That's where I'm at, too. I have another checkup in 6 months so I'm hoping using RFA 5-6 times a week and eating right (and cutting out caffeine 😭) will help. Fingers crossed all goes well at your checkup! That's great to hear about your heart rate, because the medication I'm on caused mine to increase, too.
I'm trying not to push myself! I generally stop when the game asks me if I want to take a break and cool down. My difficulty setting is fairly low for now (13, I think) and that seems to be the sweet spot where I'm sweating and exhausted but don't feel like I'm going to be sick. I really love how intuitive this game is!
That's good to hear and thanks. You are braver than me in giving up caffeine though; I practically live on the stuff. I think RFA should really help you and I can't help but be excited to hear what your next test results are!
This is me. I got Ring Fit to go with my other workout since I learned I had borderline to stage 1 hypertension. This isn't 'official' from my doctor, but more of an observation I made since I get my pressure done twice a week and in October my bottom number was constantly in high 90s to 100 on a bad day with a somewhat high pulse of 92-94 resting. I am young too (early 30s), but I knew this could happen since high blood pressure runs in my family and I'm an overweight log.
With just my regular workout and making sure to do at least 10,000 steps a day, I got my pressure to the mid-90s, an improvement but still too high, and my pulse rate remained the same.
After getting Ring Fit with my other workout, my pressure is now down to 135/85 on average. That top number is still higher than I want, but my god that was a change in just 15 days in-game time (I got the game about a month ago). And my resting pulse is down to 85 (although, it will shoot to the low 90s to 100 when I'm nervous and anxious).
So yes, this really works and is helping me stay off of blood pressure medication. I do fear of running out of content since I want to keep doing this for years, but until then I recommended this to anyone is like me with even borderline hypertension.
It seems like there is months worth of content in RFA, at least, so hopefully, that will placate your anxiety somewhat. I know that anxiety is not always easily placated though and not always open to listening to reason, sadly, but even if it takes the edge off then that is welcome. Do you find that RFA helps with your mood and ability to deal with anxiety? It has given me a massive lift, I'm glad to say. Also, I would like to think that by the time you run out of RFA content or get sick of it there will either be a sequel or you find that your fitness has improved so much that you naturally slide into doing another fitness activity.
Any tips for calibrating running on the spot as feels weird (normally run on a treadmill at the gym) and a bit too hard when trying to do fast (is doing bare foot as inside)?
It's a bit of a misnomer if you ask me. My 'form' is more of a light shuffle than anything else. My knees don't get very high at all and sometimes, if my calves are feeling tight, I just lift my heels off the floor to keep the momentum going until my calves feel up to a bit more exertion. I'm not sure you could use the same form as you use on a treadmill as you have to stop yourself from moving forward. You will have to train your body to get used to a new way of moving, I think. Barefoot depends on what you are used to, I would say. If your feet are used to being bare then you may be okay but if they are used to shoes then you may find that you need some extra support. I use gym shoes but we have another regular ITT who is strictly barefoot and fine but he built up his adaption to going barefoot over some time.
EDIT:
Rosur, I just had my daily RFA session and noticed that when the game wants you to 'jog' sometimes Tipp, the faceless avatar who demonstrates the correct exercise form, will sometimes pop up briefly on the left side of the screen and show you how the game expects you to 'run on the spot'. His feet barely leave the floor so watch out for that and you will see what I mean. He did not do it everytime so it may have been because I was just standing still for a couple of seconds when the game wanted me to jog, I'm not sure.
