EA Sports Active 2 - 9 week Challenge

bjshooter

I missed 3 days, so ill have to do it everyday this week

Workout 23 (hard)

Time - 40.34

Cals - 216.2

AHR 133 (although it died completely for a while, well I am presuming the monitor died and not me)

MHR 194

lovetowrite73

As my legs were burning, I thought "the only thing that would make this worse is if it was followed by mountain climbers." Guess what was next!

on-screen, mountain climbers look so effortless, but when I'm doing them, I really feel like I'm hopping (which, IIRC, the on-screen voice tells you not to do). How do you manage them, so that your form is good? (Am I doing them wrong, maybe?)

I don't switch both legs at the same time. I raise one knee to my chest, return back, then raise the other knee and return. I cannot alternate legs without bouncing.

writer4him

Week 1, workout 2 - Hard
Time 36.37 minutes
Av. HR 108
Max HR 177
Calories 153.3

I had to completely skip two exercises (tricep extensions and reverse crunches) because after many attempts, the thing just wouldn't "find" me. Hopefully I figure this out soon.

Wocawa

Today was Workout 23 - medium

39 minutes
243 calories
116 AHR
148 MHR

This was a hard workout with 4 sets of mountain climbers!!!! Have a good week everyone.

lovetowrite73

Workout 29 - medium
41:53
297 calories
138 Avg HR
187 Max HR

Lots of squats and lunges again today. Tons of running too. But it was not too bad!!

Purplebunnysarah

9 Week Program Easy Workout 13

Calories: 216.8
Time: 29:24
Avg HR: 119
Max HR: 159

This was the first workout of phase 2. I did notice that the reps for each exercise went up just a tiny bit. At least there were no Mountain Climbers! I was feeling a bit of pain in my right shoulder and right knee... if they're still bugging me tomorrow I'm going to actually rest on my Rest Day.

elvb

Today was my second workout, and ive gotta say the system pissed me off.

It didnt register on my kinect for most of my exercises alot of the time! Ugggh i wanted to throw something...we reconfigured everything too... sucks.

Anyone else have this issue

My husband has this problem...especially with exercises where he has to jump or run. It's constantly looking for him or resetting. I did see there is this mount you can get for your wall for the kinect. I was debating on getting it to keep it steadier since our house likes to shake lol.

elvb

yesterday's workout ~
Workout #3 Medium
Calories: 301
AHR: 140
MHR: 181
Min:33

Missed one workout so I will be working out the rest of this week to catch up. No rest days for me!

saeverman

I'm thinking of buying the EA Active 2, but have a question. Does the HRM only work with the game?

Thanks,
Stephanie E

elvb

I'm thinking of buying the EA Active 2, but have a question. Does the HRM only work with the game?

Thanks,
Stephanie E

Yes it only works with the game. That's why I had to get a personal HRM lol. It is worth it though!!

elvb

9 Wk Program ~ Medium #4
Cal: 318
Min: 35
AHR: 140
MHR: Can't tell because it miss-read me at 211 lol

All legs today!! GRRR thighs are ON FIRE!!

LarryPGH

Just finished workout 13 (easy). Not too bad, although the fitness test kinda ticked me off -- no improvement in my heart rate (in fact, through six weeks (3 wk cardio + phase 1), there hasn't been *any* change to my heart rate! Plus, my recovery time went down a bunch last week, but went back up 10 seconds tonight... grr!

Anyway, lunges *stink*, but I can see the difference in my legs already, so that's positive!

(I've also started the C25K jogging program, so between this and jogging, my fitness should be well on the increase!)

I'm about 800 calories short on my total today, so in addition to my normal post-workout banana, maybe I'll have some popcorn, too...!

lovetowrite73

I've also started the C25K jogging program

You'll have to tell me how it is doing both at the same time. I'm a little scared of trying to do both programs at once.

shakemybooty

Workout #33-Hard (almost done!!)

284 Calories
47 MIn
115 Avg BPM

Today was definitely easier. I think yesterday's hallucinations were from the chest cold I'm coming down with today. More arms and some running. I did notice that I haven't done foot fires for a few workouts now. Maybe those are gone for good. One can hope!

LarryPGH

I've also started the C25K jogging program

You'll have to tell me how it is doing both at the same time. I'm a little scared of trying to do both programs at once.

well, I waited until last week -- so that I'd have the benefit of six weeks of EA SA2 behind me, and would feel a little more confident about being a little in shape). I also wanted to make sure that i kept one day completely free for rest, and minimized overlap between the two. So, the way it shapes up is Sun-Tues-Thurs for C25K and Mon-Tues-Fri-Sat for EA SA2. That means Tuesdays are my only day that I have both on the same day (so I try to do my exercise in the morning and my jog in the evening), and it still keeps Wednesday as a rest day!

No problems yet, but like I said, it's only week 2 of C25K -- I'll let you know if it seems I have a problem with trying to do too much, too soon...!

lovetowrite73

Workout #33-Hard (almost done!!)

284 Calories
47 MIn
115 Avg BPM

Today was definitely easier. I think yesterday's hallucinations were from the chest cold I'm coming down with today. More arms and some running. I did notice that I haven't done foot fires for a few workouts now. Maybe those are gone for good. One can hope!

Chest colds are awful & if you don't catch it early it may form into pneumonia which I wouldn't wish on my enemies! Hopefully you can finish up before it sets in. And just because of Murphy's Law, you're going to have five sets of foot fires tomorrow at 240 apiece. :laugh:

lovetowrite73

I've also started the C25K jogging program

You'll have to tell me how it is doing both at the same time. I'm a little scared of trying to do both programs at once.

well, I waited until last week -- so that I'd have the benefit of six weeks of EA SA2 behind me, and would feel a little more confident about being a little in shape). I also wanted to make sure that i kept one day completely free for rest, and minimized overlap between the two. So, the way it shapes up is Sun-Tues-Thurs for C25K and Mon-Tues-Fri-Sat for EA SA2. That means Tuesdays are my only day that I have both on the same day (so I try to do my exercise in the morning and my jog in the evening), and it still keeps Wednesday as a rest day!

No problems yet, but like I said, it's only week 2 of C25K -- I'll let you know if it seems I have a problem with trying to do too much, too soon...!

Thanks! C25K is only 3 days a week so maybe I can just change my EASA2 schedule to fit around the C25K. I have to think about this. I'm really trying to achieve some goals by the time it's totally warm here (I'm in MD) and we get to shed heavy coats and wear cute sundresses and the like. I'm so vain. :laugh:

bjshooter

I turned off the wii halfway through and it was all the exercises I hate, the question is do I have the motivation to start again

bjshooter

Eurgh I did it again

Time 43.36

Cals 271.3

AHR 126 (defo not working right, the last ten mins it didnt get over 80 and I have a heart condition that makes it go way higher than that even when resting)

MHR 172


Plus 30 cals for the 10 mins I had already done

writer4him

I turned off the wii halfway through and it was all the exercises I hate, the question is do I have the motivation to start again

You can do it! I know how you feel about the hated exercises...but I know for me that the reason why they are so hard is because they work my "problem areas." Just think of how awesome you will look and feel once you get through those exercises and begin to build strength to be able to do them better and easier! Kathy

moniqueluv

Workout 16 (medium)

38:06 min
193.8 Calories

I never really felt the burn with hip bridges until today when I had to do 20 one leg hip bridges. Thighs on fire!

writer4him

Workout 3 (Hard)
Time: 28.36
Av HR 105
Max HR 154
Calories 122.9

This one was pretty easy, but I am hoping from what others have posted that the intensity will pick up. No mountain climbers in this one!

Kathy

lovetowrite73

Eurgh I did it again

Time 43.36

Cals 271.3

AHR 126 (defo not working right, the last ten mins it didnt get over 80 and I have a heart condition that makes it go way higher than that even when resting)

MHR 172


Plus 30 cals for the 10 mins I had already done

Yay!! I'm glad you pushed through! :happy: :drinker: Just think about it: it'll all be worth it in the end!!!

LarryPGH

Workout 14 -- easy
196 calories
pretty low on the heart zones -- stayed down in the 2-3 range.

broke my resistance band (again) -- first one side, then when I tried to grip it by the band on the side that broke, the other handle gave way, too. *sigh*

ok ... big formal dinner tonight (and I have about 900 calories at my disposal -- yay!), then w2 d2 of my C25K jogging...!

SayLiLIG

Workout # 3 this morning

22 Minutes (approx.)
220.1 cals

Im doing all my workouts on easy since im just starting out...

Also... my goal thing says i have done 4 workouts, but I HAVENT everything is right, but just not number of workouts... ive ONLY done 3 lol

Anyone else have that issue

SamWTFx3

I wish I could find a (blank)week workout challenge or something like that.. I just have some DVDs but I don't have anything for the Wii. I should check prices!

lovetowrite73

Workout # 3 this morning

22 Minutes (approx.)
220.1 cals

Im doing all my workouts on easy since im just starting out...

Also... my goal thing says i have done 4 workouts, but I HAVENT everything is right, but just not number of workouts... ive ONLY done 3 lol

Anyone else have that issue

Have you done a fitness test? If so, that's why. They count that as a workout.

lovetowrite73

Workout 30 medium
45:12
323.5 calories
140 Avg HR
175 Max HR

Guess who had two sets of 240 foot fires tonight? :laugh: Serves me right.

elvb

Workout #5 ~ medium (personal HRM)
Cal: 366
Time: 43 min (35min for the game)
MHR: 181
AHR: 138

All running today. Evil evil evil running. My thighs and butt are on fire tonight. I wish I could just go straight to bed...but noooooo. I have to shower first. lol

Purplebunnysarah

Custom workout today since it was a rest day. I did mostly cardio with a couple lower/upper/core exercises just to mix things up a little. I wanted to take it easy because my knees have been bothering me ever since Saturday when I had the 3 sets of Mountain Climbers.

Calories: 154 + ~30 (guesstimate) because I repeated one of my skipping reps and ran through all the loading screens = 184
Time: 21:29
Avg HR: 122
Max HR: 163