EA Sports Active 2 - Review
Well, it has arrived and installed.
After having a play with the program for a couple of days I have begun the real work of getting rid of the flab. Now, while I am not going to say that this is the answer to all of my exercise wishes, using this system does give me a reason to stop acting like a wally and change for good.
The program has a load of exercises for all levels of fitnesses, but to me I have most trouble with the squats and jumping exercises, trying to move this much flab in one "explosive jump" is outside of the capabilities of this man. However, I will persevier! Conversely I really enjoy the running games, I know weird!
As per the previous game you can choose from a "trainer" generated exercise or create a custom workout focusing on what you want to achieve. In my case I am looking to improve my overall fitness and so I am concentrating on the cardio exercises before going on to the strength exercises in a few months. The exercises are great and DO work as my thighs can testify.
Unlike the Wii version which can be cheated by wiggling the remote, the new version only uses the sensors to check your limb positions while the heart rate monitor transfers the data to the program which then calculates the calories used. Of course this is not perfect but is a great step forward as the whole system is now based on how strenuous your exercises are by your heart rate and not by how vigorously one moves the remote.
The online options in the "game" are exceptional. At the outset anyone can create a group, although each group is limited to a single platform, IE PS3, Wii or Xbox specific groups only. But it does give one an idea how you shape up with other users and does keep you motivated. As a side note, the first day I was using the online groups it all worked wonderfully, however, as more people are using the program the servers slowed down and for the past two days the whole online "group data" system has been down, apparently this is being worked on.
As this post is getting quite long I will wrap up.
EA Sports Active 2 is a worthy successor and should benefit all users at all fitness levels. With the program being available on 3 platforms this should allow more users to enjoy the pleasures and pains of having a virtual trainer in our living rooms.
So the question is "Should you buy it?" I would would say YES! but remember one must use the program and not let it gather dust on the shelf before any benefit is gained.
I have created a PS3 group on the system for us so if anyone wants to join the details are:
Group Name: WeMitts
Password: wemeanit
See you all online.
If anyone has any questions please get in touch.