For most of my adult life, I didn’t care too much about exercise. I haven’t been thin or fit since high school, and honestly, haven’t felt the desire to get back to it, either. Once I hit my early thirties, though, I realized focusing on moving my body more would…
Remember when everyone was playing Wii Sports? It wasn’t just gaming’s usual audience: parents, grandparents, and all sorts of people who had never been interested in games were able to get into swinging the Wii Remote like a golf club or tennis racket. The Wii was designed to be family-friendly and to…
One of the hardest parts about self-improvement is sticking with good habits. While it’s easy to commit to all sorts of dramatic improvements in a rash moment of enthusiasm, the reality is that you probably won’t stick with them. Every year, we hear about people giving up their New Years…
Ring Fit Adventure took the world by storm in 2019 as the biggest fitness game since Wii Fit. It has a little bit of everything, from yoga and pilates to cardio and strength training. Using a pilates ring and a leg band, you’re constantly moving to make your way through…
Last month, I started playing Ring Fit Adventure on Switch as a way to stay fit without getting run over by the heat of summer. I didn’t expect to love it as much as I did: after taking a day or two to get used to the exercise motions and the wacky…
I’m saying it right here: if you can’t afford a personal trainer, Nintendo’s Ring Fit Adventure is the next best thing. This exercise-focused game is the next in a long line of Nintendo products intended to better your body and mind. I’d heard a lot about it since its release, but as…
Here at Ritual Motion, we’re big on exercise and physical health. We’re also big on the idea that working out doesn’t have to be boring, monotonous, or even super strenuous. As long as you’re simply moving around and getting your blood pumping, you don’t have to be a gym god…
Finding time to exercise can be hard. These days, we are overloaded with obligations. Whether it’s a job, school, family, or something else entirely, our time is typically spent on things outside of ourselves. When we spend more time sitting than moving, it can lead to negative consequences for our…
We’ve all seen the stereotype before: gamers are sluggish, chubby, and just plain out-of-shape. That’s been around since the earliest days of gaming, lumped in with the stereotype of the young, white, male gamer. Eventually it morphed into something a little different: the stereotype of gamers who loves junk food,…
Getting started with exercise can be difficult. If you’re like me, you were excited going into it because of all the studies that correlate exercise with happiness and a boosted mood…and then you jogged for 2 minutes and wanted to die, so you just sat down on the sofa and…
