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Those that follow this blog know that I’m a pretty big fan of Nintendo Wii, and what it can contribute to a healthier world.  It’s recently been verified that it does, in fact, provide beneficial exercise.  With the release of Wii Fit Plus and EA Sports Active: More Workouts, comes more studies on the benefits of the interactive exercise games, and more.

The amount of energy adults expend playing active video games may equal that of moderate-intensity exercise, according to a new study.  Also, Los Angeles City Department of Aging and SCAN Health Plan have joined together to provide Wii consoles to the city’s 16 Multipurpose Senior Centers (MPC).
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Here it is, the final entry of the 30 day challenge.  I’ve completed all 20 workout days of the 30 day challenge as of right now.  Day 30 is a rest day, on the schedule.  It’s been a long and arduous journey, and I’m happy that I made it this far.  However, results are very mixed.  I was able to accomplish a lot, and through this, able to reach goals, and have been more active than usual.  However, it has taught me that EA Sports Active alone cannot help you lose weight if you’re not willing to work harder than doing this on Medium.

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Today’s challenge was really easy, and came without glitching.  The most glitch that I see is the TV that I bought about six or so years ago is starting to do a strange ripple.  It’s annoying to watch and even more annoying to play games on it.  But I can see clear enough to do this game on it.  I’m not too happy about this, but at least when I re-play the unsavable games, I’ll be able to do so on a newer HD TV, in Widescreen.  It’s built into those games, but I’ve never played them like that.  Anyway, on to today’s workout.

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I didn’t get a chance to write about these two days of trainings on Friday and Saturday until now.   Both days were rough, and filled with software glitches.  These resulted in more glitches, and now my Wii is probably heading to New York to be fixed by Nintendo, which will include a major loss in data, as well as other things.  I’m still able to use it for EA Sports Active, but that’s the only game I’m willing to have in at this point.  I don’t want to lose any more than I already might.

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Today’s workout was definitely not good.  And it wasn’t really the fault of the workout.  I had to restart the whole thing 3 times!  I’d be either at the end of a workout, or in the middle of a workout, and the game would suddenly freeze and to get the Wii going again, I had to pull the plug.  The game had completely locked up the system.  I can’t figure out why it would do that, but if you’re reading this EA, I have a few suggestions:

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Today’s workout had lots of upper body exercises.  It had some of most everything that I’ve done with my arms and upper body.  It was a pretty decent workout today, and managed to show me just how far I have come with the program.  This would have been a very hard workout to complete a month ago, when I started it.  Since I’ve been keeping up with it, though, the exercises are becoming much easier to complete.

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So, after a break for day 18, came days 19 and 20 and the workouts were not just difficult, they were really hard!  And I’m on Medium Intensity, mind you.  I’m thinking that, when this is complete, I will start again, but on the lighter intensity mode, and do that one while also starting another fitness regime on top of that.

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This morning’s workout was definitely a very accelerated pace from prior workouts.  From the fast kick-ups over long distances, to running, to squats, it seemed to be a continuous battle to get to the end of some of the workouts.  Making it to the end, though, was worth it every time, though my arms and legs are starting to feel much tighter.  I’m looking forward to the break tomorrow.

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Today’s challenge was the first of the accelerated pace of the 30 Day Challenge, coming after a one day break.  It sure didn’t feel like that, but I guess they’re going to work it up to that promise.  There were some exercises that did push me to the limits, but overall, it left me kinda disappointed.  I didn’t seem to sweat as much as prior days.  Perhaps that’s because I’ve aquired a sweatband, and look very 80s now, I don’t know.

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After a short break of a day, the previous two days of exercise had me sweating really heavily.  Not to mention they brought me up to the halfway mark on the 30 day challenge!  That’s ten workouts out of the set for the thirty day period.

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