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0 points0x1F8B5y ago0 comments

This is a grouchy reply. The OP obviously isn't trying to get Tekken running on a Peloton.

You can imagine "games" in this sense being competitions played out via the bike, so time trials, race tournaments, etc. Compete with your friends (or others) to get through a race comparable to Tour de France stages -- something like that. Aside from survival, there is no greater motivator for pushing oneself physically than competition. Games facilitate that.

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silicon24015y ago· 1 in thread

> Aside from survival, there is no greater motivator for pushing oneself physically than competition

If you're a competitive person. Not everybody derives motivation from competition.

RobRivera5y ago

but there is a segment of the population that does, and thus a market.

saagarjha5y ago

Someone should do Doom, though.

throwaway22455y ago

> Aside from survival, there is no greater motivator for pushing oneself physically than competition.

That depends.

If you're trying to develop a habit of regular exercise for your health (intrinsic motivation), competition (extrinsic motivation) is just as likely to be harmful to your goal.

In my personal case, removing the competitive element was extremely helpful for me to start doing regular exercise for its own sake.

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