Go Trybe is an online subscription geared towards getting kids to exercise more. There are different levels based on grades. Both of my children signed up for the K-5th grade level called the Zoodoos. The other levels are 6th-8th grade (Trybe180) and 9th-12th (Nextrybe).
Once your child signs up for an account, he has access to four sections that earn him points. The first section is fitness. In this section there are 7 premade videos (in the Zoodoos level) that your child can workout with. In addition, they can make up their own workout within the parameters of the program. They pick a warmup, cardio, strength and flexibility section. They had a lot of choices so they could make up quite a few workouts to keep from getting bored doing the same things over again. Each workout is about 20-30 minutes in length. After each workout, they earn points. The other three sections are nutrition, wellness and motivation. These sections usually have a short video to watch and sometimes a quiz to take based on the video. There is a new video to watch every day and they earn points each day they watch the videos and take the quizzes.
What are the purpose of the points? When you sign up for Go Trybe, your child picks out an avatar that comes with a basic workout outfit. The points are used to purchase different clothes and accessories for your avatar.
In addition to the above, there is a forum for kids to chat that is members only and a kids fitness blog that you do not need an account to access.
Our experience:
The kids liked the workouts. Creative Princess said some were easy, some were hard. Precise Prince liked making his own workouts. The instructors for the K-5th grade level are all female. Although this didn't bother Precise Prince, I think it would be nice to have a few male instructors, but definitely not a big issue at all.
The clothing is typical gym attire, shorts or leggings with a workout shirt but I didn't notice any bare stomachs.
The nutrition, wellness and motivation sections were short and sweet. The few times I watched it with one of the kids, the info seemed pretty basic and was a good reminder of things my kids know.
I did not even point out the forum section to my kids. At this time, we (as in my husband and I) do not allow our children in chat rooms or on-line forums. I did however, sign in on one of my kids' accounts just to peek at the forum and didn't notice anything inappropriate. But that was simply a quick look through and obviously, being a forum things can change day to day.
When we first logged into Go Trybe, I had the kids do a workout together on Precise Prince's account. In order for Creative Princess to get credit for the workout, I had to watch the video on her account. It would be great to have a way to have both kids get credit for the same workout so they can workout at the same time.
My final verdict? I can see the advantage of Go Trybe in the fall, winter and wet springs in the Pacific Northwest like this year when it can be a challenge getting outside for exercise. I can also see the advantage in hotter climates during the days it's really too hot for kids to get outside for much time (oh, how I wish I were in that climate today. :-) However, when the weather is nice, I think it's best to send the kids outside for bike riding, roller blading and just playing around.
The current cost of a one year membership according to their faq page is $19.95.
To see what my fellow crewmates had to say about GoTrybe, go here.
(I received a subscription for both of my children to Go Trybe in exchange for my honest opinion. No other compensation was received.)
No comments:
Post a Comment