Today Lily told me, ” I hear a knock knock on the door ” and she was right because our Mailman was at my door dropping of a much anticipated item. I was so happy to see him as I have been waiting weeks for my copy of EA Sports Active since I found out that I would be one of the June 1st 30 Day Challengers.  In the box I received a few goodies.  I got a headband (this is a clue that there will be a lot of sweating) and a water bottle as well as two copies of the game.  One of the games I will give away during my EA Sports Active House Party in a few weeks.

I was so busy with work and Lily that I wasn’t able to give it a try until Lily was asleep.  Louis and I busted open the game and found that it is very easy to get started.  There is some great background music in the game too that will want to make you get up and dance!

I recorded two videos showing us getting started on a customized workout.

The sound in this video is somewhat low (ok it sucks) but it is an example of us doing the Basic Dance, Basketball Pass & Shoot, and Baseball. I will record more videos once we get started on the 30 Da Video. There are hundreds of different workouts that you can create which means you will never complain about a boring workout again.

I am super jazzed to be able to do this game, it is going to make a change in my workout habits and the 30 Day Challenge will keep us on our toes.

My hubby has mad skills when it comes to the Wii Fit boxing, I on the other hand just suck at it.  I think that I am just not coordinated enough even though it has been proven that our 3 year old gets her mad dancing skills from me.

This past Sunday we were flipping through the ads in the paper when I came across a new Wii game.  This game is  perfect for those guys in your life who want to use the Wii to get fit but don’t want to do the traditional ‘work out routine’.  Of course, this will be in addition to EA Sports Active in my house. This game is called Punch Out!! This was one of my hubby’s favorite games back in the day and now he is really jazzed to add it to our work out collection.

The Wii site is full of great information about the game such as videos, the game history, and how to use the controls.  You can even use the Wii Balance Board with it.  My poor Wii Balance Board isn’t going to get a days rest when we get this game in the house.

I have also seen some boxing gloves for use with the Wii but I don’t believe that they will work with this game.  In Punch Out!! you actually will need to use some of the buttons on the controller and when you use the boxing gloves you can’t push the buttons.  The gloves look super cool but I think those are just for the other Wii games that use boxing such as Wii Fit & Wii Sports.  The best price that I have seen so far has been at Walmart, it was$39.00.

So pick up your copy of Punch Out!! for your hubby for father’s day, it will be a great suprise when he was expecting just a tie or ANOTHER guitar hero game.

Wow, those challengers are really getting a workout with EA Sports Active.  They have all been updating their diaries with videos and Blog posts.  I am super jazzed to start using the product when it comes out on May 19th.

Check out their diary entries here

EA Sports Blog is a great resource too !

Here is a great video with Alison Sweeney talking about her goals in using the program.

I just watched the EA Sports 30 Day Challenge video and I am so pumped to try this workout system!  We are currently using Wii Fit and while it is fun I have a problem with it.  The issue being that I feel like I can’t get in a good workout because I am jumping around from menu to menu to put together a workout.  You have to select each activity that you want to do.  So when I select a Yoga pose I select it, do the activity but then when I am done I have to Quit that exercise, go to the Strength menu and select a strength exercise.  I just feel like I stop and start and stop and start again.  It takes me an hour to complete a 30 minute workout because of all the menu hopping.

That is why I am so excited to get my hands on the EA Sports Active product.  It is a workout system that has actually been planned out with the user in mind.  A really nifty feature is the 30 Day Challenge workout, now that is something that will keep me on track.
Check out this video for a sneak peak at some of the cool features.

And check out this video here about the online 30 Day Challengers. There are a few of the gals from Walmart’s 11 Moms such as Monica from Mommy Brain Reports and Renee Ross from Cutie Booty Cakes some Twitter folks that I have been following. These lucky folks get to try the system and record their progress on the EA Sports active website so we can all see their results.