3000kcal one week workout example
This is a log of my workout journey using the game VRWorkout.
I am trying to achieve my full exercise program using only VRWorkout as my exercise.
I will not consciously change my diet, although with a workout routine some changes may happen automatically. But if that happens I will consider it a normal side effect of the workout and thus appropriate since the other option would be to forcefully remain at a worse diet which would then not reflect the real changes that are experienced with the workout game.
All exercises are body weight exercises. I am not using additional weights or resistance bands at the moment.
I will not do any workout besides the game but I will continue our 1 hour dog walk each day.
The results should be similar for other people with a similar body composition but people with vastly different number will probably get quite different results.
My body stats at the beginning of this test are:
Body fat: ~24.3% according to my fitbit Aria Weight: ~99kg Height: 186cm
The calories have been tracked with the VR Exercise Tracker from the VR a Polar H10 sensor
I am trying to play daily VRWorkout sessions of 20-30 minutes. Except for the first day where I wanted to see how long a 1000kcal workout would take.
The goal is to reach at least 1750 kcal per week, as this seems to be 1/2 pound of body fat.
I will not go over the actual gameplay details, anyone who is interested can check out the main page In the game I activated all exercises except "Beast mode" since this will only add stress to the exercise but no real exercise benefit.
I am playing with open palms as this improves tracking but that should not have any effect on the exercise itself.
During the standing part of the session I will run to achieve at least the 2x run multiplier.
Most of the time I will play the Freeplay mode at the level "Hard" and have some workout running on the Oculus Quest using the nullnMusic player. To achieve maximum results I am setting a BPM of 120+ using the blue drum in the main menu.
This is not the first week I have been using the game for my exercise but this is the first week I have seriously started with a workout routine.
The first day with 1025 kcal in 55 minutes felt very good at first but the next day my body was really sore and I will probably not do such a long session in the near future.
The exercises of the following days are shorter and I am able to handle them without any side effects for now. At the beginning I had some knee pain in my right knee during the squats, but the workout actually improved that and now it is completely gone.
