Marilee Berry
28 de diciembre de 2020
It's So Good!
I'm a 60+ mostly-sedentary female. I bought Ring Fit Adventure to augment my daily walks with the goal of obtaining/maintaining enough strength and flexibility to be comfortable and capable througout my daily life.I'm up to Day 55, World 13 and I'm having a blast! I use it every day for between 12 - 15 minutes of workout (which actually takes me about 45 minutes or so because it also includes dynamic stretching and static stretching before and after the timed workout, and of course there's a little reading and other game play things to do). I stop mostly when the game suggests. I always monitor my heart rate (I really appreciate that feature) and the game is giving my heart a 'moderate' workout which I like: Enough to build stamina but not so much that I fall over in a faint. I continue to have muscles that ache in my arms, legs, back and stomach. I have noticed that my posture, flexibility and balance have improved, as has my energy level. And I have not gotten injured.So, why has this been effective? Well, here are some of the things I like:* My brain has something to focus on besides 'reps'. The game laces in fun challenges, like completing a jog without encountering any monsters, or determining the best set of exercises to take into a monster fight (legs, arms, abs, yoga...), some exercises are effective against just one monster at a time, while others do multi-monster damage... there's stuff to think about!* I like how accurate the ring-con and leg-con seem to be. If I'm duffing it, the game gives suggestions ("It won't be as effective with bent elbows..."), but it took a little trial-and-error to figure out why sometimes I'd just get a "Good!" instead of a "Great!" hit with some of the exercises.* I like that the adventure blends aerobics (jogging in place) with yoga and calisthenics, focusing on different areas of the body (which is my choice because I have selected some exercises from each category).* I like that it started me out at a low level (so I didn't get hurt) that was still fun, so I was motivated to keep on playing.* I like that I get to pick the exercises that I'll be using: If I want to focus on upper body today ('cuz yesterday's squats got me!), I can and that's better than skipping the whole thing.* I enjoy the mini-games! Things like blasting crates by squeezing on the ring con is so much fun that I completely forget that I'm exercising.There are several exercises that I have unlocked that I still cannot do correctly, so that means I have room to grow - not just in the number of reps, but in techniques.Yes, I found the voice of the Ring character to be annoying sometimes - so I turned the volume down on it. I didn't mute, though, because he does give decent feedback during the actual exercises (really helpful for those exercises where I can't see the TV).NOTE: I think I was too tentative when I first set it up - afraid I'd snap the ring or something - and after a couple of weeks I began to notice that I was beating all the monsters and never needing to power-up (no smoothies). I bumped my 'level' several times (the game started me at level one and I'm now at level 8 (I think it goes all the way to level 30!)), but still, it seemed off. I decided to re-calibrate both ring-con and leg-con. Sure enough, the workouts got more intense because it knows that my arms and legs are actually stronger than they appeared back on day one.UPDATE: I am up to day 77 and am six pounds lighter, and two inches smaller around my waist. So cool! And there's new things to explore and learn, plenty for me to improve upon... It's still So Good!Ver másVer menos
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