Wow: Level -Tretmühle in real - by walking ribbon through Azeroth

There are moments in the life of every WoW player in which he surfs through the fan pages on a wave of unbelief and murmurs softly "what the f*ck".This was also the case in 2006, when a small thread with a large echo ghost through the WoW forums: A player with the names of Vorrata indicated that World of Warcraft is a great game, but lets it forget and leads it to it,that he neglects his training.As a Powerliftter, Vorrata pursued a rigorous training plan from Bulking and cutting.

In good German: weight gain for building muscle and weight loss to reduce fat.If you sit on your butt in front of the PC and can be enchanted by WoW (buy now), you rarely decrease.So he set out to be paving a solution to the problem.By the way, Vorrata was also on the Internet under another, very obvious name: Theweightlifter.A little later he reported back and presented an adventurous construction: at that time the so -called "warbiking" was born.

Table of Contents

1. 1Warbiking: cardio-wow while sitting
2. 2Vorrata Power-Levelt his cardio system
3. 3First treadmill attempts: the course of the night elves
4. 4Jogging by Azeroth without playing
5. 5Second attempt: World of Healthy Joggers
6. 6The worst solution: fall into the ditch with your smartphone
7. 7The sweat has to flow!

Warbiking: cardio-wow while sitting

The player Vorrata, also Gennant Theweightlifter, constructed the first proverbial treadmill in a treadmill in 2006: Buffed the solution from Theweightlifter was very simple: he wanted to convert the level treadmill from Azeroth into a real pedmle.However, so that he could play without waving his arms wildly, a hybrid solution had to be found that got his cardiovascular system up without distracting him too much from the game.Clever as he was, Theweightlifter constructed the first "warbike" of history: a simple trim-dich wheel in seat configuration, on which he attached a simple keyboard with cables and a Velcro fastener.The mouse was draped next to the bike on a table - the right height for the table was found, according to Theweightlifter, the most complicated part of his setup.

To keep an eye on everything, he followed his laptop on a large LCD HDTV and built everything up in his cozy living room.The warbike was complete.The resourceful player only set himself one rule: no World of Warcraft without warbiking.Everything else regulated itself, because marathon sessions of six hours or more become extremely difficult if your legs no longer take part.Theweightlifter made it once to take a wow session of 4.5 hours and then posted "I won't do that again so quickly !:)"

Also amusing: he discovered that his training sessions changed synchronously with the game in their intensity!In more cozy periods, Theweightlifter had to be careful not to cycle too slowly.On the other hand, when he ran around his life, he stepped into the pedals so quickly that the keyboard started to jump up and down

Vorrata Power-Levelt his cardio system

The result after 100 days of warbiking was impressive: Vorrata had lost 19 (!) Kilos and was now able to spend an extremely long time on his Warbike without the breath.His perseverance during hikes and runs also improved drastically.However, the disadvantage of Theweightlifter's hard training regime was quick: in combination with his self -prescribed hard Lent, his energy level and attention fell strongly.

His legs also had to recover for weeks after the 100 days because he had severe pain in his knee - too much of a good thing, as you can see impressively here, not well.His conclusion: a maximum of 60 to 120 minutes of warbiking per day, a balanced diet and healthy respect for cardio exercises are absolutely necessary for experiments of this kind.And only so that you can read more: Theweightlifter recovered completely and continued the warbiking to a healthier dimensions.Respect!

First treadmill attempts: the course of the night elves

It came as it had to come: In August 2008, the players Aaron and Elijah announced that they had transformed their pedal mills into controllers and would hold a race: If you first master the route from the shadow valley to Darnassus, wins! In the end, the whole thing was an advertising agent for the gamer energy drink "Mana Energy Potion"-but the result of the advertising campaign was so funny that it hit the wow community waves. Extremely short and a great idea that was implemented cool. Source: Buffed Before we look at the average fitness of someone who does not really have anything to do with running, we take a look at the prepared treadmills. In order to make the experiment possible, the two do -it -yourselfers attached a wooden structure to their pedal mills, into which they spanned a bicycle tire. The tire was driven by the treadmill and in turn moved a track pad that passed its entries to a simple script that ran in the background. The script turned the track pad impulses into activities on the W key-if you run faster, you also drift your character faster. So far, according to Clever. The implementation is cool, the idea really funny ...

However, the fact that a wow character plowed through the landscape with an average of 19 kilometers per hour was even more amusing.Ask the hobby jogger in your circle of acquaintances, whether that is a lot and watch him how his eyebrows start the way to the back of the head.In short: yes, that's extremely fast!So that the characters of the two players move from the stain at all, they had to reach a speed of 9.5 kilometers per hour, which for people who usually only see sports shoes in the shop window display is still a real announcement.Fortunately, the two were prepared: They not only chose a path from the slattal valley from the shadow valley to Darnassus, which they should master at this speed within just under five minutes ...

They also disguised themselves as night elves, with cardboard sword on the hip.Perfect.The result was a perfect storm of technically talented nerdiness: the two began to edit the pedal mills with such an enthusiasm that the entire room was wiggling.With pumping calves (and the support of the handle) Elijah managed to just hang out his partner Aaron;The winning time was 4:50 minutes.

Afterwards, both night elves looked as if they were igniting a heart attack within the next global coal, but the experiment had succeeded: we now know that you can also compete with your character himself by step.We are also sure that our player characters have to be an absolute monster, which are not even out of breath even if they grind five backpacks with candles, bear backers and old underwear.

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Jogging by Azeroth without playing

Perhaps the idea of ​​doing a round through Azeroth with your own two legs, but you want to protect your wrists and your peripheral devices? Don't worry: you can also sit on a treadmill or a trim-dich wheel without any problems without ever tackling a keyboard. The riddle of the riddle is countless YouTube videos that were recorded by the home fitness community: In the calming clips, a player runs famous paths in Azeroth with his character, without fighting or ui. Without dealing with the game? If "Running Azeroth" goes into YouTube and stuck the tablet onto the treadmill. Source: Buffed with a playing time of around 20 to 30 minutes you will receive a decent workout without distracting you by entering commands. We simply recommend taking a tablet on hand and clamping it into the bracket of your wheel or treadmill and you can start. For fitness-oriented gamers, this does not solve the problem while WoW wants to boost your own circulation. You can still pick up a little immersion and relaxation with this method.

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Second attempt: World of Healthy Joggers

A month after the "run of the night elves" caused amusement, more and more field trials appeared to play "Fit-Wow".One of the most successful stories comes from the player Althaea, who took the idea of Aaron and Elijah, removed the treadmill control and connected a mouse and keyboard.Really read, Althaea ultimately mounted a desk on his treadmill.

At that time, the whole thing had no such funny background as with the two night elves - Althaea at that time fought his life a little easier and safer, because he had significant overweight. In October 2005, Althaea initially started his WoW trip as part of a doctoral program in the field of education. He wanted to explore virtual societies, since he was also a gambler of the old school, he quickly discovered WoW's gaming aspect. His not particularly healthy meal was given a further damper through the game, because the snacks that he also consumed left his weight to 154 kilos with a height of 1.80 m. Spokes bounced off and beats onto the "W" button. Simple, but brilliant! Source: Buffed he developed a sleep apnea and not only started snoring, but also suffered from breathing interruptions. The weight urgently had to go down, but even his doctor showed up skepticism in terms of his weight loss attempts. Despite everything, he had to find a solution, because he couldn't cope with the oxygen mask. So Althaea took a fitness catalog at hand and stepped on to act. The first hurdle was, bizarre, his own wife - at least in his idea.

Even if both led a harmonious marriage, his wife was not at all impressed by WoW, so Althaea had great respect for trying to smuggle a treadmill into the house.In retrospect, a completely unfounded fear, since he did something for his own health.The second hurdle was the assembly of a desk on the treadmill.At the beginning he only used a few nylongurte, a few buckles and a plywood board to attach his improvised table to the treadmill.Then he put his laptop on the board, closed a wireless mouse and gambled on it, while he was running.The attempt was a disaster.

Althaea himself points out that he was overweight and out of shape at that time and thus sweated extremely strongly.Or as he summarized: "Excessive sweat + laptop = expensive errors".The concept worked, but still had to be refined.With the help of his desktop monitor, and a cheap radio keyboard that the radio mouse made company, he built the second iteration of his gaming treadmill.Now not only was the screen at the head height, but it was also able to sweat carefree.

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If one of the peripheral devices failed, he simply replaced it;It was worth his health.At the beginning, Althaea still had big problems running more than three kilometers within an hour.A few months later, however, he brought it to 6.5 kilometers per hour - and recognized that he developed more and more perseverance.The sleep apnea disappeared, as well as its overweight: 50 kg melted within one year.At the time, Althaea noticed that he still did not trust himself to "go through" heroic instances in the truest sense of the word, but could easily manage normal dungeons.

At that time he also gave the most important tip: "You will primarily run. WoW comes as the second, that's important, believe me."The male he flew from treadmill, he primarily concentrated on the game.With predictable consequences.All in all, inspired Althaea at the time a lot of wow players to put their fitness a little more in the foreground.What we come to the present.

VR treadmill: 800 km to level 60

On August 26, 2019, WoW Classic appeared and enabled countless players a complete new start of their wow career.Everything to zero, let it be just five and just play Wow as it was back then.A small YouTube channel with the name Montabon took the "new beginning" literally and set itself one goal: completely in VR, level 60 on a treadmill and run more than 800 km - depending on what came first!His setup was impressive: an HTC Vive ensured the necessary VR hardware, while the treadmill of his choice was a thoroughbred VR treadmill, which is now only sold to virtual reality play halls.

The "Virtuix Omni" works by stretching the player into the device on the hip and wearing special shoes that transmits the movement impulses to a plastic field with sensors.In order to make his 800 km trip possible, two important programs ran in the background: with the help of the graphic injection vorpx, which can be used by clever direct VR techniques 2D games in glorious 3D.In addition, the integration of voice commands was absolutely necessary because Montabon played with two Vive controllers that together offer just six buttons-and those who have already logged into the Classic servers knows that the old WoW laughs at such a poverty in the revital.He also screwed on his Twitch transmission, so that he could also read and answer his chat in VR.

Althaea implements the first gentle and functioning WoW treadmill: If you run at a steady pace, you can easily play source: Buffed at the beginning the super marathon was as exhausting but feasible, since Montabon (reasonably) took regular breaks and in this way both took on and in this wayProtering his eyes as well as his legs.During the transmission, he also regularly switched between the first and third person to avoid nausea.Slowly but surely his perseverance increased - compared to our two predecessor heroes, the YouTuber had the enormous advantage that he had a slim body and did not have to adhere to a drastic diet or with his overweight.Montabon simply undertook the whole thing to challenge oneself.

And he was successful.Montabon reached the maximum level over a year by streaming his VR experiment six days a week.After he motted his night elf hunter, a human warrior followed with whom he indeed reached level 60 and even ran into endgame instances as a tank.According to him, the periods in which he ran from one quest and killed NPCs;It only became uncomfortable when he had to stand in one place for a long time.

Incidentally, he always sits down when he got on his feet calm when he rose to his mount;A maneuver that was easily possible with the expensive treadmill Virtuix Omni.In this way, he not only increased the health of his knees, but also his immersion.Oh and by the way: Level 60 reached Montabon after completing his 53rd kilometer.The 800 km brand was never cracked-but we believe that Montabon still demonstrated an exemplary discipline!

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The worst solution: fall into the ditch with your smartphone

Wow: Level -Tretmühle in real - by walking ribbon by Azeroth (2) Source: Buffed

Hey, we heard, you want to play Wow and jog at the same time.Have you ever thought about playing WoW on your smartphone while you actually run through the botany?As we have already described in one of our articles, it is relatively easy to get wow on your smartphone, so why not connect the cumbersome to the uncomfortable?

All you have to do is set up a screen mirror on your smartphone, far from the home with enormous lag, conquer a control that was never intended for a gaming from a full run and ignore your surroundings while desperately trying to do something on theRecognizing 15 cm display.If you then plunge into a ditch and cushion the case with your face, there are blessed unconsciousness, which tries to prevent your smartphone for a wow lunch before another.Seriously: We thought about what you could commit to your smartphone for my misdeeds ...

However, it is extremely difficult to somehow connect a genuine run in the wild with WoW.The only thing that could work would be to play an animal rulership hunter with voice commands.Then you would have to "let's fat shot!" During your joggings every ten seconds! "And "killing command!"Shouting in the phone and you can run in mythic 15+ dungeons.Okay, you will probably end up on any endanger list of the federal police, but what to do not do everything you can to stay fit.If we think about it a little longer ... better invest in a treadmill.Is probably better for your health.

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How to implement the whole thing yourself

We come to the questions of all questions: How can you best jog while you play WoW? Before you ask back "should we jog while we play WoW?!" No, probably not. Is the whole thing absolutely super cool and makes it an absolute alpha-wow player? Hell Yeah! So we take action and take the above options apart. The VR variant is the safest, fun and most motivating among the three options. Incidentally, it is also so absurd that you could probably afford a small car, so it falls away from the outset. The warbi king sounds most convenient at the beginning: you do not have to cope with jerky movements and the sweat flies everywhere, just not on your monitor. With Montabon, the pedal mill concept took its current form: full VR, clamped in A stationary treadmill, including heartbeat monitor. Source: Buffed The disadvantage of this method is what Theweightlifter also experienced: You strengthen your cardiovascular system and your legs with a seat wheel, thanks to the comfortable position, you will potentially overload yourself. Once you are really in the game, your legs quickly become a minor matter. The result is knee pain because you cannot assess yourself properly. We therefore recommend that all committed home joggers use a commercially available treadmill. As Althaea already noticed, it is easier to see jogging as the main activity on a pedestrian - because if you don't take care of here you will learn how the hunter's ability to retreat in real life feels.

In addition, the assembly of a simple plywood desk, thanks to the widespread handles of the treadles, is lighter than with a seat wheel.When you have fully assembled everything, we combine the clever idea of Montabon with the healthy marching speed of a pedal mill: voice commands make it easier for you to enter you without having to bend over your keyboard out of full run.Sure, depending on how quickly you run, you have to blame a little breath to consult the commands so that the scripts understand you.

However, we advise you to play in a cozy stroll or at most a slight trot.Anyone who wants to play Wow during a full sprint, with pumping legs and rowing arms has probably already finished mentally with their computer and the interior of their room.

The sweat has to flow!

If we would have to draw a conclusion from our research, then this: Wow on the treadmill is exhausting, unnecessarily complicated and requires a preparation that is in no way in relation to the result - so exactly the same as the level treadmill as it is currently inWow can be found (Heyooo!) And despite or precisely because of that we love the idea.You had a bad day?

Grind a few world quest while you take a good walk and we guarantee that the world will look completely different again after a subsequent hot shower.Running is good, is healthy and prevents ailments;At least if you operate it in moderation.Hold a constant pace, pay attention to your joints and do not take care of.See you on Azeroth's paths, hikers!

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