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My First 80 Days of VR for Exercise

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Re: My First 80 Days of VR for Exercise

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Post by jsf01 »

michaelbuckbee wrote: post #10

For others that are interested in VR fitness games, here's a few more suggestions: - SuperHot: while less cardio focused at the higher levels it really has you doing a lot of slow, deep squats and stretches as you dodge and move around. I recommend trying to do the "Whole game in 10 minutes" mode as that's an easy chunk of time to spend. It's been great to loosen up my back after being at the desk for too long or as…

I’d throw in pistol whip as a cardio recommendation to anyone that enjoys superhot. A few back to back rounds at a higher difficulty will get you moving and squatting a lot

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Post by sanj »

I’ve been enjoying supernatural for the last few months.

When I focus on form, I’m just a little sore from pushing myself past my comfort zone.

Most importantly, it gets me out of bed because I look forward to the 20min of zen and focus I get while listening to great music.

Re: My First 80 Days of VR for Exercise

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Post by tawan »

Shameless plug: if you are into VR fitness but you think the existing solutions are missing multiplayer options, my brother and I are building Space Punch [1] which is a multiplayer fitness app. It is currently released in early access on Sidequest, and it’s functional. We are working out Monday to Friday 4:30pm UTC. If you have a Quest and want to work out together as group, then drop into our Discord sever. I’ll personally make sure you get an access key and I will show you the App from within.

[1] https://sidequestvr.com/app/5820/space-punch

[2] https://discord.gg/MKsZqrZh

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Post by blakeinate »

sanj wrote: post #12

I’ve been enjoying supernatural for the last few months. When I focus on form, I’m just a little sore from pushing myself past my comfort zone. Most importantly, it gets me out of bed because I look forward to the 20min of zen and focus I get while listening to great music.

If you enjoy supernatural, I highly recommend PowerBeatsVR. It's not nearly as polished as supernatural, but the workout configuration options are very effective, plus no subscription fees.

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Post by kitsunesoba »

One thing that’s good to point out to anybody looking to get into VR for fitness is that Beat Saber becomes radically more challenging when playing custom community-made maps instead of the stock/DLC maps. The higher difficulty community maps require a lot of speed, precision, and stamina, and I’m only beginning to be able to play them decently after a few months of practice. It’s almost an entirely different game.

Unfortunately, support for custom maps/mods for the standalone Quest version of the game is not great, so it’s best to play the PC version if the community maps are of interest (which can be done with a Quest via PC link).

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Post by ryanklee »

foolfoolz wrote: post #15

the most outlandish thing about this post is waking up at 5:30am to work

What's outlandish about it? Some people wake up on the early side for all sorts of reasons -- disposition, physiology, mix of responsibilities requires it, household functioning, kids, etc., etc.

There are many different kinds of people in this world. It pays to think of all the reasons there might be for even one single behavior.

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Post by bgroins »

blakeinate wrote: post #16
sanj wrote: post #12

I’ve been enjoying supernatural for the last few months. When I focus on form, I’m just a little sore from pushing myself past my comfort zone. Most importantly, it gets me out of bed because I look forward to the 20min of zen and focus I get while listening to great music.

If you enjoy supernatural, I highly recommend PowerBeatsVR. It's not nearly as polished as supernatural, but the workout configuration options are very effective, plus no subscription fees.

Seconded. It can use some work but I do enjoy the ability to add my own music and workout to a favorite album with the playlist option.
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