12-07-09 Workout – 137.2 Cal – I Think I Pulled Something

December 7, 2009 — Chivalrybean

Today’s workout was rubbish. Squash didn’t recognize any of my lunges and I then pulled a muscle slightly in my left leg so I skipped about 3 of the workouts, doing them not at all or only partially. Maybe it’s a cramp and not a pull. My friend Mike said cramps are due to dehydration. I bet I didn’t drink enough today, regardless of weather that was the cause or not. It’s not really painful in any case. I can walk fine.

If you actually read these, let me know. I might blog them anyways if no one responds, but I’d like to know. {:0)

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12-02-09 Workout – 153.5 Cal – Down some pounds

December 1, 2009 — Chivalrybean

I am down around 5 pounds. I know it can fluctuate, but it’s nice to see 210 when it was 215.

Pulled off the 12 pushups, but just barely.

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11-28-09 Workout – 210.7 Cal – Above Minimum

November 28, 2009 — Chivalrybean

I didn’t crap out doing the reverse crunches and I burned about 20 more calories then projected, just like I was doing before I stopped working out again.

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11-27-09 Workout – 134.4 Cal – Getting Better

November 27, 2009 — Chivalrybean

Little to report. I’m getting better at the workouts and feeling better. I keep realizing I’m not eating enough fruits and veggies. Need to work on that.

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11-21-09 Workout – 135.0 Cal – Pushups Are Hard!

November 21, 2009 — Chivalrybean

Workout 2 today, with pushups. Good. Grief. Those. Are. Hard. They;ll become easier I’m sure, but for the moment my flabby arms aren’t much for doing them.

The Squash workout took me a bit to get the controls to respond right. Could have been me or the controls, don’t know.

I saw the trainer’s arm movements get choppy once or twice. Seemed odd, since I don’t think anything out of the ordinary happened.

Do I get extra points for trying to defend myself from an 18 month old while trying to do sit-up type exercises?

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11-20-09 Workout – 187.9Cal – Starting EA Active again

November 20, 2009 — Chivalrybean

My wife got EA Active More Workouts to review on her blog. The six week challenge for the blog tour started today and I am doing the workouts too. I completed the 30 day challenge before, but gave blood the next day after I completed it, and didn’t for a few days to recover, and never started again. It’s good to be back to sweating copious amounts of liquid all over the place.

EA Active More Workouts is really what EA Active should have been in the fist place (a whole heckuva lot like Wii Fit Plus is what Wii Fit should have been). But, that aside, it is really a better product.

The warm up/down section is a real improvement, and the several of the same workouts are improved in the presentation and approach. The obstacle course melds several new and old workouts into one event, making them less dull. The boxing is also improved by more moves and variety.

Overall, I’m liking EA Active More Workouts. It’s not as fun as a workout as playing Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings, but I bet it’s more effective all around. I’ll keep you updated on my fitness progress and experience with the various Wii workout software and hardware I’m using.

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10 hour mark passed on EA Active

September 17, 2009 — Chivalrybean

I did my workout today. I bumped it back up to the heavy workout for the last few days of the 30 day challenge. I’m surprisingly less worn out than I would have expected. I didn’t do too well on the final squat holds and running, but I did as good as I could.

I reached the 10 hour workout time. Seems like I would have had a lot more than 10, but maybe it just goes slower then you might think.

Haven’t got a new resistance band yet, but the one we have (that I damaged the other day) still appears to work.

I looked at the year graph of my weight in the Wii Fit. I appear to be about the same. I haven’t been working out the whole time. I thought I was down 5 pounds just the other day, but I think using the balance board on the shaggy rug messed it up.

I feel better though and maybe some is muscle weight because I feel a little less flabby.

I’ll keep up with the working out, and maybe keep on with the harder workout.

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Sweat, Sweat, and More Sweat with EA Active

July 8, 2009 — Chivalrybean

I’ve been using the EA Active on the Wii since Saturday. It is totally different then the Wii Fit. With the Wii Fit there are a few workout items and some fun games. The problem for me is, I never knew what to do. I’d pick a few things, a balance game, a stretch, a Goodnight Moon pose or whatnot, but I simply didn’t know what tasks to do.

With EA Active there are pre-made workout plans. I pick around how long I want to workout, normally about 30-45 minutes, then choose a plan with about that amount of time, and go! It provides a variety of workouts to get all the parts of the body. There are also specialized workout plans for certain body areas to choose from.

In addition, you can build your own workout and as you add workouts, it tells you what body areas will get some action during the workout.

It appears to be effective because I sweat like never before!

We still have the Wii Fit so I can track my weight to see where it goes.

I’m currently about 215. I need to drop quite a bit to not have a blubbertum like I currently do. I’m consistently burning more calories than projected on the workouts.

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