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From: Majesco Sales Inc.
Category: Video Games

New (37) Used (53) Collectible (2) from $8.75

Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars

404 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,275

Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: artificial_life_simulation_games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: Video Game
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Operating System: Nintendo Wii
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: 01552
Model: 1552
UPC: 096427015529
EAN: 0096427015703

Publication Date: October 2008

Features:

•	Uses the Wii balance board
•	4 Workout types, strength training, weight loss, intervals and h climb
•	motion based fitness activities such as ladder climb, rowing and monkey bars
•	track personal data and progress
•	Unlock lifestyle tips from Jillian

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Become new recruits in Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2009. Enroll in a unique training program composed of challenging fitness tests and an ever-changing series of workouts. Choose your workout from four types--Weight Loss, Strength Training, Intervals and Hill Climb--and set the intensity to light, medium or hard for a duration between 10 and 60 minutes. By completing exciting Wii Remote and Wii Balance Board motion-based challenges that range from crossing monkey bars to climbing ladders and rowing, you can also unlock lifestyle and fitness video tips from Jillian. You can even track your progress based on calories burned and workout intensity. In addition, a Competitive Party Mode lets two players race against each other through entertaining individual challenges or through the entire Physical Training course to earn the winning time.

Competitive Party Mode lets two players race against each other through entertaining individual challenges or through the entire Physical Training course to earn the winning time

Amazon.com Product Description
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Jillian Michael’s Fitness Ultimatum 2009 is the first game of its type to combine a celebrity fitness trainer with the Wii and innovative Wii Balance Board accessory to offer you a fun and entertaining way to get fit. Under Jillian’s expert guidance, you can pursue a focused workout that helps you reach your fitness goals through rigorous, branching exercise routines, and multiple difficulty levels that will get you in the best shape of your life! As a new recruit at Jillian’s boot camp, enroll in her unique training program and be challenged to an ever-changing series of workouts and fitness tests.

Choose your workout from four types:
Gear your workout to suit your goals when you choose either Weight Loss, Strength Training, Intervals, and Hill Climb modes. Set the intensity of your exercise routine to suit your pace: Light,Medium or Hard, then dictate workout length: 5, 10, 15, 30, 45, or 60 minutes. Start each workout on the track by running down the Physical Training (PT) course of the training base in a series of judged challenges for up to 3 minutes. Motion-based fitness activities include: running obstacle courses, balance beam, hand car, rowing/paddling, crossing monkey bars, punching bags, and more.

Go Solo or Head-to-Head:
Choose your challenge from branching paths to dictate your own activity. Each challenge has three levels of difficulty, requiring progressively more motion and a harder workout (warm-up, target zone, cool-down, etc.) Competitive Campfire Mode lets two players race against each other through individual challenges or the entire PT course to see who can burn more calories.

Customization:
Customize your character and input personal data to serve as a benchmark for measuring progress via the Statistics screen that includes: calories burned, weight, in game performance and more. Unlock lifestyle and fitness video tips from Jillian that provide guidance on: targeted training,maximizing your workout, gym alternatives, traveling workouts, snacking, eating out, food substitutions, and cooking

Customer Reviews:

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If I could give it zero stars, I would...don't waste your money! March 1, 2010
Karen A. Costura (Pelham, NH United States)
This is one of the worst things I've ever purchased. I have a couple other wii fit type games and this is awful. Truly, don't waste your money. The exercises are monotonous and you can literally sit on the couch and get the remote to "do" the exercises. Awful. I'd be ashamed to have my name on this if I was Jillian.

1 out of 5 stars

HOLY CRAP!!!!! February 27, 2010
Anthony Valentin
here's a cheat code for the game....you ready? run in place on the balance board throw quick little jabs. That's the whole game. You'll expend more energy finding that out than doing the work-outs.
- rowing: running in place
- jumping to different logs: running in place
- jog: running in place( the faster you go does not change avitars speed)

1 out of 5 stars

Too bad Jillian's name is associated with this...not your typical Wii game February 26, 2010
Lisa M. Charette (Fort Kent, ME)
Honestly, I was so excited to get this game! What a MAJOR disappointment! That will teach me for not checking reviews before buying. I have Wii Fit and Wii Active and both games respond perfectly to my moves and the timing is excellent. The running is absolutely boring. I expected something with high energy from Jillian Michaels. The boxing and kicking...oh my! I boxed and kicked so hard just to try to get the avatar to move a little bit! Every once in a while it would kick, but I surely burned more calories trying to prove to it that I was moving! Very very disappointed with this Wii game.

1 out of 5 stars

Do not purchase this title February 1, 2010
Anna's Gourmet Goodies
I purchased the Wii Fit Plus from Target and this title was in the box as a bonus. I have been using the basic Wii Fit Plus CD and thought I would give this a try. It actually locked up my Wii.

1. Very little instruction on how to get started - does not tell you what to do.
2. I finally found the area to begin training, started the warm up, went for 2 minutes, then it stopped. The Wii remote stopped working (batteries were fine) - no voice or visual direction. I finally turned off the machine and ejected the disk.

It was basically free - so I can't return it. But if I had purchased the product, I certainly would. I cannot imagine that Jillian, or anyone that cares about the customer experience, has ever watched this game. Does not come close to the quality of the basic Wii Fit Plus, or any other Wii games we own.

A waste of plastic. My ultimatum, take this thing off the market. It is killing your brand. It certainly did for me.

3 out of 5 stars

Difficult to learn but very effective.... January 23, 2010
Lorilyn Tenney
I love Jillian on Biggest Loser & was so excited when DH brought this one home for me after I got so into the Wii Fit but wanted more cardio options. Initial observations were that the instructions are horrible & the graphics are archaic. A dark & dreary atmosphere that doesn't motivate you to work out.
The first time I tried the workout I was so frustrated I nearly returned it. I worked SO HARD trying to make the program register my movements that I spent the next day hobbling around like I'd been in an accident. Two days later I gave it another try & I was finally able to make my avatar run. Within the next month I was able to master several of the other exercises. Log rolling & boxing have never worked. Log jumping, paintball grenades & the tire course are possible but way too strenuous for anyone with less than steel knees. The best option I found was to create my own 10 minute workout that went: run, handcart, run, monkey bars & run. Monkey bars really work the arms, handcart is great for squats & the running was good cardio.
So many of the tasks require near jumping (jump from a squat movements), but because you can't actually jump on the balance board I found myself throwing out my low back by thrusting my body upward & then pulling back the force so I wouldn't jump. This put a huge amount of strain on my low back.

Until I bought the Wii Fit Plus, last week, I would do all the yoga, all the strength training & one cardio exercise (usually advanced hula hoop & sometimes also the stepping) on the Fit & then 10 minutes on Jillian. Those 10 minutes can be entered into the Fit program's activity log as HARD exercise.

I tell everyone that I love this program but I don't recommend it to anyone. I would suggest buying or upgrading to the Wii Fit Plus to get the extra cardio options, the calorie counter, colorful, upbeat graphics, games & exercises where the process & the result vary every time you play it.

The one thing I can thank Jillian for is teaching me to run on the balance board. I read some reviews that note dissatisfaction with the running technique & I can totally relate to them, as that's how I felt at first. However, Jillian's way of running on the board reduces the strain on my knees. By planting your feet firmly & then lifting only your heels while keeping your upper body centered over your knees you can feel the muscles in your thighs & hips working without the knee pain I would normally feel on a regular-type run. Mastering this type of running is worthwhile as it can be used in both the Wii Fit & Wii Fit Plus programs. In the Plus it makes things like the cycling, running & the rhythm marching easier to do.
The other tip for anyone using this program & feeling like you're putting out way more than you get credit for, if you want to cheat (at least while running) just make sure to do big movements with your arms. Not swinging back to front like on a jog, but more like punching forward or pushing your hands into the air above your head. Either one will register a better overall score and your avatar will run faster.

Ultimately, I wouldn't recommend this program. But if you already have it there are some ways to benefit from it. After just a couple weeks my family was noticing smaller hips & thighs on me. Man, those squats are killer! :)

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