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What are your favorite workout apps?

curiousllama 3y ago
Honestly Beat Saber burns calories like nobody’s business. Boxing games are great too. I literally need to pause and rest when I’m playing Thrill of the Fight, but it never feels like a “workout,” just like I’m doing a thing and it’s physically hard. Heard good things about Fit XR, but I think it’s a subscription, which sucks.
- kapperchino 3y ago
  Thrill of the fight is brutal lol, I just take all the time during rounds and still get exhausted by the end.
  - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
    Thrill of the fight requires lots of space though. Beat Saber and Fit XR (and most other rythym games) can be done in place.
- arecurrence 3y ago
  Thrill of the Fight has the highest average calorie burn in VR right now.
  - throwaway2203 3y ago
    I busted my elbow with that one and it never got better.
- Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
  I thought about getting a boxing game for VR, but I worry about injuring my elbow by punching forward and hitting nothing and having all the momentum get absorbed by the limit of my elbow joint. Do you just avoid punching directly forward, or do you pull your punches, or what?
  - seanmcdirmid 3y ago
    It is basically shadow boxing, which requires its own techniques to avoid injury, because ya, no bouncing off of something to stop or even return your energy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowboxing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowboxing
  - frakkingcylons 3y ago
    Yep, keep your arms tight and stop your arm and bring it back after a punch. Lots of posts on reddit of shoulder injuries from playing these boxing games without being careful: https://www.google.com/search?q=reddit+quest+boxing+shoulder+injury https://www.google.com/search?q=reddit+quest+boxing+shoulder...
- xk_id 3y ago
  Can’t really understand why thrill of the fight (which has the best engine of the boxing games) only lets you play against realistic, male characters. It would be tons more fun if you could play against fantasy characters and even politically incorrect ones. Everyone i talked to seemed to agree. Once another studio fills this niche, and provided that their engine is just as good, i think TotF will be sidelined.
wccrawford 3y ago
Besides what the other person said, I subscribed to Supernatural for a while, and I thought it was doing good things for me, but it just seems like too much money monthly for what they provide. But it could be right for some.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  FitXR is only $10/month, and it has been my go to for a few years now. It was even cheaper when they just sold the app without a subscription, I have the option to revert to that as well if I stop buying the subscription (an option not available anymore).
- Diederich 3y ago
  My wife uses Supernatural almost every day, and while it's a bummer to be subscription, she really enjoys the new content that keeps coming in.
  - bredren 3y ago
    I liked it too, but did not think the value was there at $18 a month. I’m hoping Apple comes through with better packaged with apple fitness.
- zmmmmm 3y ago
  Les Mills Body Combat is a good non-subscription option.
Diederich 3y ago
My wife uses Supernatural almost exclusively, and I use Beat Saber.

Honestly Beat Saber burns calories like nobody’s business. Boxing games are great too. I literally need to pause and rest when I’m playing Thrill of the Fight, but it never feels like a “workout,” just like I’m doing a thing and it’s physically hard. Heard good things about Fit XR, but I think it’s a subscription, which sucks.

kapperchino 3y ago
Thrill of the fight is brutal lol, I just take all the time during rounds and still get exhausted by the end.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  Thrill of the fight requires lots of space though. Beat Saber and Fit XR (and most other rythym games) can be done in place.
arecurrence 3y ago
Thrill of the Fight has the highest average calorie burn in VR right now.
- throwaway2203 3y ago
  I busted my elbow with that one and it never got better.
Sohcahtoa82 3y ago
I thought about getting a boxing game for VR, but I worry about injuring my elbow by punching forward and hitting nothing and having all the momentum get absorbed by the limit of my elbow joint. Do you just avoid punching directly forward, or do you pull your punches, or what?
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago
  It is basically shadow boxing, which requires its own techniques to avoid injury, because ya, no bouncing off of something to stop or even return your energy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowboxing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadowboxing
- frakkingcylons 3y ago
  Yep, keep your arms tight and stop your arm and bring it back after a punch. Lots of posts on reddit of shoulder injuries from playing these boxing games without being careful: https://www.google.com/search?q=reddit+quest+boxing+shoulder+injury https://www.google.com/search?q=reddit+quest+boxing+shoulder...
xk_id 3y ago
Can’t really understand why thrill of the fight (which has the best engine of the boxing games) only lets you play against realistic, male characters. It would be tons more fun if you could play against fantasy characters and even politically incorrect ones. Everyone i talked to seemed to agree. Once another studio fills this niche, and provided that their engine is just as good, i think TotF will be sidelined.

wccrawford 3y ago

Besides what the other person said, I subscribed to Supernatural for a while, and I thought it was doing good things for me, but it just seems like too much money monthly for what they provide. But it could be right for some.

seanmcdirmid 3y ago
FitXR is only $10/month, and it has been my go to for a few years now. It was even cheaper when they just sold the app without a subscription, I have the option to revert to that as well if I stop buying the subscription (an option not available anymore).
Diederich 3y ago
My wife uses Supernatural almost every day, and while it's a bummer to be subscription, she really enjoys the new content that keeps coming in.
- bredren 3y ago
  I liked it too, but did not think the value was there at $18 a month. I’m hoping Apple comes through with better packaged with apple fitness.
zmmmmm 3y ago
Les Mills Body Combat is a good non-subscription option.

Diederich 3y ago

My wife uses Supernatural almost exclusively, and I use Beat Saber.