{"id":6775,"date":"2009-03-23T15:13:16","date_gmt":"2009-03-23T20:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=6775"},"modified":"2009-05-19T17:03:25","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T22:03:25","slug":"ea-sports-active-personal-trainer-for-the-wii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/ea-sports-active-personal-trainer-for-the-wii\/","title":{"rendered":"EA Sports Active Personal Trainer for the Wii"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/ea-sports-active\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6779 alignleft\" title=\"wii-active-personal-trainer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/wii-active-personal-trainer.gif\" alt=\"ea sports active personal trainer\" width=\"270\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a>During the past year the Wii Fit has become a breakthrough in fitness for many would-be couch potatoes. And while some reports say that the <a title=\"wii fit\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/02\/the-reality-of-wii-fit\/\" target=\"_self\">reality of the Wii Fit<\/a> is that most of them aren&#8217;t being used for fitness, but rather gathering dust in the more than 1.5 million homes with one, more games keep coming out.<\/p>\n<p>This past year, Jillian Michaels&#8217; released her own <a title=\"jillian michaels wii game\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/jillian-michaels-fitness-ultimatum-2009\/\" target=\"_self\">Fitness Ultimatum<\/a> for the Wii to lack-luster reviews, and there are rumors that the Biggest Loser will release its own game. But before that, the show&#8217;s host <a title=\"alison sweeney\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/alison-sweeneys-new-baby-and-post-pregnancy-workout\/\" target=\"_self\">Alison Sweeney<\/a> is giving <a title=\"ea sports active personal trainer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/ea-sports-active\/\" target=\"_self\">EA Sports Active<\/a> Personal Trainer a try.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen do I have time to go to the gym? It really is like a personal trainer in a box. It\u2019s perfect. I recommend it to all mothers!\u201d, raves the new mom about the game that releases May 19. Alison is also joining 11 others in a 30-Day Challenge, to be the first to try the new game and report their progress. The challenge begins with a spa retreat hosted by Bob Greene, and it&#8217;s no surprise that his involvement earned the product a <a title=\"best life\" href=\"http:\/\/staging.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Bob_Greenes_Bestlife\/\" target=\"_self\">Best Life<\/a> seal of approval. Other participants include web celebs, mommy bloggers, gamers and daddy bloggers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>EA Sports Active works with the <a title=\"wii \" href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/Wii_Fit\/\" target=\"_self\">Wii<\/a> to give you a stimulating workout in the privacy of your own home. With 25 exercises and activities that burn calories and tone muscles, you&#8217;ll be able to get gym-like results from your living room, den or game room. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diets\/ea-sports-active\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6783 alignright\" title=\"bob-greene-ea-sports-active\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/bob-greene-ea-sports-active.gif\" alt=\"bob greene with ea sports active for wii\" width=\"240\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a>Virtual personal trainers will guide you through your Bob Greene-approved workouts, and daily progress reports will keep you motivated to stay on track. Other features you&#8217;ll enjoy:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multi-player mode lets you workout with a friend, spouse or even the kids!<\/li>\n<li>Includes a resistance band for more intense workouts.<\/li>\n<li>Use the included leg strap to have your movements replicated on-screen, and receive feedback to improve your technique.<\/li>\n<li>Use in conjunction with Wii Balance Board.<\/li>\n<li>Virtual trainer offers instruction, feedback, motivation and tips.<\/li>\n<li>Activities includes tennis, dancing, inline skating, boxing, volleyball and 20 others.<\/li>\n<li>Log foods you eat and activity outside of EA Sports Active.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Pre-order your <a title=\"ea sports active personal trainer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B001MBUGLY\/ref=nosim\/?tag=wwweasyfreesc-20\" target=\"_blank\">EA Sports Active Personal Trainer<\/a> for the Wii now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During the past year the Wii Fit has become a breakthrough in fitness for many would-be couch potatoes. And while some reports say that the reality of the Wii Fit is that most of them aren&#8217;t being used for fitness, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/ea-sports-active-personal-trainer-for-the-wii\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1147,5503,533,3677,1251,519,1252,1500],"class_list":["post-6775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","tag-alison-sweeney","tag-best-life-diet","tag-bob-greene","tag-diet-tv","tag-ea-sports","tag-nintendo","tag-personal-trainer","tag-wii"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6775"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8585,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6775\/revisions\/8585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}