{"id":425,"date":"2019-06-17T19:54:41","date_gmt":"2019-06-17T19:54:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vrobserver.wpengine.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2021-11-20T10:35:40","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T18:35:40","slug":"man-drops-30lbs-playing-beat-saber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/man-drops-30lbs-playing-beat-saber\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Drops 30lbs Playing Beat Saber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Geoff Bowman claims to have lost 30lbs playing Beat Saber and other VR games over a six-month period. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stuck to a strict gaming regimen of 45 minutes a day 5 days a week. While his primary game was Beat Saber, he also played Creed and Knockout League. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most surprising thing about Geoff&#8217;s weight loss is that he didn&#8217;t change his diet at all. In a recent interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/uploadvr.com\/beat-saber-weight-loss\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">UploadVR<\/a>, Geoff stated:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Starting on the release date, for 6 months I would stick to a routine of mostly VR cardio and make no other alterations to my life (no changes in diet, general activity level outside VR, alcohol consumption, etc.) to see what effect just pure VR would have on my body.<\/p><p><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Beat-Saber-Weight-Loss-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Man Drops 30lbs Playing Beat Saber vr blog virtual reality\" class=\"wp-image-427 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1024px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1024\/1024;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/virtualrealityobserver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Beat-Saber-Weight-Loss-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Man Drops 30lbs Playing Beat Saber vr blog virtual reality\" class=\"wp-image-427\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For those looking to emulate his success, Geoff has some helpful advice:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><g class=\"gr_ gr_12 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar only-ins replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"12\" data-gr-id=\"12\">Form<\/g> is everything,\u201d he said. \u201cBeat Saber, if you play purely as a video game, isn\u2019t really valuable exercise\u2026 it\u2019s flipping your wrists around to the beat. 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