{"id":106971,"date":"2020-01-08T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/01\/want_rock-hard_pecs_and_a_washboard_stomach_get_involved_with_nintendos_ring_fit_twitter_challenge"},"modified":"2020-01-08T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T17:45:00","slug":"want-rock-hard-pecs-and-a-washboard-stomach-get-involved-with-nintendos-ring-fit-twitter-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2020\/01\/08\/want-rock-hard-pecs-and-a-washboard-stomach-get-involved-with-nintendos-ring-fit-twitter-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Want Rock-Hard Pecs And A Washboard Stomach? Get Involved With Nintendo&#8217;s Ring Fit Twitter Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c51850011566c\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c51850011566c\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<figure class=\"picture strip\"><a title=\"Ring Fit\" href=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c51850011566c\/ring-fit.original.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/c51850011566c\/ring-fit.900x.jpg\" alt=\"Ring Fit\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>Want to show off your impressive pecs in a <em>safe-for-work<\/em>, wholesome sort of way? Well, Nintendo of Europe has taken to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoEurope\/status\/1214894521495908359?s=20\">Twitter<\/a> to task <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/ring_fit_adventure\">Ring Fit Adventurers<\/a><\/strong> with the Pectoralis Major Challenge, the first in a set of weekly challenges to blast those quads, grip those glutes and generally get 2020 off to a healthy start.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone lucky enough to have a copy of the hard-to-find fitness game is encouraged to grab their Ring-Con, test how many presses they can manage in 20 seconds and tweet the results at Nintendo:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To start the New Year strong, we&#8217;ll be issuing a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RingFitAdventure?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RingFitAdventure<\/a> challenge every week throughout January!<\/p>\n<p>Kicking things off is the Pectoralis Major Challenge, so press away and show us your best score! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BQo2jhzPey\">pic.twitter.com\/BQo2jhzPey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/span>\u2014 Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NintendoEurope\/status\/1214894521495908359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>There are no prizes for participating except a warm glow of satisfaction and a pleasant tight feeling in the chest (as opposed to the unpleasant tight feeling in the chest we experienced on Boxing Day after a box-and-a-half of Cadbury&#8217;s Roses).<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/reviews\/nintendo-switch\/ring_fit_adventure\">big fans of the game<\/a> (we featured it in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/12\/feature_nintendo_lifes_alternative_game_awards_2019\">Alternative Game of the Year Awards<\/a> &#8211; <em>twice<\/em>, in fact, if you include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2019\/12\/feature_nintendo_lifes_alternative_game_awards_2019?page=2\">the unnerving video<\/a> that revealed the game proper), although as we <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/01\/random_nintendo_uk_continues_to_advertise_ring_fit_adventure_despite_stock_shortages\">reported earlier in the week<\/a>, some of Team NL have had trouble finding a copy. Despite Nintendo throwing down the gauntlet, stock shortages in many countries might make participating even more challenging. We&#8217;ve had difficulties and it seems that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lizardbish\/status\/1214905608194973696?s=20\">various Twitter users<\/a> are stuck in the same boat:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Out of stock \u00af\\_(\u30c4)_\/\u00af<\/span>\u2014 dranka \/\/ 26.10-10.11 JAPAN (@DraNKa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DraNKa\/status\/1214907413188530178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Despite being naturally incredible physical specimens (<em>ahem<\/em>), in this post-holiday period it must be said that we&#8217;d certainly benefit from getting in on this and the upcoming January challenges. Chance&#8217;d be a fine thing.<\/p>\n<p><em>Have you been using Ring Fit Adventure to get 2020 off to a honed and toned start? Let us know below and check out our list of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/news\/2020\/01\/feature_the_best_nintendo_switch_fitness_and_exercise_games_to_welcome_in_the_new_year\">the best fitness and exercise Switch games<\/a> if Ring Fit has got you in the mood to move.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to show off your impressive pecs in a safe-for-work, wholesome sort of way? Well, Nintendo of Europe has taken to Twitter to task Ring Fit Adventurers with the Pectoralis Major Challenge, the first in a set of weekly challenges to blast those quads, grip those glutes and generally get 2020 off to a healthy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-106971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=106971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106971\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}