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Nintendo Wii’s Famous Trainers
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.
The Best Part about the 30 Day Challenge
EA SPORTS Active challenges all of Wii Active’s buyers to embark on a 30 day challenge. It has set out to prove itself to the market as the leading fitness guru in the world of technology.
You can use the structure included in the package as a road map to reach your own personal fitness goals and desires. During the entire program, your trainer will be the focal point of the experience.
The trainer is represented by an avatar on screen. With your help, your trainer will create a new 20 minute workout for you every day. All you need to do is fill out the necessary details on the journal found at the right side of the screen. Then, they will provide you with clear instructions and encouraging words.
The software features a wide variety of activities that target your upper body and lower body. Included in the workout are different cardio activities for each fitness level.
Each daily workout will feel a little different from the last, much like a gym workout. You will be required to increase in intensity as you work up a sweat towards your goal.
In the custom workout mode, you can adjust the length of the workout to the time you want. You can also choose to focus on specific body areas and isolate the muscles. Plus, you can identify your favorite from more than the 25 workouts included.
As you exercise, you will see how many calories you are burning in real time. This is a great motivational addition because it will inspire you to focus on what you want to get out of this regimen.
A New Trend in Home Exercise
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.
Have Fun with Wii Active
There are days where working out is simply not an option. When exercises get too repetitive and tedious, you may have a harder time convincing yourself to put that television on and exercise. An answer to this dilemma is EA’s new Wii Active.
The squats and lunge jumps are always difficult to perform, but when you shift onto the other games such as inline skating, dance, tennis, batting, and several others, you add spice into the whole workout.
The best thing about the Wii Active is that the accessories are handy and simple to use. You can have the nunchuk in the leg strap as you get real time feedback on how your entire body is positioned. If you have the wrong posture, you immediately get some feedback from the screen.
Your very own avatar moves along so that you have a guide on how you’re performing. You can have the real physical workout without feeling like you’re working hard to keep yourself motivated. The variety of features is enough to now make you look forward to exercising.
What makes EA Sports Active a real champion is the combination of variety, flexibility, and fun. You have the freedom to choose whether or not to use the balance board or just utilize the leg straps and resistance bands.
The addictive exercises were designed to continually challenge you as move a notch up each level. You no longer have to overexert yourself and strain your muscles because each regimen was carefully planned and designed.
Doing the Exercises for Wii Active
The best thing about Wii Active is that you can do the exercises with a friend. But if you’ve decided to join the 30-Day Challenge, it is best that you do this alone.
Don’t worry, though, because if you’ve exercised with a different program which is not part of the challenge, you simply have to log it in your journal. The software immediately adapts to the changes. So there’s nothing keeping you from using My Personal Trainer, Wii Fit, Active Outdoor Challenge, or even DDR to get some workouts in.
During the actual exercise, you should follow the on screen prompts during the workout to ensure that you are doing them at the right pace.
Remember, each exercise was designed to work at a specific pace. Some fitness routines will show an on screen message that tell you if you are following the set rules while others use a “ding” sound effect to let you know when your next move is coming up.
A personal trainer is on screen so that you can take their lead and follow their body movements. When the next routine comes up, the avatar moves to indicate when its time for you to continue.
It is very important that you carefully keep an eye on the correct positioning of your body to make sure you’re targeting the right muscle groups.
If you find an exercise too difficult to do, you can choose to skip it. To do so, press the + button on the Wii remote and go to the pause menu. Choose “skip exercise” to move to the exercise in the routine. You can also remove exercises on the Today’s Exercise screen before you begin a workout — particularly helpful if you’re still recovering from yesterday’s workout!
Just mark a red “X” next to the exercise you do not want to do for that day.
Wii Active vs. Wii Fit
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.
