Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010

I was at the Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010 event held at Chelsea Piers in NYC on Wednesday, September 16th, and it was great fun. Jillian Michaels herself was there to introduce her brand new Wii game to us all, and we even got to work out a bit with the game!

I’m sure many of you know Jillian from the TV series “The Biggest Loser”, and she seems, well, downright scary. I mean, this woman can yell! You’d think she was just a mean and nasty person – but guess what, she’s actually really, super sweet! I mean, it was amazing! When she’s in Fitness Trainer mode she’s not to be messed with, but when she’s just being Jillian she is the warmest and most genuine “people person” I’ve met in a while. When her staff told her it was time to go she actually looked sad and pouted and said that she didn’t want to leave, and her staff member said, “I know Jillian, you never want to leave events like these”. She seems to truly enjoy being with real people, and getting her message of self-empowerment and healthy living out there in the world in a personal way, and she was so excited to roll out her new game to us all. Her new Wii game, Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2010, is a game that she designed to help families combat the ever-increasing obesity rates in a way that your children will enjoy – through playing a video game; how awesome is that?!?

The approach is genius because it will bring physical fitness to children right at the place where they are the most – in front of the TV! The other things I find great about this game, especially for my fellow single parents out there, is that it allows us not only to work out (and as single parents who has the time to go to an actual gym???), but it also allows us to work out with our children. Quality time with our children is so important to us, and as single parents we may get just the slightest bit less of it than married/coupled parents do. This is a way to keep you and your children healthy, spend time doing something fun with your kids, and trick them (and let’s face it, yourself too), into thinking they’re just having fun playing a cool video game when what they’re actually doing is getting and keeping fit! Truly a win-win situation for all. The Wii video game will be released on October 6th and the Nintendo DS game will be released on October 20th.

I leave you with another fabulous picture of Jillian Michaels herself. Oh, and that body of hers? AMAZING! I’d let her scream at me every day of my life if it meant I could look like that!