It really isn’t. There is a huge community of people doing this, and it doesn’t seem to just be a fad. I find rubbing outdoors to be incredibly boring, gym machines are also. It’s hard to distract myself enough to finish the workout, and that’s not to mention taking the time to get ti the gym in the first place.
With VR, the games are distracting and fun enough that they don’t come off as overly tedious, BeatSaber is better but also less fitness oriented, FitXR is less so, but I can still get through it without expending lots of willpower. The best exercise is the exercise you do, when I was in my 20s and some of my 30s, I could push myself to go running and hit the gym, now VR fills that role.
With VR, the games are distracting and fun enough that they don’t come off as overly tedious, BeatSaber is better but also less fitness oriented, FitXR is less so, but I can still get through it without expending lots of willpower. The best exercise is the exercise you do, when I was in my 20s and some of my 30s, I could push myself to go running and hit the gym, now VR fills that role.