Workout 1 Complete!

Wow, it is really hard to get back into "workout" mode! But I got my butt up out of bed and told Chad it's time to get it going. He did the workout with me! We did the EA Active 2 workout for Wii. There is a 3 week cardio jump start and then a 9 week program. I chose to start with the 3 week cardio jump start. We also did some of the Zumba workout. Those are so high energy and we are having a hard time getting the dance moves down, so we just did a few of the tutorials!

My workout schedule for the next three weeks will be:
Sunday - EA Active 2
Monday - Zumba Beginner (20 mins)
Tuesday - EA Active 2
Wednesday -  Zumba Beginner (20 mins)
Thursday - Zumba Beginner (20 mins)
Friday - EA Active 2
Saturday - EA Active 2

I love so many things about the EA Active and Active 2 workout games. Here are my top reasons why:

• It's fun! Especially if you have a workout partner (even if they don't have the controllers they can follow along in the exercise with you and keep you motivated. But it's also fun alone!
• It's rewarding. Every time you reach a milestone, you get a trophy! It's fun to collect all the trophies and feel accomplished.
• It's an excellent workout. It's circuit training, so you do 2 sets of different exercises with a warm up and cool down period. 
• It's easy! Even the most non-athletic people can do this, just start on easy and when you stop getting out of breath (which won't be for a looong time) you can bump it to medium and then hard!
• It keeps track of your calories burned and the Active 2 tracks your weight and heart rate for you! 

The Zumba is awesome too, but I just have to spend a little more time working on the dance steps. The tutorial is a little hard to follow because if you shake your hips ever so slightly, it counts that you have done the correct step and moves on. What I did was just left the remote on the couch and when I felt like I had learned the step, I picked up the remote and gave it a shake LOL It was much easier to follow along that way!

I know I am going to be super sore tomorrow, but I can't wait to get it done! Tomorrow I am going to do it earlier in the day and hopefully it will jump start my day and get me energized. So since my workout is done for the day, the hard part is not sneaking any junk food into my mouth tonight!