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For all those asking if you can actually get fit with this, apparently it worked for this guy

https://gonintendo.com/stories/352213-ring-fit-adventure-player-showcases-his-body-s-transformation-aft



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curl-6 said:

For all those asking if you can actually get fit with this, apparently it worked for this guy

https://gonintendo.com/stories/352213-ring-fit-adventure-player-showcases-his-body-s-transformation-aft

lol, that's 90% diet and probably a misleading photo from "before" to go with it (looks like a couple of years between photos). Dude is fishing for attention probably a sponsorship. 

There's no fitness program on planet earth where you can lose that many calories in 25 minutes a day unless you are literally running yourself to death and even then I don't think it would be doable. The body is designed to hang on to calories it ingests as a survival mechanism, the only way you're going to see any kind of notable change in body physique in 30-60 days is first and foremost a dramatic change in diet. 

25 minutes of Ring Fit is gonna burn maybe 200-250 calories on the high end, that's not gonna get you anywhere close to those results. 200 calories is a granola bar. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 06 January 2020

Yeaah I'm definitely getting the sense that this is a classic "Jared from Subway" case of the Ring Fit being only a tiny portion of the equation for him. I mean, the game can kick your ass but not THAT much. Even going nuts on the highest difficulty and constantly engaging in action during those 25 minutes wouldn't make a huge difference. And you never know, the dude could easily just be sucking in the stomach a bit there.

I don't doubt that Ring Fit could definitely aid towards weight loss - as I've definitely felt sore and winded after just an hour or so of playing on the third difficulty level, and you're also working muscles with the resistance training which burns more calories over time. But even with all that considered, I'm sure this would have to be supplemented by proper diet, and probably even another means of working out, for it to really make an impact.



 

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Soundwave said:
curl-6 said:

For all those asking if you can actually get fit with this, apparently it worked for this guy

https://gonintendo.com/stories/352213-ring-fit-adventure-player-showcases-his-body-s-transformation-aft

lol, that's 90% diet and probably a misleading photo from "before" to go with it (looks like a couple of years between photos). Dude is fishing for attention probably a sponsorship. 

There's no fitness program on planet earth where you can lose that many calories in 25 minutes a day unless you are literally running yourself to death and even then I don't think it would be doable. The body is designed to hang on to calories it ingests as a survival mechanism, the only way you're going to see any kind of notable change in body physique in 30-60 days is first and foremost a dramatic change in diet. 

25 minutes of Ring Fit is gonna burn maybe 200-250 calories on the high end, that's not gonna get you anywhere close to those results. 200 calories is a granola bar. 

That’s pretty much nonsense. I have never been even slightly fat, and eat quite a lot. Also, while I don’t eat much in the way of fatty or processed foods, I do eat a fairly carb heavy diet (lots of potatoes, bread, rice, and such). The difference is I exercise regularly.



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Jumpin said:
Soundwave said:

lol, that's 90% diet and probably a misleading photo from "before" to go with it (looks like a couple of years between photos). Dude is fishing for attention probably a sponsorship. 

There's no fitness program on planet earth where you can lose that many calories in 25 minutes a day unless you are literally running yourself to death and even then I don't think it would be doable. The body is designed to hang on to calories it ingests as a survival mechanism, the only way you're going to see any kind of notable change in body physique in 30-60 days is first and foremost a dramatic change in diet. 

25 minutes of Ring Fit is gonna burn maybe 200-250 calories on the high end, that's not gonna get you anywhere close to those results. 200 calories is a granola bar. 

That’s pretty much nonsense. I have never been even slightly fat, and eat quite a lot. Also, while I don’t eat much in the way of fatty or processed foods, I do eat a fairly carb heavy diet (lots of potatoes, bread, rice, and such). The difference is I exercise regularly.

lol, I've been weight training for 10+ years and worked at a gym for several years and played sports at the high school and college level. You're not getting results like that from 25 minutes of light cardio (and yes Ring Fit is light cardio, heavy cardio is things like HIIT or playing full court basketball at full tilt and even with heavy cardio you can't just eat like shit) in a month.

Burning 250 calories extra a day is not going to radically transform anyone's physique in 30 days, 250 calories is a granola bar, so you're burning off a granola bar's worth of calories. Use your brain and think about that for a second. 

To lose weight you need to be burning more calories than you take in and to maintain a weight you need to then keep your calories at that equilibrium level (so you can't be taking in a large amount of excess calories over what you burn). There's no ifs/ands/or buts about this.

Any fitness fad/doofus trying to sell people on radical body changes in 30 days is a pretty clear tip off of a fraudster. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 06 January 2020

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curl-6 said:

For all those asking if you can actually get fit with this, apparently it worked for this guy

https://gonintendo.com/stories/352213-ring-fit-adventure-player-showcases-his-body-s-transformation-aft

Just wanted to share this, too. Really amazing what 25m exercise daily and a balanced diet can do in just a bit over 2 months.



Bofferbrauer2 said:
curl-6 said:

For all those asking if you can actually get fit with this, apparently it worked for this guy

https://gonintendo.com/stories/352213-ring-fit-adventure-player-showcases-his-body-s-transformation-aft

Just wanted to share this, too. Really amazing what 25m exercise daily and a balanced diet can do in just a bit over 2 months.

It's bullshit and he's claiming 30 days too, lol. If any cardio or even heavy cardio + weights program could do that in 30 days in just 25 minutes per day first of all you would have 10,000+ other people lining up to show similar results, secondly people would be paying $1000/pop for this. 

The game itself has a calorie counter that shows it burns about 200 calories for a 20-25 minute session, that's not creating anywhere near the kind of calorie deficit you would need unless you radically alter your diet, not just "clean it up a tad".  You'd have to be fasting for long periods basically (no food, limited water intake) to get rapid results like that and even then I think it would be difficult to lost a fatty gut like that in 30 days. 

Last edited by Soundwave - on 06 January 2020

https://gonintendo.com/stories/352308-ring-fit-adventure-seemingly-out-of-stock-across-the-uk

UK apparently also facing shortages. Seems Nintendo underestimated demand for a game like Ring Fit.



curl-6 said:

https://gonintendo.com/stories/352308-ring-fit-adventure-seemingly-out-of-stock-across-the-uk

UK apparently also facing shortages. Seems Nintendo underestimated demand for a game like Ring Fit.

They're not going to massively ramp up supply and run the risk of being stuck with dead stock inventory especially of a component that (the Ring) which is useless in any other application. They would rather be a bit below than get stuck being over, the box takes up a shit load of space at retail too and I'm sure Nintendo got an earful for upset retailers over unsold Labo inventory taking up too much space. 

In the US/Canada it seems easy enough to find so they've hit the equilibrium of supply/demand. It's not going to be a 20 million monster like Wii Fit. 



RolStoppable said:
Soundwave said:

It's bullshit and he's claiming 30 days too, lol. If any cardio or even heavy cardio + weights program could do that in 30 days in just 25 minutes per day first of all you would have 10,000+ other people lining up to show similar results, secondly people would be paying $1000/pop for this. 

The game itself has a calorie counter that shows it burns about 200 calories for a 20-25 minute session, that's not creating anywhere near the kind of calorie deficit you would need unless you radically alter your diet, not just "clean it up a tad".  You'd have to be fasting for long periods basically (no food, limited water intake) to get rapid results like that and even then I think it would be difficult to lost a fatty gut like that in 30 days. 

Even though Bofferbrauer told you what you missed the first time, you keep beating the same drum. If you click on the link to read the story, there's a comment from the Japanese guy himself in the story. It's 25 minutes of RFA a day combined with a changed diet, so what you have been arguing against this whole time was never claimed in the first place.

By now it's pretty obvious that you don't like it that RFA works and sells, hence why you keep downplaying anything positive said about the game.

Any activity that raises your heart rate past 120-130 for 20-25 minutes can burn calories. You can do jumping jacks standing in one spot and burn the same calories.

200 calories extra burned a day in 1 month, 2 months, or even 3 months is not going to get you anywhere near that result, that's just a fact. You would have to fast, not diet, talking about full on starving your body and not having any meals for long periods of time, any physical activity in the range of only 200 calories spent a day isn't doing jack shit to that in a period of that short of a time. 

If that result was possible you would see 10,000 people posting similar results, hell if you could get those results why stop at 25 minutes a day, many people would go a full hour and theoretically get the same result in 2 weeks. The reason you're not hearing any stories like that is because it's bullshit.  

200 calories of cardio a day means you can now eat an extra granola bar or half a sandwich. Whoopity freaking doo. Calories are calories, there's no way around that it's like trying to say $5 of gasoline in your car should get you $20 worth of distance ... uh no. That's not a matter of opinion.