Husky hound, Active

by Duf Anything and Everything

It seems like Sadie has really been living high on the hog since we adopted her.  When we first took her to the vet shortly after adopting her she weighed in at a lean 38 pounds.  A couple weeks ago she went back to the vet.  In a period of around 2 months she had gained 11 pounds! Wow.  That is like a 200 pound man jumping to 250 in the same period of time. 

Well obviously we were surprised at the big gain.  We have started taking measures like cutting back on the amount of dry food she is getting, giving more healthy treats and trying to moderate their use.   When Sadie first showed up there was A LOT of running around the yard going on.  However now there is significantly less since Nicki has realized that she will never be able to catch Sadie.  Instead wrestling has taken over as the primary exercise they get.  They aren’t burning as many dog calories.  Ali and I both are conscious of Sadie’s new found heft so hopefully we can help her shave a few pounds off.

Last night I had my first, first hand work with EA Active.  I decided to do a “medium intensity” workout since Ali did the “low intensity” variety.  I found that my workout was basically identical to hers, I just had to do more repetitions of the same stuff.  The workout was varied and fast paced.  I used elastic bands and the Wii Fit board during the session.  By the time the 25 minutes was up I was sweated through my shirt. 

Unlike Wii Fit where I chose a female trainer I decided to go the male trainer route this time.  The graphics in the game are far better than in Wii Fit or My Personal Trainer. The variety in EA Active is impressive.  Incorporating the Wii controllers into the exercises is a welcomed addition as you get immediate visual feedback on screen that you are doing an exercise correctly or incorrectly.  After I finished the workout I dug into the screens to see all of the exercises and activities, wow.  There are a TON of different things in there.  I messed around briefly with the basketball and tennis drills.  So far EA Active gets two big thumbs up from me.