Make gaming fit! Brawlhalla and a full body workout 💁♂️
As gaming continues to grow some begin to question how will we fair health wise? 🤔 What some people don’t realize though is that you can easily combine habits and see results!Today I’m discussing Brawlhalla and three levels of difficulty you can do to gradually bring your fitness and gaming goals together. With your blood pumping you’ll even see your gaming improve!
Brawlhalla or any quick connecting multi-player game like call of duty, apex, etc is perfect. You can circuit train between rounds but not necessarily every round. It would be to much to ask of yourself to train in between every round right off the bat, it would get in the way of the joy of gaming. Thats why you play a few rounds of a game mode, do a set of a work out after those rounds, then you can change both and find yourself pumped up !
Getting your blood pumping will help your gaming. Better yet you can add reflex training into your work outs and find yourself improving at rates you never had before.
Easy
This version is simple, for now every few rounds you just do work outs you can easily do from your seat. Grab a dumbell and do concentrated bicep curls, a grip trainer and the reverse grip trainer which would also help prevent carpal tunnel from all the gaming! There are a few other work outs to include and its very simple to start. The loading screens and lobbies come, you’ll see your dumbell laying there. You’ll say “why not give it a few curls". Eventually you’ll find yourself on level two.
Medium
Now this version I would recommend staying standing while you game. With the standing desk market growing its something to consider. Studies say that our bodies aren’t meant to sit at all times of the day. Its worth a shot, while doing that do a similar set up to the easy mode. The difference now is that since your standing the amount of options you have will increase. Squats, lunges or even the good ol push up. You can now start to actually craft a routine based on your own goals.
Hard
At this point I would hope your standing! For this version I wish to discuss the reflex training. Get your game running and get your training equipment ready. I personally use the kettle bell and the boxing reflex tennis ball.It’s so cheap to get both, the reflex trainer will get your heart rate up and will bring your gaming reflexes up.The kettle bell allows for more explosive work outs in many variations. Now your not working to exhaustion, instead your getting full body work out and burn fat.
Before you game do about 1-2 minutes of the reflex ball (your car will love it).
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There are some youtube videos about it to learn some variations but you can put on the headset and freestyle while you get a feel for it. From there play 2 out of 3’s. Challenge yourself to get better at the same time as you Challenge yourself through fitness! Every two out of three loses or wins you do a work out set. As you pick workouts be mindful to do 3-5 sets of whatever reps seem appropriate. It’s more entertaining and manageable as a whole when you change up the work outs.
You can even go as far as doing extra reps or a harder workout for losses but I personally just like putting both of these habits together. I have fun gaming and working out. With a schedule like mine it seems impossible to stay consistent with the gym. Combining these habits have helped me so much that I just had to write about it in hopes it helps someone else reach their goals. If you have any suggestions on how to improve my routine I’d love to hear it! For now, happy training 💪
