The Biggest Loser Ultimate Workout - Xbox 360

A friend told me about this workout sytem and it is an excellent source to work out to. I love how it makes an avater out of the shape that you are, It makes sure that you are doing the excercise correctly and the recipes are great to try. this is great if you want that at home training.

We bought the Kinect/XBox system as a family gift for Christmas and got the free games as a bonus. We love our system and use it everyday for our family exercise time.

I have had this for a week now and compared to our $1500 elliptical machine, this is such a good value! Not even at the YMCA did I have a free personal trainer who encouraged me to keep going. I already notice my jeans fit a little better and my energy level is up. I am sure that this will get me back in shape more quickly and efficiently than the elliptical. If you are willing to work (still sore, but it's a good sore) this is the ticket!

I got this game to use as my cardio workout instead of waiting in line at the gym to use a treadmill and spending all that money on a membership (again). It has exceeded expectations. Great workouts, 8 week programs, you're told exactly what you're doing right and wrong, you can see how what you're doing compares to the trainer, and it even asks you how you're doing during the workout and you talk back to the system. Great game!

Really great for exercise, will definitely get your heart rate up... Takes a couple mInutes to load and you HAVE TO HAVE THE MOTIVATION TO TURN IT ON!

Awesome workout even for beginners! You set the amount of time you want to workout. Also you set how many days a week you workout.

I'm a relatively new Xbox user. Loved my Wii, but hated having to strap on sensors and hold controllers every time I worked out. I love the fact that this disc doesn't require you to buy a ton of equipment. I only have the disc, but there are options for weights, yoga balls etc. The BL workout is great for someone like me who has about 100lbs to lose. I started with very light intensity, 20 minutes a day. Still struggled, but was able to increase the time spent working out and the intensity over time. I'm down about 15lbs in about 2 months. My one complaint is that the sensor doesn't always record what I'm doing as a rep. (10% of the time?) This impacts what they calculate as points and calories burned. If that's a source of motivation for you, this might be frustrating. My recommendation is to not focus on that and simply keep doing the exercise. You're still burning the calories even if the number doesn't appear on the screen. Heck of a lot cheaper than the gym and/or a personal trainer, well worth the money.

The body scanner has issues- Measured my neck at 105". couldnt get it to get correct measurements at any distance. The exercises are difficult to follow at times because you have to bend your neck to look at the tv instead of concentrating on completing the reps. I like the intensity of the different levels and how it monitors correct form. Overall, I feel like I got better results from biggest-loser dvds.

The exercises on the game are great! The trainer makes sure you can take breaks if needed. However if you miss a day you will have to redo the beginning test. The hand controls are more complicated then other Kinect games. If you can over look the poor design on the plans I think you will be happy with the over all exercises.

I really wanted to like this game. I read good reviews of it before I purchased. To be fair, this is the first excersie type game I have tried with the Kinect so I have nothing with which to compare it. I found this game to be somewhat confusing to set up and follow. For the first week I wasn't doing the required routines becuase I didn't understand how to get to where I needed to go. It seems to have a hard time sensing some of my movements and therefore thinks I am doing the moves wrong. This can be very frustrating, especially when you are breaking a sweat. It also constanly wants you to speak out loud how you are doing and has set phrases for you to respond with. It for some reason can never catch my response and I find myself screaming at the television, which only adds to my frustration. There are some good routines on here, but I have found most of them to be too short and there to be too much standing around in-between routines waiting on the next part to load. it also wants you to enter a LOT of information on a daily basis, such as calories eaten, etc. and this can be extremely time consuming when you are trying to use your hand as the controller. The "challenges" are also annoying because you are never actually doing what your on-screen character is doing. Additonally, unlike the Wii Fit, the Kinect can't sense how much you weigh so it relies on you knowing this ahead of time how much you weight or have lost in order to enter this information. It just doesn't seem like a very accurate or efficient way to track your progress. I find myself doing this game less and less because it is such a hassle.