EA Sports Active: Personal Trainer (Wii)

Product Details

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• ASIN: B001QTVY18
• Item Weight: 349 g
• Release Date: 22 May 2009
  

By : Electronic Arts
Price : £19.49

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description
Introducing EA SPORTS Active exclusively for the Wii. Designed in collaboration with fitness experts, EA SPORTS Active gives you fun, easy to learn exercises and activities that create a western fitness circuit you can do with family and friends, all from the convenience of your living room. It’s like having your very own personal trainer in the comfort of your home, offering the promise of a better you.
EA SPORTS Active tracks your movements on screen to give you real time feedback on your workout. Track both upper and lower body movements and experience Wii controls in a whole new way with our specially designed leg strap.
Embark on the 30 Day Challenge and use the structure as a road map to reach your goals. Your trainer will be the focal point of the experience and create a new minute workout for you every day, providing clear instruction, motivation and positive encouragement.
EA SPORTS Active features a wide variety of activities that target upper body, lower body, as well as cardio. Each daily workout will feel different then the last and increase in intensity as you work up a sweat towards your goals. In the custom workout mode, you can cater the length of the workout to the time you have available, which body areas you want to focus on and identify your favorite of the over 20 exercises – and you will see how many calories you are burning in real time.
EA SPORTS Active gives you the benefit of a personal trainer right into your living room and the promise of a better you.
Box Contains
Contents: 1 copy of Game Software 1 Leg Strap and 1 Resistance Band onlyNB: Additional Leg Strap and Resistance Band are required for multiplayer use.

Product Features

• Active Fitness Made Fun ; Easy— Workouts feature variety and familiar activities that target upper body, lower body as well as cardio. Start off with a run, followed by bicep curls and get your heart beating with some cardio boxing. Get fit and have fun in minutes a day!
• Benefit of a Trainer in a Box—Your trainer will be the focal point of the experience guiding you towards your own version of personal achievement. Feedback will be given throughout your workout, keeping you on track to reach your fitness goals
• 30 Day Challenge—The game will track your progress as you embark on a 30 Day Challenge and tailor workouts to your level of fitness. Circuits will change as you progress each day, and EA SPORTS Active will track calories, intensity and progress throughout your journey
• New Way to Play— Slip the Nunchuk into the specially designed leg strap and hold the Wii Remote in your hand to track your movements from both your upper and lower body. A resistance band is also included to increase the intensity of exercises such as bicep curls and shoulder presses
• Workout Your Way— Circuits can be customized to your interest and fitness level. Choose your duration, intensity level ; set your own goals for calories burned and workout score
• Wii Balance Board Compatibility—Get more out of your EA SPORTS Active workout using a Wii Balance Board with added functionality and physical benefits for many exercises.

Customer Reviews

I love this product, I'm overweight from eating too much and slothing in front of the computer. I have since thought that fitness games would inspire me to get back into fitness like the good old days when I was a teen.
Here is what I found between the 3 products I tried out.
3rd place Wii Fit:
PROS:
tracked progress,
wii fit board takes weight measurements
Slightly tailored sessions
Fun games
CONS:
The beeps and squeals get tiresome and repetitive (maybe less so for a younger user)
inconsistent readings on how I am performing
Games seem too easy and mostly don't work up a sweat.
limited rest/workout calender.
2nd place Fitness coach:
PROS
Somewhat inspires me to come back daily
Personal trainer
tracks progress
CONS:
limited workout/rest days system
Trainer goes offbeat and makes her/him hard to follow
no rewards
trainer is excruciatingly repetitive
trainer doesn't respond to your actual movement (doesn't use any equipment that feeds your movement into the wii)
1st place! EA's Active
PROS:
Detailed Reward system
Tracks progress
each exercise has detailed movement tracking
Uses wii fit board, bands(included), weights, for some exercises
Dietary and lifestyle progress/reporting (if you want it)
great games to distract you from a tough workout -I always feel knackered and well worked after a session but somehow got though it trying to achieve the goals set.
ingenious workout system. Choose to have a number of workouts a week OR hours per week/session OR 30 day challenge with rest days that work around days you need off OR set certain days per week
CONS:
Make sure you have fresh batteries and hold the remotes exactly as shown in the video - often it would catch me out and tell me I wasn't doing the moves right when it was just the way I was holding the remote.
Doesn't measure weight with wii fit board.
Resistant bands supplied were too easy (purchased some more resistant ones).
I hope there is some useful info in there for anyone who is undecided.
-T

Firstly, it's not a 'game', not sure why people insist on calling this a 'game'! It's an interactive fitness aid, that is both motivational and more importantly fun!
The supplied nunchuk holster is well made and stays in position on the thigh very well. The resistance band looks cheap, probably is cheap but does the job its supposed to do, hopefully it should last for years on.
I liked creating the profile at the beginning and its so informative, with calorie tracking, goals, achievements, daily diary and more.
I began with a normal 20 minute workout. After 5 minutes I was sweating and breathing quite heavy! Partly because I am so unfit but mostly because the workouts are well structured and professional, also the video tutorials are great ; once a technique is master you can skip the video.
After my workout I actually felt very positive and had that great 'buzz' feeling. Basically I want to train to do a 6 mile run in 5 months time and don't really want to hit the streets yet because I am so unfit and well, it's the embarrasing factor of starting out!
So Sports Active fits so well into my way of training and my lifestyle - I am really looking forward to the 30 day challenge :-)
I recommend this strongly! Throw me a mountain :-)

 

EA Sports Active: Personal Trainer (Wii)