Anyone interested in a Wii Active Challenge?

chicaloca6470

ok so today i weighed in at 214.5 so about a pound lost in two weeks. im dissapoined though because i didnt work out for 4 days last week so i know i could have lost more. yesterday was my 7th workout comnpleted in the active and i burnd 367 calories!!

happyplace

Sorry I never posted Wednesday....I got really busy. Have only done 1 more workout on Active and burned only 200 calories...I think it was workout 5? Anyway, down another .5 pound is all but I'll take that. I will be keeping better track this week!

annaliza

Glad to see you guys, happy and chica!!!!

emmie110

I hope it's ok - but I'm switching from the 30-day workouts to the Custom Workouts. I've gotten really bored with the strength exercises and tend to just skip working out because of them. I just did a custom workout with my 11-yr-old daughter. It was a lot of fun. Just getting a feel for it and had added 11 cardio and sports activities which totaled 15 minutes of workout time and almost 100 calories. I'll make a longer workout for tomorrow. I hope this keeps me wanting to workout more frequently. :bigsmile:

annaliza

Sure! If you want me to keep track of your workouts, just let me know the calories burned per workout and workout #.

That might be a good solution for Queen, too.

queen3510

Thanks Annaliza and Emmie,

That sounds like a great idea. I will try the custom workouts and post my results. :happy:

That way I can stay in the challenge.

Jax67

Completed Day 6 workout on medium and burnt 189 calories.....

Then i went on to do the 30 minute workout on hard and burnt a further 288 calories... it kicked my butt!

I bought myself some new workout gear today a new t-shirt and 3/4 length trousers in a size 18, i looked good.... until i'd jogged around the track a few times and my trousers fell down! I ended up having to hold them up for most of the workout :mad:

My waist is much smaller than my hips so i think i need to get a pair with a drawstring top. :laugh:

Jax67

Ok, that's Day 7 on medium done and dusted.... 202 calories burnt :happy:

My butt cheeks are hurting today and my shoulders.... thats from the HARD level yesterday lol.... muscles i didn't know i had :huh:

Jax

frankborelli

I got a Wii Active for Father's Day. That means I have:

Wii Fit (that I'm kinda burned out on because I've done it so much)
Gold's Gym Cardio Bixing for the Wii
Wii Active

I want to mix and match so that I don't get bored but keep getting good exercise times and efficiency. Any suggestions?

Fausttt

wii active 30 challenges usually mix up the routine a little. You still end up doing a ton of squats and lunges, but it tries to throw something new in everyday.

I don't have experience with the gold's gym, but since it seems to be heavy cardio, you could always do ea active 30 challenge, and on the "rest" days, throw in wii fit or gold's gym to mix it up. As a previous person mentioned, if you get bored with ea active's 30 day challenge, you can simply just pick a custom workout with whatever sports/exercises you want to keep it interesting.


funny, last week i hardly lost anything and i worked a ton. This week, so far, i have been skipping the wii ea active workouts because i've had too much to do. I have still mowed the lawn and swam, but no other workouts and i suddenly broke my plateau!! So i think I will take advantage of the "rest" days from now on. Maybe i was working too hard and not getting a chance to recuperate.

however, i wore my HRM all day while i mowed, did gardening, cleaned the yard, etc. I checked it regularly and tried to keep my heart rate up while i did yardwork. (pushing the mower manually, without auto, going at a faster pace picking up the yard, etc) and when i was done around 3pm, my HRM said i had burned a little over 3000 kcals!!!!! I couldn't believe it. But i guess if a 20-30 min workout burns 300-500 kcals for me, 5 hours of yard work could very well burn 3000. Crazy. I think I will be doing yardwork more often

frankborelli

OK: Help the mentally challenged...

kcal? thousandths of a calorie?

I usually shoot for a 500 calorie per day "credit" because my usual food intake runs about 2200 cals. That's my MAINTENANCE calorie amount, so if I burn 500 cal per day exercising then I'm meeting my goals...

Jax67

Day 8 on HARD completed - phew!!
303 calories burnt... think i'll stick with the hard level from now on :bigsmile:

Hope you are all doing ok

Jax

Jax67

Morning...


How is everyone doing?
I'm feeling lonely........

Fausttt

been sick the last couple of days, but still managed to get in my workout yesterday.


btw, when you refer to how many calories a food has, or how many calories you burn doing an exercise, you are actually referring to Kilocalories. 1000 actual calories eaten or burned. But because we almost never deal with calories in such a small amount, we (everybody) has taken to calling Kilocalories just plain "Calories".

queen3510

Hi Wii Teamers!!

I've been out of commission since 6/15 due to knee problems. Anyways, I used the custom program for the first time and enjoyed the workout. Not sure if I have the workouts in the right order but will play around with them to get the best workout to burn more calories.

6/18 - workout #12 - modified challenge
32.4 cal
7:27 min

6/19 - 6/21 rest

6/22 - workout #13 - modified challenge + customized workout
58.7 cal - challenge
14:50 min

133.3 - customized
33:13 min

Keep up the good work everyone!

queen3510

Any suggestions on mixing up the customized programs that don't include lunges, squats or other knee impact exercises, that will burn a lot of calories? I have to ride the bike or water aerobics for my lower body workout. Thanks for all your help!!

emmie110

Any suggestions on mixing up the customized programs that don't include lunges, squats or other knee impact exercises, that will burn a lot of calories? I have to ride the bike or water aerobics for my lower body workout. Thanks for all your help!!

When I make my custom workout, I just drag and drop the exercises from the Cardio and Sports tabs sometimes repeating exercises I really like. I just skip the tabs for uppper and lower body. Those lunges really bother my knee - not sure what's wrong with it. I choose the run/walk but I don't run - I walk really fast and I don't even use the leg band anymore. I keep the nunchuck in my left hand. My custom workout has run/walk, dance, boxing, inline skating w/ the wii board, tennis, basketball, baseball, kickups - i think that's all and I just repeat them and mix them up so I don't get bored.

emmie110

I got a Wii Active for Father's Day. That means I have:

Wii Fit (that I'm kinda burned out on because I've done it so much)
Gold's Gym Cardio Bixing for the Wii
Wii Active

I want to mix and match so that I don't get bored but keep getting good exercise times and efficiency. Any suggestions?

You can choose to use your wii fit board with wii active and if you do the custom workouts, the exercises that use the wii board are highlighted in green. I'm only doing the custom workouts now with just cardio and sports exercises.

queen3510

Any suggestions on mixing up the customized programs that don't include lunges, squats or other knee impact exercises, that will burn a lot of calories? I have to ride the bike or water aerobics for my lower body workout. Thanks for all your help!!

When I make my custom workout, I just drag and drop the exercises from the Cardio and Sports tabs sometimes repeating exercises I really like. I just skip the tabs for uppper and lower body. Those lunges really bother my knee - not sure what's wrong with it. I choose the run/walk but I don't run - I walk really fast and I don't even use the leg band anymore. I keep the nunchuck in my left hand. My custom workout has run/walk, dance, boxing, inline skating w/ the wii board, tennis, basketball, baseball, kickups - i think that's all and I just repeat them and mix them up so I don't get bored.

Thanks Emmie. I'll check out your suggestions this evening and will incorporate the run/walk and kickups but modify the way I do them. Great idea!

emmie110

I worked out this morning - that's twice this week for me (which is twice is much as last week). I did a custom workout with 20 exercises from cardio and sports and I used my wii board. I worked out for 23 minutes - wii active said I burned 142 calories but my HRM said I burned 173 calories. It was a lot of fun. My favorites are dancing and boxing.

queen3510

I worked out this morning - that's twice this week for me (which is twice is much as last week). I did a custom workout with 20 exercises from cardio and sports and I used my wii board. I worked out for 23 minutes - wii active said I burned 142 calories but my HRM said I burned 173 calories. It was a lot of fun. My favorites are dancing and boxing.

Way to go Emmie! Keep up the good work.

O.K. I love that dancing one too but I don't understand why I'm not getting all the arrows. Either I'm off beat (which could be the problem :laugh: ) or am I supposed to be catching them before they enter the green zone?

HELP!!!!

chicaloca6470

i believe i did my 9th workout just now burned 243 calories. Those damn jumping squats kicked my *kitten*!

emmie110

I worked out this morning - that's twice this week for me (which is twice is much as last week). I did a custom workout with 20 exercises from cardio and sports and I used my wii board. I worked out for 23 minutes - wii active said I burned 142 calories but my HRM said I burned 173 calories. It was a lot of fun. My favorites are dancing and boxing.

Way to go Emmie! Keep up the good work.

O.K. I love that dancing one too but I don't understand why I'm not getting all the arrows. Either I'm off beat (which could be the problem :laugh: ) or am I supposed to be catching them before they enter the green zone?

HELP!!!!

Thanks! I had problems with those arrows too. You have to catch them while they are in the green area - I didn't get that at first. They don't always register for me either. Maybe my batteries are weak. I'm sure my 11-year-old will point out any errors I'm making though.
We got her the Samba de Amigo wii game for her birthday and she has had a blast with that one. It is like the dancing part of wii active - you use hands only since you are supposed to be holding maracas. I tell you that one gets your heart rate up too.

emmie110

i believe i did my 9th workout just now burned 243 calories. Those damn jumping squats kicked my *kitten*!

Great job! You're moving right along. Me and the squats do not get along! :flowerforyou:

annaliza

Good afternoon everyone!!

Ok, I was bad this weekend and did no wii active (I did run though) and I partied the whole weekend (without alchohol) so....now I need to get back into the swing of things!!!

Frank, welcome to the team!!! I have all three of the wii games but I've kind of out grown the wii fit. Not because it isn't a great exercise, but because it takes so much time in between exercises. I don't do the cardio boxing right now because I'm into the wii active (which so far is my favorite).

Fausttt, 3000 cals???? HOLY CRAP!!!! Imagine burning cals like that everyday....we wouldn't do anything but eat all day long (*sigh* sounds kinda sweet). Yea, looks like yard work is the way to go. I've been trying more yard work myself ever since I discovered that you burn a ton of cals weed eating.

Chico, great job!!!!

Queen, I agree with Emmie. I just repeat the ones I like. That's one of my biggest "beefs" with the wii active...not enough upper body exercises and NO ABs (or core)!!!! That is a big downfall in my book.

Jax, don't feel lonely....we're here

Emmie, I like the boxing and dancing, too.

Take care everyone! Today is my long work day so I won't be able to workout until this evening.

Hope everyone has a great day!

emmie110

Annaliza - I was bad this weekend too. Seemed like all I did was eat and of course we went out to dinner for father's day. Ugh! Felt good to workout this morning though. Always gives me a lot of energy. I was studying ALL day long yesterday so I'm taking today off from schoolwork. I think I'll do the wii active again this evening so I can have 3 workouts done for checkin tomorrow.

EVERYONE - I'm curious - What do you like and not like about the Wii Active game?

queen3510

Annaliza - I was bad this weekend too. Seemed like all I did was eat and of course we went out to dinner for father's day. Ugh! Felt good to workout this morning though. Always gives me a lot of energy. I was studying ALL day long yesterday so I'm taking today off from schoolwork. I think I'll do the wii active again this evening so I can have 3 workouts done for checkin tomorrow.

EVERYONE - I'm curious - What do you like and not like about the Wii Active game?

Good question Emmie!

The biggest pet peeve I have with it, is the controller. It jumps all over the screen when I"m trying to select from the menu. My other one is when the mii moves when I'm not and won't move when I am. UGGH. Other than that, I really like it.

Jax67

EVERYONE - I'm curious - What do you like and not like about the Wii Active game?

The bit i hate is the running kick ups.... more often than not it doesn't register that i am actually doing them and tells me i'm going too slow!!
It's infuriating and i find myself shouting at the screen mii to b****y MOVE!!!

I find i have to stand still then take a jump with the nuncheck leg and then it usually starts doing it properly :mad:

Tonight i took a break from the active and did a session with the Wii My Fitness Coach - burnt 142cals and really enjoyed it :bigsmile:

Nice to see you all, good luck for the weigh in tomorrow

Jax x

Jax67

Weigh in today :ohwell:

227lb! Thats an increase of 1lb!
I'm back to where i started 2 weeks ago, time to look at what i'm eating i think because the exercise is going ok.

Hope you all do better than that

Jax

trimlaw

Hey, all. I'm new on here but this post caught my eye. I started wii active last week and have done it 5 - 6 times. I've also been doing the Jillian Michaels 30 day shred and after completing it yesterday felt good and thought I'd move right into a 30 day challenge workout. Bad idea. About an hour later I could hardly walk. I tend to work out too hard (without rest days) and over due it. Today, I "rested" and only went for a walk (for an hour). I'm planning on doing either Shred or wii active from now on.