Supernatural: Is A VR Gym For You?

If you’re involved in the Quest community at large, you’ve no doubt heard about Supernatural — self-proclaimed to be “…an immersive, virtual reality fitness experience that combines the best music, coaches, destinations and movements into an incredible home workout.” It’s been pre-condemned as a “Beat Saber Clone” and a “scummy cash grab” based on its $19 per month subscription fee. But what is it … really?

Is this virtual reality workout in your future?

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Let’s get a couple of things out up front. I love musical rhythm games — as is evidenced by my numerous articles, apps and involvement in the Beat Saber community. For me — the MUSIC comes first, the rhythm comes second. If I’m going to move and groove and sweat to music? It better be music I love. If it isn’t? It better be music I know.

I’m no stranger to health and fitness. I am a second-degree black belt that taught martial arts for 15 years. Unfortunately my weight got away from me and a couple of years ago, my doctor fat-shamed me into making a Lifestyle Change; I went from about 300 pounds to a nice lean 205 in about a year. You can read the first part of that journey in my article Losing 70 Pounds in 8 Months and my followup Perfect Labs: Returning My Body To Normal Took One Year, Eight Months. A lot of this was three-times-daily exercise.