Wii Team For April ( Fit, Fit+, EA, BL, Etc..)

dpsloc92

Can anyone tell me how to add the Wii EA Active exercises to your daily log? I searched on it and it does not find anything.

Just wondering what all of you put it under,

00trayn

Can anyone tell me how to add the Wii EA Active exercises to your daily log? I searched on it and it does not find anything.

Just wondering what all of you put it under,

I just enter it as a cardio exercise and input the calories it tells me that I've burned. The calories burned aren't as accurate as if you were wearing a heart rate monitor and inputting what it tells you, but I've found it's a good estimate so I'm sticking with it.

I spent the weekend visiting my parents so I haven't done my EA Sports Active since Wednesday (I did go to the gym for an hour Friday before I left though). I'm getting back on it tonight, back to my 4 days a week. Having a weekend away (not to mention a holiday weekend) is making things a little difficult, but I managed to not eat a ton on Easter and hopefully I'll be able to lose a pound or two this week.

Onederland

Hi,
Jane...ACK! I'm sooo sorry for my mistake regarding your weight loss...although WTG on those 10lbs! whoooohoooo!

I am a happy camper this afternoon. I did my Walk It Out/Strength training add on...and I burned me some awesome calories.

I walked.......(drum roll, hehe) 4 miles! (14,528 steps) WHOOOHOOOO!
This is my personal best. I'm so excited, lol..I feel like the enrgizer bunny right now. :bigsmile:
I ended up walking 70 minutes...more than I intended to walk, but darn it, I couldn't find the last two colors of the rainbow and didn't want to stop playing until I did, lmao.
I burned 604 calories but I found all the colored balls and got me another rainbow added to my sky. I unlocked another zodiac sign and added 1 more song to my playlist.
This brings my overall total to 60.9 miles (219,503 steps) so far for this game. I'm only 39.1 miles away from my next goal of 100 miles....yeahhhhh! :bigsmile: :bigsmile:

Wednesday will be the next time I play this game...so I think i am going to go after some more zodiac signs...and rack up some more miles/steps, hehe.

Tommorow I will be doing my WiiFitPlus and Just Dance games. I got me some goals in mind, I'm on the "free ride" course and have yet to find all those beachballs, but I have a certain amount of miles/goals that I want to accomplish on this activity too so Island Cycling and probably my 10 minute Super Hula Hoop first then onto Just Dance. I'm gonna try to dance to 6 different full length songs and rack up more points along the way.

WTG everyone on your Wii exercise today. You guys are doing GREAT! :flowerforyou: :flowerforyou:

TwentyTen

Wow Lisa! You are not foolin around. Your enthusiasm is infectious too. I think you ARE the energizer bunny!

I am sittin here digesting dinner about to do my Wii Fit Plus routine. I am tired, work went long, again, don't really want to do anything.. but I will. I had a half a pound gain last week, and that will be enough of THAT!

Sounds like Walk It Out is pretty darn fun. I am going to have to switch things up soon so I don;t get bored with what i am doing. I am still cringing at the thought of doing 10 minutes on the Hula.. someday soon I will have to bite the bullet and give it a go.

The Wii is calling my name now.... I WILL get in my full hour!

Onederland

WhhhoooHHHooooHOO You go girl! :flowerforyou:

LOL...the Walk It Out is wayyy too much fun. I'm dreaming of rainbows and zodiac signs in my sleep, rofl.
I really think though it helps to have a good imagination too though and I get a kick at how many cars and fire hydrants they have on this island. And get this, the other morning when I played I used my magical clock to turn the time of day to 3am so I could find some zodiac signs...so it's pitch dark as I am walking and there are Mii KIDS playing around the fountain...and here I am thinking to myself "damn kids up at this hour, if those were my kids....blah blah blah" ROFL, hahahaha (helllooo...it's just a game Lisa, haha)

LOL...Island cycling is a blast and more often than not when I play this, I'm at my happiest doing wheelies around the island and seeing how far I can go on my back wheel.
Have you ever popped a wheelie on Island cycling?...if not, you so got to try it, rofl.
Super hula Hoops...let me tell you, it took much practice to get enough stamina to where I could go a full 10 minutes.
Ya just gotta get on their and do it...and then do it again until you finally master it.
The first time i played I couldn't keep one hula hoop on my hip, never mind all 5 of them. Now i start yelling at my TV saying "is that all you got??"

The one game that I total blow at is the big top juggling....rofl. Just as I think I got a handle on it, I lose all my balls :bigsmile:
OMG...and the obstacle course...I haven't gotton past the 3rd level. I keep getting squished on the rolling log part...haha

this new game, Just Dance, that I bought, holy smokes, it is soooo much fun but it is very obvious that i have no coordination...but again, dancing around my living room to MC Hammer and doing the Mashed Potato...ya can't help but have fun.

you should see me on wii sports.......rofl :laugh:

So go ahead...bite that bullet! You can do it

p.s if you have any tips on the bigtop juggling and how I can keep hold of my balls, let me know, lol

doriedee

Good morning, I'm trying to fit the Wii in 5 days a week. I love the step, but wish it were longer intervals. I'm at the bronze level, does anyone know how you get to 10 min intervals?

Onederland

Hiya everyone...

How are my new 'wii' fitness pals this morning?
Jane...how did you do last night with your exercise?

I'm still in the morning cups of 'mojo' stages this morning. Gonna get off my butt here in a few minutes and get ready to start my day. It is chilly here this morning.

Dorie, are you talking about the Advanced step or the free step? If it's the free step I think you have to reach those stepping goals that it flashes for you each time for a new window to open up. Advanced step..I'm not sure if there is another level. I've been playing that for a while and i'm not advancing levels. Mind you, I can never get all perfects with that one, so that may be the reason too.

00trayn, I have never found the WiifitPlus calories to be very accurate. The always seem so low. I usually go with my target heart rate and if my heart is pumping good...then I know I'm getting a good workout.
The Walk It Out game, now the calorie calculator on that is right on the mark. I have compared it with alot of different walking calculators and each time it come within 5 calories of actual calories burned but again, I reply on what my heart rate is doing.

Remember gals..make sure you change your weigh-ins on your wii games...especially for games like walk it out etc that you have to manually enter in your weight...because these games are using your current weight/distance etc when factoring your overall calories being burned.

Well, hearing myself rambling on has given me the mojo to get off my butt and do my own "wii" thing...hehe

hope you all have a great day...:)

odessa_raven

I did 30 minutes straight on Walk It Out last night, which is a new best for me, whee. The program said my calorie burn was about 130 and my HRM said it was about 180; I'm inclined to trust the HRM. I think I actually need to figure out how to be a little less enthusiastic in my movements for Walk It Out - I think I'm overdoing it.

I suspect today will be my rest day, but maybe not.

miswen

I love using my wii fit,bl and ea. My husband and I weigh in every Sat. morning. I am waiting for it to some day not say "oh, that's overweight" We both laugh at it. Of course my husband's says "that's normal" He got to reset his goal to 0 weight loss- he really shouldn't lose more. I have a real routine down. I get up at 5- he's already left for work. Depending on the game schedule I do either the Biggest Loser or Active. Then I get my son up. If it is an early day home from school- my kid has band activities and we live out in the country so I need to drive him- I get on wii fit or wii active and work a few routines in before I make dinner. If I do step I usually grab some weights to add to the workout. For the last week I have also been going for an evening walk- I do 5.5 miles in @ 90 minutes- walking the country roads can be exhausting with all the hill I have out by my house.

00trayn

Now I'm curious how accurate the calorie count is for EA Sports Active. It has my height and weight in there (and I change it when I lose weight), so I've been going off of what it says. If I'm burning more than what it gives me, I'll take that as a bonus... lol. I finally got back on track with my Sports Active last night and did another day in the 30 Day Challenge. Changing the level to hard has made a huge difference. I definitely get more of a workout, my shoulders are a bit sore today from the shoulder raises. I've been burning about 200 calories per 30 minute routine. Today is a gym day, I'm heading to my office gym for 45 minutes on the elliptical. I'm gonna try to go up a level or two, I've been on Level 5 for over 2 weeks now.

TwentyTen

I did manage to get my hour in last night, yeppers.

Today is my planned rest day. I choose Tuesdays because I work 10 hours and then watch Lost. :happy: It is my one hour of TV for the week.

Sure am looking forward to these long shifts ending, so I can have more time in the evenings to devote to the Wii-ing . I really do not like exercising at 9pm, and no no, don't suggest I get up at 5am, it just isn't going to happen.

It is great to see everyone working hard. Keep it up!!

Onederland

WhooHHOooo! Doing the happy dance, lol
I broke all kinds of personal records this morning on my WiiFitPlus game.
ok, so here is a quick run down, lol (nothing i do is ever quick...so be foreward, haha)

Super Hula Hoop.
10 minute session:
Left Spins: 1,631
Right Spins: 1,505

Total spins 3,136. WHhhOHhhOOO! :bigsmile:
I broke my old record by 11 spins rofl.

Ryhthm Parade:
9 minutes total:
First try: 1178 points (missed 7)
Second try: 1129 (missed 0)

didn't break any point records BUT this was the first time I didn't miss any beats...WHHhOOooHHO! :bigsmile:

Island Cycling...
Free Ride Course
30 minutes.....Hold me back people cause here it comes......:laugh:
I accomplished 9.119 miles in 30 minutes of riding.

Holy smokes...I was hauling butt tooo those last few minutes, rofl...
My highest mileage for this course in the past was 6.987 miles....not only did I break this record, I nearly broke my balance board, ROFL :laugh: :bigsmile:

49 minutes total on my WiiFitPlus....and a very happy camper I am, hehe

This afternoon I am going to dance my little butt of to MC Hammer, New Kids On The Block and all kinds of good songs...but first, I gotta get me something to eat cause I'm starvin' hahaha.

hooah_mj

O, I thought I was the SuperHulaHoop Master-In-the-House?!!!
Yeah...& ...Wow!

How do I increase my time on my WiiFitPlus? Not that I could hang like that :huh:

hooah_mj

Ok, so I can't increase my SHH duration until I hit some quota...that was +800 in 3 minutes!

Can't imagine any longer...I'm pooped! I'll just stick with the baby minutes...!

Onederland

I'm not sure if I know what you mean by increasing your time. Do you mean with the super Hula Hoop or overall?

If you mean the Super Hula Hoops, when I started playing it, I think it limited to 3 minutes. After playing a few times, it went to 6 minutes and then the 10 minute level opened up. (5 minutes going left and 5 minutes going right) I think to open up more time...you have to keep all the hula hoops on and keep them on for a certain period of time.

If you mean your overall WiiFitPlus time, I think finding those activities that you enjoy the most and setting fun and silly goals has helped me get the most time in. Like take Island cycling...I'm on the free ride course and it's a 30 minute thing....and I really didn't care to find all the beachballs today so instead I decided that I was going to find all the ramps on this island and pop wheelies as I went over each one, lol. (I'm a complete nutcase...what can I say, lol)

I do the same thing on Walk It Out. I decide on what it is I want to accomplish...whether it be to complete a rainbow, or perhaps walk a certain distance and then I just get on there and bust my butt until I accomplish that task.

rjadams

I finally opened up the 6 minutes on super hh on Saturday. I just did it again. boy that kicks my but. I don't know how you could possibly do 10 minutes. I can only dream. I think Walk it Out will be my next purchase. I get one every time a go to a new10 and today I weighed in at 169 and that broke the 170's so new game here I come.!!!

Onederland

Rj...WAY to go on breaking the 170's.
I soooo wanna get to Onederland, wanna these days it will happen.....but until then it's inspiring to read other's like yourself who are knocking those pounds away and really helps me stay motivated and focused on my own weight loss goals.
You definetely have earned a new game, and I'm sure you will love Walk It Out....

My 49 minutes of exercise this morning was going to be followed up by a 10 minute round of Just Dance after lunch, but....rofl, my neighbor had me help him in his vegetable garden (only 1/4 acres, rofl) after lunch and little did I know that he had his own little workout planned for me....haha

I should know better that to go visit him and not be handed either a shovel of a crate of something with roots on it, haha.

Two weeks ago I helped him plant onions and corn and we busted butt and got every little bit of it planted between the two of us......and today when I went down he handed me 4 crates of chopped potatoes ready to be put in the ground.
I just got done and between both of us, got every last one done. He has already made the beds so it wasn't as hard as the last time, but it's still kicked my butt...and no doubt I'm gonna be feeling it tommorow morning.

I'm gonna go take me a "wii" NAP....lol, and possibly do a little Just Dance this evening after dinner.
If I don't get it in though, planting many rows of potaotes at lunch time surely made up for it...hehe

hooah_mj

......and today when I went down he handed me 4 crates of chopped potatoes ready to be put in the ground.
I just got done and between both of us, got every last one done. He has already made the beds so it wasn't as hard as the last time, but it's still kicked my butt...and no doubt I'm gonna be feeling it tommorow morning.

I pulled a few simple weeds a couple of weekends ago & could hardly swing my arms, much less lift my legs...! Hope you have some tylenol girl...you're so sweet to help out like that.

Gettin' in the dirt...love the smell!

Onederland

Hope you have some tylenol girl...

LOL..oh yeah, I'm feelin' it this morning. Right around my mid drift area and my sides. I think it's probably from bending over with each potato to stick it in the ground. I've never been able to do a crunch in my life, and this morning I feel like I did 100 of them...lol

My face is also puffy and my nose is running like a faucet this morning. I can tell that the season's are changing...

So....I'm gonna knock these seasonal allergies out with my Walk It Out game along with my added strength training tweak today. I was sitting here trying to come up with my 'plan of attack', like a challenge I can accomplish today during my workout.
I think now that I am close to unlocking alot of the thing on this game in regards to music & buildings, I'm going to change my settings back on the penalty setting....so now, when I walk, if I don't sync my steps exactly to the music/ryhthm, I will LOSE points...and I am also going to change my point setting from normal to hard so that it costs more points to unlock events.
This will make the game all that more challenging and alot more difficult when it comes to buying the rest of the music and buildings.

I'm shooting for 3 .5 miles today...and I also want to get in a little Just Dance, even just 4 songs, seeing as I didn't do that yesterday. Recently, my poor website tracker for all my games has been mostly Walk It Out updates, and my poor WiiFitPlus and Just Dance have been only getting played around twice a week.

I'm also thinking about buying another game....but I'm not sure which one. Going to do some research and read some reviews on games today.

EA sports Active 'more workouts'...is NOT on my list of choices though, lol
I actually bought this game and retured it two weeks later and evenly traded it for the Just Dance. (Gamestop is an AWESOME store). It wasn't that I didn't like the contents of this game and in fact I was very much looking forward to the 6 week challenge.....BUT my numchuk/controller and the console were not cooperating with each other and half the time my moves were not being registered so the game was constatly stopping/pausing and then messages would flash on the screen telling me to move my butt, lol.
I did some research and viewed the how to videos that came with the game...and I found that I wasn't alone when it came to this problem. In fact, EA just in the past few weeks recognised that their "may" be a problem and their solution....EA Active 2.0...a NEW game supposedly with all the bugs being fixed..allowing the player more movement blah blah blah....I will wait and read up on the reviews before buying this game again

Well, hope everyone has a great day day today and an awesome Wii workout

00trayn

I've noticed issues with the EA Sports Active game not responding to my movements. It's not enough to be completely annoying, but it does happen a few times per workout. I was thinking of getting the More Workouts, but seeing that there are some cool other games out there from this thread, I think I'll try to branch out and try a different title when I'm sick of Sports Active. Maybe in the fall when EA Sports Active 2.0 comes out, I'll upgrade to that one. Wireless controllers would be good. I'm contemplating getting WiiFitPlus... and the balance board would be a useful addition to have with all the workout games, not just that one.

00trayn

So I just looked over the reviews for WiiFitPlus on Amazon and it looks pretty awesome. I'm looking for a product that gives me a solid workout for about 30-40 minutes with fun exercises that burn a decent amount of calories. At the moment, I'm burning about 200 calories for a 30 minute EA Sports Active workout. I also go to the gym twice a week and do the elliptical for 45 minutes of cardio (moved up to level 6/7 yesterday! Level 5 felt so easy when I hopped on).

Anyway, do you all have suggestions? Amazon has the WiiFitPlus bundle with a balance board for $99.99 at the moment, and I've heard those are hard to find in stores and definitely not for any cheaper than $100. Thanks all!

Onederland

Hi everyone..

00trayn
WiiFitPlus was the first game that I bought. I bought the balance board/game combo for $99. This is a fun game...and has 15 "training plus" games that are fun. Island cycling, Rhythm Parade, Obstacle Course...just to name a few. The calories I have never thought to be very accurate with this game...so when I play it, I rely on the target heart rate method and usually try to workout for between 30-45 minutes each time that I play.
You should be able to find that $99 price anywhere...I got mine from Best Buy...but I do know that they sell quickly.

Again though....my overall favortite game still to the day is Walk It Out and on any given day I burn at least 450-600 calories each time I play..(45-60 minutes...but let me tell you it goes by very quick)
It just never gets boring for me and each day I play...I just can't help but want to keep going. you don't need a balance board for this game....just your numchuk and controller although you do have the option of playing with your controller and balance board OR a DDR mat...but from what I have heard and read...the numchuk and controller method is just the best way to play this game.

Onederland

p.s...lol
If any of you have any reviews on The Biggest Loser game, I would love to hear them....this was the next game that I was going to check out and was thinking of buying.

I just got done with my own workout and I walked another 4 miles, burned 600 calories and went 62 minutes on my Walk It Out game. I also did my add on strength training.
I'm so glad that I added this into my walking. It has definetely increased the intensity of my workout by a good 50%...if not more.
I'm feeling really good with this weeks accomplishments so far...

capturethemoments3

I am a wii fit plus user, and I love it!

I would love to take you up on a boxing competition Let me know the details

00trayn

Thanks for the suggestions! Walk It Out sounds cool, I'll have to read up a bit on that one. I think my mom might really enjoy that one as well, and her birthday is coming up too I want to get more use out of my EA Sports Active so I'm probably going to wait until I finish one more 30 Day Challenge before I invest in a new game. I just started my first job out of college so I'm trying to be somewhat frugal... lol. Altho I don't mind as much since it's improving my help and not just me sitting on a couch playing Guitar Hero (I do that too, but only after working out first).

I also just read about the Couch to 5K program. I've never ran in my life, but I'm thinking I might try it out and mix up my cardio with the elliptical and that program. I plan to start next week

TwentyTen

I am a wii fit plus user, and I love it!

I would love to take you up on a boxing competition Let me know the details

Wooo Hoooo, finally got a taker. Right on! :bigsmile: Perfect timing too. As I was sitting here digesting dinner on the couch, the idea of just flippin on the TV and putting my feet up was sounding pretty good. But no, yesterday was my rest day and tonight I must get back at it. And now, thank you, I have been spurred on.

So, yes. after I get warmed up, I will go into the advanced boxing and when I am done will relay my score. I have gotten fairly adept at it, so watch out. .. Well, some days are better than others. Generally I can score around 1200 or more. Monday I thought I was doing better than ever and I didn't even get a ranking score, meaning it was below my top ten scores at it. Feeling a little tired tonight, but ya never know. I do have some frustration to punch out.

All you other WiiFit Plus'ers.. anybody else want to take us on?

TwentyTen

I am a wii fit plus user, and I love it!

I would love to take you up on a boxing competition Let me know the details

Wooo Hoooo, finally got a taker. Right on! :bigsmile: Perfect timing too. As I was sitting here digesting dinner on the couch, the idea of just flippin on the TV and putting my feet up was sounding pretty good. But no, yesterday was my rest day and tonight I must get back at it. And now, thank you, I have been spurred on.

So, yes. after I get warmed up, I will go into the advanced boxing and when I am done will relay my score. I have gotten fairly adept at it, so watch out. .. Well, some days are better than others. Generally I can score around 1200 or more. Monday I thought I was doing better than ever and I didn't even get a ranking score, meaning it was below my top ten scores at it. Feeling a little tired tonight, but ya never know. I do have some frustration to punch out.

All you other WiiFit Plus'ers.. anybody else want to take us on?

I just got my highest score in boxing YET!!! Yipeeee!!! I guess the threat of competition really did the trick! :happy:

> > 1331 < <
Now that's about the coolest number EVER, lol. Thanks tfrank for making me push it! I did it last even, after an hour of a Wii Routine.

Some of you are just blowing my mind with the time and effort you put in, its truly impressive! :drinker: Surely going to pay off too, has to.

Hope everyone's week is going smoothly.

Now, someone, go beat my boxing score!!

capturethemoments3

I am about to go do the boxing, are you doing the six minute or ten minute?

TwentyTen

I am about to go do the boxing, are you doing the six minute or ten minute?

Oh yeah. Thats the 10 minute expert level. You go!!

odessa_raven

40 minutes on Walk It Out last night, new record for me whoo hoo! I think I might have overdone it a bit but I took an ibuprofen and did a little stretching right afterwards and I'm mostly feeling OK today.