I recently found out about a new fitness/gaming app for the whole family - Active Arcade. The idea behind the app is simple - what if we could make being active more fun? Could we get more people moving and playing? On average, children ages 8-12 in the United States spend 4-6 hours a day using screens and teens spend up to 9 hours, with most of that time completely sedentary (source). Active Arcade is a new approach to gaming and fitness. It is an app with 12 motion based games like whack-a-mole, bunny hops, and pong that are incredibly fun to play in the comfort of your home.
Active Arcade is addressing a gap that most of the industry is ignoring—low-barrier, casual activity and youth engagement. The best part is it is free, easy to get started, and only requires a smartphone. It was definitely easy to set up, and much better when used with a TV (it works with a screen, but setting up with Chromecast made it much easier to see). The workouts games were fun, and while it's not.a super intense workout, it's a nice tool to add some variety to workouts, or a nice way to make playing games more active.
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