Black Box VR Fitness

Fantastic experience: Awesome! I tend to get bored during workouts very easily, and this kept me going throughout. Definitely close to exhaustion a couple times but it's good at making that *just* the point where you need a couple more hits, and then you get some story as a rest and reward. You have choice in what moves you do which I think helps, and can immediately see the effects on screen. And the setup outside the game is great, own room, towels, showers, refreshments, very friendly staff. Looking forward to it opening up in more places! :)

Fantastic experience: Such a fun inventive way to work out. Aaron did my onboarding and did an excellent job explaining how to use the equipment. I highly recommend coming here to workout.

Positive experience: Love these workouts. It's pushed my motivation buttons in a way I haven't found in a long time. I always look forward to getting back there and pumping up my XP and getting to the next boss. I get a little frustrated with the app, which is still in its early days and has some bugs. But I'm confident this will improve, and it certainly doesn't stop me from pushing to get here thrice a week.

Fantastic experience: If I have to pick my favorite places in SF, Black Box would definitely be on the list. The addition of VR and gaming to workouts is brilliant. I have so much more fun here than at my usual gym and end up really pushing myself, a lot harder than I would if I was in my own. There’s always a completion going on and you get great stats after each workout. I can both see and feel results in real time, which motivates me to come back and mix up my usual routine. You also you a room and machine all to yourself that constantly adjusts and pushes you limits; way better than your typical gym experience, even if you are doing the same reps. The staff is super friendly and helpful too. The down side. There are only 8 exercises that the machine is configured for, and nearly all of them involve grip or upper body. So I do still need to go to other gyms and studios to get a full body workout. So it hasn’t fully replaced my routine, but certainly made it more fun. The monthly fee is super reasonable as though. The AI takes a while to actually learn how strong you are, and sometimes overestimate. So I usually find my self either solidly winning against my opponent or loosing badly, not much in between. So definitely some improvements needed but overall my experience with Black Box has been stellar and leveled my my strength and enjoyment of my workouts.

Fantastic experience: It’s not a gym, it is GAME, that makes you stronger! Best experience ever, can’t wait each new session to try new tactics, or get new one rep max record! And it’s been months, still super engaged, still super intense. Definitely worth try, and if you like, it would change you. I’m not sure I would ever enjoy regular gym now ;)