Wii™ Fitness for Dummies®

Chapter 8. Performing the Exercises

In This Chapter

• Working your upper body

• Working your lower body

• Increasing your heart rate with cardio

• Having fun with sports

With more than 25 exercises, EA Sports Active: Personal Trainer provides a multitude of workout options. If you become bored with following a regular workout routine, then you can give the program's sports drills a try, which include fun activities such as dancing, volleyball, and baseball. Regardless of which activities you choose, you are guaranteed to break a sweat while still having fun, and you may just forget that you are working out.

This chapter provides an overview of all the exercises that are available in EA Sports Active: Personal Trainer. We've broken them out by upper body, lower body, cardio, and sports drills, allowing you to easily find exercises to target specific body parts and goals. Although this chapter provides guidance on how to perform each activity, EA Sports Active: Personal Trainer lets you watch a video demonstration of each exercise before undertaking it, ensuring that you never feel lost. In this chapter, you discover all that EA Sports Active: Personal Trainer has to offer.

Working Your Upper Body

The upper body exercises focus on your back, shoulders, arms, chest, and abdominals. For these exercises, you use the Resistance Band, which provides a bit of tension, forcing your muscles to work just a little bit harder. Exercising your upper body increases strength, improves posture, ensures mobility ...