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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by taneq on Friday July 05, 2019 @12:25AM (#20359832)
If you hate exercise, try physically-active VR games. You don't even feel like you're exercising (although you sure feel it the next day!)
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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by xchaotic on Friday July 05, 2019 @03:52AM (#20360653)
AFAIK that's not enough calories burned to get you into caloric deficit. You need more intensive or longer exercise
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Re:Ask HN: What are you working on? by taneq on Friday July 05, 2019 @07:16AM (#20361606)
It's not as simple as "X will make you lose weight or not." Caloric deficit depends on both your intake and expenditure. You can out-eat almost any exercise regime so a somewhat healthy diet and reasonable portion sizes are always going to be important.

Active VR games are a legitimate cardio workout. Sites like https://www.vrfitnessinsider.com/reviews/ have real data if you don't believe me.

As for duration, I've seen people (including myself) happily play Beat Saber for hours who don't last 10 miserable minutes on a treadmill.

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