Comments on: EA Sports Active Day 2

By: Elle

Elle — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:22:48 +0000

We’ve been having difficulty getting the two player “synched” up (I’m not sure if I spelled that right), anyone else have that problem, it always seems to be telling one of us that we aren’t doing a movement right when we are.

Also, if you need more resistance, take off the hand straps and move them in farther or go to a sporting goods store or Target or something and buy a heavier resistance band. I attached the straps to a really tough resistance band I already had and it is really working.

By: depictureboy

depictureboy — Sun, 24 May 2009 02:47:44 +0000

IM actually thinking about trying to modify a pair of weightlifting gloves with velcro to hold the controllers on teh back of my hands in the proper orientation so that I can try and use actual weight.

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 23 May 2009 14:36:22 +0000

My Day 4, Workout 3, felt totally different from the first two. When it was over I felt like “Huh? Already?” and I felt pretty good after it. I don’t know if my body is adjusting or if it was just an easier workout or what.

I tried ‘high stepping’ more during the running, and also pumping my arms higher than I normally due, if that makes sense. Usually my arms are down near my legs when I run, but I held them higher this time. Both things seemed to help the running register. It struck me that if the nunchuk was farther down the leg it would move more, but then the belt would slide off.

Someone needs to start making shorts with that little pocket built in. They’d still need a strap/belt built into the shorts so the nunchuk wouldn’t bounce around, but at least that would take care of the sliding problem.

By: Susan West

Susan West — Sat, 23 May 2009 04:17:28 +0000

I tried the sports part out like you did, but I set up a new profile.
I finally took the Nunchuk out of the holster and held it in my hand to run. I seem to be having a lot of trouble getting them to register right.

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 22 May 2009 20:40:09 +0000

I just got my EA active sports yesterday. It definitely asks your age. I still haven’t quite figured out how to keep the leg strap on short of stripping down to the boxer briefs for the workout. My daughter is not pleased at that prospect. The tension strap is completely worthless to me. I was doing the upper body stuff like isometrics last night flexing muscle as I did the motions. I found an old set of dumb bells this morning and am going to see if I can hold them and the Wii controllers tonight. I imagine that should work better if I can do it.

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:47:34 +0000

I’m trying to remember if it asked my age. It definitely asked weight, height and body type… and then you pick Light, Medium or Hard plan…

By: Grid

Grid — Fri, 22 May 2009 17:44:32 +0000

Does it have an age adjusment? I would hate to think they give the same workout routine to a 40 year old as they do a 20 year old.

By: Kharla

Kharla — Fri, 22 May 2009 02:09:13 +0000

Great Blog!
I have been thinking about getting one of this… I had been torn between Active and Wii Fit, but thanks to this blog I think I will be getting Active.
Now, the only thing I am wondering is how effective is this really at weight-loss… Thank you for this blog and please keep updating it on your Active experience!

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 22 May 2009 00:39:43 +0000

Looks like only 2 can work out at a time, Gwyn.

Also, this being a ‘rest day’ I figured I’d just check out some of the ‘sports’ in the package, and it’s actually kind of a pain to get to them. I had to create a custom workout, add the sport I wanted to try, then do that workout. I couldn’t find (maybe I missed something) a way to just play a single minigame.

By: Gwyn

Gwyn — Thu, 21 May 2009 23:28:32 +0000

@Scotty, thanks! I have a workplace that won’t let us surf anything fun, so I’ll have to check out the link when I get home.

@Pete, good point — forgot about that part. $20 is reasonable, but adds up fast! Might just continue to be a lard butt and invest in Sims 3 instead.