>> WHAT IF A PEGASUS COLLECTING CRYSTALS COULD CUT CALORIES FOR YOU?
AS FASTER YOU PEDAL, THE HIGHER YOU FLY.
>> OUR CUSTOMERS CALL IT A WORKOUT WITHOUT THE WORK.
>> ERIC IS COFOUNDER AND CEO OF THE FITNESS COMPANY FOUNDED IN 2015.
ITS GOAL IS TO GET PEOPLE MOVING.
>> PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE HAVE DIFFICULTY GETTING THEMSELVES TO GET THE CARDIO THEY NEED.
>> BY 2016, IT WAS PLUGGED IN AND PLAYABLE.
THEIR CUTTING-EDGE TECH TESTED BY SHAYNA SEYMOUR.
BACK THEN, IT REQUIRED A SPECIAL BIKE AND A LARGE SYSTEM.
>> YOU HAD TO HAVE A BIG PC IN THIS BIG WIRED THING WITH GOGGLES.
THE COST THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.
>> THIS IS THEIR NEXT GEN, SMALLER AND CHEAPER.
ALL YOU NEED IS THIS SENSOR KIT, AN ACTION BUTTON, AND SEPARATELY SOLD VIRTUAL-REALITY GOGGLES.
>> YOU CAN GET AN OCULUS.
OR THE OCULUS QUEST, $200.
$100 FOR THE SENSOR KIT AND YOU HAVE ACCESS TO EVERYTHING.
YOU CAN SOAK -- YOU CAN CYCLE ALONG THE COASTLINE OF CALIFORNIA, BUT ALSO ENGAGE IN TANK APPLES.
ALL SORTS OF FANCIFUL THINGS.
>> AT COMMITTING TO THE ALTERNATE WORLD TAKES A LITTLE ADJUSTING.
>> I AM BIKING OFF THE ROAD.
>> JUST TILT YOUR HEAD.
>> OH BOY.
>> COFOUNDER ERIC SAYS ALL THE GAMES CAN COME WITH MISSIONS, IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT EMPIRE IN -- IF YOU CHOOSE TO ACCEPT THEM.
>> I’M GOING TO PASS IN NOW.
>> SUCCESS INSIDE THE GOGGLES REQUIRES EXERTION OUTSIDE, BUT YOU HARDLY NOTICE.
THAT IS SO COOL.
>> FOR THOSE LOOKING TO OPTIMIZE THEIR WORKOUTS IN THIS WORLD OR THE REAL ONE, THE OWNER OF OUTBACK PHYSICAL THERAPY SAYS KNOWING WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS IS A GOOD PLACE TO BEGIN.
>> I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT, GET FIT, START RUNNING, WHERE DO I START?
>> HE OFFERS HIGHLY SPECIALIZED TESTS AT HIS SOMERVILLE FACILITY.
>> THIS IS THE AMOUNT OF OXYGEN YOUR BODY CAN EASILY CONSUME.
THAT IS THE GOLD STANDARD OF ENDURANCE.
IT GETS BROKEN INTO LEVELS FROM POOR TO SUPERIOR.
>> IT IS OFTEN PAIRED WITH A RESTING METABOLIC RATE TEST.
>> THAT LOOKS AT HOW MANY CALORIES YOU BURN PER DAY IF YOU WERE NOT DOING ANYTHING.
>> TOGETHER, THE RESULTS INDICATE HOW MUCH TO EAT AND HOW TO BURN FAT.
>> READY, SET, GO, THEN NOTHING HAPPENS.
>> THE RMI REQUIRES SITTING, WEARING A MASK.
THE VOW2 MAX REQUIRES RUNNING.
>> YOU GO FASTER AND FASTER AND STEEPER AND STEEPER.
>> HEART RATE MONITOR ON AND MASKS SECURED.
NO PROBLEMS ZONING OUT.
>> THE NUMBERS LOOK FANTASTIC.
PERFECT, PERFECT.
>> THE DOCTOR MAKES SURE I CAN SIGNAL I AM DONE DURING THE VO2 MACS.
>> WHEN YOU ARE SURE THIS IS YOUR LAST MINUTE, WHICH IS WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH, >> SAY IT.
ON A SLOW, FLAT ROAD, IT IS EASY-GOING.
VITALS ON DISPLAY.
INCLINE UP, SPEED UP.
>> WE HAD AN OLYMPIAN IN LAST NIGHT ON IT FOR 17 MINUTES.
>> 10 SECONDS.
KEEP GOING.
>> I TAPPED OUT AFTER 12 MINUTES.
>> FRESH AIR FOR YOU.
ALL SOME.
YOU DID GREAT.
>> A COUPLE CALCULATIONS, AND THE RMI INDICATES I REQUIRE MORE CALORIES THAN THE OFTEN REFERENCED 2000 DAY.
>> EIGHT 2000 CALORIE DIET IS ARBITRARY.
IT IS DIFFERENT FOR DIFFERENT PEOPLE.
>> THE DOCTORS GOLD STANDARD OF ENDURANCE -- >> THE BIG REVEAL, YOU HIT 42 POINTS.
SUPERIOR.
>> SUPERIOR!
>> THAT IS AMAZING.
>> THE RESULTS ALSO DETAIL PERSONALIZED HEART RATE ZONES AND WHERE TO WORK WITHIN THEM TO ACHIEVE THE NEXT RESULTS.
>> THIS WAS ALWAYS DONE IN LARGE HOSPITALS AND UNIVERSITIES AND WAS TYPICALLY ONLY AVAILABLE TO UNIQUE ATHLETES WHO WERE SPONSORED BY MAJOR COMPANIES, BECAUSE IT COST TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF DOLL