EA Sports Active 2 - 9 week Challenge

WarmDontBurn

I just finished my first workout and so far so good!
I have a Polar HRM and have to say it was pretty close to the EA HRM.

Anyone else doing this right now? I haven't actually started the 9 week challenge...well really today was a rest day but I had to try it out. Tomorrow will officially be day 1 and I will weigh in just to compare my results in 9 weeks.

If you have this and are up for the 9 week challenge please join me here. I need this thread to keep me motivated and working hard!

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Ooops forgot my info:

Time: 0:16:50

Calories Burned: 71.2
Avg. HR - 111
Workout 100%


Polar HRM says
Time: 27 mins
Calories Burned: 74 burned

Lanna74

Could you give me more info? I need something like this!

MissAnjy

I'm on day 2 tonight )

WarmDontBurn

Scunnered74: http://www.ea.com/games/ea-sports-active-2

MissAnjy: Yay! If you are up for it post your stats and we can keep eachother motivated

MissAnjy

yeah no problem!! I did another exercise after this one and found that there was a huge difference between my polar HRM & the EA HRM so just a litttle advice, always wear your polar HRM just incase!!! I did a upper body workout the EA said time: 22 minutes @ 114 calories burned meanwhile my polar HRM said 31 minutes @ 310 calories burned.

Lanna74

Thanks! Will go there now...

DeeDeeLHF

I am seriously thinking of buying this so I want to join in as a spy! I will enjoy seeing the results that others are having to see if it is worth the money.

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WarmDontBurn

yeah no problem!! I did another exercise after this one and found that there was a huge difference between my polar HRM & the EA HRM so just a litttle advice, always wear your polar HRM just incase!!! I did a upper body workout the EA said time: 22 minutes @ 114 calories burned meanwhile my polar HRM said 31 minutes @ 310 calories burned.

Ya I generally always record and go with my Polar. I generally jog in place while the next exercise loads or if it is something I hate will skip the exercise and run instead...lol. I was shocked though at how similar it was for my first workout because I read there was a huge difference between the 2.

tymomrn

I just started that, too! Just did my second day today. It wasn't a scheduled day, so I did the 45 minute cardio blast. 330 calories. I started with the 3 week cardio start, though. I'll do the 9 week challenge next.

MissAnjy

I just did workout number 2. EA says 24 minutes @ 150 calories
HRM says 35 minutes @ 323

Kkmama

I am in! Just bought it last night and did my first work out today.
Workout # 1:
27 minutes
240 cals

MilfShakeIt

I have this and I'm going to do my very first time tomorrow. I'm joining and I'm very excited to have some help and motivation!

Sbozek123

I'm in - today will be day 3 on the 3 week cardio kickstart - wanted to do the 3 week program before jumping into the 9 week one - give me a little build up since I've been super lazy the past 2 months! I have a Polar HRM too, just need to remember where I put the band in November! Grrrr - shouldn't have gotten lazy, but on the bright side I haven't gained back weight!

MrMeefee

I bought this the week that it came out in the UK so I am currently on Workout 16 of the 9 Week Challenge, set to Hard. I must admit, with the Christmas week, today's workout was scheduled for last Monday so I have to do three workouts over the weekend to "catch up".

I also bought some Reebok resistance bands to use with the programme as the one supplied with it seems of very low resistance.

I'm loving it at the moment and have burned over 9000 calories so far according to the game!


Here's my info for today:

Time: 0:40:01

Calories Burned: 267.8
Avg. HR - 102
Max. HR 152
Workout 100%

Qpeace

I'm in. I just purchased it this week and did my first workout yesterday. Can really feel muscles today.

Looking forward to continuing!

QPeace

MilfShakeIt

I started the 9 week program today! Just got out of the shower and I feel great. A little shaky, but otherwise great!

Stats:

Time: 25 min
HR: 158
Cal Burned: 190

Kkmama

Did work outs 2 and 3 today! Did the first one and misread something that said that I just completed my first work out! So I signed up for a second.... Crazy!
55 minutes
480 cals burned
100%

Tomorrow is a rest day! But am going for a 5 km walk!

DawniesLife

Count me in! I actually just ordered this a few days ago and it's currently being mailed to me! So I will receive it early this week and start posting my stats then! Great idea! Wish I could start tonight!

MrMeefee

Here's my info for today:

Workout 17

Time: 0:39:10

Calories Burned: 297.3
Avg. HR - 102
Max. HR 149
Workout 100%

WarmDontBurn

Wow bigger group then the regular EA Sports!

I was super sick yesterday so I actually missed day 1 of the 9 week challenge..lol.
Felt better today so I restarted since technically I didn't actually "start".

So Jan 01 '11
1st day of a new year and I started it at 144.4lbs .. not great but anything is better then my old self
1st day of my 9 week challenge

My HRM actually stopped detecting my HR somewhere in my "basketball-running" exercise so I jogged/ran in between a little harder since I don't like being behind on the EA Calorie count. Oddly my HRM and EA are still pretty close.

Day 1

Time- 0:25:48
Cal. Burned 144.1
Avg HR - 126
Max HR - 170
Completed 100%

HRM says 40 mintues and 160 calories burned.

May I also say that I HATE planks. Can real live people actually do these?

I would also like to know how you all burn SO many calories!? What settings are you all using? Are you going my EA's HRM or your own. I seriously ran my heart out between exercises and I don't touch the calories burned you all did!

MilfShakeIt

Wow bigger group then the regular EA Sports!

I was super sick yesterday so I actually missed day 1 of the 9 week challenge..lol.
Felt better today so I restarted since technically I didn't actually "start".

So Jan 01 '11
1st day of a new year and I started it at 144.4lbs .. not great but anything is better then my old self
1st day of my 9 week challenge

My HRM actually stopped detecting my HR somewhere in my "basketball-running" exercise so I jogged/ran in between a little harder since I don't like being behind on the EA Calorie count. Oddly my HRM and EA are still pretty close.

Day 1

Time- 0:25:48
Cal. Burned 144.1
Avg HR - 126
Max HR - 170
Completed 100%

HRM says 40 mintues and 160 calories burned.

May I also say that I HATE planks. Can real live people actually do these?

I would also like to know how you all burn SO many calories!? What settings are you all using? Are you going my EA's HRM or your own. I seriously ran my heart out between exercises and I don't touch the calories burned you all did!

Well for me, I set it for the medium level of working out. I need to lose 60lbs so I need some serious fat burning. I stayed pretty much in the fat burning zone the whole time.

MrMeefee

Here's my info for today:

Workout 18

Time: 0:45:09

Calories Burned: 314.1
Avg. HR - 151
Max. HR 149
Workout 100%


I think the reason that I burn so many calories is because I am using the Hard intensity, and the fact that I am into week 5 of the 9 week challenge. I don't use my own heart rate monitor but it seems as though the EA Sports calorie estimate is usually lower anyway!

I don't find planks to be that difficult myself, although I seriously hate "Mountain Climbers". They hurt!!!!!

WarmDontBurn

Well I will be back later to get to Day 2 but my HRM is all messed up so I am going to have to use the EA Sports one to record.
For those that DON'T use HRM's do you just go with what the game says or do you plug it in here under a certain category? I like to be as accurate as possible and had a bad over day yesterday so today is very important!!

letsgetit

I know im a little late but i want to join this as well. I just got this game for Christmas and im starting a 9 week challenge
I did a hard cardio session on the first try and it was brutal...or im just way out of shape! I think the game said it doesnt count the warm ups and cool downs so maybe that is why your HRM is showing longer times and more calories. I know with my cardio even though the exercises were over ,i was def still burning calories at a higher rate than i would have been just doing the cooldown by itself. I wear a bodybugg to count my calories also but I think during the exercises their HRM is pretty good.

WarmDontBurn

Welcome :flowerforyou:

Well I soaked my HRM chest strap and it seemed to hang in there. I am sure it isn't super accurate but I feel funny without it...lol.
I again jogged my butt off in between exercises and even lightly jogged instead of doing EA's cooldown's.

Workout 2/36

Workout time: 0:29:49 ( jogged through the training videos too)
Cals. Burned: 148.7
Avg. HR - 122 BPM
Max HR 166 bpm
Workouts Completed 100%

HRM says 41 mins and 161 calories burned...again not that far off and I even boogied my butt while exercises were loading AND during training videos...whew.

zumba66girl

hi should have active 2 in a few days...ordered it off amazon 1/2 price...also ordered 3 other resistance bands....would like support and motivation from your group...would like to lose around 20 lbs and definitely tone up. can't wait for it to arrive.

lovetowrite73

Hello all! I would love to do this too. I completed workout 1 of the 9 week challenge last night. I think I'm going to purchase a separate HRM to wear as the EA HRM doesn't count your beats between workouts.

Is anyone interested in starting a group on EA? I think that would be fun and we can see everyone's progress that way too!

DawniesLife

Okay, received my EA Sports Active 2 in the mail yesterday.

Started Day 1 of the 9 week Challenge today.

Here were my stats:
Time: 27 minutes
Calories: 206 burned
Distance Ran: .34 miles
Avg Heart Rate (bpm): 130
Max Heart Rate (bpm): 178

It was a great work out! I had been using The Biggest Loser Challenge before I got this in the mail and this blows the biggest loser workout away. This is so much better! Hope everyone is doing great with their challenge!

WarmDontBurn

Ok the more people post the more confused I get. How can my time/calories burned be so far off?

Here they all are together:

1st Day

Time: 0:16:50
Calories Burned: 71.2
Avg. HR - 111
Workout 100%

Polar HRM says
Time: 27 mins
Calories Burned: 74 burned (here i KNOW my HRM messed up)
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Day 2

Time- 0:25:48
Cal. Burned 144.1
Avg HR - 126
Max HR - 170
Completed 100%

HRM says 40 mintues and 160 calories burned.

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Day 3

Workout time: 0:29:49 ( jogged through the training videos too)
Cals. Burned: 148.7
Avg. HR - 122 BPM
Max HR 166 bpm
Workouts Completed 100%

HRM says 41 mins and 161 calories burned


No matter how many mintues I cannot get past 200 calories where you guys are doing the same time/workouts and lower (times) and still blowing my calories out of the water. WTF!!

letsgetit

I didnt set up the internet part with it yet, but i probably will sometime this weekend so I would be able to join a EA group.

ErinB

yeah no problem!! I did another exercise after this one and found that there was a huge difference between my polar HRM & the EA HRM so just a litttle advice, always wear your polar HRM just incase!!! I did a upper body workout the EA said time: 22 minutes @ 114 calories burned meanwhile my polar HRM said 31 minutes @ 310 calories burned.

Sounds like what I got today! Which one have u been logging? I just done day 2 today.