Looking to get out of your at-home fitness rut?

These fitness video games are so much fun, you won’t even realize you’re working out.

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Could fitness video games be the solution I needed to pull me out of my pandemic-induced exercise rut?

The answer, I quickly found, was a resounding, yes.

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Think: squatting alongside dragons or spinning through a digitized version of Central Park.

you’ve got the option to get so lost in the game, youll barely realize youre sweating.

Its also delightfully weird.

A young black woman doing post-run stretches in the park on the road amidst green grass and trees.

There are no swords or arrows in your arsenaljust squats and bicep curls.

It sounds like a lotand it is!

Plus, it had me sweating after 15 minutes.

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), or careen through the Zwift-created cyber world of Wattopia.

Im way more comfortable with the idea of shaking it out in the privacy of my home.

Happy woman dancing and listening to music near a green empty wall outdoor in the city.

Thanks to the workouts cardio-heavy nature, after my first few songs I was definitely breathing heavily.

And you areconsider the game to be a highly engaging pedometer.

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Tara Davis-Woodhall of Team United States celebrates with husband Hunter Woodhall after winning the gold medal in the Women’s Long Jump Final on day thirteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Stade de France on August 08, 2024 in Paris, France.

Healthy female training in the gym, performing a hip thrust.