Wii active-tad irritated

missheidi

ok, what is everyone doing about the stupid band that came with the wii active? i tried some resisitance tubes i had, but i broke them. (seriously, snapped it in half.) i bought new bands, they are too short. i'm at a loss. the band that came with it, we have already stretched it out and shortened it completely, and there jsut isn't much resistance to it. ideas?

j_g4ever

My husband has these gold gym resitance band that I have been using and that i love because you can add more bands to add more resitance if you want.

missheidi

is that the brand? gold gym? where do i find them?

stef_e_b

you could always use light free weights. They never break.

annaliza

You can buy better bands. I've seen them at Wal-mart and Ebay. I had one from my Leslie Sansone dvd I bought awhile ago. Her band is great - really thick, strong and sturdy. If I didn't have that, I would buy a new one. The ea active ones don't provide enough resistance.

I saw resistance bands that you can buy for the P90X system that look really great on ebay.

j_g4ever

We got the gold gym restiance band at wal-mart and if I remember it was fairly cheap. I agree that the one that came with wii active was not enough restiance. That is why I had to start using my husbands. And I used it yesterday and WOW my shoulders are sore today. But I wil be back it again tonight. Im on the 30day challenge. I can't wait to see the changes.

I have a question for everyone. Has anyone done the inline skating without the wii fit board?? I can't get the tricks down. I have tried squating down as far as I can and then jump but I can't get it. Any advice there??

linz1125

I have a question for everyone. Has anyone done the inline skating without the wii fit board?? I can't get the tricks down. I have tried squating down as far as I can and then jump but I can't get it. Any advice there??

I know the controllers are really sensative, so make sure they are pointing the right way. Maybe also try not squatting so far, but just at a comfortable squat and jumping a little faster. Im just guessing at that, but i would start there.

kel9680

I have a question for everyone. Has anyone done the inline skating without the wii fit board?? I can't get the tricks down. I have tried squating down as far as I can and then jump but I can't get it. Any advice there??

you have to wait til you are at the top of the ramp to jump, in the green part, if you jump too soon it doesnt work right!

hope that helps!

j_g4ever

Thank you i will try that. :drinker:

missheidi

ok, i bought one at target from reebok and opened it and made sure it would work right there in the store. i bet they think i'm loony. we don't have a balance board and i do the inline skating. i agree, you might be jumping too soon.

j_g4ever

I did the wii active this morning and i did the inline skating and i jumped at the green part and i got 8/9 tricks. Thank you for the advice. :drinker: I think the calorie counter is off however. It says that i burned 104 calories and I burned 719. just to let you guys know.