Here are the new workouts found in EA SPORTS Active: More Workouts. EA Sports has announced that the newest in its line up of fitness videogames, called EA Sports Active More Workouts, is now out in stores in North America and is slated to also arrive in Europe on. EA Sports Active is a fitness simulation, very much in the vein of Nintendo's Wii Fit, that aims to get gamers off of the couch and into a calorie-burning exercise regimen. The game offers more than 20 different activities, broken down into upper-body, lower-body, and cardio exercises, and players can customize their particular routine to meet. That’s where EA Sports Active: More Workouts comes in. It focuses on simple, at-home exercises you can do without needing extra equipment (except for the leg strap and resistance band that game. EA SPORTS Active More Workouts gives users the benefit of a personal trainer in a box and will help them to stay on track to reach their fitness goals. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive inflammatory disease that affects the joints. It gets worse over time unless the inflammation is stopped or slowed. Only in very rare cases does. That’s where EA Sports Active: More Workouts comes in. It focuses on simple, at-home exercises you can do without needing extra equipment (except for the leg strap and resistance band that game.
EA Sports Active More Workouts fact sheet, trailer, screenshots
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People around the world have experienced the revolution in interactive fitness with EA SPORTS Active™ Personal Trainer – the highest rated Wii™ fitness product to date*. Developed in collaboration with fitness experts, EA SPORTS Active has proven to be the preferred fitness program for Wii owners, providing an effective, inexpensive way to burn calories, get fit and have fun from the comfort of home.
EA SPORTS Active now introduces More Workouts to provide new challenge and variety. It features over 35 new exercises to create unlimited combinations of customizable exercise routines that target the upper and lower body, as well as cardio.
New to the EA SPORTS Active franchise will be an emphasis on abdominal exercises including curl ups, crunch and punches, as well as a warm up/cool down feature. An all-new presentation will bring users to the tropics and will immerse them in warm weather activities like waterskiing and paddle surfing. The product will also feature the Six-Week Challenge – another step in the journey towards better health and fitness with new daily workouts that ramp up in intensity each week.
EA SPORTS Active™ More Workouts gives users the benefit of a personal trainer in a box and will help them to stay on track to reach their fitness goals. Get inspired, get motivated and get active!
Key Features
• Benefit of a Personal Trainer in a Box— Similar to a personal trainer, the program provides clear instruction, feedback on technique and encouragement, while also providing calories burned in real time.
• Six-Week Challenge—This personalized full body challenge will give users a new customizable weekly schedule and a weekly check-in with the virtual trainer to track calorie, weight and workout goals.
• Full Body Circuit Workout Routines— The specially designed leg strap holds the Nunchuk™ and the Wii Remote is held in hand to track upper and lower body movements. A resistance band increases the intensity of exercises such as bicep curls**.
• Warm up and Cool down— Eight all-new warm up and cool down exercises that stretch muscles before and after workouts to help prevent aches and injury.
• Abdominal Exercises—All-new detectable abdominal exercises help tone abs and strengthen the mid-section of the body.
• Personal Trainer to More Workouts—Profiles and results achieved in Personal Trainer can be transferred to More Workouts.
• Track Your Journey—To encourage overall wellness, there is a journal that allows user to set goals and track progress – accounting for activities both in and outside of software – while also providing all-new nutrition and fitness tips.
• Workout Your Way—For optimal personalization, circuits can be customized based on interests and fitness level and there is complete flexibility for the duration and intensity level.
Product Specifications
Publisher: Electronic Arts Inc.
Developer: EA Canada
Street Date: Nov 17 (N Am) & 20 (EU)
Rating: RP
© 2009 Electronic Arts Inc. All rights reserved. All trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
*Metacritic, July 2009
**Leg Strap and Resistance Band are sold separately
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| EA Sports Active | |
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| Developer(s) | EA Canada |
| Publisher(s) | EA Sports |
| Platform(s) | Wii |
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| Genre(s) | Fitness game |
EA Sports Active: Personal Trainer is a video game developed by EA Canada for the Wii console. It was released on May 19, 2009 in North America.[1] The game ships with a strappable pouch to hold the Nunchuk and a resistance band.
The game is the first in a line of EA Sports Active branded games and related peripherals.[2] An expansion, EA Sports Active: More Workouts, was released on November 17, 2009.[3]
A follow-up, EA Sports Active 2, released in November 2010. An NFL-themed version, EA Sports Active NFL Training Camp, was released on the same day.
Gameplay[edit]
EA Sports Active is an exercise game consisting of activities that use the motion controls of the Wii platform. Primarily played using the Wii Remote, the game package includes a pouch that allows the player to strap the attached Nunchuk to their legs in order to track their lower body movements. The Wii Balance Board is also supported but is not required for play.[2]
The game features a number of exercise options supervised by a virtual personal trainer, including 20 minute workout regimens and a 30 Day Challenge mode that lets players set workout goals, such as calories burned or a number of sessions while tracking their progress over time. The idea is that the weight loss will happen on its own if the calories burned goals in each workout are met or exceeded.[4]
The game also awards trophies for reaching specific fitness landmarks, such as accumulating 10 total workout hours, working out with a friend, and completing all the exercises in the 30 Day Challenge.
Players are also encouraged to create a custom workout session built around either personal favorite exercises, calorie goals (such as burning 100+ calories in one session), or targeting specific body areas. To help aid in creating a balanced workout, a percentage chart displays how much of the routine is devoted to either upper body, lower body, or cardio development. The intensity of the workout can be altered by changing the difficulty levels of either a single exercise or the entire routine.
Development[edit]
EA Sports' Peter Moore claims that EA Sports Active was developed to focus more on a higher-impact 'Western' philosophy of exercise focused mainly on weight loss, compared to a lower-impact, stretching and balance based 'Eastern' approach, as taken by Nintendo's Wii Fit.[2] EA also saw a strong business opportunity in creating a game for people who need to work out yet do not have the time or are not comfortable doing so in public.[5]
Celebrity personal trainer Bob Greene was involved with developing the game.[2]
Reception[edit]
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EA Sports Active has received generally positive reviews from video game critics and the mainstream media.
One of the biggest critiques on EA's community message boards about the game was the lack of real resistance offered by the supplied elastic band. Many found that folding the band over itself as suggested by the game's tutorial to be ineffective in increasing the resistance level. However, the supplied grips for the elastic band can be used with other elastic bands, specifically those used in pilates, in order to increase the intensity of all upper body exercises.[10]
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EA claims that EA Sports Active has sold over 600,000 units worldwide between May 19, 2009 and June 1, 2009,[11] and 1.8 million units in its quarter. It is EA's best selling Wii title.[12]
The lack of an option to switch to left-handed has caused discontent for some left-handed users who have purchased the game as this is not advertised on the outer packaging.
More workouts[edit]
After the success the game received, EA Sports released an expansion pack on 17 November 2009, titled EA Sports Active: More Workouts, which, as the name suggests, added several new workouts to the existing program.
Ea Sports Active More Workouts
References[edit]
- ^'EA Sports Active Press Release'. Archived from the original on 2009-04-20. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
- ^ abcdQ&A: EA Sports Active-ating Wii
- ^'EA SPORTS Active Blog'. Archived from the original on 2010-01-02. Retrieved 2009-09-20.
- ^'Review – EA Sports Active Personal Trainer'. Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2009-05-20.
- ^EA Sports Chief Names His Brand’s 2008 Highlight, Predicts Fitness Gaming Boom
- ^'EA Sports Active Reviews'. GameRankings. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^'EA Sports Active Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- ^'EA Sports Active Review'. 1UP.com. Archived from the original on 2010-01-05. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
- ^'EA Sports Active Review'. GameSpot.com. Retrieved 2009-05-28.
- ^EA Sports Active General Discussion - Elastic Band for muscle development
- ^'EA Sports Active Has Great Sales... Told Ya!'. Archived from the original on 2009-06-03. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^'EA very happy with booming Wii business, EA Sports Active sells 1.8 million'. Archived from the original on 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-08-05.