It's called Wii Active. I think there might be a Wii Active 2 out now as well. You can use it with our without a Wii balance board which I also like, cause the batteries in our balance board seem to go walkabout. Comes with a resistance band so you can do arm work outs etc. But people do recommend buying more resistant resistance bands as the one that comes with is pretty easy. I actually broke mine yesterday LOL. I cut cut off the broken bit and re attached it to the strap, as they are pretty long anyway. Has heaps of activites and if you do the challenge it is something different every day, and you can set your level as well .. easy, medium, hard. I am currently doing medium.
That sounds great! Just Googled and it's pretty cheap . I don't have a balance board though, the ad says you get more out of it with a board, but is that just a sales ploy? LOL @ breaking the band, you must be hardcore .
How are you finding it Kat? Do you enjoy it? Do you feel like it's working?
I might try and talk DH into buying it for me for Mother's Day
Yeah it's just a sales ploy LOL. They will do exercises for you with or without a board and asks if you have one or not before you start, and in all honesty I am on Day 11 of the challenge and only had a couple of activities with the board.
You definitely feel it the first few days. Omg I could hardly walk LOL. You do 2 days then they give you a day off, 2 days, day off etc. I've also been watching what I eat during the time as well and have dropped a kilo. I was doing it before christmas too, until Day 10 when I tore a tendon in my ankle from side lunges. So now I just cross out them I had lost a kilo in the first 10 days prior to Christmas too, but put it back on over christmas when I was laid up cause of the ankle LOL.
Totally agree with Kat Trish. I have both and the EA Active is far better in terms of fitness. I actually find it better without the board as I can use it wearing sneakers.
When we lived in Darwin last year I lost 5 kilos in a couple of months walking and using it.
I have extra dumbells and step height for mine too, but I do go to the gym and find that on it's own it isn't much of a challenge.
eta I hate side lunges too Kat - always delete them!
Ouch @ tearing a tendon! Think I'll give those side lunges a miss if I get one!!
Thanks Kim! I'm hoping it will be something a bit extra on the side to compliment my daily walking. I don't want to be mega-fit, just feeling fit and hopefully I can lose a few kgs.
I've put on 5kg this year which is unheard of for me! I've always been the same weight (apart from when I've been pg or just had a bub) since my early 20's and am freaking out that I might actually have to do something to keep weight off now
LOL Trish that sounds just like me. I was quite happy at my 55kg, in the healthy range for the BMI. I have put on 10kg in 18mths and since going onto the depo injection. Dr said that the Depo makes you feel hungry and it isn't the dep itself.... yeah right
I don't like walking by myself. So a friend is coming out with me from next week and 3 days a week we'll do laps of the footy oval down the end of my road. Oh and on nice days and when I am not at the school myself. I will be walking down to pick the kids up. I used to have to walk rain hail or shine till we got our 2nd car 2.5yrs ago which sort of coincides with the weight going on
I have a step raising base for mine and I find that certainly adds an extra kick.
I like the boxing too, and there's a game where you have to fly and land on islandy things....it makes your arms hurt. And there's also one of the combo games where you have to run and jump and flap and etc etc. It gets your heart rate up too.
I loved the aerobics and yoga exercises. I got a new one a while back that seemed to really get my heart rate up too.
I noticed that the Wii Fit Plus was really good on my abs (you could see definition after a month or so). So if you're after toning, I'd recommend it. And my legs would always hurt a bit afterwards climbing the stairs, so my muscles were clearly getting something out of it!
I'm planning on getting back onto it once I'm past the postnatal six weeks.
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. I don't have a balance board though, the ad says you get more out of it with a board, but is that just a sales ploy? LOL @ breaking the band, you must be hardcore
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