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An interactive, personalized fitness program on PC. A virtual character called “Maya” guides through the steps.websites: http://www.yourselffitness.com/default.aspxhttp://www.respondesign.com/Part or Review at About.com -Guide Review – Yourself FitnessYourself Fitness is a fitness game for your PC or X-Box. Maya, your ‘trainer’, has you enter vital stats (like height, weight, etc.) and then takes you through basic fitness tests (jumping jacks, pushups, crunches and squats) so that Maya can choose a goal for you–which you can change at any time. The goals are weight loss, cardio, upper body, lower body, core strength or flexibility and what you choose will determine your workouts (e.g., if you choose cardio, all workouts will contain some cardio). Maya recommends workout days and duration, though she doesn’t choose your workouts-you choose them when you log in. For each workout, you choose: workout location (e.g., an ‘Urban Oasis’ or the ‘Empress’ Dojo’), music (80’s, hip-hop, etc.) and what equipment you have (heart monitor, step, ball and weights). Maya leads the workouts while the exercises scroll across the bottom, showing the moves and equipment you’ll need. There’s no instruction, but there’s a tutorial for each exercise if you need it. For each workout you can change the music and difficulty…