- I forgot the little piece that straps it onto my hip
so I put it in my pocket and hopefully that's fine.
(upbeat music)
Hey everybody, I'm Kelsey.
- I'm Adrian.
- Hey guys, Jared here, and this month we're working out
with the Nintendo Switch Ring Fit Adventure.
I am maybe the laziest person that I have ever met.
My normal day is waking up
about 10 minutes before I have to be at work,
sitting at my computer for eight hours,
going home,
sitting at my computer to stream for two more hours,
eating food and going to sleep.
And nowhere in there do I exercise.
Ever.
- I would consider myself a pretty active person.
I probably work out between five to six times a week.
I do cardio, abs three a times a week,
and then I do weight training three times a week.
It just makes me feel like me to wake up every morning
and start my day with working on my body.
- Other than the gym membership
that I do pay $15 a month for,
I'm not really that active.
Well, I don't think exercising has ever been exciting,
because it's not.
A couple years ago, a car T-boned me
when I was on my bike.
I was in a neck brace for about three months.
I fractured two vertebrae in my neck,
and so like, even after the physical therapy,
I can't really go all the way that I'd like to.
So I'm hoping to strengthen that up a little bit.
30 days doesn't seem so hard,
but you never know.
(upbeat rock music)
- [Jared] Da-na-na-na.
Come to me.
Either of you wanna play with this?
- One thing I'm not really particularly looking forward to
is working out in my apartment.
I tend to like to go to gyms.
It's all loaded up.
Ring Fit Adventure.
You ready for an adventure, Chewie?
Okay, he just wants to eat everything this morning.
(laughing) I got it into the ring in the ring.
And I got it on my thigh.
I thought it went on your arm.
(laughing) It kind of feels weird.
(electronic dance music)
(Jared screams)
- So I just finished my first workout.
It ended up only being like a 10-minute exercise,
so I'm, like, pretty embarrassed
about how sweaty I got.
As disappointed as I am in myself
for how, like, out of shape I am,
the game made it really fun,
not easy but really fun.
That was cute!
- I don't feel like I've gotten a full workout,
but I'm honestly running out of time
before I need to be at work.
So it says my pulse is that,
which is a very light exercise.
So apparently I only got a light workout in,
and I need to increase my difficulty.
First initial thoughts.
It just felt like there was a lot of, like, story
that, like, kind of kept me from, like, really,
it kind of felt like a warm-up, to be honest.
I think it's a really good
way to kind of gamify a workout.
- I am feeling better about my day.
I have a little bit more energy.
I feel like my brain is just, like, sweating.
Sometimes I end up doing the same exercise
over and over again
just because of, like, type advantage.
It's like Pokemon, you know?
Yeah, I'll check my pulse.
I think that's so cool,
cause they have, like, the IR camera on it.
A light exercise.
I don't believe that for a minute.
- It was a bit more challenging today,
but I will say, like, I got really tired
of doing, for 20 minutes,
the same three exercises.
One upside of working out in my house every morning
is that my puppy, Chewie,
is greatly enjoying the experience,
because he gets to play along with me
and bug me during my cardio.
Do you get to bug me during my cardio?
- I wasn't even gonna record this workout,
but the game just told me,
"Your sweat, it's so shiny and beautiful."
And it was, like, weird, but also oddly motivating.
Not sure if you can see
just how wet I am.
I really love at the end of every workout
it kind of goes through, like, your points
for every single workout that you did
when you were fighting the monsters.
I meant, like, not expecting giant changes right away.
It's still nice to see, like, incrementally
those numbers going up every time I work out.
- Figured I'd talk about the Ring Fit
while I'm working out,
because apparently talking
while you're doing aerobics and cardio,
which the majority of this is
is good for your oxygen intake?
I don't know if that's right.
This is all abs today.
This thing I'm doing now is breaking rocks
and the only logical way to do that is with your abs.
So if you ever across a rock in your path,
all you have to do is squeeze your abs.
(Adrian groans)
"Did your abs relax just now?"
No!
- It is the holidays.
I am home,
and guess what I brought with me!
This is kind of nice though,
because I will admit, like,
working out when you're traveling or things
will be difficult.
So I'm actually excited to try this out.
Okay, so actually, I forgot the little piece
that straps it on to my hip,
so I put it in my pocket,
and hopefully that's fine.
So except for, like, me forgetting
a piece of the equipment,
it was actually like really fun
to have brought this with me,
and I really like the sets.
It, like, really takes it to the next level.
- So if there's one thing I do love about Ring Fit Adventure
is that you can literally take it anywhere.
I'm not in my usual spot,
cause I'm actually at my parents' place,
because I traveled with my whole Ring Fit setup
to their house.
What's great is I'm playing Ring Fit on a huge-ass TV.
Wide squat.
(Adrian groans dramatically)
All right, I'm cutting it short.
Tomorrow I will have a better camera angle.
- You can hear me okay?
Yeah, it's like a workout game.
I played the Ring Fit on a stream tonight.
Who's running in place with me?
(Kelsey laughs)
Everyone seemed to really like it.
I tried the mini-games,
and actually, they're really fun,
and I kinda forgot that I was, like, "working out."
(yelling) Whoo!
We did it!
Guys, we finished it.
We didn't do it perfect,
but we did it.
- Today, I stand before you all a fool.
So it's been about 10 days
since I last did the Ring Fit.
I could list off a bunch of excuses
as to why I haven't done it,
but you know, at the end of the day,
I'm a lazy piece of (bleeped out).
And I don't like working out.
And I knew this was gonna be difficult
for me to stick to,
because I know myself but I love myself.
This game isn't so fun
that you just wanna keep playing it
every single day like it's Overwatch.
We're not gonna be getting
any "hot transformation" for me this month,
but I am doing it right now.
We're starting back up again.
Guys, I think the game is coming for me.
(Jared laughs)
So it might have definitely been
a mistake to stop
right before the level-two boss.
And then come right back in after a week away
at the world-two boss.
I did just unlock this ability
to use color-coded attacks now,
so I can, like, match the color
of my workouts to the color of enemies to do extra damage,
which I think is pretty interesting
and might actually convince me to start switching things up
from the basic rotation that I've been doing.
- So far with the Ring Fit I haven't really noticed
that many changes in my body.
It feels like I kinda either get bored
or tired of it, like, really fast,
and then I don't get my full workout in,
so I'll get tired pretty fast,
like, and I'll feel it,
but then I won't, like, stay doing it
for long enough to, like, get the same results
that I would with my normal workout.
- All right, confession time.
I got sick,
(whispering) and I didn't do any Ring Fit Adventure.
Ssh.
Now I have to catch up,
because I'm not sick anymore.
Mega-ab, eighth grip.
Oh my god.
- So, it's the last day.
I haven't yet tried the, like, "quiet mode,"
that this thing has.
I decided that for the last day,
I would give it a go.
So it turns out that the silent working mode.
Oh, hello?
So it turns out that the silent workout mode,
instead of jogging,
you're just kind of doing, like, little baby mini squats
the whole time.
First of all, ow.
Second of all, oh.
(laughing) Second of all, I'm being interrupted again.
It didn't seem to give me, like, quite the same amount
of aerobic exercise as the normal settings do,
so I definitely would say
that in terms of effectiveness of workout,
the regular workout mode is more effective
and does get me sweating a lot more,
but if you're in a pinch,
or you have a sleepy boyfriend who doesn't like
waking up early in the morning,
it might be a good option for you to do.
- This is it.
Ow.
That wasn't so bad.
I definitely messed up but whatever.
Hmm, casual or hardcore?
All right, casual.
Wait.
Wait a second.
I'm not, I'm not doing.
I'm not doing the workout yet.
Hell yeah.
- I'm definitely feeling stronger in general.
I went from being a completely sedentary person
to someone who does light exercise almost every day,
and even that small change is enough
to make a physical difference in how I feel.
It's a workout that's not gonna get you,
like, swol or anything,
but if it's a workout that's easy enough
for me to do consistently,
that's life-changing.
- Overall, I think it was, like, a really good experience.
I think it's a definitely, like, fun addition to my routine
and good for traveling,
which I, like, noticed was, like, an added benefit
that I wasn't expecting.
However, I will say that I'll probably
just go back to my normal routine in the gym.
- Over the past 30 days,
I've seen some steady improvements.
You see Kylo here,
he's also noticed that I can look at him.
Okay, well, he's gone.
But I can turn my neck now pretty good.
I think it did improve me overall.
I do feel a vast improvement.
And I'm very much looking forward
to continuing the game
and continuing my fitness journey
throughout the rest of the year.
You stay Ring Fit out there, am I right?
(upbeat calm music)