Wii Active Workout

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Now that EA’s Wii Active is out in the market, a few of its users had questions about the use of the new product. EA set out to answer them as clearly as possible.

What controls are needed to use EA SPORTS Active? Basically, you just need two of them, namely the Wii remote and nunchuk. The nunchuk has to be plugged in to the Wii Remote throughout the exercise program. You can also use the Wii balance board for some exercises. But for EA Sports Active, this is not a necessity.

How are the remote and nunchuk used?

Depending on the exercise, these two accessories will have a variety of uses. Not to worry because a trainer and video instruction are available for each program.

Generally, you will be asked to hold the Wii remote on your right hand. The nunchuk will either be placed on your left hand or on the leg strap, depending on the kind of exercise you choose.

How do the controls respond to the movements?

The secret to this is to always try to follow the trainer and mimic his movements. If you have difficulty doing this, again it is advised that you watch the video instructions before you exercise. This will provide you with tips on how to move correctly.

Once you’ve started, listen to the trainer carefully and follow the text on the screen. When you need to put the nunchuk on the leg strap, insert it properly, pointing down with the control stick facing to the right.

To make your workouts more fun and believable, EA Sports Active has included Avatars of famous exercise gurus to guide you as you work your way towards your fitness goals.

One of the newest games is EA Sports Active Personal Trainer 2009. The game offers quick twenty-minute workouts that enable the player to take advantage of high intensity cardio as well as upper and lower body muscle workouts. You will be encouraged to strive for weight loss by getting into shape with a healthy lifestyle.

Jillian Michaels Fitness Ultimatum 2009 is one of the top games for Wii. The market wants Jillian Michaels to strictly get them into shape just like she does on the hit television show, The Biggest Loser.

The software comes with five different workouts and it includes cardio workouts that are combined with intervals and strength training. You also get tips along the way.

Then, there’s Bob Greene. He is EA’s Sports Active’s latest trainer. He was also involved with the development of the game that has recently hit the shelves. He is a famous American Exercise Physiologist and certified Personal Trainer. He has authored 10 books that talks about health, exercise, and diet.

Moreover, he is better known as Oprah Winfrey’s trainer and has frequently been a guest on her show. He also has a radio show on the “Oprah and Friends” satellite radio network. With his reputation for being one of the best in his field, users of Wii Active will be inspired to exercise and work out. With him working alongside the makers, you know that you are getting what you deserve when you make the purchase.

Just like having a personal trainer at the gym, EA Sports Active’s virtual trainer guides and motivates you as you strive to reach your fitness goals. Throughout each workout, you’ll get well laid out instructions, instant feedback, encouraging bits of advice, and valuable tips to help you achieve prime results.

The best thing about this is that your personal trainer doesn’t charge you by the hour nor does he raise his professional fees.

Moreover, you will get a built-in journal that helps you monitor your progress as you advance. All you need to do is set your fitness goals the very first time you work out. You can regularly check to see your development. You are also able to log other information such as the food you eat and the activities you do outside.

A few of its popular programs are dancing, inline skating, tennis, and volleyball. There are more than 25 exercises available, and you can choose from a medley to see which one interests you the most.

The exercises were designed to make you sweat and target the different muscles in your body. You can also isolate your workout to target the muscles you want to strengthen and enhance. You’ll never find workouts boring with so many choices available.

Achieve your fitness goals in just one month with the 30 Day Challenge. Try a new activity every day. Each exercise is tailored to your fitness level and geared toward your goals. As you see the effects on your body, you are kept motivated and challenged.

When Wii Fit hit the market in 2008, it was being advertised as the perfect union between working out and games. It was a marriage between fun and fitness in a $90 box.

When people finally tried out the program, many were happy, while some felt that there was still room for improvement.

The software games focused on the Asian model of fitness. Westerners, however, needed something more.

Many criticized its basis for measurement, often calling fit people obese, having in mind the average measurement of Asians who are generally more slightly built than Westerners.

Recently, Electronic Arts announced EA Sports Active, its long-rumored exercise game. The game does not require the Wii Balance board at all, but will instead rely on a neoprene peripheral that will strap the Wii remote or nunchuk to a player’s leg.

The program also comes with a rubber resistance band for strength training. All these for a retail price of $60, which is $30 less than Wii Fit.

EA Sports Active features more than 25 exercises. There are also tools such as a calorie counter, a virtual personal trainer, a 30-day weight-loss program, and some customizable workouts included.

The makers behind the software are aware of the different philosophy between the East and West. They designed the program to recognize the body type and health requirements of westerners.

They’ve also spent a lot of time working with Nintendo to make sure that the leg straps fit snugly and that it will be able to measure the players’ movements with no hassle.

You can achieve your fitness goals with EA’s 30-Day Challenge. To make this mission more fun, you can use a variety of activities. Workouts no longer have to be boring because now you can choose from more than 25 activities.

This 30 day challenge should be done on your own. If you want to exercise with a friend, you can do many pre-set or custom workouts. These, however, will not count as part of the challenge.

To make your workout easier to track and follow, the journal calendar included in the software keeps track of every single workout.

Within the 30 days, you will see a slightly different calendar that only tracks the specific workouts that you do as part of the challenge. You will be able to see your level, next workout, and rest days.

There are tabs on the top corner of each journal page. You are able to flip through the pages and see what has been done and what is yet needed.

Though you may not be able to do workouts for days you missed, you are allowed to fill out the survey form and record other activities done outside the program.

Just like an actual workout at the gym, Wii Active was designed to be flexible. You can make these activities suit your lifestyle and adjust to your needs.

The makers behind the software recognize the fact that reality can sometimes get in the way and that you also need to make adjustments so that you are able to meet your other responsibilities.

Gone are the days where you have to drive to the gym to get the decent workout that you deserve. In everyone’s efforts to make fitness available to those with no time and very little budget to actually head out of their homes and offices, several companies such as Nintendo and EA have collaborated to create the best exercise program out there.

Having your own gym equipment can also be costly, and hiring a personal trainer can even weigh heavier on your budget.

The best solution is to get EA’s Wii Active. What makes this the greatest technological breakthrough to date? First, at the price of $60, it is much cheaper than the Wii Fit. It’s a one-time purchase that provides you a lifetime’s worth of service.

Secondly, it comes with accessories to help you with your movements and positioning as you go through the workout program.

Thirdly, you can choose a variety of games and programs to make your exercise spontaneous and more fun. And lastly, you can customize your exercise and have your avatar keep track of your progress as if you had a personal trainer of your very own.

Today’s generation can benefit from the latest developments in the realm of technology and health. If someone said years ago that these two ideas were mutually exclusive, they are now proven wrong.

Technology has proven to conquer every realm, and it has broken barriers to show everyone that they all can benefit from this recent advance. Stay fit, keep your schedules uninterrupted, and make exercise more fun with the help of EA’s Wii Active.

You can watch yourself box, inline skate, and do all manner of exercises in this wonderful breakthrough in the technological arena. EA Sports’ Wii Active has a goal of making exercise more fun, motivational, and addictive.

For those who get bored with the same routine, they can also choose not to have the same exercise twice. Flexibility: that’s this workout video game’s main strength.

EA Sports Active for the Nintendo Wii was released in May 2009, and since then, they’ve launched a website that features Carmen Bott and Bob Greene, two world class trainers and health enthusiasts.

Though both Wii Active and Wii Fit were designed to be fun and functional, the Wii Active enhances the program by making the activities more “westernized”.

Gone are the voice-overs that are done with thick Asian accents. People from English-speaking countries can now better understand their avatars.

Moreover, the music that goes with each workout no longer sounds like it came from a decrepit 80’s radio show. The beat reflects the current trends, making movement more fun.

Users of the Nintendo Wii don’t have to put their television on mute because they can now listen to the improved sound quality that Wii Active offers.

If you haven’t tried the Wii Fit at all, go to your nearest retail shops and compare the two gaming products.

It’s difficult to stay motivated watching cute little Wii Mii’s move along to sounds that are totally unfamiliar to you.

Wii Active, on the other hand, has been designed and programmed to fit the interests of the western culture.

The titans of the software development industry are about to engage in a competitive battle with the makers behind Nintendo’s Wii Fit technology. In May 2009, a new “video game” for the Wii called the Wii Active infiltrated the market. This will be placed directly to compete with Nintendo’s Wii Fit.

EA’s Wii Active is primarily targeted to women who want to participate in a variety of exercise games without having to leave their own home. Several people think this new product will upstage Wii Fit for a number of reasons:

1. The asking price is about $30 less than the Wii Fit’s current asking price of about $90.

2. There are no balance boards included in the exercise program. Sometimes, these things can pose as a hindrance for the person doing the entire workout routine simply because they worry half the time about not falling from the small platform.

3. Instead of the balance boards used in Wii Fit, power bands and nunchuk pockets are the two main accessories for the entire program.

4. There are more than 20 exercises and motivational challenges to start with.

5. Trainers in the program were patterned after some of the biggest star’s trainers to make the entire regimen more believable.

Many of expert critics believe that if EA can figure out a way to accurately judge Body Fat in percentage form, Wii Fit could have a real contender and competition on its hands. Right now, it looks like the first version of EA Sports’ Active still needs a number of adjustments. Nonetheless, it has great potential to soar.

With Nintendo’s Wii Active, you will be using a control mat, which comes with the outdoor challenge games. It plugs into one of the GameCube ports found on top of the Wii.

This mat is a little more sophisticated when compared to the traditional dance mats that we all know of.

The Outdoor Challenge mat is equipped with six direction arrows and button pads, allowing two players to use it at the same time.

The mat is divided into two sets with four button inputs on the blue side and on the amber side for. Each player takes one color, but if there is only one player, he or she puts their feet in the center. For good exercise routines, here are a few suggested games:

1. A good aerobics exercise is called the Timber Trail game. In its most basic level, you will be asked to run in place to reach your goal. The higher levels present chasms and other obstacles that you will have to jump over or dodge. Unlike the Wii Fit board, this mat is more durable, allowing you to stamp on it.

2. There are other mini-games such as mine cart or river rafting. Most of these games are cardiovascular exercises that were mean to make you sweat.

3. Boxing and inline skating. Follow your avatar as you work your way to your goal. The leg straps and nunchuks are there to help gauge your movements and stretches. Again, there are levels available for those who want to work their way up to the most difficult routine.

A big release happened this year in the realm of fitness, health, and sports. EA’s Wii Active was set to compete against Nintendo’s Wii Fit with new features and innovative programs.

What makes Wii Active a great buy? Here are just a few of its features:

1. The availability of 20-minute circuits, inclusive of both new and familiar activities. These cardio workouts were designed to target your upper and lower body, legs, and arms. You can get fit with only a few minutes of your time each day.

2. You have a trainer to guide you throughout the entire workout process. Your trainer will be there to keep track of your progress by providing you with constant feedback all throughout.

3. You can customize and personalize your entire regimen to make it fit your body’s needs and capabilities.

4. You can embark on a 30-day challenge and tailor fitness challenges to meet your level of fitness.

5. You need not worry about veering away from the ideal path because the circuits installed in the software will also adjust and change so that you are properly guided until you reach your desired goal.

6. You will be able to keep track of the calories burned, the intensity of the entire workout, your own personal progress, and the duration of each workout.

7. The leg straps and Wii remote all work to measure your body’s movement while you follow the avatar on your TV screen.

8. The resistance bands are made to outlast as you stretch them to their limits during your workout.