EA Sports Active 2 General Discussion, News, etc.
Jaccyber
Posts: 620 Member
Welcome all to this forum,
I am starting this thread to have a place for any and all general discussion, news, etc. about the EA Sports Active 2 across all platforms. Also to discuss any other fitness topics or games for Wii, Xbox360, PS3.
Have a super and fit day.
I am starting this thread to have a place for any and all general discussion, news, etc. about the EA Sports Active 2 across all platforms. Also to discuss any other fitness topics or games for Wii, Xbox360, PS3.
Have a super and fit day.
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Here is a link for the olympics
http://www.nbcolympics.com/
I thought this would be relevent.
I always look forward to watching the greatest fitness challenge ever.0 -
Is it me or does anyone else think the HRM for EA Sports is really off? I used my HRM today with the one that came with the game and they were like 150 calories different!! To me that is a whole lot of calories,does anyone else have this problem or is it just me lol?0
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I have been wondering that too. I just wonder if the calories just have a set count for each exercise or if the game actually adjusts the calorie count to how fast or slow your working. Sometime my count is lower or higher than the scheduled count they show in the beginning before the workout begins. Also I have noticed when I am running my heart rate slows down to about 105 according to the HRM for the game then later it goes back up. More questions than answers.
So what kind of HRM do you have? I might think about investing in one for when I go walking and biking during these nice days.0 -
I say def go with the HRM you have and not what the game has. The game one is very weird on how it reads (as you've noticed).0
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HRM monitor does sound cool, might be good for when i'm biking. What kind is good? EA to me is pretty close, but i'm sure its not perfect. I doubt it takes you HR into the calculation.0
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I personally have a sportline HRM got it from Kmart,I don't have the money with 3 kids to get a high end one,and lots of people have put down the touch sensor ones but I had a strap one and didn't like it at all lol,and compared it to my touch sensor one and they both showed the same calorie burn and my HR was the same on both. I use mine when I do my couch to 5 K and my TuboJam also and love it,I just don't trust these one's that come with the games,before I even break a sweat my heart rate is soaring and I just don't think that's right at all.So definitely gonna keep using my personal HRM with the one that came with the game.But I have to say it does keep me motivated seeing all those calories burned,even though it's not accurate lol.0
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Welcome to all those who joined the group in the last couple of days.0
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This is truely awesome. The group is 28 strong already. It is beautiful to see so many into health and fitness. Keep it up.
Feel free to add me as a friend if you wish.
For all those joining us recently, the group is setting up a challenge if you wish to join in on the fun. See the 'event' thread.
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Thought this would be a good link. Talks about heart rates.
http://www.heart.com/heart-rate-chart.html0 -
Happy Easter Day Group.
Today is one of the days when I try to control myself from eating to much Easter CANDY.
Hope you all have Blessed Easter Day. Jesus is Risen... Alleluia!!
Peace
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This is still truely awesome. The group is 50 strong now. It is beautiful to see so many into health and fitness. Keep it up.
Feel free to add me as a friend if you wish.
For all those joining us recently, the group will be setting up a challenge that will feature the Custom Workout portion of EASA2 if you wish to join in on the fun. See the 'event' thread.
JAC
Have a super day!!0 -
Just want to say hello and welcome to all who have joined in the last couple of weeks.
Welcome and keep up the great workouts.
Peace
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Wow... we now have 57 people in the group. That's awesome.0
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Just had the urge to punch the trainer in EAS2 today,does anyone else find their trainer annoying after awhile,especially since they are always repeating the same things? I haven't checked yet but I might have to look to see if there is some way to turn the talking off it can be very disrupting sometimes!0
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Just had the urge to punch the trainer in EAS2 today,does anyone else find their trainer annoying after awhile,especially since they are always repeating the same things? I haven't checked yet but I might have to look to see if there is some way to turn the talking off it can be very disrupting sometimes!
You can turn off the trainer's voice if it's getting too annoying.
Having said that, a strange thing happened this morning while I was going through a routine. I was doing Hip Bridges and the trainer said that you could make the exercise even harder if you lifted your arms off the ground. I swear that was the first time that I had heard the trainer say that even though I must have done Hip Bridges dozens of times!
So perhaps I've just tuned out before, expecting the trainer to say the same old stuff and not really listening.
One thing that does drive me nuts is the music so I've just added my own playlist (on the PS3).0 -
Do you all feel you get a good overall strength training from the EASA 2? I get bored so easily and thought with the weekly challenge program that it has it would at least switch some things up for me.0
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Hello and Welcome kmcgrath1
The short and sweet answer is.... Yes!!
With EASA2 you have the 3 week and the 9 week challenge in 3 skill levels of easy, medium, and hard, and the variety of exercises is wonderful. Also, there is a Custom area in the game to create your own workout from the exercises. You can customize to work your full body, Upper body strenght training, or Lower body, and also the core.
I personally think that there is plenty of replayability with this EASA2 because you can increase the resistance with dumbells, ankle and wrist weights. Currently I personally am using 8 pounds in the dumbells and have 2 lb wrist and 2.5 lbs ankle weights. Each time I complete a challenge (3 or 9 week) I will increase the resistance more so that I (hopefully) will continue to progress onward and upwards and keep burning those calories and building and toning the muscle. Since beginning and using EASA2 for 43 weeks straight (and counting), my speed is up, I can squat longer with less effort (makes cleaning the house and yard work a lot easier LOL), and my arm strength has increased some.
Also something you should know also about EASA2:DianeInIowa wrote:FYI: This announcement is on the EA Website:
April 13, 2012 -- Online Services Shutdown
EA Sports Active 2.0 for PlayStation 3, Wii and Xbox 360
EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp for Wii
For more details:
http://www.ea.com/1/service-updates
^^^^^ With that said ^^^^^^ Since the online portion of the game was dropped by EA we started this group here to keep the motivation alive and kicking. Also there is still some active members at the EA forum as well. So the EASA2 community is still very much going strong.
Hope this helps you a little.
My user name here is: jaccyber and on EA Forums I go by: jac2000
I wish you well on your fitness journey kmcgrath1.
Journey on...
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Good Morning and Happy Saturday.
Welcome all that have joined the group in the last few weeks.
:happy: This group is 69 strong now.:happy:
Hope all are doing well on there fitness journey.
If you get a chance check out the Custom Workout Challenge thread. Go there and list your custom workouts to challenge the group.
Feel free to send me a friend request and we can motivate each other on this journey.
Have a Super Weekend Group.
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WoooHooo….Made it to another Friday.
How it everyone doing this fine day.
Is everyone staying ACTIVE.
I am currently doing the 3 week cardio kick start on Hard and this time around I have added weighted gloves along with wrist and ankle weights for an increased challenge.
On Aug. 6th I will be starting NFL Training Camp 60 day challenge on Easy for the first time. Then after that will dive right into EASA2 9 week Hard for the first time. Have a feeling it will kick my butt… but hopefully in a good way.
Would like to hear about where everyone else is at in the fitness journey with ACTIVE 2 or NFL TC.
The group has grown to 73 now which is beautiful. If you have time feel free to post and keep staying ACTIVE.
Have a super Friday group.
Peace
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I have been looking for the EA2 Active Group too - where did they go
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I have been looking for the EA2 Active Group too - where did they go ?
So where are you at in your EA Sports Active Journey?
Tonight I did the 3 week cardio kick start on hard workout number 4 of 12. I am working towards doing the 9 week hard soon.0 -
I see a few more faces on here. The group is 77 strong now.
So after I finish with my current 3 wk cardio kick start hard, I will have completed my 51st week of EA Sports Active 2.
On August 6th I will be do the 60 day easy challenge on the NFL Training Camp program for the first time, then after that (early October) I will dive right into the 9 week hard on the EA Sports Active 2. Anybody is welcome to do it along with me and we can share our experience. It will be my first time doing the hard setting so it should be interesting. I will need to psych myself up for this one.0 -
Got a PM yesterday from EA stating that the EA Forums are no longer in operation.
It is very true and so I am kinda bummed :sad: :sad:
But this evening I will do my NFL TC session 31 of 36 :happy: ... so I should be a lot happier after that.:drinker:
WE CAN DO THIS
Hope everyone is staying ACTIVE and is progressing on the fitness Journeys.
Peace
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Wow....awesome... This group is 86 strong now. That's a wonderful thing. Keep up the good workouts everybody. Lets keep challenging ourselves and keep pressing forward. We CAN do this!!
I am going to set up a CHALLENGE that will begin in the :drinker: NEW YEAR 2013:drinker:
I know getting through the holiday season is tough on us calorie-wise, so to combat that lets bring in the NEW YEAR with GUSTO and battle that holiday bulge :happy:
Hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas.
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So I am getting fired up for a New Years Challenge. I know it's early in December right now, but the time is going to fly right on by I am sure of it...LOL....sooooo...WHO'S GAME. And if you have any ideas for a challenge lets hear em.
I was thinking along the lines of tracking weight, waist, steps, calories burned.0 -
:drinker: Happy Wednesday - 12-12-12 to everyone. Hope today is a Happy and Healthy one for all of us. Remember your stretches and drink plenty of water.:drinker:0
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I'm up for the challenge if beginners are welcome....i'm pretty outta shape right now
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Same here. Picked this up the other day and I'm thinking on doing the 9 week program.I'm up for the challenge if beginners are welcome....i'm pretty outta shape right now0 -
Same here. Picked this up the other day and I'm thinking on doing the 9 week program.I'm up for the challenge if beginners are welcome....i'm pretty outta shape right now
Are you going for the hard setting or starting out slow. Looking forward to hearing about your progress.
Welcome to the team Oniros. Here's to great year of fitness.0 -
Sorry I have not stopped by lately to see how things are going here. I see a few new faces in the group. Hope the New Year is treating everyone well. Hope everyone has healthy and fit year.0
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