EA Sports Active 2 - 9 week Challenge

shakemybooty

Hello. Today was workout 21-Hard.
39 Minutes
207 Calories
108 Avg BPM

Overall pretty easy one. More cardio and arms than lunges and squats. No leg raises either! My 3x c-sectioned abs fight the leg raises. The first set is getting slightly easier but the second set is still the death of me.

lovetowrite73

So, I had to do my fitness test yesterday. Now, a "normal" fitness test would have me do foot fires for 40-45 seconds. But nooooo, yesterday's test had me do foot fires for TWO MINUTES!! I thought my thighs were going to fall off. Lol

Yesterday's workout was not too bad. I actually don't mind when I'm on the basketball court. It makes the runs seem shorter and I love lunging and squatting. I believe my stats were 33 minutes and 223 calories burned.

shakemybooty

Where do I find the fitness test?

lovetowrite73

At the beginning of every new week, the game asks me if i want to weigh-in and do the fitness test. I'm not sure how else to get to it.

Qpeace

It's good to read what everyone is doing.

Today was another couple of times with Mountain Climbing. That exercise is really finishing me off! My cats are hearing a lot of bad words during them. Do they ever get easier???

I'm in the second phase of the nine week program at the Easy level and I have to say, I have been really tempted to give up and start over again.

I can't even THINK what the 3rd phase will be!!

Wocawa

I forgot to record my stats for yesterday:

Workout 11 - Medium - Phase 1

31 Minutes
200 Calories
123 AV HR
169 Max HR

I will report today's results this evening.

Have a great day everyone!

elvb

I'm still in the Cardio Kick Start - workout 4. I missed workout 3 and 4 because I decided to do a custom workout instead...didn't realize it didn't "count" lol. So today I will be doing 2 workouts (snow day).
Finished 3 - Hard
Time: 20 min
Avg HR: 143
Cal Burned: 100

I'm a bit ticked because the arm band slipped during the sprint so it showed my HR at 110 and declining!! grrr
Anyway, I'll be doing workout 4 this evening (as long as my legs don't give out). I can't wait to get to the 9 week program you all are doing (or maybe I can lol)!!

amccrazgrl

Easy 9 Week Program Phase 2 Exercise #15
EA 132 cals
EA 27 mins

Polar 150 cals
Polar 35 mins (had issues with one exercise.)

I'm going to go thru easy,medium,hard because I love to earn all my trophies/achievements.

oddyogi

I finished the last workout for the cardio kickstart program yesterday, and I started the 9 week program on hard today. :-) Here are my stats!

Total workout time: 31:00
Total calories burned: 191.6
Max heart rate: 166
Avg heart rate: 137

I followed it up with a 20 minute jog and a 30 minute walk; I have to make up today for the bad eating I did yesterday and Sunday. The snow is good motivation to stay indoors and do all I can! I also have some yoga planned for later, after I'm finished with some school work. :-)

Hope everyone else that is snowed in is getting a workout in on EASA2 today!

oddyogi

Also, I have a random question.. for the people who work out with their own HRM in addition to EA's HRM, what are the differences, if any, everyone has noticed? Sometimes I feel like I should be burning more calories than it displays. Thanks, and I'm sorry if anyone has asked this question before and I missed it!

Dom82

Did Day 3 of phase 1 on the 9 week program today.

Today seems easier. It was more upper body work mixed with a bit of cardio. I did find today that the straight arm planks are getting a bit easier!

think my stats were
30 min
135 calories burned
Max heart reate 140
Average was 110 i think

bjshooter

Mine today was 45mis long, seemed to have jumped up out of no where.

About 245 cals burned

Thats on hard, workout 12 or 13.

Purplebunnysarah

I started the 9 Week Program today, on Easy.

Workout 1
Calories: 149.9
Average HR: 121
Max HR: 154
Time: 21:11

I found it a bit on the easy side, to be honest. I don't think I'm ready for Medium yet but I hope it kicks up a few notches soon!

lovetowrite73

Last night I did Workout 18, Phase 2, Medium.
42.4 minutes
254 calories burned
High HR was 178
Average was 132 (thought that's crap since my HR was reading very low - 80!! - when I was running - psh, yeah right)

I really wish they would introduce new cardio workouts. I get bored with running, kickups, high knees, mountain climbers, foot fires, skipping and stride jumps. *yawn* I want a different way to get my HR raised. lol

New exercises last night were pivot lunges and drop lunges (jump lunges really). There were also a couple of new strength combinations (split squat with one-arm shoulder raises).

I'm starting to think about what I'm going to do after I'm done with the 9-week program. I'm not sure if I want to go into the program on hard or start the C25K. I wonder if I would be able to do both at the same time. I really want to do C25K and maybe even enroll in a 5K in the fall.

Wocawa

Does anyone know if you can make up a missed workout? If so, how do you get EASA2 to go back. I was not able to workout last night because of a family emergency and would like to do yesterday's workout today. I am scheduled for a rest day today.

I am pleasantly surprised that I really did miss working out. It has been less than a month since I started and now I really look forward to working out. I never would have thought I would say that given my previous sedentary life. :-)

Have a great day everyone!

moniqueluv

Wowaca,

When you start and go to your program, the last column on the left should say 1 missed workout. Click on that and it will ask if you want to do this workout. Click yes or start and you can make it up that way. Keep up the good work!

Lisa__Michelle

It's good to read what everyone is doing.

Today was another couple of times with Mountain Climbing. That exercise is really finishing me off! My cats are hearing a lot of bad words during them. Do they ever get easier???

I'm in the second phase of the nine week program at the Easy level and I have to say, I have been really tempted to give up and start over again.

I can't even THINK what the 3rd phase will be!!

I really don't know if they will get easier. My game is making me do 3 SETS of 55-65 depending on the day of the MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS!!! That is the hardest move I have had yet!!! I can't help but close my eyes and push through them while trying not to die lol.

By the way, you can look at your workout caledar and find out how long and the estimated calorie burn for any upcoming day. It is going to have me going 50 minutes w/ a 300 calorie burn by the last day! I cannot even imagine doing this on medium or hard!

amccrazgrl

I'm ready for the download-able content. I just hope its a reasonable priced as the songs for Rock Band.

Wocawa

Thank you moniqueluv. I will try that tonight.

Dom82

phew did Day 4 of phase 1 this morning and it kicked my butt! Mostly cardio and squats. Had me do 3 cardio sessions back to back and then 1 set of squats and then back to cardio. Defiantly got the heart rate going!

Phase 1 day 4
30 min
180 calories
Average heart rate 115
Max was 145 i think

I can never seem to get my heart rate above 150 MAX on this game even though it feels like i want to die half the time.

Mountain climbers and the mountain boarding leaves me totally buggers....and yep i swore at the TV when i had to do mountain climbers followed by mountain boarding this morning :grumble:

Purplebunnysarah

Today was a rest day for me so I went with a trainer-generated full body workout on Easy. It went pretty well, other than the HRM not working for a couple of minutes right in the middle of a 10-minute Step Aerobics session. I need a bigger living room if I'm going to do step aerobics on a regular basis. I wound up kicking a pillow right off the couch.

Anyway, here's the stats:

Calories: 247.7
Avg HR: 112 (due to the glitch--I'd guess it was probably more like 130-135 based on the graph)
Max HR: 170
Time: 32:13

All in all, a good workout. Is it bad that I kept regenerating the workouts til I got one without Mountain Climbers? Those things are horrible--I can't do them in the correct pseudo-pushup position but have to prop up on the bottom of the couch. I'm hoping by the end of the 9 week I can do them, though!

Wocawa

Finished Workout 12 - Phase 1 - Medium:

33 minutes
239 calories
120 AV HR
177 Max HR

This was a hard one for me to get through. Tomorrow I start Phase 2.

shakemybooty

Today was workout 22-Hard.
I was not in the mood. My back hurt from shoveling snow. My daughter woke me up way too early. The kids are having another snow day. It's cold. See? Not in the mood.

I made myself do it.
We now have 4 wii remotes and none of them would claim to be #1 so I could start my workout.
My 11 year old talked me off the ledge.
By the 3rd warm up exercise I realized I had on two different shoes.
NOT A GOOD SIGN.
During some reverse lunge (can't remember which one specifically) it refused to acknowledge that I was indeed holding still....completely still. It wouldn't continue on. I paused and resumed the game and it worked...til the next one. I kicked the couch with one of my non-matching shoes and said some nasty words.
I ended up skipping that exercise because I didn't know what else to do with it.
Surprisingly it counted every kick up I did.
It's just messing with me now.

44 minutes
247 Calories
121 AHB

I finished off my day with some boxing to get rid of some wii stress.

Dom82

today is a rest day. I was going to do a trainer generated work out but I don't really want to. My fiance is in hospital, but i get to pick him up early this afternoon. He was only in over night for some surgery. Didn't realize how down i get when he isn't home.

Might still do a work out, maybe it will get me out of this funk.

oddyogi

I reeeeally didn't want to work out today.. but after doing some yoga, I put on my fitness clothes, and turned on EASA2.. uuugh.. it wasn't too bad though, and I feel better now. Here are my stats. Only one more day (till the weekend)!

9-week program on Hard Workout 2 (Phase 1)

Time: 35:26
Calories burned: 201.6
MHR: 168
AHR: 140

Soooo much skipping.

amccrazgrl

EA 9 week Phase 2 Workout 16 Easy

EA
159 cals
23 mins
106 Avg HR
140 Max HR

Polar HRM
185 cals
39 mins (took away 2 b/c of having to replace battery)
108 Avg HR
150 Max HR

shakemybooty

Workout 23-hard

38 Min
194 cal
114 Avg.BPM

The exercise that wouldn't work right yesterday worked perfectly fine today. The kickup didn't. Win some, lose some. 4 sets of mountain climbers today. Doesn't he know I live in the flattest place on earth?

Everyone is doing a great job!!

oddyogi

Am I the only one using the chick personal trainer? She sounds soooo fake when she's trying to be motivating. It's really hard not to curse at the screen because most of the time kids are in the background trying to imitate me exercising.

lovetowrite73

4 sets of mountain climbers today. Doesn't he know I live in the flattest place on earth?

Your posts always make me laugh!

I did Workout 19 on Medium last night. 36 minutes, 208 calories, 135 avg. HR and 172 max HR.

There was one stretch where I had to do straight arm plank for 30 seconds then pushups and then mountain climbers. The expletives were NONSTOP. My poor arms feel so tight today!

lovetowrite73

Am I the only one using the chick personal trainer? She sounds soooo fake when she's trying to be motivating. It's really hard not to curse at the screen because most of the time kids are in the background trying to imitate me exercising.

Nope! I use the female trainer too. I love when she "chastizes" me because I may be moving too slow during a run. A lot of b*tches come out of my mouth whenever she does. lol