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

Thanks I'l have to try that out tonight. I'm going back and forth between the Wii Fit and the Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred. When I enter my Wii Fit into mine I just add a custom exercise and it has you enter the amount of time and how many calories burned. That's how I usually enter mine. Thanks for the help! Much appreciated!

I am new to this whole thing. I got the Wii Fit Plus for Christmas and am still learning about it. Any suggestions on what is a good calorie burning exercise to try out?

Glad you can join us Jess. The best burners on the Wii Fit are probably the Run and the Hula, go for advanced and the Super Hula if you are up to it. Some of the strength training moves and yoga are also good if you do repetitions. Skateboarding also is one of my favorites. It always tells you how many calories you have burned after an exercise , so you'll know.

I too am curious how people enter their Wii time. So far I have just picked a few various exercising kind of willy-nilly until the calories add up .

I have done several days in a row on it and am taking a rest day tonight since it's my first of many 10 hour shifts at work. Will be nice to put my feet up for once! Back at it tomorrow though, no matter what time I get home.

I make use of the My Workout option. Its a great way to focus on exactly what you want to do, you can count on at least that number of calories being burned everytime you work out and its a great way to keep track of how long you'll be working out.

I start with yoga, then strength training, then finish with yoga. Then if I know I ate a lot or I want to eat more, I'll do the run and the hula as well as the boxing until I burned that number of calories. Then in the excercise log, I just enter whatever excercise and change the time and calories burned

TeeTee,
How are you laying on the floor for the reverse crunches? I find it's messed up if I don't lay on the floor with my feet toward the tv and the wii sensor.
I absolutely hate those!

Hey thanks a lot KarmasBFF for the tip. I have been doing the yoga and love it. I use to do yoga quite frequently and it's amazing how I am not so limber as I use to be. I'll get there though. I'm going to have to try those other ones out tonight as well. Really appreciate the input. Looks like we have the same goal weight and I'm just a couple of pounds behind ya! I wish I would've found this website a lot sooner for all the support and ideas! :-)

hey buzzkitty-
i didn't find the paddle surfing or water skiing...do they add more activities as you do more workouts? I just have volleyball, basketball, baseball, and tennis.

Just posting to say hello and see how everyone is doing. It looks like we are all in high spirits getting ready for a good month.

Today was my yoga class and the instructor kicked our ____! 20 minutes of ab exercises. I'm beat.

JAM

I needed to be with you!!! I need work on my abs.....Get some rest!!!

Ann

Hi all! Newcomer to the group

Does anyone have any opinions on Wii's Biggest Loser? I just bought it tonight, so I'm looking forward to starting it tomorrow. I'm excited but a little skeptical about it being a great workout. I've only been using Wii Fit Plus since Xmas and it's already growing pretty routine, so I'm hoping this will help me to step up my night time workout.

I usually spend an hour per day using the Wii, in addition to a brisk four mile walk 5 or 6 days a week. My goal will be to maintain that schedule for this month.

Good luck to everyone on meeting your goals :happy:

Count me in as well, I started playing the fit plus, ea active, and walk it out game last week. I make it a point to weigh myself daily at wii fit plus and I'll usually play the flying chicken exercise and the bike riding, and occasionally the obstacle course.

then the ea active for about 3 days a week and that thing's a good workout but it ticks me off when it doesn't register my movement and i'm stuck in a squat for 3 minutes trying to get the game to realize it, or that side lunge just won't register arghhh... but it's a more strict workout routine than the wii fit

and walk it out is something that i might hit once a week - its really easy to keep walking in that game, so it's good if you want light exercise but for me i notice i just spent an hour walking at like 2 mph and i feel like that hour could've been better spent on the treadmill at 3.5 or jogging a bit.

Good luck everyone!

TeeTee,
How are you laying on the floor for the reverse crunches? I find it's messed up if I don't lay on the floor with my feet toward the tv and the wii sensor.
I absolutely hate those!

Thanks for the pointer, I will see if I can move around a little. Though I do it in my bedroom and the bed is about 4 feet from the tv, so I can lay that way, but maybe I will move myself to the left of the tv and keep feet towards the sensor. I will try different things this evening. Tonight is Day 4 of my challenge. I will be back this evening.

And there are so many new people! Hello to all! Hope you have fun working out on your Wii!

I progressed to the advanced on boxing and let me just tell you..I am not a very coordinated person and I struggled with this one trying to get the right movements at the right times! But I did my 30 minutes today and burned 204 calories! Great way to start the day!

That is a great way to start your day Jess, good for you! I am not a morning person and just cannot seem to get up early enough, so I do mine in the evening. Getting myself to work on time is already challenging enough.
And that advanced boxing , I know what you mean! Haha Yikes, had me fumbling and missing constantly, so I went back to beginner. Some fancy moves on that advanced boxing. i wish it was just a little faster and longer, I mean is all the fancy footwork really necessary?

Good for you on the morning burn. Hope it's a great day for all of us!

I must be loosing my mind.....I thought I posted my success last night. I spent about 45 min on the wii and my YEEHAW was that I hit 1127 on the advanced boxing. I was pretty excited!!!!

Tigermom, your success did post. I thought I almost had deja vu when I re-read it just now. :laugh: I laid off the boxing for a while and when I tried it the other day, I was horrible. So I know what I have to do to get myself back up to par.

This evening, I did day 4, and call myself putting it on the harder workout, I was DYING within the first few minutes. But that's not too bad because at first I wasn't really in the mood to workout, but I wanted to try to commit myself to all my scheduled days for the challenge. In the end, I burned 199 calories and feel pretty good! Tomorrow is my weigh in day, so I will see how I do. But honestly, I'm proud of myself either way!

Thanks teetee....So I'm just blind....Not loosing my mind!!! What a relief!!! Have a happy one!

I would like to join the Wii group too. I just started on mine this week and am still finding my way around it, but I love the boxing on it too. I did about 15 minutes of beginner step, 6 minutes of kung fu and the rest boxing (about 15-20 minutes) and I can say the boxing has been my favorite. I like the hula hoop too but it wears me out. I am going to try and start out with 3-4 times a week at least 30 minutes at a time. Happy exercising. I really felt great when I got through today.

I have a question.....On the wii fit plus.....How many of the basic runs do you have to do before it unlocks the next level. Dang I think I am on #15. I like the runs on the regular wii fit as well, but wanted to advance up on the wii fit plus but can't seem to do it!!!

Welcome Mia, glad you can join us. The boxing and the hula are both good workouts.

Not sure that I will ever get the hang of the advanced boxing, but I will brave another round or two so you all can laugh at my low score. Wouldn't want to get in the ring with you tigermom!

It is fun to try and beat each other's score's but what counts most is just doing it. So yay to everyone here for sticking to it!

Oh and Jess, I do not think the Wii Fit has any water sports, maybe that is in the Wi Active or something. Sounds fun tho!

And teetee , I know what you mean about not really feeling like wanting to do it, but once you get going, and especially when your done and you've burned a couple hundred calories, it feels great!

My plan is for 45 minutes at least tonight, even though I am working late , again.

Yeah well it is all a game!!!!! Don't think I would do that good in a real ring!!!! I would be hiding as I am actually a wimp when it comes to fighting!! And you are correct, just the fact that we are doing it is a great achievement. I find myself challenging myself to beat my own score more than someone elses. The Kung Fu thing is still getting me sometimes. I am going to get over 700 yet!!!