Genuinely Motivational
This was an incredibly invigorating experience that left me feeling as if I’d just spent an hour at the gym. The game did an incredible job of scaling to my strength and consistently keeping me at my limit throughout the duration of the workout. The gameplay in the arena was genuinely fun and presented an intriguing challenge that helped me push myself. This is a revolutionary way to genuinely motivate yourself to consistently workout and always push yourself to work harder and I would recommend it for anyone regardless of previous experience in Virtual Reality or the Gym.
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Great workout, app is abysmal
The workout was a blast, however, the app is so bad I’m reconsidering my membership. It is slow, buggy, and poorly executed. For example, after my first workout, I went in the app where MAIA showed me how to navigate the new section. However, I have to go through her tutorial EVERY TIME I open the app. Also, when you attempt to enter data in the arm measurement, it shoots an error and says you entered a “weight” that is too low. Afer you clear the error message, the app freezes and you have to shut it down completely. When I signed up and tried to pay, I got a plain white screen with no ability to enter payment information. Same thing when I tried to select and schedule sessions. Restarting the app fixed the problem, but it speaks to the many challenges these developers need to overcome to truly engage their users. Also, the app doesn’t stay open if you have to switch to another app like text messaging, so you have to go through the slow login process all over again. I was really excited to use this app to support my BBVR workouts, but it’s not very helpful when it barely functions and has so many bugs. Given that the workouts are uber high tech, I expected more of the app and find it pretty disappointing with regards to contributing to my enjoyment of the workouts and tracking my progress.
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Response from developer
Hi! Thanks for your feedback -- sorry you experienced those issues! The Black Box team has been hard at work making sure your experience is the best one possible. All of these issues and more have been addressed in the latest builds -- please make sure you keep up to date so that you can experience all that BlackBox VR has to offer!
Good strength program
I have been doing this gym for just under 2 months. Really great for strength building. My biggest complaint is there needs to be more variety in the workouts.
No Apple Health app support
Since you have to take off your Apple Watch during the workout it would be nice to at least send your workout data to the Apple Health app, as no record of your workout is currently possible.
Not actually for beginners
The gym won’t let you continue until you complete the tutorials, which are set at a difficult level. The staff did the tutorial for the bench press for me but after three sessions of “Would you like to try that again?” I’d rather not try that again.
Best workout app!
Since I’ve gotten this and signed up for the gym here in town I have seen huge improvements not only in how often I actually WANT to go to the gym but also my physical ability. Being able to workout quickly without changing weights and machines has saved me so much time and it’s a way better workout! Keeps your heart rate up the whole time!
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