By now most places of work in Virginia have voluntarily shutdown or done work from home where possible. Our household is fortunate to be in the work from home camp; we don't seem to be in the same immediate danger that so many other Americans are in. So, count our blessings I guess.
One of our first world problems though is the closure of gyms. Not a huge problem, I essentially only go to our apartment complex's gym to use the heavy bag, but it's starting to wear.
So, I ordered Fitness Boxing on the Nintendo Switch.
It is...okay. It's basically taebo, for those of us who remember Taebo. You use the two joycons to move your hands. You have free workouts and daily workouts. The daily workout is based upon your history, weight, etc.
It'll make you sweat, which is better than just sitting and doing nothing. The problem is, just like with Wii Sports of yore, if you really wanted to you could sit and do nothing. The feedback seems to be based on how hard you can jerk the joycon.
Certain aspects are immensely frustrating, I gave up on trying full body ducks/sways and now just jerk the joycons in that direction when it comes up on the feed. The process does not reward moving your whole body; you keep on missing it if you try said full body ducking.
Is it worth it? Well, I basically measure video games the same way I measure movies. If I end up putting the same number of hours into a video game that I would have in going to the movie theater, it's a good deal, and I've hit it. Do I think I'll continue to do this daily once the gym opens up again?
No, I don't. This has been useful for exercise other than rucking around the wilds of suburban Northern Virginia, but that's pretty much it. Glad I got it, well past the "hours spent" cost, but this seems like only a little above shovelware, especially given the price. This should have been part of a Wii Sports-like bundle.
It'll make you sweat, which is better than just sitting and doing nothing. The problem is, just like with Wii Sports of yore, if you really wanted to you could sit and do nothing. The feedback seems to be based on how hard you can jerk the joycon.
Certain aspects are immensely frustrating, I gave up on trying full body ducks/sways and now just jerk the joycons in that direction when it comes up on the feed. The process does not reward moving your whole body; you keep on missing it if you try said full body ducking.
Is it worth it? Well, I basically measure video games the same way I measure movies. If I end up putting the same number of hours into a video game that I would have in going to the movie theater, it's a good deal, and I've hit it. Do I think I'll continue to do this daily once the gym opens up again?
No, I don't. This has been useful for exercise other than rucking around the wilds of suburban Northern Virginia, but that's pretty much it. Glad I got it, well past the "hours spent" cost, but this seems like only a little above shovelware, especially given the price. This should have been part of a Wii Sports-like bundle.
