 11 Jul 2011 at 13:39

I've burnt over 10k calories with both EASA2 and Your Shape and I'm one week in with Biggest Loser.

They're all good and whilst Your Shape is the best showcase of Kinect I found the whole thing a bit sterile and boring. EASA2 kept me more motivated and I prefer to have an exercise schedule plus the heart monitor is good.

I'm really enjoying Biggest Loser and it's kicking my butt atm but on the downside the interface is horrendous.

My advice is get EASA2 and go straight into the 12 week program. It starts with 20 min routines 4 days a week burning 100 off calories off but by the end you'll be doing 50 min routines and loving it.

Banzai_Joe · 11 Jul 2011 at 13:44

Hmmm...... thanks for the repsonse.
If i buy pre-owned i can get:
Your Shape for £18
EASA2 (with heart monitor) for £22, which seems like the better bargain.

But are there any issues with buying pre-owned? Do you register online etc for DLC?

Abooie · 11 Jul 2011 at 13:58

Banzai_Joe said:
Hmmm...... thanks for the repsonse.
If i buy pre-owned i can get:
Your Shape for £18
EASA2 (with heart monitor) for £22, which seems like the better bargain.

But are there any issues with buying pre-owned? Do you register online etc for DLC?

Theres some small DLC you get with YS these days but it's very minor and not really worth it imo.

Ahem, and I'll probably get told off for this but I put YS on the members mart a couple of days ago.

Banzai_Joe · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:06

Abooie said:
Ahem, and I'll probably get told off for this but I put YS on the members mart a couple of days ago.

Check your thread

Dannyb01y · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:15

You dont fancy "get fit with Mel B" then? Seen it for £4 so it must be good

Shamikebab · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:16

UFC has got some good reviews actually, has me tempted.

Banzai_Joe · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:20

Dannyb01y said:
You dont fancy "get fit with Mel B" then? Seen it for £4 so it must be good

Err......

.........

UFC has got some good reviews actually, has me tempted.

Yeah, tempted myself, but its been over 20 years since i taught kick/thai boxing....might do meself an injury just trying to raise my knee higher than....well my knee really.

Abooie · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:30

Dannyb01y said:
You dont fancy "get fit with Mel B" then? Seen it for £4 so it must be good

Err, my wife ordered this a couple of days ago so I'll actually be in a position to offer an opinion soon :eek:

Banzai_Joe · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:31

Abooie....sent you trust mails dude. Apologies.

i-bert · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:33

I got UFC on Saturday and I couldn't complete the first session I was too tired to carry on. :eek:

I'm still aching now.

Hopefully it will get easier for me.

crunchman · 11 Jul 2011 at 14:43

As someone who actually goes to mma training, UFC personal trainer is an absolute BEAST !!

Your shape is a lot better to get fit with, UFC is more for when you are

Banzai_Joe · 22 Jul 2011 at 12:02

Right, found the Your Shape: Fitness Evolved, must have had this ages, didn't even know.
Had 2 workouts so far, and....OH MY GOD!!!! I was in so much paaain the next day.
Just shows how out of shape i've become.
I like it, although i got angry at it the other night as i was spot on in time with the trainer when doing side lunges, but it kept saying i was out of rhythm, so i ended up doing double the amount whilst screaming obscenities at the trainer, lol.
then you get the trainer saying "raise your arms highers" or "squat deeper" yet they don't do it....lazy *******!!!
Spent over 20 years studying martial arts, but doing the cario boxing, loollll....i was all over the place, punching and kicking with all the grace of a sack of carrots.
Burned over 470kcals so far in 2 workouts, so not too bad.
I enterained myself by flipping the bird and pelvic thrusting in the general direction of the instructor (as i was stood slightly behind her)

Overall, as a first dig into kinect fitness, i'm fairly satisfied. If i can motivate myself enough, I may look into the UFC Personal Trainer.

Shamikebab · 22 Jul 2011 at 12:10

Yeah I ordered Your Shape when it was £15 last week so we shall see how that goes

Dannyb01y · 22 Jul 2011 at 12:20

These fitness games sound like a good way to burn some calories whilst doing what I love most - playing games and earning cheevos! Just waiting for kinnect to go back to £79.99 and I'll probably bite

PiKe · 22 Jul 2011 at 12:24

Dannyb01y said:
These fitness games sound like a good way to burn some calories whilst doing what I love most - playing games and earning cheevos! Just waiting for kinnect to go back to £79.99 and I'll probably bite

When has it ever been £79.99 ?

i-bert · 22 Jul 2011 at 12:41

PiKe said:
When has it ever been £79.99 ?

Quite a few times.

Swampyseifer · 22 Jul 2011 at 13:29

My wife got Zumba...had a go and my god....I was absolutely knackered after 10 mins, never mind after the next 10 mins (does 20min sessions).

its good hun and the music really helps to get you into the swing of it

mame · 22 Jul 2011 at 15:29

i-bert said:
Quite a few times.

Yeah I've seen it 3 times for £79.99 and once for £89.99. I might get it next time. It's still a fair bit of cash but you don't have to add to it