I just did 20 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise per day for 8 weeks.

It was pretty good, I guess. My fitness is much improved. 150 minutes per week is what all the public health information websites recommend that everyone should get, so according to them I’m almost doing the bare minimum for the first time in my life. I’m pretty old, so it took some time for it to start having an effect. It feels like it will probably take another 8 weeks before my body actually starts getting used to it and stops getting stronger so quickly as it still is doing for now.

  • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    23·
    11 days ago

    Try Dance Dance Revolution. I’ve been weightlifting for years but hate cardio. DDR got me moving and sticking with it because it’s fun and gamified via scoring.

    ITGMania for the app and Stepmania Online or Zenius-I-vanisher for song packs.

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    Edit - ITGMania is an In The Groove oriented application. There’s also Outfox which is available on Steam.

    I use ITGMania with XX Starlight theme which switches it to a DDR Max/Supernova style and scoring.

    If you’re new to DDR none of this will matter to you, but figured I’d add it just in case, especially since IIRC In The Groove may have tighter frame timing for steps, I forget. 🤷

        • OopsOverbombing@lemmy.world
          4·
          10 days ago

          My buddy in middle school modified some soft mats in the easiest way possible. Literally sandwiched between a piece of wood and some plastic that were screwed together. Bought everything at home depot and then boom you’ve got a cheap hard mat that works great.

          • tomkatt@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            10 days ago

            I did similar. 1/2” sheet of ply board, staple down the mat edge trim with a staple gun, and tape down the edge with duct tape. Didn’t even need the acrylic sheet or whatever and I used that mat for years.

            Currently using the soft mat as is because I don’t have a lot of space and it’s nice to fold it up into the cube storage under my coffee table when not in use. I put some silicone grip tape under the arrows to keep it from sliding around much when in use, and it’s good enough up to around 8-10 difficulty.