{"id":7891,"date":"2019-01-19T16:19:05","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T21:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=7891"},"modified":"2019-01-19T16:19:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-19T21:19:05","slug":"arrival-of-the-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/?p=7891","title":{"rendered":"Arrival of the Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"

As everyone who read my write-up of the demo likely expected, I did end up purchasing the full version of <\/span>Fitness Boxing<\/b>. I was on the fence all the way up until the night before release day, when I randomly noticed that the Government of Canada had graciously sent me a free $100 GST refund. What better way to spend it on than software for improving my physical well-being? (And also that way I can get around taking the cost out of my video game budget.)<\/span><\/p>\n

Before I go any farther, I just want to take a second to express my disappointment that my stats from the demo didn\u2019t carry over into the full game. It\u2019s not really a big deal and not at all worth getting upset about, but I pouted about it for a little while anyway. End sidebar.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I wrote about it last time<\/a>, I mentioned that Fitness Boxing has a bit of a limited song selection. That\u2019s definitely still an issue, but the sheer variety of other options almost makes up for it. The demo\u2019s daily workout was always just one or two 5-minute routines, but the full game gives you many more options. You can choose the duration of your workout, what part of your body you\u2019d like to focus on, if you\u2019d like to do a guided stretch before and after, and whether you\u2019re out to burn off extra calories or just maintain your current level of fitness. The daily routine has definitely been good for me so far; a 35ish-minute workout that mixes around routines and songs enough that even though I\u2019m just shadow-boxing at my TV for half an hour every day, it hasn\u2019t started to feel repetitive.<\/span><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t really explored all of the other options, because one is just to choose a song and\/or routine and then have at \u2018er, and the rest is two-player stuff I\u2019ll never touch. I <\/span>have<\/span><\/i> been swapping out trainers every day, though! They all have the exact same lines and basically just differ in physical appearance and voice, but I still haven\u2019t been able to settle on one. I\u2019m leaning toward just sticking with Lin, because all the other girls have larger breasts (or Lin is the only one who wears a proper sports bra) and their unusual jiggle physics weird me out. Can I take a moment to wonder why this exercise program even has boob jiggle to begin with? Was that particular omission going to be the thing that ruins players\u2019 immersion? I guess there are a couple male trainers to choose from as well, but\u2026 no.<\/span><\/p>\n

Something else that is proving to be an issue is that the game uses your weight to help track your progress, and by extension, customize your workouts. But it doesn\u2019t support the Wii Balance Board and I don\u2019t own any other scales. So I guess I actually do have to go buy an accessory to get the most out of Fitness Boxing. (That or boot up <\/span>Wii Fit U<\/b> once a week to weigh myself. Nah.) On the other hand, all the extra physical activity I\u2019m getting is great for helping to expedite egg hatching in <\/span>Pok\u00e9mon GO<\/b>, now that that game imports data from my phone\u2019s activity tracker. I\u2019m definitely punching my way to more kilometers \u201cwalked\u201d than I\u2019m getting from actual walking these days. I blame winter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, I still play Pok\u00e9mon GO. Wanna fight about it?<\/span><\/p>\n

One fun thing I noticed is that they mark unlockables on the calendar at the estimated date you\u2019ll earn it, and each one is earned through a milestone number of punches. At the outset, I had rewards reaching all the way into 2020, but after two days of vigorous workouts, the game had recalculated my last unlock to be in June 2019. And that was <\/span>before<\/span><\/i> I upped my daily workout from 25 to 35 minutes. Regardless of how long it\u2019ll take to earn everything, I like the idea that the game is always giving you that little incentive to keep going.<\/span><\/p>\n

Overall, I\u2019m having a great time with Fitness Boxing. I described it as \u201cthe best mini-game from Wii Fit, turned into a full game\u201d before, but now I think that a better comparison might be \u201cDDR, but with punching\u201d. Sure, I\u2019ve only had it for two weeks and it\u2019s still got that new game smell, but I think I can stick with this one for a while. I know that eventually it\u2019s going to get dropped by the wayside, but I hope to keep it up at least until winter goes away and I can start getting outside and running again.<\/span><\/p>\n

If absolutely nothing else, it helps me feel better about myself and gives me another excuse to avoid going to an actual gym. And that makes it worth every dang penny<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As everyone who read my write-up of the demo likely expected, I did end up purchasing the full version of Fitness Boxing. I was on the fence all the way up until the night before release day, when I randomly noticed that the Government of Canada had graciously sent me a free $100 GST refund. … Continue reading Arrival of the Fitness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness","category-video-games"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7891"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7892,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7891\/revisions\/7892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/torrentialequilibrium.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}