This Forgotten Nintendo Switch Game Can Level Up Your Workouts

1462 days January finally behind us. Most likely, you probably have already canceled that membership in the gym, which you subscribed to the midst of “New Year, new self!” Khuz, and the thought of the run, when – at least in most of the northern hemisphere – cold, gray, dark and wet, feels masochistic. If you are, you are not alone, with some studies showing about 20 percent of the gyms starting in January, quit within a month, and only meager 22 percent still go after a year. But what if you didn’t have to go to the gym at all? What if you could work with any festive surplus, playing video games?

If you have just been excited by the thought of being raised when Goblin plays on the couch Mario map And inhaling the Nachos, the bad news is that this particular strategy will not work. Sorry. Nevertheless, I spent the last couple of months, including video games focused on exercises in my regular routine, and the results were both promising and amazing.

Firstly, the rejection of responsibility: I am not a qualified personal coach or nutritionist, and therefore you will have to look for advice on specific exercises or diet in another place. The next simply reflects my personal experience using these so-called “Exergames”, and you should always look for a professional advice before doing something new. Got it? Ok, let’s plunge.

Warming up

Some backgrounds: it is surprising that it turns out that writing about video games and technologies is not the most active career. In addition to this, after blocking Covid, I never returned to what was primarily vague for regular exercises, periodically used in the gym and semi-regular swimming sessions. Almost without realizing, I crept up to a weight of 105 kilograms (230 pounds). Only in the spring of 2024 I received a blow necessary to really do something with this when some ordinary blood tests return, showing that my hemoglobin A1c (aka HBA1C, a measure of medium blood glucose for the previous three months ) Place me firmly on the territory of pre -amiabetic.

My direct reaction: “Absolutely not.” I signed up to the gym, I initially focused on cardio training, before including more weightlifting sessions. I accumulated up to three or four times a week, as well as re -place my diet – pulling out snacks, drink less alcohol and tracking daily calories – I managed to spend about 17 kg (37 pounds) by the beginning of December 2024, I brought up to 88 kg (194 pound). Great progress in achieving the target goal of 85 kg (187 pounds), which was advised by my doctor, but I was disappointed that I would get to the plateau. The same routine that took me so far, it seemed, did not devote me further.

This is where the video games are returning. A few years ago I took a copy The ring is suitable for adventure For Nintendo Switch. At that time, it was a purchase of curiosity, I love a bizarre game peripheral periphery, and thought that his strange pilates ring and a step-by-step combat fight in the JRPG style would make an interesting experience. Instead, he has since remained in piece packaging and untouched. Now I looked at this, sitting on my shelves with a half -subject thought: “Well, if video games brought me into this mess, can they help me out?”

I decided that I had to check it. Within a month, I would include additional training with The ring is suitable for adventure In those days, I did not use the gym, leaving one day a week without exercises to recover, adhering to my diet plan. After this month, I weighed and talked about whether the use of exergames can really push me off this plateau. Most of this test period took place in December and during the holidays, so the spoiler: not one of them went in terms, but I still left with some positive results.