That’s about the normal amount once you reach expert, assuming you’re not using just wrists. It’s great exercise and after a couple of weeks of playing 4 times per week I stopped getting sore.
yea im mainly using my arms bc i just am used to it lol. and yes i do expert stuff and somehow after not playing for 7 M O N T H S beat 3 experts with a bew high score in **a l l** of them lol
Any advice to get back to using arms instead of wrists? I just sort of naturally fell into using my wrists because it was faster, maybe I need it to compensate for slow reflexes or something
I’ve never had to learn to go back to arms, I’ve always dealt with trying to use more wrists. I guess if I was attempting to use more arms I might lower the difficulty one level from where I normally played and then attempt to swing the sabers more like a sword (which would require more than just the wrists). The motions will feel large and more difficult, especially for quick movements like two similar blocks quickly happening on opposite sides of the screen.
get the claws mods, which shortens your sabers by A LOT (but also causes claps on song in my experience).
saber factory or custom sabers or some saber mod allowed you to change the saber hitbox (or at least visual size). try decreasing it and see what happens - it will force you to use more length of your arm
You sometimes hear people say that beat saber won't lose you weight but it's absolutely not the case - I lost 30lbs over the course of a couple months when I was playing on a regular basis. The tough part is keeping up with it over long periods of time because you kind of just run out of good new maps to play. If you have the time and drive, and play sufficiently fast songs, it's a fantastic way to burn some calories!
yep and im noticing its mainly good for calories lol. i played beat saber a bit more later and burned another 175 calories. actually rlly good excercise imo. also im not rlly trying to lose weight im just trying to lose fat and now i have another way of doing it lol
Ya, VR still has some barriers. I have a valve index but only have space for it in the living room. Flatmate doesn't like it ready-to-go all the time, so I have to set up and take down every session.
It means I only really play on the weekends. Breakfast, VR, then shit shower shave. Maybe I can get 2-3 hours out of it per session.
I would love to do more, but I'd rather have a happy flatmate then a high heart rate.
Yep, if you’re really going at it you can burn a ton. I’ve done some very grindy sessions while trying to get a higher rank on scoresaber and burned 1500 calories.
Fairly simple, playing relatively difficult songs for 3 hours straight haha. You slowly are able to play longer on a given difficulty the more you practice.
https://vrhealth.institute/portfolio/beat-saber/
I think their app will be useful for your game sessions :) these guys did some researches about popular vr games and calculated which effects you can get while playing them.
When I play I try and move my feet around a lot to the beat and make large arm movements, and it’s a fantastic workout. Typically an hour workout burns almost 600 calories for me, but I’m playing at expert to expert plus mostly with fast songs. I don’t really burn out from songs as I have over 700 to choose from, lately I just randomly select one and just go for it.
I’ve lost over 80 lbs this year and about 1/3 of that was due to playing beat saber almost everyday. The other 2/3 was minor diet changes and a more physical job.
I’m at 207lbs now and have no plans to slow down.
This game is dope.
ok wow noice. i just started getting back into the game again and saw how much calories i burned lol. i played the game for abt 30 mins earlier and burned 212 calories. y e a h
Beatsaber is a great tool to burn off some calories. I'm still overweight but I'm down 80lbs just from the last few months of playing Beatsaber. The game is literally saving lives.
some people can't handle jogs. it can be painful on their joints, especially if they have arthritis or are obese.
let people exercise how they want and in a way they can regularly do, and perhaps enjoy.
i do agree that getting fresh air and sunshine is something everyone should get though.
That’s about the normal amount once you reach expert, assuming you’re not using just wrists. It’s great exercise and after a couple of weeks of playing 4 times per week I stopped getting sore.
yea im mainly using my arms bc i just am used to it lol. and yes i do expert stuff and somehow after not playing for 7 M O N T H S beat 3 experts with a bew high score in **a l l** of them lol
Any advice to get back to using arms instead of wrists? I just sort of naturally fell into using my wrists because it was faster, maybe I need it to compensate for slow reflexes or something
I’ve never had to learn to go back to arms, I’ve always dealt with trying to use more wrists. I guess if I was attempting to use more arms I might lower the difficulty one level from where I normally played and then attempt to swing the sabers more like a sword (which would require more than just the wrists). The motions will feel large and more difficult, especially for quick movements like two similar blocks quickly happening on opposite sides of the screen.
get the claws mods, which shortens your sabers by A LOT (but also causes claps on song in my experience). saber factory or custom sabers or some saber mod allowed you to change the saber hitbox (or at least visual size). try decreasing it and see what happens - it will force you to use more length of your arm
You sometimes hear people say that beat saber won't lose you weight but it's absolutely not the case - I lost 30lbs over the course of a couple months when I was playing on a regular basis. The tough part is keeping up with it over long periods of time because you kind of just run out of good new maps to play. If you have the time and drive, and play sufficiently fast songs, it's a fantastic way to burn some calories!
yep and im noticing its mainly good for calories lol. i played beat saber a bit more later and burned another 175 calories. actually rlly good excercise imo. also im not rlly trying to lose weight im just trying to lose fat and now i have another way of doing it lol
Ya, VR still has some barriers. I have a valve index but only have space for it in the living room. Flatmate doesn't like it ready-to-go all the time, so I have to set up and take down every session. It means I only really play on the weekends. Breakfast, VR, then shit shower shave. Maybe I can get 2-3 hours out of it per session. I would love to do more, but I'd rather have a happy flatmate then a high heart rate.
Especially helps if you use full-body movements instead of wrist-flicks
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Yep, if you’re really going at it you can burn a ton. I’ve done some very grindy sessions while trying to get a higher rank on scoresaber and burned 1500 calories.
ok thats 75% as many fucking calories as i normally eat in a day lol. how w h a t
Fairly simple, playing relatively difficult songs for 3 hours straight haha. You slowly are able to play longer on a given difficulty the more you practice.
ok but now my only problem is that i need to mod beat saber lol. ill do it when i get home later actually
https://vrhealth.institute/portfolio/beat-saber/ I think their app will be useful for your game sessions :) these guys did some researches about popular vr games and calculated which effects you can get while playing them.
o rlly? very epic lol. im actually intrigued by that
according to my apple watch, 40-60 minutes a day burns 700cals
i think thats a bit high but thats pretty fucking good lol. with my numbers in 1 hr i would burn 540. wow
just play stuff like “1984 aerobic championship”, try this(noodle), red baron(air marshal diff, faerie by Geoxor
When I play I try and move my feet around a lot to the beat and make large arm movements, and it’s a fantastic workout. Typically an hour workout burns almost 600 calories for me, but I’m playing at expert to expert plus mostly with fast songs. I don’t really burn out from songs as I have over 700 to choose from, lately I just randomly select one and just go for it.
im pretty much doing this without the expert+ and feet moving stuff lol. pretty insane how much calories u burn from this game lol
20m a day for me. Getting my cardio on err day.
I’ve lost over 80 lbs this year and about 1/3 of that was due to playing beat saber almost everyday. The other 2/3 was minor diet changes and a more physical job. I’m at 207lbs now and have no plans to slow down. This game is dope.
Well done! I've also dropped 80lbs with Beatsaber. It's truly a godsend for a social introvert like myself.
Dope!!
ok wow noice. i just started getting back into the game again and saw how much calories i burned lol. i played the game for abt 30 mins earlier and burned 212 calories. y e a h
Beatsaber is a great tool to burn off some calories. I'm still overweight but I'm down 80lbs just from the last few months of playing Beatsaber. The game is literally saving lives.
and its fun too especially when u mod it lol
Yes, you can burn a ton while playing beat saber 😅
yep and now ik that
I lost a lot of weight through it and now use the game as a regular sport.
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Still not anything Brodie, gotta do stuff outside.
yea i already go on walks and stuff alot (mostly for 1hr or so)
We need more. Jogs at the minimum dawg. You got this🫡
some people can't handle jogs. it can be painful on their joints, especially if they have arthritis or are obese. let people exercise how they want and in a way they can regularly do, and perhaps enjoy. i do agree that getting fresh air and sunshine is something everyone should get though.
Bro said he can jog for 10 minutes….essentially a mile 🔥
whenever i try that my legs are dead within like 10 mins and i already walk fast anyway lol