Losing weight - Gym V Wii

Jesthar

Owie, I'm aching today! Test rode a friends horse for half an hour on Saturday, then did an hour and a half digging large clumps of grass out my gravel drive.

So you can only imagine my joy when I fired up EA Active Sports to hear the trainer tell me "today we'll be concentraing on lunges and squats, and I'm throwing some jump lunges and squat holds into the mix to really work your legs hard" :eek:

Lets just say I'm thankful Sunday was a rest day...

sawan82

I never knew this thread existed, I don't normally browse this forum.

Alright to join in?

I have Sports Active 2 on the PS3. Started with the 3 week cardio - did one week and nothing for two weeks So started again yesterday with the 3 week program again.

Is it just me or do the lunges and squats kill anybody elses muscles too?? I'm not aching today like I was the first time, but boy it got my heart racing.

northwest1965

sawan82 wrote: »

I never knew this thread existed, I don't normally browse this forum.

Alright to join in?

I have Sports Active 2 on the PS3. Started with the 3 week cardio - did one week and nothing for two weeks So started again yesterday with the 3 week program again.

Is it just me or do the lunges and squats kill anybody elses muscles too?? I'm not aching today like I was the first time, but boy it got my heart racing.

Welcome.:)

I think Maldives lover is getting this for her Birthday.

I'm a lover of the squats and lunges but I found the reverse crunches, leg raises very hard to begin with (on More Workouts). Not sure I've mastered them easily yet.

sawan82

northwest1965 wrote: »

Welcome.:)

I think Maldives lover is getting this for her Birthday.

I'm a lover of the squats and lunges but I found the reverse crunches, leg raises very hard to begin with (on More Workouts). Not sure I've mastered them easily yet.

I'd highly recommend it. It is worth it definitely. I bought mine from Argos at about £47 but paid with nectar points, so free :beer:

Reverse crunches, those are the evil ones :eek: Always forget what they're called, probably trying to deny to myself that they exist and how much they make me suffer

Jesthar

sawan82 wrote: »

I'd highly recommend it. It is worth it definitely. I bought mine from Argos at about £47 but paid with nectar points, so free :beer:

Reverse crunches, those are the evil ones :eek: Always forget what they're called, probably trying to deny to myself that they exist and how much they make me suffer

I'm in the last week of the 30 day challenge on the original Sports Active on the Wii, and I have the most trouble with the jump exercises (squats, lunges, side to side etc.) and track work. It seems no matter how hard I try to time my jumps with the trainer, I'm either too fast, or too slow, or not in a steady rhythm.

In track work, on the other hand, I can do the exercises easily with lots of praise, but it seems no matter how I run I can't achieve the calorie burn rate the stats graph says I should. I've tried running faster, slower, more exaggerated, less exaggerate, in time with the avatar - nothing seems to work! I've had the best results trying to keep it *just* into the 'perfect' message, but running faster just seems to mean you complete the run in a quicker time but without burning any extra calores from running faster - go figure.... :wall:

busiscoming2

I love my Wii fit and Just Dance but I would like something a little more challenging. My problem is space, I only have a floor space approx 7ft x 6ft in which to exercise! So would I be able to do either the Active or Your Shape in this tiny area?

I had My fitness Coach but found I just didnt have the space to do it in!

northwest1965

busiscoming2 wrote: »

I love my Wii fit and Just Dance but I would like something a little more challenging. My problem is space, I only have a floor space approx 7ft x 6ft in which to exercise! So would I be able to do either the Active or Your Shape in this tiny area?

I had My fitness Coach but found I just didnt have the space to do it in!

You can do the EA More Workouts in a small space. Just need enough room to lie down

Jesthar

northwest1965 wrote: »

You can do the EA More Workouts in a small space. Just need enough room to lie down

Yep, I only have an area of about 7/8ft by 5ft to do it in, and manage OK.

Although I do need to test if things will still register correctly if you lie down at a 90 degree angel to the screen (on More Workouts), as I haven't tried any of that kind of exercise yet due to starting the 30 day challenge on the original! :rotfl:

Maldives_lover

sawan82 wrote: »

I never knew this thread existed, I don't normally browse this forum.

Alright to join in?

I have Sports Active 2 on the PS3. Started with the 3 week cardio - did one week and nothing for two weeks So started again yesterday with the 3 week program again.

Is it just me or do the lunges and squats kill anybody elses muscles too?? I'm not aching today like I was the first time, but boy it got my heart racing.

Hi sawan82 and welcome. Strictly speaking this is a thread for wii vs gym but as I'm also about to start using the EA Sports Active 2 of the PS3 mayble everyone will allow us to carry on posting:D

Have you joined a group yet? I'll be looking at creating/joining a group next week.

Maldives_lover

northwest1965 wrote: »

Welcome.:)

I think Maldives lover is getting this for her Birthday.

I'm a lover of the squats and lunges but I found the reverse crunches, leg raises very hard to begin with (on More Workouts). Not sure I've mastered them easily yet.

I think you must be a sadist or machosist (not sure which is which:o) how can you enjoy lunges?:eek: My knees are shot from lunges and the stupid lunge jump things, arggghhh. On the other hand I don't mind the crunches so much I have a fantastic 6 pack, its just hidden under about 12 inches of fat:rotfl::rotfl: