Wii Etc (Fit, Fit Plus, EA....) Team for March

TwentyTen

I managed to get up to 2128 points on the boxing last night. Woohooo. Still room for improvement though.

Trying decide what game I should once I have mastered much of the Wii Fit Plus. That time isn't here yet, but I can see it will come, and I don;t want to get bored.

Hope everyone is having a great week! I am quite glad the weekend is getting closer.

tobysjrzgrl

I've been doing 30 - 40 minutes every morning for the past 2 months. Just started the stepping. Love it. Also the run. Short, long and island run. I have noticed that in between my shoulder blades gives me pain. Anyone have any clues as to why. What am I doing wrong.

exermom

Does anyone havae My Fitness Coach 2? What do you think of it? What are the differences between that and My Personal Fitness Coach?

thumper44

I've been doing 30 - 40 minutes every morning for the past 2 months. Just started the stepping. Love it. Also the run. Short, long and island run. I have noticed that in between my shoulder blades gives me pain. Anyone have any clues as to why. What am I doing wrong.

If I understand it properly, you have pain in between your shoulder blades while jogging/stepping?

I'm not sure, but are your shoulders tense while jogging/stepping?
Some people have a tendency to tighten up and their shoulders scrunch up around their neck.

If that's it, try just relaxing your arms/shoulders one day, let them hang by your hip.

irismoon

Just tried out my free step on my wii fit plus for 20 minutes. Coolest thing ever! I think I'm going to do this daily while watching tv in the evenings. I'm glad it worked on my system. I wish I could have figured this out when I got this for Christmas! Can't wait until I try the free run after my ankle gets some rest. Glad you guys talked about this or I may have never figured this out! *jumps up and down happily* Now I got one more way of getting in my work out while also doing something else. I love my tv time - desperate housewives and adult swim....I'm very odd

Other than that today I skipped doing my fitness coach. Went to the local Curves fitness center today with my mom and friend instead. Did my rounds and was hyper beyond belief afterwards. Why is it that exercise can make you more hyper?

irismoon

Does anyone havae My Fitness Coach 2? What do you think of it? What are the differences between that and My Personal Fitness Coach?

Don't own it yet. I was planning on getting it soon, but it has gotten some bad reviews on amazon.com. You may want to read those before picking it up. I think I'm going to get it used at the local game stop when they have it, since if you decide you didn't like it you can return a used game for store credit in the exact amount you bought the game if you return it in 7 days. I love that about the game stop chain. If you don't have a game stop, don't buy it thinking you can return it. Walmart and many other places won't take opened games back even if you have the sale's slip. Learned that the hard way when I got my dad the wrong game for Christmas. *rolls eyes* Anyways, good luck on figureing out about the My Fitness Coach 2. The only thing I know is that it has a recipe collection in it. So I suggest searching the net for reviews.

exermom

Does anyone havae My Fitness Coach 2? What do you think of it? What are the differences between that and My Personal Fitness Coach?

Don't own it yet. I was planning on getting it soon, but it has gotten some bad reviews on amazon.com. You may want to read those before picking it up. I think I'm going to get it used at the local game stop when they have it, since if you decide you didn't like it you can return a used game for store credit in the exact amount you bought the game if you return it in 7 days. I love that about the game stop chain. If you don't have a game stop, don't buy it thinking you can return it. Walmart and many other places won't take opened games back even if you have the sale's slip. Learned that the hard way when I got my dad the wrong game for Christmas. *rolls eyes* Anyways, good luck on figureing out about the My Fitness Coach 2. The only thing I know is that it has a recipe collection in it. So I suggest searching the net for reviews.

Thanks for the heads up. I haven't had a chance to check out the reviews. I know that the one by Jillian Michaels didn't get good review which is why we decided to go with the Personal Fitness Coach. I didn't even KNOW there was a Fitness Coach 2. Just saw it in the store today. Will definitely have to do more reading on it.

Cathyvil

I'm so glad you guys are liking the free step! It's definitely one of my newer favorites :happy:

I burned 428 calories with my 30 day challenge and the upper body sculpt and tone tonight. I also walked to and from work again today. I'm beat. I'll be sleeping like a baby tonight!

Enjoy your wiis everyone!

rjadams

I would love to join this group. I love my wii. I am doing the active 30 day challenge and I love it. I am really terrible at the volleyball drills. I hope I get better.

TwentyTen

Well I was hell bent on getting on the Wii tonight, but my ten hour work day turned into a twelve hour day with dinner interuptus.:grumble: I started my day at 6 am, it is after 9pm now and I am so drained I can hardly see straight. I really hate giving my last ounce of energy to the job. It is just not fair. :yawn:

Excuse the whining.

Tomorrow is Friday, thank heavens, and I will box til I am blue in the face tomorrow night!!!

Cathyvil

RJ Volleyball is the bane of my wii existence so I totally understand how you feel!

Happy Friday all! I plan on at least 30 minutes of free step tonight when I get home from work. I wish there were more time intervals so I wouldn't have to reset it at the end of 30 :grumble: I thinking I'm just cranky after spilling my oatmeal all over the floor this morning.

Thank heavens it's Friday is right Jane!

elysant

Here is the update on the competition for my family! ) I talked to my husband and stepdaughter about what sort of prize would motivate them. They both wanted something different. ) Of course!! ;O)

So what we decided on was, for our first competition, we will each be working for a different prize. The winner will receive what they wanted. My stepdaughter wanted to get a second piercing in her ears (my husband and I will split the cost of this if she wins), I decided on a pedicure (the two will split the cost), and my husband wants a day with no responsibility. Only one of us can win. :O) For the next one we are all going to decide on a single prize we will be working toward!

I'm pretty excited to get started. Since my husband and stepdaughter haven't really played on the Wii Fit Plus much, I am giving everyone 1 week to practice and get used to the games that we will be playing. )

Tara

TwentyTen

Sounds like a great plan Tara. Everyone shooting for something they want, perfect! It is also going to provide some good old fashioned family fun time which is best of all. :happy:

So I missed my Wii-ing last night , due to a 12 hour work day. STill, since I set my goal to 5 nights a week, instead of 6 like I planned, I can still meet my goal. I am really going to kick it tonight too. No stopping until I burn at least 300 cals. Now where is the little boxing smiley?

Hope everyone's weekend gets off to a great start!!

jam0525

Irismom- I love adult swim!

I am starting to get overwelmed about our impending trip next weekend. (For those new to this group my daughter has to have extensive surgery on her hip and we have to drive 600 miles to the nearest doctor who can do the procedure) I have been eating my exercise calories and I am behind on my exercise minutes to boot.

I hope to get some Wii time in this weekend. Thanks to all for the leads on My Fitness Coach. I will keep checking at the stores mentioned. I had seen it a long time ago but not since the holidays.

Happy Friday!

JAM

TwentyTen

Irismom- I love adult swim!

I am starting to get overwelmed about our impending trip next weekend. (For those new to this group my daughter has to have extensive surgery on her hip and we have to drive 600 miles to the nearest doctor who can do the procedure) I have been eating my exercise calories and I am behind on my exercise minutes to boot.

I hope to get some Wii time in this weekend. Thanks to all for the leads on My Fitness Coach. I will keep checking at the stores mentioned. I had seen it a long time ago but not since the holidays.

Happy Friday!

JAM

My thoughts are with you on that upcoming surgery. This week you will both be mentally preparing. That's going to be the focus for awhile. And then the healing. This week, just keep your strength up, and get plenty of rest!

sonjavon

Irismom- I love adult swim!

I am starting to get overwelmed about our impending trip next weekend. (For those new to this group my daughter has to have extensive surgery on her hip and we have to drive 600 miles to the nearest doctor who can do the procedure) I have been eating my exercise calories and I am behind on my exercise minutes to boot.

I hope to get some Wii time in this weekend. Thanks to all for the leads on My Fitness Coach. I will keep checking at the stores mentioned. I had seen it a long time ago but not since the holidays.

Happy Friday!

JAM

Jam -
You and your daughter will be in my thoughts and prayers. If I could make a suggestion to you? You might want to consider taking some Airborne for the next couple of days, for a couple of reasons... it gives you a boost of vitamin c and other vitamins that help to make you "feel good" - you'll be at your best physically and emotionally to care for your daughter and hopefully it'll help keep you from picking anything up while hanging out in the hospital. I take Airborne anytime that I know a stressful situation is coming up - because it keeps me from getting so worn down.

Try to work your exercise in - it'll keep the endorphins going and make you calmer.
Stay strong and again, you'll be in my thoughts and prayers!

irismoon

Just ordered the EA Sports Active from Amazon. I spent a few hours researching it by watching video reviews, previews, and checking out the features. I decided it seemed awesome and ordered it. If it's as great as I'm hoping it is, I think I'll get the AE Sports Active More Workouts too. I can't wait for it to come in the mail. The reviews for it made it seem so cool!

I also picked up some 1 pound wrist weights and weighted gloves for while playing games on the Wii. It really seems to be adding to my workout. They aren't heavy to most people, but I have weak arms and wrists from my car wreck 2 years ago. I'm hoping they help improve my arms strength while I exercise. Really need to work on my arms. I'm unable to pick up anything over 10 lbs most of the time. So this is my new challenge for myself on my Wii.

2bskinnyagain1978

I love my wii fit. I love the jogging i unlocked the free run anr un 30 min not all at once I run 10 min .. box.. hula hoop and by the end of an hr work out I have ran 30 min hula hooped 15 and boxed 15. I also have the other workouts biggest loser .. but don't enjoy them as much as the wii fit plus.. I soo look forward to s skinnier MII

lwebsmfp

I'm going to look into the Wii Fit and My Fitness Coach. I like what you all have been saying about those two. With the Wii Fit, do you have to have the balance board in order to do the workouts?

I'm doing the 30 day challenge and on my rest days I do the custom/preset workouts. Today I got the heart rate monitor I ordered earlier in the week. I used it today for a 30 minute workout. EA Active said I burned around 190 calories but my HRM said 406 which I know is the more accurate one. I was excited about that. Even though the calories burned number is off a bit, I still get a good workout and enjoy following the program.

jam0525

Thanks for all the support about my DD upcoming surgery. I will up my vitamin C and look for the Airborne.

I did a 30 minute Wii Fit Plus workout yesterday. I really like how it is quicker and easier to combine things. Besides the Wii I walked for 24 minutes and did The Big Burn by Leslie Sansone.

The kids are on the Wii right now with friends so I hope to get on later.

Have a nice Sunday all,

JAM

PS: Yes, you need a balance board for the Fit. I really like the board and I do think it makes is easy to do Yoga accurately at home. I also take a Yoga class and the board keeps you honest about your postures.

Cathyvil

JAM, I'm sending out positive thoughts for you and your daughter.

If you can afford, or find (I've heard it's out of stock in most places), I think the balance board is worth the money. It really does enhance the EASA games and the wii fit plus games are a blast to play.

I just saw on another thread someone was using wrist weights to add to their wii routine. I really like that Idea. I'll be picking up some on my next foray to target.
PS irismoon your ferret is adorable!

tigermom79

Evening all! Congrats to all of you on your accomplishments! I got on the wii tonight for 30 minutes and did the hula...DAD GOME that thing! It wears me out! Plus did some kung fu and my routine which takes about 19 minutes.

This week is a little calmer around our house so I am hoping to get in more wii time on the free run and step!

Have a great evening!

irismoon

I picked up some new things today for my wii. Yay!

- 3 inch balance board attachment so it is higher up for the Basic Step on Wii Fit Plus.
- a 2nd controler so I can have a friend play with me.
- Wii EA Active kit for the extra band and leg holder so a friend can play with me when I get my EA Sports Active in the mail.

And I just got a new flat screen. So I'm loving the Wii exercise! Never realized just how nice those tv's are until one is sitting in your living room. Wasn't actually able to exercise with my Wii today though. Did walk for 3 hours today from shopping. Once I got home hoping to play the Wii, I feel and hurt my arm. Dang it. :sad: I was so set on playing the Wii today. Guess I'll play tomorrow first thing in the morning.

jawhwilson

I've started pushing myself in my exercise instead of just doing the expert boxing and then the easier bike, step and advanced hula I did the expert hula, advanced step and expert boxing. It felt good pushing myself, but OMG ten minutes of hula is almost killer!! I am so uncoordinated so there are so many games on fit plus that I havent even touched, but I love that my hula circles are starting to get round!!! I've exercised on the Wii every day this month except one (sick day) I havent really lost anything scale wise but I have lost another inch in the middle.

TwentyTen

I've started pushing myself in my exercise instead of just doing the expert boxing and then the easier bike, step and advanced hula I did the expert hula, advanced step and expert boxing. It felt good pushing myself, but OMG ten minutes of hula is almost killer!! I am so uncoordinated so there are so many games on fit plus that I havent even touched, but I love that my hula circles are starting to get round!!! I've exercised on the Wii every day this month except one (sick day) I havent really lost anything scale wise but I have lost another inch in the middle.

Yes, isn't good to push further on? Good for you! And everyday of the month but one? Wow. I take a day off every week. I still am a bit shy of ten minutes of hula.. lol, but I will get there eventually.That's gotta be a hell of a burn. Lovin the expert boxing though and some days will do it more than once. And congrats on another inch down!

Keep pushing it !

Hope everyone has a good week's start.

irismoon

Hey I got a question. If you were to count regular Wii games like Wii Sports or Wii Sports Resort as exercise, what would you put it as in your exercise diary? I was thinking of counting my regular wii game time as exercise, but couldn't decide what to list it as. I was thinking of putting it under "Mild Streching" since it isn't going to burn too many calories and doesn't have too much movement, but it is still beats sitting on the sofa instead.

Anyone got some ideas about what to place it as?

tigermom79

I've started pushing myself in my exercise instead of just doing the expert boxing and then the easier bike, step and advanced hula I did the expert hula, advanced step and expert boxing. It felt good pushing myself, but OMG ten minutes of hula is almost killer!! I am so uncoordinated so there are so many games on fit plus that I havent even touched, but I love that my hula circles are starting to get round!!! I've exercised on the Wii every day this month except one (sick day) I havent really lost anything scale wise but I have lost another inch in the middle.

Yes, isn't good to push further on? Good for you! And everyday of the month but one? Wow. I take a day off every week. I still am a bit shy of ten minutes of hula.. lol, but I will get there eventually.That's gotta be a hell of a burn. Lovin the expert boxing though and some days will do it more than once. And congrats on another inch down!

Keep pushing it !

Hope everyone has a good week's start.

Me too on the hula deal!!!! I do the 6 minute and it kicks my behind!!!! And I do like the expert boxing as well. I just wish you didn't have to wait so long for the examples and such. I wish it would just let you box sometimes!!!!

elysant

We're starting our family competition in 1 week... I am giving my husband and stepdaughter 1 week to practice on the games so that I don't have a huge advantage! )

I am soooo excited to start!

Jenna1972

Sonja, I absolutely agree it's reat family exercise! DD and I spent 3 days a week, for 3 hours on dance Dance 3 for wii. We are sweating like crazy when we are done, and it is a blast to do together. The only days we don't do it is when I go to the gym...that would just be too much for my feet.

The best part about DDR is you can dance friendship style. Our steps are counted together...so we aren't competing against each other. It's funny how she can anticipate if I can't make a step, and vice versa. It's teaching us to really work together...a hard act to follow with an 11 year old! And the dances on difficult. level..it's like riverdance in my living room. Not exactly the smoothness we'd like to have, but we hit the steps and burn fat!

irismoon

My EA Sports Active came in today. Coolest thing I've ever bought for exercise! I'm loving it!