30 Day Challenge - Day 30 - OOPS!!

I had this post scheduled but it never posted. Sorry I didn't notice it sooner!
I did it!

I knew I would finish it, I was committed but to have done it feels great. Today's workout was longer than others, not in time but in the number of workouts. There were 22 workouts, we did a lot of rows and curls again today. There were also a great deal of squats, squat jumps, inline skating, dancing, boxing, tennis, baseball, and running/walking. All in all it was about 20 minuets long and I burned just over 100 calories. I will still be using Active but I think I will wait until next month to do another 30 day challenge.

30 Day Challenge - Day 29

We are in the final days! I can't believe how fast it has gone. Today's workout was alright, it worked me out but just wasn't as fun as some of them have been. We started out with walking, did some side twists, presses, rows and curls, boxed, more rows, played tennis, did some crunches and ended with a walk/run combo. It got me moving but didn't do any of my favs like basketball, inline skating, dancing or baseball. Watch for my final workout update tomorrow and see how much I lost (without dieting) by following the program!

30 Day Challenge - Day 26, 27, 28

I have been trying to stay away from the computer on the weekends and spend that time with my family. I have still done the challenges and took notes to compose for today's post.

Day 26: Today was a slow paced workout of mostly upper body exercises. There was a lot of curls and rows, mixed in with some lunges, baseball and two reps of butt kicking boxing. The target calories for this work out was 67 and I only got up to 62.3. I fell far short, I normally exceed the calories, so I am not sure what happened today.

Day 27: This workout was much better than yesterday, as far as workouts go yesterday was a bit blah. Today we were moving, started out dancing, did some jump squats, jump lunges, high knee/kick up track work, running/walking, inline skating, basketball, volleyball. I had a lot of fun with this workout. I like doing the games in between the hard workouts.

Day 28: Today was a rest day. We finally got the basketball hoop set up and the kids, hubs and I played ball for most of the day and worked on the lawn for the rest of it. I have noticed that we have become more active since we started the challenge.

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30 Day Challenge - Day 25

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Today is a day of rest, I do not intend on doing any challenge workouts today but I do not intend to rest. The kids and I will be hitting the pool this afternoon and playing in the yard this morning. Not sure what this evening will bring but I know it will be more outdoor activities (weather permitting). Should be a fun and active day!

30 Day Challenge - Day 24

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Another great workout! I do not think I will get tired of posting that. Today was supposed to be a rest day but due to my skipping the workout on Father's Day I made it up today. It was another day filled with squats, squats and running. We did regular squats, jump squats, raise calf squats, squats, squats, squats! I love running but we did a lot today and it wore me out, I know that is a good thing but still. To break up all of that fun stuff we did inline skating and tennis, both are fun. We did do a new exercise today called side twists, this is a great ab workout and I know I will be feeling this tomorrow. For completing this new exercise I got yet another award, I have officially done every exercise on the game once. With only 6 days left of the challenge I have to say that is a good thing!

EA Sports Active Review & Giveaway.- (CLOSED)

Leading video game publisher, EA Sports™, introduces a new workout style video game, EA Sports Active™, featuring workouts designed to get you in shape as well as have fun. With the help of Bob Greene they have designed workouts unlike any other "get fit" game on the market.

The EA Sports Active™ comes with the game disc, a leg strap and resistance band. The leg strap is well made of thick breathable neoprene material. It fastens onto your upper thigh and is held in place by a Velcro strap and come with another band of Velcro to shorten the brace to fit even the smallest of legs. The band although made of thin and flimsy material is actually quite strong. I did have a bit of trouble understanding how to put the band together. After that was worked out it has held up, in house of six kids whose sole mission in life is to break things, that is really saying something. You can also buy an accessory pack, if you want to work out alongside someone else. This is a feature that I personally enjoy. I like being able to work out next to someone, it really ads to the fun and gives a bit of competition to give you that extra push.

EA Sports Active™ isn't just about the workout, it also compiles a journal that tracks the number of meals/veggies you ate, glasses of water/soda drank, number of hours and intensity of those activities. All combined to give you little goals to achieve and trophies awarded for achieving these goals. The trophies range from one hour of working out to 10,000 calories burned. If your family is anything like mine, you know that there is much gloating going on when one has obtained one of those little glittery light up trophies, when the others have not.

When choosing your workout for the day you can choose the 30 Day Challenge that puts together 30 days of workout routines designed to get you fit, preselected workouts that target different areas of your body, or choose your own workout, picking the workout or sport you choose. These custom workouts are then stored and can be used again. All of which can be done alone or with your workout buddy. You can also incorporate the Wii Fit board to intensify some of your work outs, but it is not neccesary to have.

When I first heard about it, I thought, "Oh no, not another wimpy work out game." After working out with this for the past week (of my 30 Day Challenge), I can say that this is not some wimpy game, nor is it like Wii Fit™, my kids- as well as myself, I'm ashamed to say- have figured out a way to "cheat" on the Wii Fit™. There is no cheating on this game, there is nothing but sweat and calorie burning exercises.

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30 Day Challenge - 2

Day two was a little more strenuous and not as fun as day one LOL! This game really got down to business and kicked my butt! I had did the buddy workout with Loryn. You see, not only am I doing the 30 day but I got the kids involved as well. Kal is out at a friends but as soon as she gets back she will be doing her challenge for today (her and Paige will be on day one and Haley, Loryn and I on day two). It was a lot of fun working out with Loryn though, we were both feeling the burn and sweating our butts off! After we did our workout we decided to check things out and set up our own fun little workout. Paige and I tried out the dancing, basketball, volleyball and did more tennis. When we were done Haley and Loryn decided to give it a try. Here is their results:

as you can see Loryn really put in the extra effort and even though she didn't burn as many calories as Haley did she still beat her. because of that, Haley was not at all happy but Loryn was doing the happy dance.

30 Day Challenge - Day 1

I started my 30 Day Challenge today with EA Sports Active on the Wii. The workout wasn't that bad, I'll see how I feel in the morning lol! It was very easy getting it set up and all my info entered. Now that everything is in there I will be able to just jump right in tomorrow. When all was said it done my biceps and thighs burned a bit and it was a 23 minuet workout instead of the 30 it said. I did go a bit faster on some excercises then expected (I kick butt in boxing ;)).

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LMAO this is just too funny!