Workout games by body area: legs, arms, core and cardio

The areas at a glance

Every game is filed under one to three areas, and all 11 games are in the seated list, because every game can be played from a chair. A quiet mode, with no jumping and no stamping, is in 10 of the 11 games; Road Run is the one without it.

Legs and hips

Squats, knee lifts, jumps and shapes that use the legs. Your own body weight is the only load, so think of these as leg work with some cardio in it, not as strength training.

• Squat Flap (Free, about 5 minutes). The camera reads how deep your hips drop and how fast you stand up; the pace of your squats, to space the columns for you.
• Knee Sprint (Free, 3 minutes). The camera reads how high each knee comes up and how often; whether your legs go in turn, and when you jump at a hurdle.
• Summit Climb (Free, 5 minutes). The camera reads how high each hand reaches and how far you pull it; whether your hands take turns, and which way you lean.
• Pose Wall (Free, about 4 minutes). The camera reads the direction of your arms, legs, trunk and head against the shape, limb by limb; how long you hold it: at least 0.3 s in the last 0.8 s before the wall.
• Road Run (Free, 90 seconds). The camera reads whether you jumped, ducked or leaned, and when.

Open the Legs and hips list in the app, with the filters for seated and quiet play.

Arms and shoulders

Reaching, tapping, punching and pulling. The games that need only your upper body in view also work at a desk.

• Star Catch (Free, about 3 minutes). The camera reads where your hands are in the picture, left and right; whether you reach each star before it fades. It needs only your upper body in view.
• Pad Work (Pro, 7 minutes). The camera reads which pad your fist reaches, and how fast it gets there; your timing against the beat. It needs only your upper body in view.
• Reaction Tag (Pro, about 3 minutes). The camera reads how many milliseconds pass between a light and your touch; whether you tapped a green light or a red one.
• Summit Climb (Free, 5 minutes), described under Legs and hips.
• Pose Wall (Free, about 4 minutes), described under Legs and hips.

The app also has a Chest and back list. It holds one game, Summit Climb, which is also listed here: you reach up with one hand and pull it down to your shoulder, then switch hands.

Open the Arms and shoulders list in the app, with the filters for seated and quiet play.

Core

Twists and side bends from the waist, and boxing-style punches. The camera reads how far your shoulders turn or lean. It does not measure how hard a muscle works.

• Pad Work (Pro, 7 minutes), described under Arms and shoulders.
• Twist Turbine (Free, 3 minutes). The camera reads how far your hands travel from the centre as your shoulders turn; how many twists a minute you keep up. It needs only your upper body in view.
• Limbo Bend (Pro, 3 minutes). The camera reads the angle of your upper body against the vertical; whether your hips stay still and you do not fold forward. It needs only your upper body in view.

Open the Core list in the app, with the filters for seated and quiet play.

Cardio

Games that keep you moving: jumping jacks, running on the spot, quick taps and dodges. The app rates Firework Jacks as its most intense game.

• Knee Sprint (Free, 3 minutes), described under Legs and hips.
• Reaction Tag (Pro, about 3 minutes), described under Arms and shoulders.
• Firework Jacks (Free, 4 minutes). The camera reads whether both arms go overhead and your feet come apart; how close each jack is to the beat.
• Road Run (Free, 90 seconds), described under Legs and hips.

Open the Cardio list in the app, with the filters for seated and quiet play.

Mobility and balance

Slow, controlled bends and held shapes. The app files these under “Mobility and balance”. We make no claim that they improve your balance, and the camera does not test it.

• Limbo Bend (Pro, 3 minutes), described under Core.
• Pose Wall (Free, about 4 minutes), described under Legs and hips.

Open the Mobility and balance list in the app, with the filters for seated and quiet play.

Questions people ask

Keep reading

• Fitness games you can play in your browser: all the games, what each asks of you, and which to start with.
• Seated exercise games: how to play every game from a chair, and the Easy 60+ plan.
• Workout games to play with friends: online rooms, two people on one camera, ghost races and weekly boards.
• How webcam fitness games work: how a browser reads your body, and how to set up your room.
• Exercise games for PC: what a laptop or desktop needs, the games you can play at a desk and the ones that need floor space.
• A Kinect alternative for PC: what a webcam can read next to a depth sensor, and the games it runs.