These are my first impressions of My Fitness Coach and I will probably be adding some comments as the days go on. This game provides a way for you to set up your own workout and weight loss routine. It starts with a fitness test and you have options for choosing the length of time you want to exercise, how many days per week and what you want to accomplish. You can use it for weight loss, core strength or flexibility. You can also customize it for use with hand weights, an exercise ball or step bench if you have them. Just trying it for a couple days of workouts it provides a good cardio workout and lots of good flexibility moves. I’d have to say it’s more strenuous than most of the Wii Fit exercises, many of which are more concentrated on balance than on cardio. But the one thing I wish they would have included is use of the Wii balance board. This seems like such a natural for this game and would have given feedback on your actual moves. As it is, this seems more like an exercise DVD in some ways than a Wii fitness game.

Still, it does have many features that are interactive and that set it apart from an exercise DVD that I enjoy. You can choose from among 8 different places or environments to exercise, whatever suits your mood on a particular day. And there’s a good selection of music that you can choose to exercise to. To me that’s a big thing. Nothing is worse than having to exercise to music that you find annoying. Everyone should be able to find something they like here. And you can keep track of your progress.

Maya, your trainer gives you lots of encouragement and pushes you to achieve your goals. I think being able to set your own goals and making a commitment to exercise and eat well is a very good way to lose weight or gain flexibility and core strength. This game helps you to make that commitment and it gives you a way to measure your progress. There are also a lot of different exercises, something for everyone and for every fitness goal.

The music is good and the graphics are fine, not exceptional, but not bad. The instruction and demonstration of the exercises is very good and easy to follow. The only reason I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 is that I thought it missed a good chance at more interactivity by not including the balance board.