“Your sweat is so shiny and beautiful!” blurts the guide from Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure when you finish a level. I was definitely sweating, probably shiny but I’m sure I looked ridiculous.
This game and peripheral came out at the end of 2019 but I was working out with my trainer Larry and we switched to virtual when it became clear the pandemic was sticking around.
I picked a copy on sale in late 2021 and it sat collecting dust until today.
I moved the living room coffee table, slid the left controller into a sleeve that wraps around your leg and snapped the other one in this ring and fired it up.
Between jogging in place, squeezing that ring apparatus to interact with the environment and all the floor exercises, I was downright woozy from a really great workout.
The IR port on the controller even measures your pulse between sets and it‘’s pretty darn accurate with readings on my watch.
So day one with this thing is in the books. I’m hopeful this might get me moving on the cold days!
